This is a synoptic list of events and premieres which occurred, in 2014 in Australian television, the 59th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.
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| Date | Name | Age | Broadcast notability |
| 14 February | James Condon | 90 | Actor, scriptwriter and voice artist who appeared in numerous radio and television series, including The Story of Peter Gray and Number 96 , he was the husband of Neighbours star Anne Haddy [16] [17] |
| 22 February | Charlotte Dawson | 47 | Television personality and hostess best known for her role as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model . [18] |
| 26 April | Joan Bruce | 86 | British-born Australian actress of stage and screen, best known for soap opera Certain Women and voice artist in animated film Dot and the Kangaroo . [19] |
| 30 April | Ian Ross | 73, | Television newsreader best known for his roles on Today and Seven News in Sydney. [20] |
| 8 May | Harry Potter | 72 | Journalist with Network Ten from 1978 to 2010. [21] |
| 27 June | Ian Cook | 68 | News director. [22] |
| 24 July | Pete Michell | 43 | Television presenter for Seven Adelaide. [23] |
| 1 August | Michael Johns | 35 | Singer and reality television participant, who competed in the seventh season of American Idol. [24] |
| 17 September | Elaine Lee | 74 | South African-born Australian actress best known for soap opera Number 96 as Vera Collins |
| 24 October | Mike Dorsey | 83 | British-born Australian actor known for Number 96 as Reginald "Daddy" McDonald and The Young Doctors as Sir Clifford Langley and was also a music tour promotor. [25] |
| 31 December | Coralie Condon | 99 | Actress, writer, producer, composer and presenter based in Perth and known as "The First Lady of Western Australian Television" [26] |
| Program | Original airdate | Network | Country of origin | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Education | 2 January | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [87] |
| The Moaning of Life | 2 January | ABC | United Kingdom | [88] |
| Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova | 5 January | Eleven | Japan | [ citation needed ] |
| Falcón | 9 January | SBS | United Kingdom | [89] |
| Beware the Batman | 10 January | GO! | United States | |
| True Detective | 13 January | Showcase | United States | [90] |
| Orphan Black | 14 January | SBS 2 | Canada | [91] |
| Agent Anna | 15 January | 7TWO | New Zealand | [92] |
| The Michael J. Fox Show | 15 January | Universal | United States | [93] |
| Gok's Summer Catwalk | 16 January | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom | [29] |
| Helix | 16 January | Fox8 | United States | [94] |
| Looking | 20 January | Showcase | United States | [29] |
| Robocar Poli | 20 January | GO! | Korea | |
| Pound Puppies (2010) | 20 January | Eleven | United States | |
| Nashville | 22 January | SoHo | United States | [95] |
| Vicious | 27 January | 7TWO | United Kingdom | [96] |
| Rabbids Invasion | 28 January | Nickelodeon | United States France | [97] |
| Tricked | 2 February | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [98] |
| Steven Universe | 3 February | Cartoon Network | United States | [99] |
| Rectify | 6 February | SBS | United States | [100] |
| Grojband | 10 February | ABC3 | Canada | |
| Klovn | 17 February | SBS | Denmark | [101] [102] |
| Star-Crossed | 18 February | Fox8 | United States | [103] |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 18 February | The Comedy Channel | United States | [104] |
| Cuckoo | 19 February | The Comedy Channel | United Kingdom | [105] |
| Sheriff Callie's Wild West | 15 March | Disney Junior | United States Canada | [106] |
| King of the Nerds | 23 March | Eleven | United States | [107] |
| Resurrection | 25 March | Seven Network | United States | [108] |
| The Tomorrow People | 3 April | Fox8 | United States | [109] |
| Bill's Kitchen: Notting Hill | 7 April | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom | [110] |
| I Didn't Do It | 7 April | Disney Channel | United States | [111] |
| King & Maxwell | 8 April | SoHo | United States | [112] |
| Mom | 9 April | Nine Network | United States | [113] |
| Hugh's Scandimania | 10 April | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom | [114] |
| Mighty Med | 11 April | Disney XD | United States | [115] |
| Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | 13 April | Disney XD | United States | [115] |
| Intelligence | 23 April | Seven Network | United States | [116] |
| The Millers | 27 April | Network Ten | United States | [117] |
| Fargo | 1 May | SBS | United States | [118] |
| Grandma's Boy | 5 May | Nat Geo People | [119] | |
| Katie Morag | 5 May | CBeebies | United Kingdom | [119] |
| Locomotion: Dan Snow's Railways | 5 May | History | United Kingdom | [119] |
| Tainted Love | 5 May | Bio. | United States | [119] |
| The Thundermans | 5 May | Nickelodeon | United States | [119] |
| The Tom and Jerry Show | 5 May | Cartoon Network | United States | [119] |
| Uncle Grandpa | 5 May | Cartoon Network | United States | [119] |
| West End Salvage | 5 May | LifeStyle Home | United States | [119] |
| Blonde vs Bear | 6 May | Animal Planet | United States | [119] |
| Building Wild | 6 May | National Geographic Channel | United States | [119] |
| Hook It, Cook It | 6 May | Nat Geo People | United Kingdom | [119] |
| A Season at the Juilliard School | 7 May | Studio | United States | [119] |
| House of Food | 7 May | MTV | United States | [119] |
| The Legacy | 7 May | Studio | Denmark | [119] |
| Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day | 7 May | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom | [119] |
| Paul Hollywood's Bread | 7 May | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom | [110] |
| Southern Fried Homicide | 7 May | Discovery Channel | United States | [110] |
| Tickle | 7 May | Discovery Channel | United States | [110] |
| Valentine Warner's Wild Table | 7 May | Nat Geo People | United Kingdom | [119] |
| American Jungle | 8 May | A&E | United States | [119] [120] |
| Genius of Invention | 8 May | BBC Knowledge | United Kingdom | [119] |
| Petrol Age | 8 May | Discovery Turbo Max | United Kingdom | [119] |
| War Hero in My Family | 9 May | History | United Kingdom | [119] |
| 24: Live Another Day | 12 May | Network Ten | United States | [121] |
| Dads | 18 May | Eleven | United States | [122] |
| Enlisted | 18 May | Eleven | United States | [122] |
| The Night Shift | 29 May | Universal | United States | [123] |
| The Goldbergs | 5 June | Seven Network | United States | [124] |
| Wander Over Yonder | 9 June | Disney XD | United States | [125] |
| The Tunnel | 15 June | ABC | United Kingdom France | [126] |
| Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... | 26 June | Seven Network | United Kingdom | [127] |
| From Dusk till Dawn | 1 July | SBS 2 | United States | [128] |
| Extant | 13 July | Network Ten | United States | [129] |
| Rachel Allen's Cake Diary | 13 July | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom | [130] |
| Rake | 16 July | Universal | United States | [131] |
| Sex Box | 18 July | SBS 2 | United Kingdom | [132] |
| Broad City | 23 July | The Comedy Channel | United States | [133] |
| Devious Maids | 24 July | Universal | United States | [134] |
| Duck Quacks Don't Echo | 26 July | SBS | United Kingdom | [135] |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 28 July | SBS | United States | [136] |
| The Strain | 30 July | Fox8 | United States | [137] |
| Heston's Great British Food | 31 July | SBS | United Kingdom | [138] |
| The Amazing World of Gumball | 3 August | GO! | United States United Kingdom Ireland | |
| The Musketeers | 3 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| Every Witch Way | 4 August | Nickelodeon | United States | [140] |
| Witches of East End | 4 August | Eleven | United States | [141] |
| Breathless | 5 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| Reign | 5 August | Fox8 | United States | [142] |
| Crisis | 5 August | ONE | United States | [141] |
| The Fear | 6 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| Peaky Blinders | 7 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents | 7 August | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [143] |
| Blandings | 8 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| Hunderby | 8 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| The Village | 9 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| James May's Cars of the People | 11 August | BBC Knowledge | United Kingdom | [144] |
| To Catch a Smuggler | 12 August | Nine Network | United States | [145] |
| Outlander | 14 August | SoHo | United States | [146] |
| Reggie Yates's Extreme South Africa | 20 August | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [147] |
| Shetland | 20 August | BBC First | Scotland | [139] |
| The British | 22 August | SBS | United Kingdom | [148] |
| Girl Meets World | 25 August | Disney Channel | United States | [149] |
| Prisoners' Wives | 25 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| Black Sails | 26 August | Showcase | United States | [150] |
| Frisky Business | 29 August | SBS 2 | United Kingdom | [151] |
| The Sixties | 31 August | SBS | United States | [152] |
| The 100 | 4 September | Fox8 | United States | [153] |
| Hidden Kingdoms | 8 September | Network Ten | United Kingdom | [154] |
| Friends with Better Lives | 9 September | Eleven | United States | [155] |
| A Young Doctor's Notebook | 14 September | BBC First | United Kingdom | [9] |
| Faking It | 15 September | MTV | United States | [156] |
| Packages from Planet X | 15 September | Disney XD | United States Canada | [157] |
| Wanda and the Alien | 15 September | Nick Jr. | United Kingdom | [157] |
| Gracepoint | 3 October | MTV | United States | [158] |
| Star Wars Rebels | 3 October | Disney XD | United States | [159] |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 12 October | Network Ten | United States | [160] |
| Avengers Assemble | 12 October | Disney XD | United States | [161] |
| Gotham | 12 October | Nine Network | United States | [160] |
| Wallykazam | 13 October | Nick Jr. | United States | [162] |
| Breadwinners | 1 November | Nickelodeon | United States | [163] |
| Penny Dreadful | 6 November | Showcase | United States United Kingdom | [164] |
| Henry Hugglemonster | 20 November | 7mate | United States United Kingdom Ireland | |
| The 7D | 1 December | Disney XD | United States | [165] |
| The Flash | 3 December | Fox8 | United States | [160] |
| The Librarians | 9 December | Universal Channel | United States | [166] |
| The Great British Sewing Bee | 15 December | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom | [167] |
| Hardcore Pawn: Behind the Deal | 15 December | A&E | United States | [167] |
| Made in Chelsea: New York | 15 December | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom | [167] |
| Alaskan Women Looking For Love | 16 December | TLC | United States | [167] |
| Chrome Underground | 16 December | Discovery Turbo MAX | United States | [167] |
| Misfit Garage | 16 December | Discovery Turbo MAX | United States | [167] |
| Cordon | 17 December | Studio | Belgium | [167] |
| Epic Ink | 17 December | A&E | United States | [167] |
| To Catch a Killer | 17 December | CI | Canada | [167] |
| My Crazy Obsession | 18 December | LifeStyle You | United States | [167] |
| BritCam | 19 December | CI | United Kingdom | [167] |
| The Pool Master | 20 December | Discovery Channel | United States | [167] |
| Tornado Alley | 21 December | Discovery Science | United States | [167] |
| Ready for Love | 27 December | Seven Network | United States | [168] |
| Hey Duggee | 2014 | ABC2 | United Kingdom | [169] [170] |
| Almost Human | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States | [171] |
| Dead Boss | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | BBC First | United Kingdom | [9] |
| How to Live with Your Parents | Unknown | Eleven | United States | [141] |
| Jimmy's Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner | Unknown | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom | [110] |
| Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas | Unknown | Arena | United States | [169] [170] |
| The Mysteries of Laura | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States | [160] |
| Ravenswood | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States | [172] |
| Stalker | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States | [160] |
| Troy | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States | [171] |
| Tyrant | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Network Ten | United States | [141] |
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Broken Shore | 2 February | ABC | [173] |
| INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | 9 and 16 February | Seven Network | [174] |
| Schapelle | 9 February [a] | Nine Network | [175] |
| The Killing Field | 4 May | Seven Network | [176] |
| Westbrook | 28 August 4 September | CI | [177] |
| Devil's Playground | 9 September | Showcase | [178] |
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network | Country of origin | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie & Clyde | 21 and 28 June | SoHo | United States | [179] |
| Sharknado 2: The Second One | 31 July | Syfy | United States | [180] |
| Burton & Taylor | 3 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| The Politician's Husband | 4, 11 and 18 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| The Ice Cream Girls | 25 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [149] |
| Love Life | 25 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [149] |
| Zapped | 27 September | Disney Channel | United States | [157] |
| Lucky Duck | 15 November | Disney Junior | United States | [181] |
| Over the Garden Wall | 15 December | Cartoon Network | United States | [167] |
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life at 9 | 29 July 5 August | ABC | [182] |
| How Australia Changed the World | 21 December | Discovery Channel | [167] |
| 88 | 2014 | ABC | [183] |
| The Flying Miners | 2014 | ABC | [183] |
| Outback Choir | 2014 | ABC | [183] |
| The Waler: Australia's Great War Horse | 2014 | ABC | [183] |
| Who We Are 3 | 2014 | (Foxtel) | [183] |
| Wizards of Oz | 2014 | ABC | [183] |
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network | Country of origin | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Day's Broadway Idiot | 5 May | Max | United States | [119] |
| Downloaded | 17 July | SBS 2 | United States | [184] |
| Smash His Camera | 13 August | Bio. | United States | [185] |
| The Rugby Player | 20 August | ABC2 | United States | [186] |
| The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood | 25 August | History | United Kingdom | [149] |
| The Man Behind the Throne | 25 August | Studio | Sweden | [149] |
| Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life | 29 August | BBC First | United Kingdom | [139] |
| Dive WWII | 15 December | History | United Kingdom | [167] |
| Love For Sale with Rupert Everett | 15 December | Studio | United Kingdom | [167] |
| Cavedigger | 16 December | Studio | United States | [167] |
| The Children's Odyssey | 16 December | History | Germany | [167] |
| Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | 17 December | Bio. | United States | [167] |
| Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier | 17 December | History | United Kingdom | [167] |
| Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid | 19 December | History | Germany | [167] |
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Night with Roger Federer | 8 January | Seven Network | [187] |
| This Is My Australia | 17 January | Network Ten | [188] |
| Tim Minchin: So Live | 24 January | The Comedy Channel | [189] |
| 3rd AACTA Awards | 30 January | Network Ten | [190] |
| 56th TV Week Logie Awards | 27 April | Nine Network | [191] |
| E. J. Whitten Legends Game | 1 July | Nine Network | [192] |
| Ian Thorpe: The Parkinson Interview | 13 July | Network Ten | [193] |
| 50 Years Young | 3 August [c] | Network Ten | [194] |
| Farewell Simply Red | 16 August | Smooth | [195] |
| Target: Style the Nation | 30 September | Seven Network | |
| The 2014 Antenna Awards | 1 October | TVS Sydney C31 Melbourne 31 Digital Brisbane 44 Adelaide WTV Perth | |
| E! Host Australia Search | 2 October | E! | |
| 2014 ARIA Awards | 26 November | Network Ten Eleven | [196] |
| Apex Teenage Fashion Awards | 21 December | Aurora | [167] |
| Pink: Live in Concert | 31 December | Nine Network |
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network(s) | Country of origin | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Grammy Salute to The Beatles | 23 February | Arena Fox8 Max | United States | [197] |
| Still Open All Hours | 25 April | ABC | United Kingdom | [198] |
| The Year in Pup Culture | 5 May | Animal Planet | United States | [119] |
| 2014 MTV Video Music Awards | 25 August | MTV | United States | [199] |
| Tom Kerridge Cooks Christmas | 17 December | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom | [167] |
| Lorraine Pascale: Fostering & Me | 18 December | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom | [167] |
| Barra MacNeils' Cape Breton Christmas | 20 December | Studio | Canada | [167] |
Criterion for inclusion in the following list is that Australian premiere episodes will air in Australia for the first time on the new network. 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.
| Program | Date | New network | Previous network | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotto Draws | 1 January | GO! (NSW only) | Nine Network (NSW Only) | |
| Oz Lotto Draws | 1 January | 7TWO | Seven Network | |
| Powerball Draws | 1 January | 7TWO | Seven Network | |
| Gold Lotto Draws | 1 January | 7TWO (Queensland only) | Seven Network (Queensland only) | |
| Tattslotto Draws | 1 January | 7TWO (Victoria, South Australia & Tasmania only) | Seven Network (Victoria, South Australia & Tasmania only) | |
| ABC 4 Kids block programming | 3 February | ABC 4 Kids | ABC | |
| Hi-5 House | 24 February | Eleven | Nine Network | [141] |
| 'ABC Education programming | 21 July | ABC3 | ABC | |
| Behind The News | 22 July | ABC3 | ABC |
| Program | Date | New network | Previous network | Country of origin | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of Our Lives | 1 April | Arena | Nine Network | United States | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | 14 April | GO! | Network Ten | Japan | |
| The Americans | 1 May | SoHo | FX | United States | [200] |
| Absolutely Fabulous | 1 June | GEM | ABC | ||
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | 1 July | GEM | ABC | ||
| Midsomer Murders | 1 July | GEM | ABC | ||
| Horrid Henry | 4 August | Cartoon Network | Boomerang | United Kingdom | |
| The Fall | Unknown | BBC First | UKTV | Northern Ireland | [9] |
| The Tom and Jerry Show | 1 September | Boomerang | Cartoon Network | United States | [201] |
| Fairly Odd Parents | 2 September | Eleven | ABC | United States | |
| Heartbeat | 8 September | GEM | 7TWO | United Kingdom |
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.
| Program | Date | Free-to-air network | Subscription network(s) | Country of origin | Ref |
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| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 24 March | ABC2 | The Comedy Channel | United States | [202] |
| Arrow | 3 May | Nine Network | Fox8 | United States | |
| New Tricks | 2014 | Nine Network GEM ABC | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Program | Return date | Network | Original run | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spicks and Specks | 5 February | ABC | 2005–2011 | [203] |
| So You Think You Can Dance Australia | 9 February | Network Ten | 2008–2010 | [204] |
| Family Feud | 14 July | Network Ten ONE [205] Eleven [205] | 1977–2006 (intermittently) | [206] |
| Antenna Awards | 1 October | C31 Melbourne | 2004–2010 |
| Program | End date | Network | Start date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Tonight [b] | 31 January | Seven Network | 1995 | |
| Ten Eyewitness News Early | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 | |
| Wake Up | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 | |
| Ten Eyewitness News Update | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 | |
| Ten Eyewitness News Morning | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 | |
| Ten Eyewitness News Late | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 | |
| A Place to Call Home | 13 July | Seven Network | 2013 | [207] |
| The Contrarians | 12 September | Sky News Australia | Unknown | [208] |
| Big Brother | 26 November | Nine Network | 2001 (Ten) 2012 (Nine) | |
| At the Movies | 9 December | ABC | 2004 |