2020 in Australian television

This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2020, the 65th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

List of years in Australian television

Events

February
Date Event Source
17 Following low ratings in Adelaide, Nine switches Millionaire Hot Seat and Nine News Adelaide's timeslots around. The first episode of Hot Seat in its new 4 pm timeslot is watched by just 5,000 viewers, easily beaten by Seven News in its 4 pm timeslot. [1]

March
Date Event Source
14 (ongoing) ABC News Channel, ABC, ABC iview, Sky News, Seven News, 7plus, Nine News & 9Now take major expensive coverage on the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 Nine News suspends their regional 6:00 pm bulletins indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with reporters redeployed to the metropolitan bulletins in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Their news bulletins were to return on August 10 at a 5.30pm timeslot. [2]

May
Date Event Source
24 Seven West Media, Announce they'll be Trimming 30% of Advertising across their Free-to-air Channels during General Programming. [3]

June
Date Event Source
1 Seven News United States correspondent Amelia Brace and freelance photojournalist Timothy Myers were assaulted in Washington DC while covering the George Floyd protests on Sunrise. [4]
3 In two separate incidents, Nine News European correspondents Sophie Walsh and Ben Avery were attacked while covering the George Floyd protests in the United Kingdom. Walsh was assaulted by a bystander during a live-cross to Nine's Adelaide evening news bulletin, while Avery was attacked while covering the story on the Today show. Neither were harmed. [5]
19 The Seven Network axes its afternoon talk show The Daily Edition due to economic pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [6]
22 The Daily Edition host Ryan Phelan is sacked by the Seven Network after being charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault following a complaint made to police by his girlfriend. [7]
30 The licence for Community television to broadcast will expire. [8]
30 Pay television provider Foxtel ceases operations of its locally owned music television channels [V], MAX, Foxtel Smooth and the Country Music Channel. They were replaced by a new suite of music video networks operated by ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia, which operates MTV, Nickelodeon, and free-to-air Network 10. [9]

July

August
Date Event Source
20 Emelia Jackson from Melbourne, Victoria wins the Back to Win Season of Masterchef Australia. [10]
Date Event Source
9 TNT-9, the station of the Southern Cross Austereo-owned Seven Network affilate Seven Tasmania, goes off air during a Snowstorm on Newsreader's Rachel Williams' final bulletin in Nightly News 7 Tasmania.
10 Ben Polson of Perth, WA wins the Fourth Season of Australian Ninja Warrior and First Ever Champion taking home $400,000. [11]

September
Date Event Source
TBA Network 10 will launch 10 Shake, its first new multichannel in over 9 years. It will feature content from its ViacomCBS sister networks Nick during the day, and MTV Australia from 6pm onwards.

Late 2020
Date Event Source
TBA The first ever Today, Today Extra and A Current Affair are broadcast from the Nine Network's new North Sydney studios. On the same night, Nine News has a new studio set of its Sydney bulletin.

Television channels

New channels
  • 16 January - 7mate HD
  • 5 April - 9Rush
  • 1 July - Club MTV, MTV Hits Australia, MTV Classic Australia (Foxtel only), NickMusic, CMT
  • September 2020 - 10 Shake

Channel closures

Premieres

Domestic series
List of domestic television series premieres
Program Original airdate Network Source
The Gloaming 1 JanuaryStan[12]

Deaths

References
  1. Knox, David (17 February 2020). "Update: Nine News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. Knox, David (17 March 2020). "Nine News suspends regional bulletins". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Seven is cutting the amount of advertising it will run". 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. Knox, David (2 June 2020). "Police strike Sunrise crew in Washington, DC". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. Knox, David (4 June 2020). "Nine News journalists attacked in London clashes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. Knox, David (19 June 2020). "Axed: The Daily Edition". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. Marsh, Stuart (23 June 2020). "TV presenter Ryan Phelan charged over alleged domestic violence incident". Nine News. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. "Community television broadcasters granted two year licence extension" (Press release). Canberra. Department of Communications and the Arts. 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. https://themusicnetwork.com/rip-foxtel-music-channels/
  10. {{cite web|url= https://www.nowtolove.com.au/reality-tv/masterchef/masterchef-2020-emelia-jackson-intimidated-by-laura-sharrad-64668}
  11. https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/history-is-made-with-ben-polson-crowned-australias-first-ninja-warrior. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. Buckmaster, Luke (30 December 2019). "The Gloaming review – shades of Twin Peaks in fog-swamped crime drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. Gill, Alan (November 22, 1986). "Critics Say a 'Real' Pope Would Stay at Home; The Papal Tour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Apart from siring Australia's highest-paid movie star, he recently won $100,000, plus a luxurious car, in a TV quiz program.
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