1984 in Australian television

Events

Television
  • January – English born Australian businessman Alan Bond purchases STW9 Perth for just under $50 million.
  • 9 January – British children's animated series Towser debuts on ABC before airing on ITV in the UK months later.
  • 16 January – Australian situation comedy series Mother and Son debuts on ABC.
  • 30 January – Perfect Match is launched in the 5:30 p.m. timeslot, bringing in record ratings for that timeslot and ensuring Ten's Eyewitness News won the 6–7 p.m. timeslot.
  • 3 February – Australia's first nationally televised telethon screens on Network Ten. It is a 26-hour effort to raise money for Australia's Olympic athletes.
  • 18 February – The Nine Network's Hey Hey It's Saturday moves from a Breakfast Television format to the 9:30 p.m. timeslot, Primetime format and rebranded as Hey Hey It's Saturday Night.
  • 2 April – British children's stop motion animated series, Paddington, debuts on ABC.
  • 9 April – Guy Blackmore joins Eyewitness News.
  • 20 April – The Royal Children's Hospital Appeal is televised on Seven Network on Good Friday in Melbourne.
  • June – Christopher Skase purchases TVQ-0.
  • 20 June – An electricity strike across Victoria cause all of Melbourne's TV stations to broadcast just two hours of programming closing down at 8:00 p.m.
  • 26 July – French-American-Canadian animated series Inspector Gadget debuts on ABC at 5:30 p.m..
  • July – Network Ten televises the 1984 Summer Olympics from Los Angeles. Also, all stations adopt a uniform on-air look for the first time.
  • 19 October – Long running Australian current affairs program Dateline premieres on Channel 0/28.
  • 22 October – The first ever television incarnation of the popular koala, The New Adventures of Blinky Bill, debuts on ABC.
  • The first televised federal election debate takes place.

Debuts

New International Programming

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
Program New network(s) Previous network(s) Date
Hong Kong Phooey Channel Seven Channel Nine 4 January
Roger Ramjet ABC TV Channel Seven 6 March
Jabberjaw Channel Seven Channel Nine 31 August

Television shows

1950s
  • Mr. Squiggle and Friends (1959–1999)

1960s

1970s

1980s

Ending this year
DateShowChannelDebut
7 February Waterloo Station Channel Nine 2 February 1983
21 March Waterfront Channel Ten 20 March 1984
23 July Cop Shop Channel Seven 28 November 1977
2 August Sweet and Sour ABC TV 2 July 1984
7 November Australia You're Standing In It ABC TV 26 September 1983
1 September Kingswood Country Channel Seven 30 January 1980
1 December Carson's Law Channel Ten 24 January 1983

Returning this year

TV movies

Births
  • 24 August – Erin Molan, journalist and TV presenter

See also

References
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