This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or were scheduled to occur, in 2013, the 58th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.
Name | Date | Age | Notability | Reference Section |
Bille Brown, AM | 13 January | (aged 61), | Playwright and actor who appeared in numerous television series. | [15] |
Patricia Lovell, AM, MBE | 26 January | aged 83 | Australian film producer, best known to a generation as star of children's television series Mr. Squiggle as Miss Pat in the 1960s and 1970s. | [16] |
Peter Harvey | 2 March | aged 68, | journalist with the Nine Network for 38 years. | [17] |
Maureen Duval | 27 June | aged 80 | Host of Good Morning Sydney from 1978 to 1989, and later a panellist on Beauty and the Beast. | [18] |
Joyce Jacobs | 15 September | aged 91, | English-born Australian actress who appeared in A Country Practice from 1981 to 1994. | [19] |
Alan Coleman | 10 December | aged 76 | English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter | [citation needed] |
Johnny Lockwood | 10 December | 92 | British Australia actor, star of Number 96 | [20] |
Brian Moll | 9 August | aged 88 | British Australian actor The Young Doctors and A Country Practice | [citation needed] |
Binny Lum, | (aged 97), | Pioneering radio and television personality | [21] |
The switch-off of analogue television was completed in 2013, with the following areas being the last to be switched off:
Restack was the official name, and Retune was the more consumer-friendly name, given to the change in frequency of many digital television stations following analog switch-off. The main purpose was to clear channels 52–69 in the 700 MHz band for reuse in mobile communications. Channels 9 & 9A were also cleared so that they could be used for DAB+. Many remote areas were excluded, their stations didn't change frequency and channel 9 & 9A continue to be used in some remote areas for digital television.
The restack began in April 2013 and was completed by the end of 2014.
Program | Original airdate | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Nine News Now | 7 January | Nine Network | [26] |
Next Stop Hollywood | 8 January | ABC1 | [27] |
Off Their Rockers | 13 January | The Comedy Channel | [28] |
MasterChef Australia: The Professionals | 20 January | Network Ten | [29] |
Last Chance to See Cuba | 23 January | SBS ONE | [30] |
The Doctor Blake Mysteries | 1 February | ABC1 | [31] |
Live Healthy, Be Happy | 3 February | Seven Network | [32] |
ABC News: Early Edition | 4 February | ABC1 ABC News 24 |
[33] |
The Agony of Life | 6 February | ABC1 | [34] |
The Crew | 10 February | Fuel TV | [35] |
Making Couples Happy | 14 February | ABC1 | [36] |
Good Game: Pocket Edition | 16 February | ABC3 | [37] |
Steam Punks! | 17 February | ABC3 | [38] |
Mr & Mrs Murder | 20 February | Network Ten | [39] |
Mind Over Maddie | 25 February | Disney Channel | [40] |
Please Like Me | 28 February | ABC2 | [41] |
Monday Night with Matty Johns | 4 March | Fox Sports | [citation needed] |
NRL 360 | 6 March | Fox Sports | [citation needed] |
Tractor Monkeys | 20 March | ABC1 | [42] |
The Checkout | 21 March | ABC1 | [43] |
Ask The Butcher | 26 March | LifeStyle Food | [44] |
Australia's Deadliest | 30 March | Nat Geo Wild | [45] |
The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | 3 April | ABC1 | [46] |
A Place to Call Home | 28 April | Seven Network | [47] |
Colour Theory | 28 April | NITV | [48] |
Celebrity Splash | 29 April | Seven Network | [49] |
Head First | 1 May | ABC2 | [50] |
Wentworth | 1 May | SoHo | [51] |
Shane Delia's Spice Journey | 2 May | SBS ONE | [52] |
Financial Review Sunday | 5 May | Nine Network | [53] |
Play Along with Sam | 6 May | Nick Jr. | [54] |
Aussie Pickers | 9 May | A&E Australia | [55] |
House Rules | 14 May | Seven Network | [56] |
Marion's Thailand | 14 May | LifeStyle Food | [57] |
Dirty Laundry Live | 16 May | ABC2 | [58] |
The Feed | 20 May | SBS 2 | [59] |
Spontaneous Saturday | 20 May | SBS 2 | [60] |
Croc College | 21 May | ABC1 | [61] |
The Observer Effect | 2 June | SBS ONE | [62] |
The Truth Is | 3 June | Network Ten | [63] |
Reef Doctors | 9 June | Network Ten | [64] |
The Time of Our Lives | 16 June | ABC1 | [65] |
Australia's Remote Islands | 16 June | ABC1 | [66] |
The Daily Edition | 17 June | Seven Network | [67] |
The Years That Made Us | 23 June | ABC1 | [68] |
River Cottage Australia | 27 June | The LifeStyle Channel | [69] |
Wednesday Night Fever | 3 July | ABC1 | [70] |
Shitsville Express | 2 July | ABC2 | [71] |
Vicky the Viking | 6 July | Network Ten | [72] |
Hamish & Andy's Gap Year Asia | 8 July | Nine Network | [73] |
Wanted | 8 July | Network Ten | [74] |
The Great Australian Bake Off | 9 July | Nine Network | [75] |
First Footprints | 14 July | ABC1 | [76] |
Walking Through History | 20 July | SBS ONE | [77] |
This Week Live | 24 July | Network Ten | [78] |
Formal Wars | 25 July | Seven Network | [79] |
Mako: Island of Secrets | 26 July | Network Ten | [80] |
Movie Mayhem with Mark Fennell | 27 July | SBS 2 | [81] |
Nine News at 7:00 | 5 August | GEM | [82] |
Seven News at 7 | 5 August | 7TWO | [83] |
Slide Show | 7 August | Seven Network | [84] |
It's a Date | 15 August | ABC1 | [85] |
Upper Middle Bogan | 15 August | ABC1 | [85] |
Wonderland | 21 August | Network Ten | [86] |
Recipe to Riches | 27 August | Network Ten | [87] |
The Bachelor Australia | 8 September | Network Ten | [88] |
Ready, Steady, Wiggle! | 11 September | ABC2 | |
Revealed | 12 September | Network Ten | [89] |
Million Dollar Minute | 16 September | Seven Network | [90] |
Ten Eyewitness News | 16 September | Network Ten | |
A League of Their Own | 16 September | Network Ten | [91] |
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery | 18 September | ABC1 | [92] |
The Day My Butt Went Psycho | 21 September | GO! | [93] |
Serangoon Road | 22 September | ABC1 | [94] |
Legally Brown | 23 September | SBS ONE | [95] |
The Darren Sanders Show | 2 October | GO! | [96] |
Time of My Life | 5 October | 7TWO | [97] |
WOW: World on Wheels | 6 October | 7mate | [98] |
Nine Afternoon News Perth | 7 October | Nine Network (Perth) | [99] |
Deadbeat Dads | 7 October | MTV | [100] |
Thursday FC | 10 October | SBS 2 | [101] |
ReDesign My Brain | 10 October | ABC1 | [102] |
Business Agenda SA | 12 October | Nine Network (Adelaide) | [103][104][105] |
It's a Lifestyle TV | 12 October | Network Ten | [106] |
Ironman: Deep Water | 13 October | Nine Network | [107] |
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent Down Under | 14 October | LifeStyle | [108] |
Santo, Sam & Ed's Total Football | 14 October | Fox Sports 1 | [109] |
Wild Life of Tim Faulkner | 20 October | Nine Network | [110] |
#7DaysLater | 22 October | ABC2 | [111] |
Lessons From the Grave | 23 October | ABC1 | [112][113] |
Ja'mie: Private School Girl | 23 October | ABC1 | [114] |
Summer 360 | 23 October | Fox Sports 1 | [115] |
Embarrassing Bodies Down Under | 29 October | LifeStyle You | [116] |
Have You Been Paying Attention? | 3 November | Network Ten | [117] |
Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve | 3 November | SBS ONE | [118] |
Hi-5 House | 4 November | Nick Jr. | [119] |
Studio 10 | 4 November | Network Ten | [120] |
Studio 10 You | 4 November | Network Ten | [120] |
Ten Eyewitness Early News | 4 November | Network Ten | [120] |
Ten Eyewitness Morning News | 4 November | Network Ten | [120] |
Wake Up | 4 November | Network Ten | [120] |
Paddock to Plate | 6 November | The LifeStyle Channel | [121] |
Nowhere Boys | 7 November | ABC3 | [122] |
Exhumed | 14 November | ABC1 | [123] |
Coast Australia | 2 December | The History Channel | [124] |
Come Date with Me | 8 December | Eleven | [125] |
Outback Coroner | 9 December | Crime & Investigation Network | [126] |
Peleda | 2013 | ABC3 | [citation needed] |
Program | Original airdate | Network | Country of origin | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Wild Chef | 1 January | SBS Two | Canada | [127] |
Defying Gravity | 2 January | One | United States Canada United Kingdom Germany |
[128] |
Pramface | 3 January | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [129] |
This is Jinsy | 3 January | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [130] |
Nigellissima | 3 January | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [131] |
Ladyboys | 4 January | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [132] |
Ultimate Spider-Man | 5 January | Seven Network | United States | [127] |
Black Cab Sessions USA | 5 January | SBS ONE | United States | [127] |
Gator 911 | 6 January | One | United States | [133] |
Rev. | 6 January | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [134] |
Baggage Battles | 7 January | A&E | United States | [28] |
Watson & Oliver | 7 January | UKTV | United Kingdom | [28] |
Doc Martin France | 7 January | SBS Two | France | [134] |
Golden | 7 January | Network Ten | New Zealand | [135] |
The Story of Film: An Odyssey | 8 January | SBS Two | United Kingdom | [136] |
My Big Fat Operation | 9 January | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [137] |
Lab Rats | 10 January | Disney Channel | United States | [citation needed] |
Chicago Fire | 10 January | Fox8 | United States | [138] |
1600 Penn | 13 January | The Comedy Channel | United States | [139][140] |
Britain's Empty Homes | 13 January | 7TWO | United Kingdom | [141] |
The Carrie Diaries | 15 January | Fox8 | United States | [138] |
Murder in Mind | 16 January | 7TWO | United Kingdom | [141] |
Prisoners of War | 19 January | SBS ONE | Israel | [142] |
David Attenborough's The Blue Planet | 19 January | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [143] |
DEA | 21 January | 7mate | United States | [144] |
Undercover Boss Canada | 22 January | One | Canada | [145] |
Set List | 24 January | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [144] |
The Mindy Project | 28 January | Seven Network | United States | [146] |
Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies | 28 January | Eleven | Japan | [citation needed] |
Against the Wall | 29 January | Seven Network | United States | [147] |
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo | 31 January | Discovery Home & Health | United States | [28] |
Outback Hunters | 31 January | A&E | United States | [28] |
The Paradise | 2 February | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [148] |
Elementary | 3 February | Network Ten | United States | [149] |
Katie | 4 February | Arena | United States | [150] |
Romanzo Criminale | 5 February | Showcase | Italy | [151] |
The Last Leg | 6 February[a] | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [152] |
Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape | 8 February | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [153] |
Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home | 10 February | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [154] |
David Attenborough's Africa | 16 February | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [155] |
Last Resort | 20 February | Seven Network | United States | [156] |
Parade's End | 6 March | Nine Network (Aired 1st week) GEM (Aired 2nd week) |
United Kingdom United States Belgium |
[157] |
The Fades | 18 March | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [158] |
Transporter: The Series | 20 March | FX | United States Germany Canada France |
[159] |
Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan | 23 March | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [160] |
Dog With a Blog | 25 March | Disney Channel | United States | [citation needed] |
Marco Pierre White's Kitchen Wars | 28 March | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [161] |
Lilyhammer | 30 March | SBS ONE | Norway | [162] |
Toy Hunter | 2 April | A&E | United States | [163] |
The Following | 9 April | Nine Network | United States | [164] |
What's Your Emergency? | 10 April | Nine Network | United Kingdom | [165] |
Mrs Biggs | 14 April | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [166] |
Parkinson: Masterclass | 14 April | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [167] |
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | 15 April | CNN | United States | [168] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | 15 April | GO! | Japan | [citation needed] |
Da Vinci's Demons | 16 April | FX | United States | [169] |
Hannibal | 17 April | Seven Network | United States | [166] |
Strangeways | 17 April | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [citation needed] |
Citizen Khan | 18 April | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [170] |
Defiance | 18 April | SF Channel | United States | [171] |
Crash & Bernstein | 19 April | Disney Channel | United States | [citation needed] |
Urban Secrets | 19 April | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [172] |
Chasing The Saturdays | 23 April | E! | United States | [173] |
Arrow | 1 May[b] | Nine Network | United States | [174] |
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | 6 May | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [175] |
Gok's Style Secrets | 15 May | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom | [176] |
Longmire | 15 May | GEM | United States | [177] |
Bates Motel | 20 May (on demand) 26 May |
Fox8 | United States | [178] |
Major Crimes | 20 May | Nine Network[c] | United States | [179] |
Beauty & the Beast | 22 May | Network Ten[d] | United States | [180] |
The Americans | 27 May | Network Ten | United States | [181] |
The Audience | 27 May | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [182] |
Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton | 30 May | One | United States | [183] |
Brain Games | 2 June | National Geographic Channel | United States | [184] |
Killer Karaoke | 9 June | The Comedy Channel | United States | [185] |
The Sex Show | 11 June | SBS Two | Norway | [186] |
Chosen | 16 June | FX | United States | [187] |
Hotel Hell | 17 June | Nine Network | United States | [188] |
Vice | 19 June | Fox8 | United States | [189] |
Under the Dome | 25 June | Network Ten | United States | [190] |
Mickey Mouse | 1 July | Disney Channel | United States | [citation needed] |
Red Widow | 1 July | Seven Network | United States | [191] |
Cardinal Burns | 2 July | The Comedy Channel | United Kingdom | [192] |
Ray Donovan | 2 July | Showcase | United States | [193] |
Twisted | 9 July | Fox8 | United States | [194] |
The Wanted Life | 9 July | E! | United States | [195] |
The Bridge | 11 July | FX | United States | [196] |
Broadchurch | 12 July | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [197] |
Mankind: The Story of All of Us | 12 July | The History Channel | [citation needed] | |
The Bible | 16 July | Nine Network | United States | [198] |
Legit | 25 July | The Comedy Channel | United States | [199] |
Ripper Street | 28 July | Network Ten | United Kingdom United States |
[200] |
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual | 4 August | Bio. | United States | [201] |
Mr. Selfridge | 5 August | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [202] |
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | 5 August | Eleven | United States Canada |
|
Hotel Secrets | 5 August | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [203] |
Brickleberry | 7 August | The Comedy Channel | United States | [204] |
Princesses: Long Island | 7 August | Arena | United States | [205] |
Vikings | 8 August | SBS ONE | United States | [206] |
Banshee | 14 August | Fox8 | United States | [207] |
Million Dollar Intern | 25 August | BBC Knowledge | United Kingdom | [208] |
City Girl Diaries | 26 August | Style Network | United States | |
Low Winter Sun | 27 August[e] | FX | United States | [209] |
Doc McStuffins | 1 September | Seven Network | United States Ireland |
|
Littlest Pet Shop (2012) | 1 September | Eleven | United States Canada |
|
Unsupervised | 4 September | Eleven | United States | [210] |
Save with Jamie | 5 September | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [211] |
The White Queen | 5 September | SoHo | United Kingdom | [212] |
Hello Ross | 7 September | E! | United States | [213] |
Bethenny | 10 September | Arena | United States | [214] |
In the Flesh | 10 September | SBS Two | United Kingdom | [215] |
Rise of the Continents | 10 September | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [216] |
Sleepy Hollow | 17 September | Network Ten | United States | [217] |
Ultimate Airport Dubai | 17 September | National Geographic Channel | [218] | |
Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation | 22 September | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [219] |
From Scratch | 23 September | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [220] |
Big School | 24 September | Nine Network | United Kingdom | [221] |
The Face | 24 September | Fox8 | United States | [222] |
The Neighbors | 28 September | Seven Network | United States | [223] |
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle | 28 September | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [175][224] |
Classic Car Rescue | 28 September | 7mate | United States | [220] |
Inside West Coast Customs | 28 September | 7mate | United States | [220] |
Family Tools | 29 September | Seven Network | United States | [225] |
Baby Daddy | 29 September | Fox8 | United States | [226] |
The Blacklist | 30 September | Seven Network | United States | [227] |
Mistresses | 30 September | Seven Network | United States | [228] |
Million Dollar Catch | 30 September | One | New Zealand | [229] |
Hello Ladies | 30 September | Showcase | United Kingdom | [230] |
Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost | 1 October | Discovery Home & Health | United States | [231] |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 2 October | Seven Network | United States | [232] |
Men at Work | 2 October | Seven Network | United States | [233] |
Masters of Sex | 3 October | SBS ONE | United States | [234] |
Deception | 4 October | 7TWO | Ireland | [235] |
Doc McStuffins | 4 October | Disney Channel | United States Ireland |
[236] |
Full Force Nature | 5 October | 7TWO | United States | [237] |
Secret Life of Predators | 6 October | National Geographic Channel | United States | [238] |
Q Pootle 5 | 7 October | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [239] |
Live at the Electric | 7 October | SBS 2 | United Kingdom | [239] |
The Doozers | 7 October | Disney Channel | United States | [236] |
Hostages | 9 October[f] | Nine Network | United States | [240] |
Political Animals | 9 October | Nine Network | United States | [241] |
Orange Is the New Black | 9 October | Showcase | United States | [242] |
Doomsday Bunkers | 10 October | 7mate | United States | [239] |
Liv and Maddie | 11 October | Disney Channel | United States | [citation needed] |
Sam & Cat | 11 October | Nickelodeon | United States | [243][244] |
24/7 Wild | 12 October | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [239] |
Sullivan & Son | 12 October | Nine Network | United States | [245] |
The North Sea | 12 October | 7mate | United Kingdom | [239] |
Super Fun Night | 15 October | Nine Network | United States | [246] |
Pagans and Pilgrims | 15 October | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [247] |
Vinnie Jones: Russia's Toughest | 15 October | National Geographic Channel | United Kingdom | [248] |
God, Guns & Automobiles | 16 October | A&E | United States | [249] |
Real Husbands of Hollywood | 16 October | The Comedy Channel | United States | [250] |
The Returned | 16 October | Studio | France | [251] |
Jamie and Jimmy's Food Fight Club | 17 October | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [252] |
The Fall | 19 October | UKTV | United Kingdom | [253] |
Sunny Skies | 20 October | Eleven | New Zealand | [254] |
The Crazy Ones | 20 October | Fox8 | United States | [226] |
Big Angry Fish | 21 October | One | New Zealand | [113] |
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous | 21 October | MTV | United States | [255] |
Hounds | 24 October | One | New Zealand | [113] |
I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding | 24 October | Arena | United States | [256] |
The New Atlanta | 24 October | Arena | United States | [256] |
A Different Breed | 25 October | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [257] |
Oprah's Master Class | 27 October | Discovery Home & Health | United States | [258] |
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities | 3 November | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [259] |
The Soup Investigates | 3 November | E! | United States | [260] |
Transformers: Rescue Bots | 4 November | Eleven | United States | |
Sofia the First | 10 November | Seven Network | United States | |
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell | 13 November | Discovery Channel | United States | [261] |
The Originals | 13 November | GO! | United States | [262] |
DreamWorks Dragons | 14 November | ABC3 | United States | |
Secrets of Wild India | 17 November | Nine Network | United Kingdom | [263] |
Wild Animal Baby Explorers | 18 November | ABC2 | United States | |
Hellfjord | 18 November | SBS ONE | Norway | [264] |
Kobushi | 25 November | ABC3 | Japan France |
|
Airplane Repo | 10 December | Discovery Channel | United States | [265] |
Total Drama All-Stars and Pahkitew Island | 12 December | ABC3 | Canada | |
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud | 28 December | GO! | New Zealand | [266] |
The Taste | 29 December | GEM | United States | [267] |
Partners | 30 December | Nine Network | United States | [268] |
Telemovie | Original airdate(s) | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Cliffy | 26 May | ABC1 | [65] |
I Am You | 18 August | ABC1 | [269] |
An Accidental Soldier | 15 September | ABC1 | [270] |
Carlotta | 2013 | ABC1 | [271] |
The Broken Shore | 2013 | ABC1 | [272] |
Sundowner | TBA | Nine Network | [273] |
Telemovie | Original airdate(s) | Network | Country of origin | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Case Sensitive: The Other Half Lives | 4 May | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [274] |
Sharknado | 26 July | Universal Channel | United States | [275] |
Teen Beach Movie | 9 August | Disney Channel | United States | [276] |
Killing Kennedy | 19 November | National Geographic Channel | United States | [277] |
Reckless | TBA | Network Ten | United States | [278] |
Room on the Broom | TBA | ABC 4 Kids (ABC2) | United Kingdom | [279] |
Miniseries | Original airdate(s) | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Top of the Lake | 24 March | UKTV | [280] |
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | 2, 9 June | ABC1 | [65] |
Better Man | 25 July, 1 August | SBS ONE | [281] |
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War | 8, 15 September | Nine Network | [282] |
The Gallipoli Story | TBA | (Foxtel) | [283] |
The House of Hancock | TBA | (Foxtel) | [284] |
Miniseries | Original airdate(s) | Network | Country of origin | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labyrinth | 27 January, 3 February | SoHo | Germany South Africa |
[28] |
Hatfields & McCoys | 1 June | Showcase | United States | [285] |
Political Animals | 9 October | Nine Network | United States | [286] |
Secret State | 23 November | UKTV | United Kingdom | [287] |
Documentary | Original airdate(s) | Network | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Dirty Business: How Mining Made Australia | 6 January | SBS ONE | [288] |
Coniston | 14 January | ABC1 | [289] |
The Train: The Granville Disaster | 18 January | The History Channel | [28] |
ABBA: Bang a Boomerang | 30 January | ABC1 | [290] |
Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines | 26 May | SBS ONE | [291] |
Fat and Back | 22 July | One | [292] |
Malcolm Naden: Australia's Most Hunted | 11 September | Seven Network | [293] |
Eric Smith: Not Finished Yet | 12 September | Studio | [294] |
Kakadu | 6 October | ABC1 | [295] |
Yagan | 6 October | ABC1 | [296] |
The Art of Australia | 22 October | ABC1 | [297] |
JFK: The Smoking Gun | 3 November | SBS ONE | [298] |
The Artist's Story: Tina Arena | 21 November | Max | [299] |
Body Line: The Ultimate Test | TBA | TBA | [300] |
Canberra Confidential | TBA | ABC1 | [301] |
Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer | TBA | ABC1 | [301] |
Life on Us | TBA | SBS ONE | [302] |
Once Upon a Time in Carlton | TBA | SBS ONE | [302] |
Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl | TBA | SBS ONE | [303] |
Our Little Secret | TBA | ABC1 | [304] |
Race for Beauty | TBA | SBS ONE | [302] |
Peter Sculthorpe, A Journey Through My Life | TBA | ABC1 | [301] |
The Sharp End | TBA | ABC1 | [301] |
Surgery Ship | TBA | SBS ONE | [303] |
The War That Changed Us | TBA | ABC1 | [305] |
Welcome to Puntland | TBA | SBS ONE | [302] |
Documentary | Original airdate(s) | Network | Country of origin | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Welcome to India | 2 January | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [306] |
Our Queen | 9, 16 May | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [307] |
Dear mother, Love Cher | 12 May | Bio. | United States | [308] |
The Fighters | 17, 18 May | CNN International | United States | [309] |
The Grammar of Happiness | 2 July | ABC1 | United States | [310] |
Agnetha: ABBA and After | 2 July | Nine Network | United Kingdom | [311] |
Abba: When Four Becomes One | 3 September | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [312] |
Abba: Absolute Image | 10 September | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [313] |
Sound City | 12 September | Max | United States | [314] |
The Man with the Biggest Testicles | 25 September | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [315] |
H. G. Wells: War with the World | 27 September | History | United Kingdom | [316] |
Rihanna 777 | 29 September | Channel [V] | United States | [317] |
I'm a Teenage Grandmother | 10 October | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [318] |
Autopsy on a Dream | 20 October | ABC1 | United Kingdom | [319] |
David Attenborough: Animal Attraction | 20 October | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [320] |
Crazy About One Direction | 22 October | GO! | United Kingdom | [321] |
Attenborough's Ark | 27 October | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [320][322] |
Giant Otters of the Amazon | TBA | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [322] |
Living with Baboons | TBA | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [322] |
Operation Iceberg | TBA | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [322] |
Snow Babies | TBA | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [322] |
Television special | Original airdate(s) | Network(s) | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Hills Stands Up Live | 23 January | ABC1 | [144] | |
Australian of the Year 2013 | 25 January | ABC1 | [323] | |
Australia Celebrates 2013 | 25 January | ABC1 | [323] | |
The Australia Day Showdown: You Can Never Be Too Australian | 26 January | Network Ten | [324] | |
2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Great Debate | 27 January | Network Ten | [325] | |
2nd AACTA Awards 2013 | 30 January | Network Ten | [326] | |
The Allan Border Medal 2013 | 4 February | GEM | [327] | |
Shock, Horror, Aunty. | 6, 13 February | ABC1 | [328] | |
Seven News Special: Drugs in Footy Summit | 14 February | Seven Network | [329] | |
Hello. My name is Flume. | 22 February | Channel [V] | [330] | |
Future Music Festival 2013 | 16 March | Channel [V] | [331] | |
2013 MTV Movie Awards | 15 April | MTV Australia | [332] | |
The People's Forum with Tony Abbott | 18 April | Sky News Australia | [333] | |
The People's Forum with Julia Gillard | 22 April | Sky News Australia | [334] | |
2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Debate | 11 May | Network Ten | [335] | |
The Biggest Loser's Biggest Ever Makeovers | 24 June, 1 July | Network Ten | [336] | |
Killing Bin Laden: A Ten News Special | 25 June | Network Ten | [337] | |
Brendon Burns: So I Suppose This is Offensive Now | 19 July | The Comedy Channel | [338] | |
Bali: The Dark Side of Paradise | 21 July | Nine Network | [339] | |
It's Cabaret | 22 July | Studio | [340] | |
Anh Does Britain | 23, 30 July | Seven Network | [341] | |
Brendon Burns: Sober Not Clean | 26 July | The Comedy Channel | [338] | |
2013 Helpmann Awards | 29 July | Arena | [342] | |
Shadow of Doubt | 29 July | Crime & Investigation Network | [343] | |
Cosentino: The Magic, The Mystery, The Madness | 27 August | Seven Network | [344] | |
2013 Deadly Awards | 15 September | SBS ONE | [345] | |
Just for Laughs: Aussies in Montreal | 18 September | Seven Network | [346] | |
Paul Kelly: Stories of Me | 27 October | ABC1 | [347] | |
No Laughing Matter | 1 November | The Comedy Channel | [348] | |
2013 Walkley Awards | 28 November | ABC3 | [349] | |
2013 ARIA Awards | 1 December | GO! | [350] | |
Sydney New Year's Eve | 31 December | ABC | Australia | [351] |
Television special | Original airdate(s) | Network(s) | Country of origin | Ref |
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New Year's Day Concert | 1 January | SBS ONE | Austria | [352] |
70th Golden Globe Awards | 14 January | Arena | United States | [28] |
Just For Laughs: Montreal Comedy Festival Gala 2012 | 20 January | Network Ten | Canada | [353] |
19th Screen Actors Guild Awards | 28 January | TV1 | United States | [28] |
2013 Billboard Music Awards | 27 February | SBS ONE | United Kingdom | [354] |
Selling Spelling Manor | 18, 25 April | LifeStyle Home | United States | [355] |
Ryan Seacrest with the Kardashians | 26 April | E! | United States | [356] |
Gok Wan: Made in China | 2 May | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom | [176] |
2013 Billboard Music Awards | 20 May | Channel [V] | United States | [357] |
2013 Guys' Choice Awards | 22 June | FX | United States | [358] |
Will & Kate Plus One | 20 July | CNN | United States | [359] |
David Bowie: Five Years in the Making of an Icon | 24 July | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [360] |
Doctor Who Revisited | 18 August | UKTV | United States | [361] |
65th Primetime Emmy Awards | 23 September | Fox8 | United States | [362] |
The Bravest Girl in the World | 14 October | CNN | United States | [363] |
Crazy About One Direction | 22 October | GO! | United Kingdom | [364] |
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union TV Song Festival 2013 | 9 November | SBS 2 | Vietnam | [365] |
Criterion for inclusion in the following list is that Australian premiere episodes will air in Australia for the first time on the new network. This includes when a programme is moved from a free-to-air network's primary channel to a digital multi-channel, as well as when a program moves between subscription television channels – provided the preceding criterion is met. Ended television series which change networks for repeat broadcasts are not included in the list.
Programme | Date | New network | Previous network | Ref |
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It's Academic | 1 January | 7TWO | Seven Network | |
Match It | 1 January | 7TWO | Seven Network | |
Yamba's Playtime | 1 January | GO! | Nine Network | |
William & Sparkles' Magical Tales | 1 January | GO! | Nine Network | |
Pyramid | 1 January | GO! | Nine Network | |
Kitchen Whiz | 1 January | GO! | Nine Network | |
Wakkaville | 5 January | GO! | Nine Network | |
Pixel Pinkie | 5 January | GO! | Nine Network | |
Fast Forward's Funniest Send-Ups | 31 January | One | Seven Network | |
Kids' WB | 16 February | GO![g] | Nine Network | [366] |
Reef Doctors | 29 June | Eleven | Network Ten (Axed after Two Episodes) | |
Australia's Got Talent | 11 August | Nine Network | Seven Network | [367] |
Wurrawhy | 4 November | Eleven | Network Ten | |
Totally Wild | 4 November | Eleven | Network Ten | |
Scope | 7 November | Eleven | Network Ten | |
Mako: Island of Secrets | 8 November | Eleven | Network Ten | |
Paradise Cafe | 9 November | Eleven | Network Ten | |
Vicky the Viking | 9 November | Eleven | Network Ten | |
H2O: Just Add Water | 9 November | Eleven | Network Ten |
Program | Date | New network | Previous network | Country of origin | Ref |
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American Idol | 17 January | Network Ten | Fox8 | United States | [368] |
The Looney Tunes Show | 1 July | Boomerang | Cartoon Network | United States | [369] |
Peppa Pig | TBA | CBeebies | Nick Jr. | United Kingdom |
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian free-to-air television that had previously premiered on Australian subscription television. Programs may still air on the original subscription television network.
Program | Date | Free-to-air network | Subscription network(s) | Country of origin | Ref |
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Outback Wrangler | 6 January | One | Nat Geo Wild | Australia | [370] |
Mark Berg's Fishing Addiction | 7 January | One | LifeStyle | Australia | [371] |
Hell on Wheels | 7 January | ABC2 | FX | United States | [372] |
Extreme Engineering | 25 January | 7mate | Discovery Science | United States | [373] |
Monster Jam | 26 January | One | Speed | United States | [374] |
Creative Minds | 26 January | SBS ONE | Studio | Australia | [373] |
Python Hunters | 28 January | One | Nat Geo Wild | United States | [375] |
American Restoration | 28 January | 7mate | A&E | United States | [376] |
Auction Hunters | 5 February | GO! | Discovery | United States | [377] |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force | 1 April | SBS 2 | The Comedy Channel | United States | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 30 June | Eleven | Nickelodeon | United States | |
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | 4 August | Eleven | Boomerang | United States | |
Inventions That Shook The World | 24 September | 7TWO | History | United States | [378] |
Lost Girl | 1 October | SBS 2 | Sci Fi | Canada | [379] |
Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 3 October | ABC2 | BBC UKTV | United Kingdom | [380] |
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | 8 October | Eleven | Arena | United States | [381] |
Beyond Survival | 14 October | SBS 2 | Discovery | Canada | [382] |
Hardliners | 21 October | One | A&E | Australia | [383] |
The Sarah Silverman Program | 30 October | SBS 2 | The Comedy Channel | United States | [384] |
Revolution | 5 November | Nine Network | Fox8 | United States | [385] |
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.
Program | Date | Free-to-air network | Subscription network(s) | Country of origin | Ref |
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Program | End date | Network | Start date | Ref | |
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The Price Is Right (repeats) | 10 January | Seven Network | 07 May | ||
Home and Away (Friday) | 18 March | Seven Network | 1988 | ||
Celebrity Splash! | 16 May | Seven Network | 29 April | ||
Nine Afternoon News (local edition) | 28 June | Nine Network (Perth) | 2012 | [386] | |
Packed to the Rafters | 2 July | Seven Network | 2008 | [387] | |
Ten News At Five | 15 September | Network Ten | 21 July 2008 | ||
Before the Game | 27 September | Network Ten | 1 March 2003 | ||
Dance Academy | 30 September | ABC3 | 2010 | [388] | |
The Game Plan (NRL) | 3 October | One | 2011 | [389] | |
Nine News at 7.00 | 25 October[h] | GEM | 5 August | ||
Inside Business | 1 December | ABC1 | 2002 | [390] | |
Deal Or No Deal | 29 November | Seven Network | 13 July 2003 | 2003 |
Program | Return date | Network | Original run | Ref |
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The Mole | 2 July | Seven Network | 2000–2005 | [391] |
Talking Footy | 26 August | Seven Network | 1994–2002 | [392] |
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