1974 in Australian television

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 changed to Class of 75, before getting axed.
• 1 April – Long running American soap opera The Young and the Restless starts its 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 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.

Debuts

Program	Network	Debut date
The Ernie Sigley Show	Nine Network	22 January
The Box	Channel 0	11 February
Class of 74	Seven Network	18 March
Blind Date	Seven Network	8 April
Alpha Scorpio	ABC	21 June
Don Burrows	ABC	15 June
Rush	ABC	20 August
Countdown	ABC	8 November
A Touch of Reverence	ABC	21 November
Sounds Unlimited	Seven Network	Late 1974

New international programming

• 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)

Television shows

1950s

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

1960s

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

1970s

• Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999, 2009–2010).
• Young Talent Time (1971–1988)
• Countdown (1974–1987).

Ending this year

Date	Show	Channel	Debut
13 April	Ryan	Seven Network	27 May 1973
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	4 August 1969
1974	The Price Is Right	Channel 0	5 February 1973

See also

• 1974 in Australia
• List of Australian films of 1974