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Events

• 8 January – Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia raises $20 million for the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami relief effort. It is also the first time that Australia's three major commercial television stations have co-operated to broadcast such an event.
• 31 January – ABC starts its new afternoon wrapper programme named off its children's website called RollerCoaster with host Elliot Spencer.
• 3 February – American science fiction drama series Lost premieres on the Seven Network.
• 12 February – Australia's Funniest Home Video Show returns and starts 2005 when AFHVS became Australia's Funniest Home Videos with a funky major revamp, a monster-revamped funky instrumental theme music and a relocation from Melbourne back to Sydney. This is the very first episode to be filmed at Nine's Sydney studios since 1999.
• 22 February – In The Price Is Right , contestant Joanne Segeviano won a record-breaking mega showcase of A$664,667 (about US$406,274.45), setting a record of becoming the largest winner in the show's franchise worldwide that would held on for exactly three years, until it was surpassed by Adam Rose's total of US1,153,908 (approximately A$1.5 million).
• 7 March – ABC launches a brand new digital channel ABC2.
• 13 April – The Seven Network's Melbourne headquarters suffer a 30-minute blackout, causing the network to be knocked off air nationwide. This resulted in Blue Heelers being interrupted in the midst of a four-part storyline; this episode is repeated the following week in all markets except Perth (where, due to the time difference, it was Home and Away which was interrupted). ^[1]
• 26 April – The Great Outdoors host Tom Williams and his partner Kym Johnson win the second season of Dancing with the Stars .
• 1 May – Rove McManus wins the 2005 TV WEEK Gold Logie.
• 15 May – Random wins the first season of The X Factor, based on the British namesake singing competition, making them the first-ever group to win the show since the franchise's debut in 2004. ^[2] Despite the cancellation following the first season, the series returned after a five-year hiatus ^[3] that would air for seven more seasons until 2016. ^[4]
• 25 May – Graham Kennedy dies at age 71. The network on which most of his shows aired, the Nine Network, passes up the offer to broadcast his funeral but Seven axes Nine's coverage, picks it up and wins it. Nine does eventually show parts of the funeral live.
• June – Deal or No Deal host Andrew O'Keefe replaces Chris Reason as co-host when the title Sunday Sunrise became Weekend Sunrise .
• 26 June – Douglas Wood is interviewed by Sandra Sully about his time as a captive after Network Ten pays a reported $400,000 for an exclusive interview.
• 22 July – Hi-5 celebrated its 300th episode.
• 15 August – Big Brother: Greg Mathew, along with twin brother David Mathew, also known as "The Logan Twins" is announced the winner of the fifth series.
• 20 August – Cheez TV ends after 10-year run with Jade Gatt and Ryan Lappin and it will be replaced by a new weekday morning children's cartoon programme Toasted TV .
• 22 August – Network Ten debuts another weekday morning children's cartoon programme called Toasted TV presented by Pip Russell and Dan Sweetman replacing Cheez TV .
• 25 August – After a one-year hiatus, The Mole returns to Australian television for its fifth season, hosted by Tom Williams after its original host Grant Bowler was unavailable due to a prior commitment.
• 22 September – The final episode of Australian medical drama series MDA airs on ABC.
• 17 October – Rob "Coach" Fulton, a resident from Sydney, becomes the first ever person to win $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? . Just four episodes later, another resident from Sydney, Martin Flood, became the second and final person won the top prize, amid allegations of cheating.
• 27 October – Liz Cantor wins the fifth season of The Mole, taking home $203,000 in prize money. John Whitehall is revealed as the Mole, and Craig Murrell is the runner-up. Cantor would later embark on a role with Channel Seven in Brisbane as its fill-in weather presenter.
• 8 November – Home and Away actress Ada Nicodemou and her partner Aric Yegudkin win the third season of Dancing with the Stars .
• 21 November – Kate DeAraugo wins the third season of Australian Idol .
• 24 November – The very last ever episode of The Price Is Right goes to air on the Nine Network after a 5-year run then a 2-year run. The show was axed due to the strong competitions of rival Seven Network game show Deal or No Deal . This was host Larry Emdur's final appearance on Nine, before defecting to the Seven Network, where he remains to this day.
• 27 November – American science fiction fantasy series Smallville switches over to air on Network Ten.
• 30 November – American animated science fiction sitcom Futurama created by Matt Groening the creator of The Simpsons switches over to air on Network Ten joining The Simpsons as part of Happy Hour shown every Wednesday from 7:30 pm.
• 2 December – A Current Affair again draws with a final goodbye with Ray Martin in the hot-seat before semi-retiring for the very last time. As the program is rested for six weeks to try out a major reliable revamp, he is definitely to be replaced by Tracy Grimshaw from 2006 onwards. Grimshaw quits the Today show after 9 years as co-host. She will be replaced by former-Ten News anchor Jessica Rowe effective from 30 January 2006, then soon axed due to poor ratings. ACA returned on 30 January 2006
• 5 December – Wheel of Fortune returns to Channel Seven with a title Larry Emdur & Laura Csortan’s Wheel of Fortune, with Larry Emdur & Laura Csortan as both hosts. Emdur & Csortan (as Larry & Laura) became the Wheel's third and final hosting partnership since mirroring their welcome scene with Baby John Burgess & Adriana Xenides (as Burgo and Adriana, as they welcome the show together from 1995 to 1996), between 1984 and 1996 and Rob Elliott & Sophie Falkiner (as Rob and Sophie) between 1999 and 2003. The final edition of the Larry Emdur & Laura Csortan’s Wheel of Fortune was screened on 28 July 2006. Its return, host and letter turner was announced on Sunrise on 18 November 2005. The original series later returned with 20 unaired episodes in August 2006 featuring Steve Omecke and Sophie Falkiner as the last separate hosts, and aired in its 10am slot only for five weeks until 1 September.
• 15 December – American animated sitcom American Dad! debuts on the Seven Network.
• 16 December – Good Morning Australia ends with a final goodbye after a 14-year run on Network Ten from the studios of ATV-10 first out of Nunawading in 1992, then from Como Centre, South Yarra from 1993 onwards. Host Bert Newton leaves Channel Ten and signs up and returns to Nine Network to host game show Bert's Family Feud . The following year, Good Morning Australia time slot was replaced by 9am with David and Kim hosted by former Getaway reporter David Reyne and former National Nine News / Nightline presenter, Kim Watkins who both moved from the Nine Network to Channel Ten.

New channels

• 7 March – ABC2
• 5 December – Playhouse Disney ^[5]

Debuts

Program	Channel	Debut date
RocKwiz	SBS	31 January
RollerCoaster	ABC	31 January
Medical Emergency	Seven Network	February
Aussie Queer Eye for the Straight Guy	Network Ten	9 February
Spicks and Specks	ABC	9 February
Streetsmartz	Nine Network	4 March
Blue Water High	ABC	11 May
Temptation	Nine Network	30 May
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky	ABC	1 June
Last Man Standing	Seven Network	6 June
Outback House	ABC	12 June
Toasted TV	Network Ten	22 August
Holly's Heroes	Nine Network	16 September
Australian Princess	Network Ten	5 October
20 to 1	Nine Network	13 October
The Surgeon	Network Ten	13 October
The Ronnie Johns Half Hour	Network Ten	October
Speaking in Tongues	SBS	7 November
headLand	Seven Network	15 November
Larry Emdur & Laura Csortan's Wheel of Fortune	Seven Network	5 December
Lonely Planet Six Degrees	SBS	17 December
Eclipse Music TV	Seven Network	2005
Ready Steady Cook	Network Ten	2005

Subscription television

Program	Channel	Debut date
Australia's Next Top Model	FOX8	11 January
Camp Orange [6]	Nickelodeon	18 February

New international programming

Program	Channel	Debut date
Altered Statesman	ABC TV	3 January
Dave the Barbarian	Seven Network	8 January
Poko	ABC TV	24 January
ChalkZone	ABC TV	24 January
CSI: NY	Nine Network	25 January
Desperate Housewives	Seven Network	31 January
Shoebox Zoo	ABC TV	1 February
Medium	Network Ten	2 February
Lost	Seven Network	3 February
Ozzy and Drix	Nine Network	6 February
Shameless	SBS	7 February
I Dream	ABC TV	7 February
Winx Club	Network Ten	7 February
/ Totally Spies!	Network Ten	7 February
Oobi	ABC TV	8 February
Funky Valley	ABC TV	8 February
SD Gundam Force	Network Ten	10 February
Dragon Booster	ABC TV	24 February
Little Red Tractor	Nine Network	5 March
Agatha Christie's Marple	ABC TV	6 March
/ The Tribe	ABC2	7 March
/ / / / ToddWorld	ABC TV	16 March
Nighty Night [7]	ABC TV	23 March
Baby Looney Tunes	Nine Network	2 April
Dragon	ABC TV	4 April
/ Tupu	ABC TV	11 April
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers	Seven Network	16 April
Fireman Sam (2003)	ABC TV	20 April
So Frenchy, So Chic	SBS	23 April
Christopher Crocodile	ABC2	26 April
/ / Faireez	Network Ten	29 April
/ The Hydronauts	ABC TV	2 May
I am Not an Animal	ABC TV	4 May
Flatmania	ABC TV	12 May
Barney	ABC2	18 May
Doctor Who (2005)	ABC TV	21 May
Star Wars: Clone Wars	Network Ten	26 May
Mega Man NT Warrior	Network Ten	30 May
Bronski and Bernstein	SBS	2 June
/ Sophie's World	SBS	24 June
Taken	Nine Network	5 July
BB3B	ABC TV	8 July
American Dragon: Jake Long	Seven Network	16 July
Hot Wheels AcceleRacers	Network Ten	30 July
Gordon the Garden Gnome	ABC TV	8 August
Being Ian	ABC TV	10 August
/ Trollz	Network Ten	25 August
Spitfire Ace	ABC TV	1 September
Transformers: Cybertron	Network Ten	3 September
Bob the Builder: Project Build It	ABC TV	13 September
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	SBS	15 September
Battle B-Daman	Seven Network	18 September
Grey's Anatomy	Seven Network	26 September
Global Grover	ABC TV	3 October
Charlie and Lola	ABC TV	3 October
Planet Cook	ABC TV	3 October
/ Planet Sketch	ABC TV	7 October
/ / W.I.T.C.H.	Seven Network	9 October
/ Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Seven Network	9 October
Fifi and the Flowertots	ABC TV	20 October
Pet Alien	Network Ten	22 October
Pitt & Kantrop	ABC TV	31 October
/ Pocoyo	ABC TV	8 November
/ Lazy Lucy	ABC TV	9 November
The F***ing Fulfords	ABC TV	10 November
Ghost Whisperer	Seven Network	29 November
Bromwell High	ABC TV	30 November
King Arthur's Disasters	ABC TV	15 December
American Dad!	Seven Network	15 December
Bertha	ABC2	15 December
Psychic Detectives	Nine Network	2005
The Benefactor	Seven Network	2005
Ebb and Flo	ABC TV	2005
Mentors	ABC TV	2005

Subscription television

Program	Channel	Debut date
American Casino [8]	Discovery Channel	3 January
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers [8]	Disney Channel	3 January
Don't Drop the Coffin [8]	The LifeStyle Channel	3 January
Unfabulous [6]	Nickelodeon	31 January
Making Spaces [9]	The LifeStyle Channel	1 February
Property Ladder [9]	The LifeStyle Channel	2 February
Blue's Room [10]	Nickelodeon/Nick Jr	March
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares [11]	The LifeStyle Channel	9 March
Love Is in the Heir [12]	E!	21 March
Gastineau Girls, The The Gastineau Girls [13]	E!	April 2005
Suite Life of Zack & Cody, The The Suite Life of Zack & Cody [14]	Disney Channel	15 April 2005
Green Wing [15]	UKTV	June
Meet the Barkers [16]	MTV	16 June 2005
Meet Diego! [17]	Nick Jr	July/August
Zoey 101 [17]	Nickelodeon	July/August
Pet Alien	Cartoon Network	25 July
Hogan Knows Best Hogan Knows Best [18]	VH1	12 August 2005
Rescue Me [19]	Fox8	26 September
Breaking Bonaduce Breaking Bonaduce [20]	VH1	October 2005
One Piece	Cartoon Network	2005

Programming changes

Changes to network affiliations

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 the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the 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.

Domestic

Program	New Network	Previous Network	Date
Bambaloo	ABC TV	Seven Network	11 July

International

Program	New Network	Previous Network	Date
Engie Benjy	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)	7 March
Boohbah	ABC2	ABC TV	7 March
Play with Me Sesame	ABC2	ABC TV	7 March
/ Inuk	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)	7 March
/ Starhill Ponies	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)	7 March
Bob the Builder	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)	7 March
Batfink	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)	12 March
Molly's Gang	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)	1 April
The Wombles (1996)	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)	12 April
Angel	Network Ten	Seven Network	29 April
Sex and the City	Network Ten	Nine Network	May
Spider!	ABC2	ABC TV	1 June
/ The Little Lulu Show	ABC2	ABC TV/ABC Kids (now defunct)	28 June
/ Dragon Tales	Cartoon Network	Fox Kids	14 November
Smallville	Network Ten	Nine Network	27 November
Futurama	Network Ten	Seven Network	30 November
The Human Body	Network Ten	ABC TV	3 December

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.

International

Program	Free-to-air network	Subscription network	Date
MythBusters	SBS TV	Discovery Channel	3 January

Subscription premieres

This is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian subscription television that had previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air on the original free-to-air television network.

International

Program	Subscription network	Free-to-air network	Date
What I Like About You What I Like About You [6]	Nickelodeon	Nine Network	31 January
She-Ra: Princess of Power	Cartoon Network	Seven Network	31 October
Bob the Builder	Disney Channel	ABC TV	2005

Specials

Program	Channel	Debut date
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (Repeat)	Seven Network	27 March
2005 Kids' Choice Awards 2005 Kids' Choice Awards [21]	Nickelodeon	23 April
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie [22]	Seven Network	31 October

Television shows

1960s

• Four Corners (1961–present)

2000s

2001

• Big Brother (2001–2008, 2012–2014)
• All Aussie Adventures (2001–2002, 2017)

2002

• Kath & Kim (2002–2007)

2003

• Australian Idol (2003–2009)
• Deal or No Deal (2003–2013)

2004

• Border Security: Australia's Front Line (2004–present)
• Dancing with the Stars (2004–present)

Ending / resting this year

Date	Show	Channel	Debut
January 2005	Wheel of Fortune (Wheel of Fortune will not be reinstated on Channel Seven until December 2005 with a major-revamped set and the theme music and font remained)	Seven Network	1981
13 January	The Cooks	Network Ten	18 October 2004
23 February 2005	Aussie Queer Eye for the Straight Guy	Network Ten	9 February 2005
6 May	The Big Arvo	Seven Network	1 February 2001
13 May 2005	Our Place	Nine Network	8 April 2005
29 May 2005	Celebrity Circus	Nine Network	1 May 2005
29 May	My Restaurant Rules	Seven Network	15 February 2004
5 June 2005	Let Loose Live	Seven Network	29 May 2005
22 July 2005	Scooter: Secret Agent	Network Ten	28 January 2005
31 July 2005	Outback House	ABC	12 June 2005
20 August	Cheez TV	Network Ten	10 July 1995
31 August 2005	We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year	ABC	27 July 2005
22 September	MDA	ABC	23 July 2002
October 2005	The Alice	Nine Network	28 September 2005
25 October 2005	Last Man Standing	Seven Network	6 June 2005
28 October	The Mole	Seven Network	27 February 2000
18 November	Strictly Dancing	ABC	13 February 2004
26 November	The Price Is Right	Nine Network	23 June 2003
1 December 2005	The Surgeon	Network Ten	13 October 2005
4 December	7 Days	ABC	4 August 2001
9 December 2005	The New Tomorrow	Seven Network	17 September 2005
16 December	GMA with Bert Newton	Network Ten	1991
28 December	The Secret Life of Us	Network Ten	16 July 2001

Miniseries

International

Miniseries	Network	Airdate(s)
North and South [7]	ABC TV	8, 15, 22, 29 May

See also

• 2005 in Australia
• List of Australian films of 2005

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