1995 in Australian television
Events
- 2 January – Today Tonight debuts on the Seven Network, Hey Hey It's Saturday launches in 1995 without Ossie Ostrich as Ernie Carroll, who was Graham Kennedy's on-screen writer from the early IMT days, retired at the end of 1994.
- 18 January – American sitcom The Nanny premieres on Network Ten.
- 30 January – Australian current affairs programme Today Tonight airs on Seven Network. The show will be launched with individual editions in each of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.
- 10 February – Roger Climpson presents his final bulletin for Seven News after deciding to stand down after his diagnosis with prostate cancer. Ann Sanders replaced him the following Monday (13 February).
- 14 February – Australian drama series Fire screens on Seven Network.
- 17 February – Australian children's education series Lift Off is back with a brand new series at 4:30pm on ABC.
- 20 March – Australian children's comedy series The Ferals return for a brand new series at 5:00pm every Monday on ABC.
- 24 April – Australian comedy series which satirised 1970s-era U.S. police television dramas Funky Squad debuts on the ABC only running for 7 episodes.
- 24 April – The First Oz Lotto draw screened on Television starting on the Seven Network then the Nine Network in 2005.
- 1 May – Kerry Stokes becomes chairman of the Seven Network after reaching 20% ownership of the company.
- 29 May – Australian children's game show A*mazing returns to Seven Network for a brand new series.
- 29 May – Australian teenage game show Vidiot returns for a new brand series on ABC at 5:30pm with Scott McRae as presenter once again.
- 17 July – Network Ten debuts a brand new weekday morning children's cartoon programme called Cheez TV presented by teenagers Jade Gatt and Ryan Lappin.
- 20 July – Final episode of Australian teen game show Vidiot airs on ABC at 5:30pm with a special guest appearance by Andrew Denton.
- 3 October – Australian game show Wheel of Fortune broadcasts and produces its 3000th episode.
- STW-9 is purchased by Sunraysia Television after a fierce bidding war with WIN Television.
- Juanita Phillips leaves Network Ten to join new news channel services by Foxtel, Sky News the following year.
- Pay television arrives in Australia with Foxtel & Optus Vision launching in the metropolitan areas & Galaxy & Austar launching in regional areas that year.
- Anne Fulwood returns to the Seven Network in October to present its new late night news bulletin.
Channels
New channels
Debuts
Free-to-air television International series
Changes to network affiliation
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on an Australian television network that had previously premiered on another Australian television network. The networks involved in the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs that have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the opposite platform (free-to air to subscription/subscription to free-to air) are not included. In some cases, programs may still air on the original television network. This occurs predominantly with programs shared between subscription television networks.
International
Subscription premieres
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian subscription television that had previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air on the original free-to-air television network.
International
Television shows
ABC TV
Seven Network
Nine Network
Network Ten
References
- 1 2 Bertolus, Phil (2 February 1995). "AT HOME WITH PAY TV". The Age Green Guide (Melbourne: Fairfax Media). p. 1. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- 1 2 Oliver, Robin (6 March 1997). "Galaxy of stars but light on hard info". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney: Fairfax Media). p. 8. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
In addition to its sports network, already operating, Galaxy trebled the choice on Friday when Showtime, a premium movie channel, and Encore, a movie favourites channel, got under way.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Wilmoth, Peter (15 April 1995). "Do we really need pay-TV". The Sunday Age (Melbourne: Fairfax Media). p. 5. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 Browne, Rachel (22 April 1995). "Galaxy takes knife to fees". The Sun-Herald (Sydney: Fairfax Media). p. 23. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
XYZ Entertainment is launching the other four Galaxy channels today. They are a documentary channel Quest, children's and cult TV channel Max, general entertainment channel Arena and music channel Red.
- ↑ Andrew, By (5 December 1995). "New TV channel for those born to shop". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney: Fairfax Media). p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ↑ "Rugrats in Australia". Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
The Nanny
Victor and Hugo
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The Wisdom of The Gnomes
The Littl' Bits