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2024 in Australian television

This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2024, the 69th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

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Events

January

DateEventSource
1The ABC's coverage of the annual midnight Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks is watched by 1,140,000 viewers.[1]
5Seven News cameraman Paul Walker celebrates his forty-year anniversary with the network, in the ATN Sydney newsroom.[2]
8WIN News presenter Jared Constable begins his role as the network's sport presenter.[3]
14Alicia Loxley and Tom Steinfort present their first weeknight Nine News Melbourne bulletin from the Melbourne Park for the 2024 Australian Open. On the same day, the Nine News Sydney and Melbourne news bulletins refresh its on-air graphics.[4][5]
It is announced that Colin Fassnidge would be joining Better Homes and Gardens beginning 2 February 2024, replacing Ed Halmagyi. He continues to host My Kitchen Rules.[6]
17CNN International Asia Pacific returns to Fetch TV, as part of a contract extension deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. On the same day, as part of a deal with Paramount Global, MTV 90s, MTV 00s and MTV 80s launch on Fetch TV.[7][8]
19Tracy Grimshaw's new television series is revealed at a Nine Entertainment event in Melbourne, to be titled Do You Want to Live Forever? and featuring Dr Nick Coatsworth. At the event, it is also announced that Nine News reporters Dimity Clancey and Adam Hegarty will join 60 Minutes on 4 February 2024, when the show returns.[9][10][11]
The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony from Gangwon airs on 9Go!, beginning Nine's Olympic and Paralympic Games coverage.[12]
22Sky News Australia launches a new streaming app, costing AU$5 per month.[13]
24Andrew O'Keefe, the former host of Deal or No Deal, The Chase Australia and Weekend Sunrise, is found guilty of common assault, common assault occasioning actual bodily harm, breaching an AVO and drug possession after assaulting his former partner during an argument in 2021.[14]
7plus joins Foxtel, on the iQ4 and iQ5 Foxtel boxes, hence Foxtel has all free-to-air streaming apps. The Foxtel iQ3 will add 7plus at a later date.[15]
Seven News announces that Samantha Heathwood would replace Katrina Blowers as the Brisbane weekend news presenter from 3 February. Blowers shares presenting duties on Seven Afternoon News with Heathwood and is a reporter.[16][17]
28The 2024 Australian Open mens final between Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner reaches 4,767,000 viewers, as a result of changes to the OzTAM rating system.[18]
29The Chase Australia launches its double chaser format, named Double Trouble.[19]
The first edition of 10 News First: Afternoon goes to air on Network 10. The show is presented by Narelda Jacobs.[20]
The Australian version of Tipping Point, hosted by Todd Woodbridge, debuts on the Nine Network.[21]
Deal or No Deal is revived by Network 10, hosted by Grant Denyer.[22]
The ninth season of Australian Idol debuts on the Seven Network.[23]
Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia debuts on Network 10.[24]
The eleventh season of Married at First Sight debuts on the Nine Network.[25]
Nine News Melbourne airs an photoshopped image of Victorian state MP Georgie Purcell which appears to enlarge her breasts and expose her midriff. After Purcell accuses Nine of sexism, they issued an apology blaming automation from Photoshop during resizing.[26][27][28]

February

DateEventSource
2A collaboration between BBC Studios/Ludo Studio and Australian hardware chain Bunnings is officially launched, which sees six Bunnings stores temporarily rebranded to "Hammerbarn", in homage to a 2020 Bluey episode of the same name.[29][30]
Better Homes and Gardens returns to the Seven Network for its thirtieth season.[31]
4Insiders returns to ABC TV. The first guest for 2024 is Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.[32][33]
8Seven West Media announces that The Latest: Seven News will move production to Seven's Perth headquarters in March, resulting in Michael Usher departing from the program.[34]
10Sky News Australia announces that The Rita Panahi Show is expanding from Fridays, to Monday–Thursday, following the moving of Piers Morgan Uncensored to YouTube.[35]
16The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ombudsman clears Indigenous Affairs editor Bridget Brennan of breaching impartiality standards during a live cross to News Breakfast on Australia Day in which she used the phrase "always was and always will be Aboriginal land", which prompted 25 complaints.[36][37]
18Former Totally Wild and Studio 10 reporter and Gamify host Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies disappear. A 28-year-old New South Wales police officer, who Baird previously dated, is subsequently charged with their murders.[38][39]
19An episode of ABC TV's Four Corners attracts attention after Woolworths Group CEO Brad Banducci attempts to have comments he made about former ACCC chair Rod Sims edited out, before momentarily walking away when Angus Grigg, an ABC reporter, refused.[40]
20It is announced that the Nine Network signed a 5 year deal worth up to $50 million, with the Victoria Racing Club and Tabcorp, in order for Nine to broadcast the Melbourne Cup until 2029.[41]
21Foxtel announces its new $99 set top box Hubbl. The set-top-box integrates both free-to-air and pay television services.[42]
26The first episode of The Chase Australia featuring new chaser Brandon Blackwell, nicknamed "The Lightning Bolt", airs at 5:00 pm on Channel 7.[43]
29Kayo Sports starts to provide 4K content. The Kayo Basic plan increases its price from AU$30 to AU$35.[44]

March

DateEventSource
1Foxtel announces that its set-top-box Hubbl will be on sale and be advertised from 10 March 2024. Its Hubbl Glass TV will cost AU$1595 and will feature hands-free voice control and six speakers with Dolby Atmos surround sound.[45]
2The Seven Network announces Simon Cohen, Rosie Morley and Lana Taylor as the judges on its upcoming home renovation reality program Dream Home, hosted by Chris Brown.[46]
4Network 10 airs the 9,000th episode of Neighbours.[47]
5Seven West Media confirms that The Latest: Seven News will begin broadcasting from Perth on 18 March 2024, with Tim McMillan presenting, replacing Michael Usher and Angela Cox. To make room for the changes, the program will not air from 11-14 March 2024.[48]
8Network 10 reboots Ready Steady Cook as a weekly Friday evening series, hosted by chef Miguel Maestre.[49]
14Warren Tredrea, former sports presenter at Nine News, loses an unfair dismissal complaint against the news service. Tredrea claimed he had been dismissed in January 2022 due to his refusal to adhere to the Nine Network's COVID-19 vaccination policy, requiring all employees to be fully-vaccinated. However, the Federal Court accepted the network's assertions that Tredrea was dismissed due to his performance within his role.[50]
15After thirteen years, Darren Wick departs his role as Director of News and Current Affairs at Nine News.[51]
It is announced that the Nine Network has delivered its best-ever rating results for the first quarter of 2024.[52]
19HR manager Feras Basal wins Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels, becoming the first Arab Australian to win the reality series.[53]
22Brooke Boney announces her departure from Today and the Nine Network in order to study at the University of Oxford. She will leave the network right after the 2024 Summer Olympics.[54]
Seven Early News presenter Jodie Speers announces her departure from the Seven Network after 15 years. She is succeeded by Edwina Bartholomew.[55]
24The tenth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! premieres on Network 10. This season is hosted by Julia Morris and new co-host Robert Irwin.[56]
Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines is taken to hospital after collapsing in her dressing room prior to the show going to air.[57]
25The finale of the ninth season of Australian Idol airs on the Seven Network, which is won by Dylan Wright who beats out Amy Reeves and Denvah Baker-Moller.[58]
27It is announced that coverage of the 2024 international cricket season will be available for the first time on 7plus, in addition to being broadcast on the Seven Network.[59]
27Due to the passing of the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Television) Bill 2024, it is announced that Channel 44 and C31 Melbourne and Geelong will continue to operate for the foreseeable future.[60]
30Seven News Queensland presenter Rosanna Natoli announces that she will resign from the network, having won the election to become the new Mayor of the Sunshine Coast.[61]

April

DateEventSource
2Pizza creator Paul Fenech responds to accusations of fatphobia by Rebel Wilson who recalls her time playing the character of Toula in her new memoir, with Fenech describing Wilson's claims as "hurtful" and "disgusting" while describing her as "ungrateful".[62][63]
5Emma Watkins is announced as the new host of the third season of ABC Me's Teenage Boss, named Teenage Boss: Next Level, succeeding mathematician and teacher Eddie Woo.[64]
7A new Bluey episode, titled Ghostbasket, premieres on ABC Kids.[65]
8The first episode of The Chase Australia featuring new chaser David Poltorak, nicknamed "The Professor", airs at 5:00 pm on the Seven Network.[66]
A spokesperson at Seven West Media confirms that longtime Sunrise executive producer Michael Pell departed the company.[67]
9Virginia Trioli returns to TV, with the debut of Creative Types with Virginia Trioli on ABC TV.[68][69]
12Chris Uhlmann announces that he has joined Sky News Australia as a political contributor, after previously working at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Nine Network. He will be a regular contributor to the Credlin program, every Tuesday night.[70][71]
14The 28-minute long Bluey special episode of The Sign airs on ABC Kids at 8 am.[72]
15Bruce Lehrmann loses the civil defamation case he brought against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson in the Federal Court, with Justice Michael Lee finding on the balance of probabilities that Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.[73]
19Neighbours is nominated for Best Daytime Drama Series at the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards. Guy Pearce is also nominated for Best Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series for his portrayal of Mike Young.[74]
20Hosted by Stephen Fry and filmed in London, the first episode of the reboot of Jeopardy! Australia airs on the Nine Network.[75]
21Social media influencer Skye Wheatley wins the tenth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on Network 10. Dancer and Studio 10 presenter Tristan MacManus is runner-up.[76]
22The sixteenth season of MasterChef Australia premieres on Network 10, with new judges Sofia Levin, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Poh Ling Yeow joining returning judge Andy Allen for the new season.[77]
24Sophie Hood and Troy Benjamin win the first season of Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars on the Nine Network, with a $250,000 cash prize.[78]

Future events

July

DateEventSource
1TVSN will move channels from channel 16 on the Network 10 multiplex (channel 54 or 84 in regional WIN Television areas) to channel 77 on the Seven Network multiplex (channel 67 in Seven regional areas), as part of a broadcast deal with Seven West Media. TVSN will also live stream on the 7plus platform as part of the deal.[79][80]

Premieres

Domestic series

List of domestic television series premieres
ProgramOriginal airdateNetwork(s)Source
Planet Lulin1 JanuaryABC Me[81][82]
Grand Designs Transformations4 JanuaryABC TV[82][83]
Boy Swallows Universe11 JanuaryNetflix[84][85]
Ninganah Lullaby15 JanuaryABC Kids[86]
Prosper18 JanuaryStan[87]
Tipping Point Australia29 JanuaryNine Network[88][89][90]
NemesisABC TV[91]
10 News First: AfternoonNetwork 10[92][93][94]
The Matchmakers4 FebruarySBS[95]
The JurySky News Australia[96]
Eddie's Lil' Homies16 FebruaryNITV
Netflix		[97]
House of Gods25 FebruaryABC TV[98]
Fizzy & Suds11 MarchABC Kids[99]
Population 1114 MarchStan[100]
Apples Never FallBinge
Fox8		[101]
Footy Furnace17 MarchNine Network[102]
High Country19 MarchBinge
Showcase		[103]
Aaron Chen: If Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would BelieveYouTube
Network 10		[104]
Tastes of the Tropics20 MarchSBS Food[105]
Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars26 MarchNine Network[106][107][108]
Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators3 April[109]
Creative Types with Virginia Trioli9 AprilABC TV[110]
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian[111]
White Fever10 April[112]
Danica and James14 AprilSky News Australia[113]
Revealed: How To Poison A Planet28 AprilStan[114]
This Is Going to be Big30 AprilABC TV[115]
Tony Armstrong's Extra-Ordinary Things21 MayABC TV[116]
Human Error2024Nine Network[117]
Dream HomeSeven Network[46]

International series

List of international television series premieres
ProgramOriginal airdateCountry of originNetwork(s)Source
Ted11 JanuaryUnited StatesFox8
Binge		[118][119]
Made In Chelsea: Sydney15 JanuaryUnited KingdomHayu[120]
Earth23 JanuaryABC TV[121]
Couple to Throuple9 FebruaryUnited StatesHayu[122]
The Irrational12 FebruarySeven Network[123]
Mr Bates vs The Post Office14 FebruaryUnited KingdomSeven Network[124]
Brits Down Under16 February9Now[125]
Double Parked20 FebruaryNew ZealandABC TV Plus[126]
Whale with Steve Backshall27 FebruaryUnited KingdomABC TV[127]
Dynasties II1 MarchNine Network[128]
1 News at Midday4 MarchNew ZealandSBS Viceland[129]
1 News at Six
The RegimeUnited StatesBinge/Showcase[130]
The Vanishing Triangle7 MarchIrelandSBS[131]
Life After Life9 MarchUnited KingdomABC TV[132]
Ten Year Old Tom11 MarchUnited StatesSBS Viceland[133]
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League14 March7flix[134]
Lockerbie17 MarchUnited KingdomSeven Network[135]
I Literally Just Told You20 MarchSBS[136]
The ReckoningBBC First[137]
Palm RoyaleUnited StatesApple TV+[138]
The ValleyHayu[139]
My Wife, My Abuser25 MarchUnited KingdomNine Network[140]
Litvinenko27 MarchSBS[141]
The 1% ClubSeven Network[142]
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee31 MarchUnited StatesSBS[143]
The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson1 AprilUnited KingdomABC TV[144]
New Wave: Dare To Be Different3 AprilUnited StatesSBS Viceland[145]
Shakespeare: Rise Of A Genius9 AprilUnited KingdomABC TV[146]
Dora12 AprilUnited StatesParamount+[147]
Lost Temples of Cambodia14 AprilUnited KingdomSBS[148]
The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys16 AprilUnited States7Bravo[149]
After the Party28 AprilNew ZealandABC TV[150]
The Marlow Murder Club30 AprilUnited KingdomSeven Network[151]
Jamie's Air-Fryer Meals2 MayNetwork 10[152]

Television channels

Closed channels

NameDateReference
TBN Inspire (Foxtel only)25 February[153]
Foxtel Movies Thriller29 February
Sci-Fi
ishop TV1 April

Programming changes

Changes to network affiliation

Criterion for inclusion in the following list is that Australian premiere episodes will air in Australia for the first time on a new channel. This includes when a program 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.

List of domestic television series which changed network affiliation
ProgramDateNew networkPrevious networkSource
List of international television programs which changed network affiliation
ProgramDateNew networkPrevious networkCountry of originSource
American Idol4 April7plusNine NetworkUnited States[154]

Free-to-air premieres

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.

List of international television programs which premiered on free-to-air television for the first time
ProgramDateFree-to-air networkSubscription network(s)Country of originSource
Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake13 February7BravoHayuUnited States[155]
Couple to Throuple27 March7BravoHayu[122][156]
The Suspect6 AprilABC TVBritBoxUnited Kingdom[157]
The Luminaries28 AprilABC TVParamount+United Kingdom
New Zealand		[158]

Subscription premieres

This is a list of programs which made their debut on Australian subscription television, having previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air (first or repeat) on the original free-to-air television network.

List of domestic television programs which premiered on subscription television for the first time
ProgramDateFree-to-air networkSubscription network(s)Source

Returning programs

Australian produced programs which are returning with a new season after being absent from television from the previous calendar year.

ProgramReturn datePrevious run(s)Type of returnPrevious channelNew/same channelSource
Gladiators15 January1995–1996
2008		RebootSeven NetworkNetwork 10[159][160]
Deal or No Deal29 January2003–2013Revival[161][162][163]
Wide World of Sports3 March1981–1999
2008–2016		Nine Networksame[164][165]
Ready Steady Cook8 March2005–2013Network 10[166][167]
Melbourne Weekender14 April2005
2015–2020		Seven Networksame[168]
Jeopardy! Australia20 April1970–1978
1993		RebootSeven Network
Network 10		Nine Network[169]
10 Late News29 April1991–2011
2012–2014		RevivalNetwork 10same[161][170]
Top Gear Australia17 May2008–2012SBS
Nine Network		Paramount+[166][171]
First DatesTBA2016–2020
2022		Network 10Seven Network[172]
Wheel of Fortune1981–2006
2008		Seven Network
Nine Network		Network 10[166]

Endings

List of domestic television series endings
ProgramEnd dateNetwork(s)Start dateSource
Nemesis12 February 2024ABC TV29 January 2024[173]
Total Control18 February 202413 October 2019[174]
Apples Never Fall14 March 2024Binge
Fox8		14 March 2024[101]
Aaron Chen: If Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe19 March 2024YouTube
Network 10		19 March 2024[104]
House of Gods31 March 2024ABC TV25 February 2024[98]
Tastes of the Tropics3 April 2024SBS Food20 March 2024[105]
This Is Going to be Big7 May 2024ABC TV30 April 2024[115]

Deaths

NameDate of deathAgeBroadcasting notabilityReference
Troy Beckwith24 Januaryaged 48Actor known for playing Michael Martin in Neighbours from 1992 to 1998. He also acted in Blue Heelers, Pugwall, The Miraculous Mellops, Good Guys, Bad Guys, Snowy and Halifax f.p..[175]
Gregory Charles Rivers2 Februaryaged 58Australian-born Hong Kong film and television actor. Worked in shows including TVB's Twilight of a Nation.[176]
Harold Mitchell10 Februaryaged 81Australian advertising figure and media buyer, who served as a long-term chairman of FreeTV Australia.[177]
John Barton17 Februaryaged 73Brisbane-based news anchor. Later moved to Kuala Lumpur to work at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.[178][179]
Jesse Baird19 Februaryaged 26Television presenter and AFL goal umpire. He presented Gamify and was a reporter for Studio 10 and Totally Wild.[180]
Leigh Maughan28 Februaryaged in his 80s (exact age unknown)Founding father of the Newcastle Knights. Best known for his commentary career, in which he worked as a Newcastle sports commentator for the local radio station 2NX, then switched to the locally-based NBN television station in the same role.[181]
Jarred BoccaFebruaryaged 34Worked at Endemol Shine Australia for a decade and eventually became the series producer of MasterChef Australia in August 2023.[182]
Michael Jenkins4 Marchaged 77Writer/director of several feature films, including Careful, He Might Hear You, Robbery Under Arms, and Emerald City. Also writer/director of numerous television series, including Water Under the Bridge and Blue Murder.[183]
Craig Campbellaged 78Television newsreader that worked at the Nine Network, WIN Television and Network 10. Worked in Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Sydney and Rockhampton. He later worked in real estate and publishing.[184][185]
Mike McColl-Jones11 Marchaged 86Prolific comedy writer, who wrote for Don Lane, Graham Kennedy, Bert Newton, Mary Hardy and Steve Vizard. McColl-Jones wrote comedy scripts for numerous television productions, including In Melbourne Tonight, The Don Lane Show, Tonight with Bert Newton, Tonight Live with Steve Vizard and The Graham Kennedy Show.[186]
Grant Page14 Marchaged 85Pioneering stuntman best known for the Mad Max films. TV credits include Police Rescue, All Saints, Blackjack, All the Rivers Run, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga, The Alice, Grass Roots, and Danger 5.[187][188]
Ray Lindsay17 Marchnot givenLongtime floor manager for ATV. Worked on Prisoner and Neighbours.[189]
Rob Brown21 Marchaged 62Seven News cameraman.[190][191]
Nathan Templeton9 Aprilaged 4410 News First and Seven News reporter. Also worked for Sunrise as its Melbourne correspondent and a reporter and reported for several Olympic Games.[192]
Ian Parmenter14 Aprilaged 79British-born Australian chef and host of ABC TV's Consuming Passions.[193]
Graham Webb26 Aprilaged 88Radio and television broadcaster. Created and hosted Sounds in 1974 (then called Sound Unlimited) for the Seven Network. Also hosted Blind Date from 1967 until November 1969 and an Australian version of Jeopardy! in the early 1970s. Worked for 2TM, 4BH, 4GY, 2CH, 2UE, 4KQ, 2GB, 2SM and 2UW and co-founded Sunshine FM on the Sunshine Coast.[194]

References

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