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This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 2010. The year 2010 will be the 55th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

Contents

Events

Celebrity Deaths

NameAgeDate of deathOccupation
Monica Maughan [3] [4] 768 JanuaryActress ( The Box , Prisoner , The Damnation of Harvey McHugh )
Dave Grant [5] 5024 JanuaryStand-up comedian
Lynn Bayonas [6] 6625 JanuaryProducer and writer
John McCallum [7] 913 February (death recorded)Actor and producer
Adriana Xenides [8] 547 JuneActress and host
Michael Meagher [9] 558 AugustJournalist
Eric Walters [10] 7319 AugustNews presenter
Victoria Longley [11] 4929 AugustActress
Malcolm Douglas [12] 6923 SeptemberPresenter and Documentary Maker
Norman Hetherington [13] 896 DecemberCartoonist, Presenter and Puppeteer
Gus Mercurio [14] 827 DecemberActor and Boxer
James Dibble [15] 8714 DecemberNewsreader and Presenter

Channels

New channels

Shutdown channels

Ratings

Premieres

Domestic series

International series

Specialty programmes

Domestic

International

Programming changes

Changes to network affiliation

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

ProgramNew networkPrevious networkDate
Australia's Greatest Athlete [21] [22] Seven Network Nine Network 6 February
The Great Australian Doorstep [23] 7Two HOW TO Channel 6 February
Blinky Bill's Around the World Adventures ABC2 Seven Network 23 February
Eclipse Music TV Nine Network Seven Network 8 April
Hot Property [24] Nine Network Seven Network 28 July
Top Gear Australia [25] Nine Network SBS One 19 October
The Adventures of Blinky Bill ABC2 ABC1 15 November
Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion ABC2 ABC1 11 December

International

ProgramNew network(s)Previous network(s)Date
Flag of the United States.svg ER [26] Go! Nine Network 7 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg That Mitchell and Webb Look [27] UKTV ABC1 [28] 7 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Don't Tell the Bride LifeStyle You The LifeStyle Channel 8 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The Jonathan Ross Show [29] [30] UKTV Seven Network [31] 10 January
Flag of the United States.svg King of the Hill [32] 7Two Seven Network 24 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gok's Fashion Fix [33] LifeStyle You The LifeStyle Channel 28 January
Flag of New Zealand.svg Shortland Street ABC1 SBS One 28 January
Flag of the United States.svg Flavor of Love MTV VH1 6 February
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Top Gear [25] Nine Network SBS One 16 February
Flag of the United States.svg Mercy [34] 7Two Seven Network 17 February
Flag of the United States.svg The Sopranos [35] 7Two Nine Network 24 January
Flag of the United States.svg The Sopranos [35] 7mate 7Two 27 September
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gavin & Stacey [note 1] [36] [37] ABC2 Seven Network 25 February
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The Legends of Treasure Island 7Two ABC1 21 March
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Woof! 7Two Nine Network
ABC1 		4 April
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zero Hour Network Ten Seven Network 1 May
Flag of the United States.svg Celebrity Fit Club LifeStyle You [38] VH1 18 August
Flag of the United States.svg Friends GEM Nine Network 26 September
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mighty Ships 7mate Seven Network 2 October
Flag of the United States.svg Two and a Half Men FOX8 Arena October
Flag of the United States.svg The Nanny GEM GO! 23 October
Flag of the United States.svg Murder, She Wrote GEM Go! 8 November
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The Family [39] SBS One Network Ten Still to debut
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Life Begins [39] SBS One Seven Network Still to debut

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

ProgramFree-to-air networkSubscription networkDate
Flag of the United States.svg The Colbert Report [40] [41] [42] ABC2 The Comedy Channel 5 January
Flag of the United States.svg Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King [43] GO! Movie Extra 6 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Seven Ages of Rock [36] [44] ABC1 BBC Knowledge 7 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Children of Earth [36] ABC2 UK.TV and BBC HD 8 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story [45] Nine Network UK.TV 17 January
Flag of the United States.svg Breaking Bad [40] [46] ABC2 showcase 22 January
Flag of the United States.svg Why Ancient Egypt Fell [47] ABC1 Discovery Channel 26 January
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Durham County [48] ABC2 showcase [49] 2 February
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James May's Big Ideas [39] [50] [51] SBS One BBC Knowledge 5 February
Flag of the United States.svg I'm From Rolling Stone [52] ABC2 MTV [53] 15 February
Flag of the United States.svg The Neanderthal Code [54] ABC1 National Geographic Channel 25 February and 4 March
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sanctuary [40] [55] ABC2 Sci-Fi Channel 1 March
Flag of the United States.svg Saving Grace [56] Network Ten showcase 2 March
Flag of the United States.svg Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens [57] [58] ABC2 Movie Extra 2 May
Flag of Japan.svg Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles Network Ten Cartoon Network 16 December
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benidorm [59] [60] 7Two UK.TV Still to debut
Flag of the United States.svg Hung [61] [62] 7Two showcase Still to debut
Flag of the United States.svg The City [63] Go! MTV Still to debut

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.

Domestic

ProgramSubscription networkFree-to-air networkDate
Who Do You Think You Are? [64] BBC Knowledge SBS One 20 January

International

ProgramSubscription networkFree-to-air networkDate
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Around the World in 80 Gardens [65] BBC Knowledge ABC1 5 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Top Dogs: Adventures In War, Sea and Ice BBC Knowledge SBS One 6 January
Flag of France.svg Casper's Scare School Cartoon Network ABC1 25 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Moving Wallpaper [66] UKTV ABC2 [67] 29 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Echo Beach [66] UKTV ABC2 [67] 29 January
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ashes to Ashes [29] [68] UKTV ABC1 [69] 10 February
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg World's Strictest Parents [70] The LifeStyle Channel Seven Network 16 February
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mistresses UK.TV Seven Network 25 February
Flag of the United States.svg In Plain Sight [71] 13th Street Network Ten 12 March
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stanley Kubrick's Boxes [72] Bio. ABC2 16 March
Flag of the United States.svg Big Love [73] showcase SBS One 25 March
Flag of the United States.svg Eli Stone [74] Arena Seven Network 5 May
Flag of the United States.svg Life [75] 13th Street Network Ten 7 May
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Gently [76] UKTV ABC1 16 May
Flag of the United States.svg Dirty Sexy Money [77] Universal Channel Seven Network 6 July
Flag of the United States.svg Keeping Up with the Kardashians [78] E! Seven Network 10 August
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lilies [65] BBC Knowledge ABC1 Still to debut

Ending this year

ProgramDateChannelDebut
9am with David & Kim [79] [80] 29 January Network Ten 30 January 2006
Maggie With... [81] January Bio. 2001
Wilfred [82] 26 March SBS One 19 March 2007
The Shak [83] 20 April 2010 Nine Network 27 March 2006

Returning this year

ProgramNetworkDebut dateReturn date
Hey Hey It's Saturday Nine Network 9 October 197114 April

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Gavin & Stacey was premiered by Seven in early 2009, From Series 2 onward UKTV had first-run rights, with ABC2 having rerun rights from 2010

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