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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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