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TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. The station is currently located at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Sir Frank Packer, was one of the first four licences to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia. TCN-9 is the home of the NRL coverage and national-level Nine News bulletins.
The following is a list of soap operas from Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States that have aired in Australia over the years, in daytime and primetime slots on both free-to-air and pay television.
The Ken Noyle Show is an Australian television series which aired on ABC Television. A half-hour variety series, in Sydney it aired on Thursdays, while in Melbourne it typically aired on Wednesdays.
Women's World was an Australian television series which aired from 1956 to 1963 on ABC. Originally broadcast in Sydney and later Melbourne, it would appear the last couple years of the series were only broadcast in Sydney.
Town Talk, originally T.V. Town Talk, was an Australian television series which aired on Sydney station TCN-9 during 1957, from circa May to December. Little information is available on this series. The series was hosted by early Australian television personality Robert Kennedy, who had been the original host of the Sydney version of What's My Line. Town Talk aired at 7:15PM on Fridays, following the evening news, which itself aired in a 15-minute time-slot during 1957.
Rendezvous at Romano's was an Australian television series which aired on Sydney station TCN-9. The series debuted 2 April 1957 and ran to 23 April of the same year, for a total of four episodes. The series aired on Tuesdays at 9:30PM.
Choice of the People is an Australian daytime television series which aired on Sydney television station ATN-7 from 25 November 1957 to 3 October 1958. It was replaced on the schedule by Melody with Milton (1958-1960), which featured the same host.
Beauty Case was an Australian television series which aired from 12 February to 5 November 1958 on Sydney television station TCN-9. The weekly series was broadcast on Wednesdays. TV listings suggest the episodes usually aired in a 45-minute time-slot. Assuming the series had a sponsor, it is not known what the running time was minus the commercials.
The Johnny Gredula Show was an Australian television variety series which aired from 18 April 1957 to 20 February 1958 on ABC. Produced in Sydney, the series also aired in Melbourne via kinescope recordings. Regulars included the Noel Gilmore Quintet and Margaret Day.
Look Who's Dropped In was a four-part Australian television variety series which aired on Sydney station ABN-2. The half-hour series presented jazz music, competing in the time-slot against Pick a Box on ATN-7 and U.S. series Racket Squad on TCN-9. It aired fortnightly from 14 December 1957 to 25 January 1958, alternating with Tele-Variety. ABC variety series of the era typically had shorter seasons than those on commercial television. The series featured George Trevare.
Balance Your Budget was an Australian television game show, which aired from around 9 April 1959 to 16 June 1960 on Sydney television station TCN-9. At the time, most Australian series aired in only a single city, which was likely also the case with Balance Your Budget. Described in TV listings as a "grocery quiz", it originally aired on 1:30PM on Thursdays, though it later moved to 1:00PM. It was hosted by Bob McGready. The archival status of the series is not known, though as game shows were seen as "disposable" by 1950s broadcasters, it is possible the series was wiped.
The Lucky Show was an Australian television series which aired from 1959 to 1961 on Sydney station TCN-9. Chuck Faulkner was originally announced as host, but was replaced prior to the first broadcast with George Foster. The series was a mix of game show and variety show, and episodes aired in a 60-minute time-slot during daytime. In 1961, The Lucky Show and The Happy Show were merged to create Happy Go Lucky, which should not be confused with Melbourne series The Happy Go Lucky Show (1957-1959). It is not known if any kinescopes or video-tapes still exist of The Lucky Show.
Roundabout is a television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired on Australian television in 1957. Broadcast 4 January 1957 on ABC station ABV-2, it is notable as the first example of television drama produced in Melbourne.
The Contact Show was an Australian daytime television variety series which aired on TCN-9 during 1960. Featuring Bob Geraghty and George Wallace Jnr, it featured a mix of comedy and music.
Menus for Moderns is an Australian television series which aired 1960-1961. It was a cooking show featuring Doreen Andrews.
Serenade is an Australian television series which aired 1959 to 1960 on Sydney station ATN-7. It was a music series featuring singer Ray Melton, though several episodes instead featured singer Peggy Brooks. Little else is known about the series.
The George Wallace Show was an Australian television series which aired in 1960. Starring George Wallace Jnr, it was a variety series aired in a daytime time-slot on Sydney station TCN-9. Aired at 2:00PM, it aired against Your Home on ATN-7, while ABN-2 did not offer any programming until 2:30PM.
TV Bingo is an Australian television series of 1965. Aired in Sydney only on station TCN-9, it was a half-hour game show in which viewers at home played bingo for prizes. It was hosted by David Paterson, and aired in a daytime time-slot.
Killer in Close-Up was a blanket title covering four live television drama plays produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1957 and 1958. It could be seen as the first anthology series produced for Australian television.
Meet James Mossman is an Australian television series which aired from 1957 to 1958 on Sydney station ATN-7. It debuted 6 October 1957, and was a talk show. It aired in a 15-minute time-slot at 4:45PM on Sundays. At the time, most Australian series aired in a single city only.
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- ↑ White, Richard (2012). "Simpson, Edwin Colin (1908–1983)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 18. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ↑ Packer, R.C (30 January 1957). "Television Parade". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 24, no. 35. p. 26. Retrieved 8 April 2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Television Details". Sydney Morning Herald . 3 February 1957. p. 47. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ↑ "To-day's TV and Radio". Sydney Morning Herald . 1 September 1957. p. 68. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
