1974 in Australian television

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This is a list of Australian television-related events in 1974.

Events

18 March – The Reg Grundy Organisation's new Australian daily soap opera for teenagers set in a secondary school Class of 74 starts screening on Seven Network and is shown five nights a week. The following year it was later changed to Class of 75 before getting axed.
1 April – Long running American soap opera The Young and the Restless starts its very first broadcast in Australia on Nine Network.
9 June – Australian horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs its final episode on Nine Network.
21 June – A new short lived Australian science fiction television series for children called Alpha Scorpio debuts on ABC only running for six episodes.
October – Test colour transmissions commence across all networks.
8 November – Australian music program Countdown premieres on ABC with Grant Goldman as the very first host.
31 December – News Limited and Nine Network have launched a 28-hour telethon to raise funding for the relief effort of Darwin, Northern Territory after the city was wiped out by Cyclone Tracy.

21 January – The Electric Company (ABC)
15 February/4 April – Hawkins (15 February: Seven Network - Sydney, 4 April: Seven Network - Melbourne)
1 April – The Young and the Restless (Nine Network)
1 April – Dusty's Trail (Nine Network)
15 April – Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (Nine Network)
21 April – Kojak (The 0-10 Network)
6 May – The Beachcombers (ABC)
13 May – Mission: Magic! (The 0-10 Network)
26 May – Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (ABC)
27 May – Wild, Wild World of Animals (ABC)
10 June – Bailey's Comets (Nine Network)
26 June – Shaft (Seven Network)
30 June – The Six Million Dollar Man (The 0-10 Network)
1 July – Thriller (Seven Network)
20 July – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (ABC)
28 July – My Favorite Martians (ABC)
3 August – Jack the Ripper (1973) (ABC)
18 August – Man About the House (ABC)
14 September – Needles and Pins (ABC)
22 September – Happy Days (Nine Network)
17 October – The Ascent of Man (ABC)
19 October – Speed Buggy (ABC)
3 November – Adam's Rib (Seven Network)
6 November/9 December – Doc Elliot (6 November: Nine Network - Sydney, 9 December: Nine Network - Melbourne)
12 December – Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Nine Network)
Inch High, Private Eye (Nine Network)
Super Friends (1973) (The 0-10 Network)

Football Inquest (1960–1974)
Four Corners (1961–present).
It's Academic (1968–1978)
Division 4 (1969–1975)
GTK (1969–1974)

Date	Show	Channel	Debut
26 May	Football Inquest	HSV-7	9 April 1960
9 June	The Evil Touch	Nine Network	19 June 1973
26 July	Alpha Scorpio	ABC	21 June 1974
5 December	A Touch of Reverence	ABC	21 November 1974
1974	GTK	ABC	1969
1974	Ryan	Seven Network	27 May 1973
1974	The Price Is Right	Channel 0	5 February 1973

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