1992 in Australian television

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## Events

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* 1 January – The Victorian television market is aggregated, with VIC TV (now WIN Television) becoming the Nine Network affiliate, Prime Television taking a Seven Network affiliation & Southern Cross Network (now Southern Cross Ten) taking the Network Ten affiliation.
* 3 January – The long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who airs its finale broadcast on ABC with the fourth and final part of the seventh and final serial of Season 18, Logopolis. For the rest of 1992 there were no more broadcasts of Doctor Who. In March 1993 the first serial of Season 19, Castrovalva, was broadcast. The show would finish airing on 3 March 1994.
* 6 January – Neighbours and Home and Away return for 1992 now both screening against each other in the 7:30 pm timeslot.
* 20 January – Network Ten launches weeknight "First at Five" news on its five capital city stations.
* 20 January – Bert Newton returns to television as host of a new talk show on Network Ten The Morning Show.
* 20 January – Former ABC reporter Stan Grant presents a new nightly current affairs program called Real Life on Seven Network.
* 27 January – Australian evening current affairs program The 7.30 Report returns to ABC for the new year.
* 3 February – Ex-Europe Correspondent Ian Henderson takes over as newsreader for the 7.00 pm ABC News in Victoria after Mary Delahunty left to replace John Jost for the Victoria Edition of The 7.30 Report.
* 3 February – Australian pioneering lifestyle program Healthy, Wealthy and Wise makes its debut and begins a seven-year run on Network Ten.
* 8 February – Network Ten's troubled soap opera Neighbours is another attempt to bring back to its former 1980s ratings glory, producers are ramping up the show's storylines as well as writing out four cast members while signing up three new faces. Lorraine Bayly, Jeremy Angerson, Andrew Williams and Gillian Blakeney being terminated and are all leaving the show in coming weeks – while Ben Mitchell and Felice Arena are joining the series, and former guest star and future recording artist Natalie Imbruglia is returning for an ongoing role. Producer Don Battye is confident of re-signing Melissa Bell (the current Lucy Robinson) when her contract expires mid-year, despite moves to have her swap over to Ten's other evening soap, E Street. Veteran actor Tom Oliver has been re-signed with Neighbours, with plans to romantically match up his character Lou Carpenter to now-widowed Madge Bishop (Anne Charleston). Producers are also casting for two teenagers to enter the series as Carpenter's children. Another romantic storyline being devised by writers is set to involve Lucy (Melissa Bell) and Brad Willis (Scott Michaelson).
* 9 February – Three of Nine Network's current affairs lineup programmes 60 Minutes, Sunday and Business Sunday return for another year.
* 9 February – French-American-Canadian animated series Inspector Gadget airs on ABC as a stand-alone for the very last time. The series will continue airing on Sunday mornings when it returns to air as part of the Sunday morning wrapper programme Couch Potato on 22 March.
* 10 February – Australian comedy series Mother and Son returns for a new series on ABC.
* 10 February – The Nine Network launches a new game show called Supermarket Sweep presented by Ian Turpie, making his last game show appearance before his passing in 2012.
* 12 February – American sitcom Home Improvement based on the stand-up comedy of Tim Allen debuts on Seven Network.
* 13 February – Simon Westaway, Paul Sonkkila, Ben Steel, David Bradshaw and Sean Scully star in a brand new Australian police drama series Phoenix on ABC.
* 14 February – Australian gardening and lifestyle series Burke's Backyard returns for another year. This time host Don Burke is joined by presenters Dr. Harry Cooper, Peter Harris and Densey Clyne.
* 15 February – Australian five minute cooking program Consuming Passions hosted by British chef Ian Parmenter premieres on the ABC.
* 22 February – Australian gardening and lifestyle series Burke's Backyard begins airing in New Zealand on TV One.
* 1 March - The Nine Network revamps it's on air presentation and launches the famous "Skyscraper" ident
* 3 March - Nine's adult drama series, Chances, launches on British satellite channel, Sky One, airing Wednesday and Thursday at 9pm.
* 14 March – Australian documentary series Foreign Correspondent debuts on the ABC.
* 20 March – The Nine Network takes over the Rugby League TV rights from Network Ten, which they continue to broadcast to the present day.
* 30 April – Series final of the Australian police drama series Phoenix airs on ABC.
* 6 April - Network Ten's evening soap opera, E Street, launches in the UK on the Sky One satellite channel. It airs in a half-hour format, 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, starting with episode 43.
* 4 May – Australian children's TV series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo returns to Australian television screens with a short-lived reboot called The Adventures of Skippy. This series focused on Sonny Hammond who is now an adult having followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a ranger at a wildlife park and having his own family and Skippy as a pet kangaroo.
* 8 May – Australian children's educational TV series Lift Off debuts on ABC at 2:00 pm every Friday. It later aired weekdays at 4:30 pm on 29 June and on Saturdays at 6:00 pm on 19 September.
* 14 May – A new Australian travel and lifestyle television program Getaway begins its first screening on Nine Network becoming one of the longest running series on Australian television.
* 18 May – Australian soap opera Neighbours debuts a new set of opening titles and a new theme song performed by Greg Hind.
* 8 June – Australian teen game show Vidiot presented by Eden Gaha debuts on ABC.
* 13 July - Teenager Todd Landers (Kristian Schimid) is killed by an oncoming van in his final episode of Neighbours.
* 18 July – Australian comedy series The Late Show starring The D-Generation starts airing on the ABC running for two seasons.
* 20 July – ABC debuts children's TV series Bananas in Pyjamas.
* 3 September – Kerry Packer and the Nine Network pull the plug on Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos midway through the show.
* 6 November – Final episode of the Australian children's game show Big Square Eye airs on the ABC. The series will be shown one last time the next year at 6:00 pm.
* 26 November – Accident-prone comedy sketch show Fast forward airs its final episode on Seven Network. It returns in 1993 with the rebranded name Full Frontal, which is the same as FF. Fast Forward continued specials in 1993 and 1994.
* 21 December – Network Ten debuts a new weekday morning program for children called The Big Breakfast.
* 22 December – Seven Network airs the 1992 Midori Australian Dancesport Championships at 9:30 pm.

## Debuts

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Program  | Channel  | Debut date

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Real Life | Seven Network | 20 January
The Morning Show | Network Ten | 20 January
The Fremantle Conspiracy | Seven Network | 26 January
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise | Network Ten | 3 February
The World at Noon | ABC TV  | 3 February
Supermarket Sweep | Nine Network | 10 February
Phoenix | ABC TV  | 13 February
Consuming Passions | ABC TV  | 15 February
Saturday at Rick's | Nine Network | 22 February
Order in the House | ABC TV  | 29 February
Sylvania Waters | ABC TV  | 7 March
Foreign Correspondent | ABC TV  | 14 March
Sex | Nine Network | 19 March
Friday Night Football | Nine Network | 20 March
Sunday Football | Nine Network | 22 March
Ferry Boat Fred | ABC TV  | 30 March
Good Vibrations | Seven Network | 22 April
All in a Day's Work | ABC TV  | 2 May
The Adventures of Skippy | Nine Network | 4 May
Lift Off | ABC TV  | 8 May
Getaway | Nine Network | 14 May
A Dog's Life | ABC TV  | 29 May
Vidiot | ABC TV  | 8 June
Nightline | Nine Network | 24 June
Tracks of Glory | Seven Network | 5 July
Totally Wild | Network Ten | 12 July
The Late Show | ABC TV  | 18 July
Bananas in Pyjamas (1992) | ABC TV  | 20 July
Bony | Seven Network | 15 August
Mind Twist | Network Ten | 22 August
Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos | Nine Network | 3 September
My Two Wives | Nine Network | 8 September
Meet the Press | Network Ten | 25 October
Bingles | Network Ten | 5 December
The Big Breakfast | Network Ten | 21 December
Peter Combe's Christmas Under the Stars | ABC TV  | 25 December

### International programming

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Program  | Channel  | Debut date

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Dragnet Today | Network Ten | 1 January
The Secret Cabaret | SBS TV | 2 January
Dr. Krankenstein | SBS TV | 2 January
// Clowning Around | Seven Network | 5 January
Studs | Network Ten | 6 January
Discovering Psychology | SBS TV | 6 January
Hammer, Slammer and Slade | Seven Network | 12 January
The Treaty | ABC TV  | 15 January
Mad Scientist | Seven Network | 18 January
Night of the Red Hunter | ABC TV  | 20 January
Cop Rock | Network Ten | 23 January
Little Golden Book Land | Seven Network | 24 January
WIOU | Network Ten | 24 January
/ A Galactic Odyssey | Nine Network | 26 January
Two by Two | ABC TV  | 28 January
Birds of a Feather | Seven Network | 30 January
The Generation Game | Seven Network | 1 February
Dinosaurs | Seven Network | 2 February
Inside Edition | Network Ten | 4 February
Oceans of Wealth | SBS TV | 10 February
Home Improvement | Seven Network | 12 February
Freddy's Nightmares | Seven Network | 13 February
Bicycle | SBS TV | 18 February
Toxic Crusaders | Seven Network | 21 February
Pim | SBS TV | 22 February
The Magic Library | ABC TV  | 25 February
Zardip's Search for Healthy Wellness | ABC TV  | 26 February
Take a Look | ABC TV  | 26 February
Look Up | ABC TV  | 26 February
The Family Man (1990) | Seven Network | 26 February
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | Seven Network | 3 March
Portrait of a Marriage | ABC TV  | 8 March
Gophers! | Network Ten | 8 March
// The Other Side of Paradise | Network Ten | 8 March
Secret of the Sahara | ABC TV  | 19 March
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | ABC TV  | 5 April
Gabriel's Fire | Seven Network | 8 April
Girls on Top | ABC TV  | 13 April
Life Goes On | Nine Network | 19 April
Katts and Dog | Nine Network | 21 April
/ Heroes II: The Return | Network Ten | 27 April
My Little Pony 'n Friends | Nine Network | 2 May
/ Beetlejuice | Nine Network | 2 May
Nellie the Elephant | ABC TV  | 4 May
The Darling Buds of May | Seven Network | 8 May
Small World | ABC TV  | 11 May
Brother Felix and the Virgin Saint | ABC TV  | 17 May
The Cloning of Joanna May | Seven Network | 18 May
Working Girl | Network Ten | 18 May
Keeping Up Appearances | ABC TV  | 18 May
Yo Yogi! | Seven Network | 22 May
The Brollys | ABC TV  | 25 May
This is David Harper | SBS TV | 26 May
Teach 109 | SBS TV | 28 May
Passengers | SBS TV | 28 May
Return to the Magic Library | ABC TV  | 2 June
Sticky Moments | ABC TV  | 5 June
Uncle Buck | Network Ten | 7 June
Beadle's About | Network Ten | 9 June
Forget Me Not Farm | ABC TV  | 11 June
Tropical Heat | Network Ten | 12 June
Best of the Worst | Seven Network | 13 June
Herman's Head | Seven Network | 25 June
Murder Squad | ABC TV  | 25 June
Coming of Age | Network Ten | 29 June
The Red Green Show | SBS TV | 30 June
/ The Boy from Andromeda | Seven Network | 4 July
/ Widget | ABC TV  | 6 July
Harry and the Hendersons | ABC TV  | 6 July
/ The Leaving of Liverpool | ABC TV  | 8 July
Titmuss Regained | ABC TV  | 12 July
One of the Boys (1989) | Seven Network | 13 July
Watt on Earth | ABC TV  | 19 July
Nature Watch Digest | ABC TV  | 20 July
Tales from the Blue Crystal | ABC TV  | 30 July
The Ginger Tree | ABC TV  | 2 August
Wipe Out | ABC TV  | 6 August
The Torkelsons | Seven Network | 10 August
Central Brigade | SBS TV | 12 August
Nightmare Cafe | Seven Network | 12 August
New Guinea: An Island Apart | ABC TV  | 16 August
Step by Step | Seven Network | 16 August
The Acme School of Stuff | ABC TV  | 21 August
Shadow of the Noose | ABC TV  | 24 August
Pacific Station | Seven Network | 25 August
Classic Cars | SBS TV | 25 August
Coach | Network Ten | 28 August
Parnell and the Englishwoman | ABC TV  | 30 August
Bangers and Mash | ABC TV  | 31 August
A Bit of Fry and Laurie | ABC TV  | 31 August
On the Up | ABC TV  | 7 September
Harris and Company | Network Ten | 8 September
Worlds Beyond | ABC TV  | 13 September
And the Sea Will Tell | Nine Network | 13 September
Windfalls | ABC TV  | 14 September
Yellowthread Street | Seven Network | 15 September
Close to Home (1989) | Seven Network | 17 September
/ Columbus and the Age of Discovery | SBS TV | 20 September
Walter & Emily | Seven Network | 23 September
Pyjamas for Three | SBS TV | 1 October
Gruey | ABC TV  | 2 October
/ Frankie's House | ABC TV  | 7 October
Raven | Nine Network | 13 October
Making a Stand | SBS TV | 18 October
Kir Royal – Aus dem Leben eines Klatschreporters | SBS TV | 30 October
Amerika | Nine Network | 2 November
Cruel Doubt | Seven Network | 15 November
Morton & Hayes | Nine Network | 18 November
Mother Love | ABC TV  | 23 November
The Power and the Glory | Nine Network | 29 November
The Sharp End | ABC TV  | 1 December
The Commish | Nine Network | 3 December
Nurses | Seven Network | 6 December
The Brittas Empire | ABC TV  | 7 December
Streets Apart | ABC TV  | 7 December
Northern Exposure | Network Ten | 10 December
Covington Cross | Network Ten | 12 December
May to December | ABC TV  | 12 December
Granpa | ABC TV  | 13 December
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Nine Network | 21 December
The BFG | ABC TV  | 25 December
The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son | SBS TV | 25 December
Father Christmas | ABC TV  | 25 December
Samurai Pizza Cats | Seven Network | 1992
The Legend of Prince Valiant | Seven Network | 1992
Garfield and Friends | Network Ten | 1992
Bob in a Bottle | Seven Network | 1992
Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden | ABC TV | 1992

## Changes to network affiliation

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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.

### International

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Program  | New network(s)  | Previous network(s)  | Date

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// Clowning Around | ABC TV  | Seven Network | 20 December

## Television shows

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ABC TV

* Mr. Squiggle and Friends (1959–1999)
* Four Corners (1961–present)
* Rage (1987–present)
* G.P. (1989–1996)
* Foreign Correspondent (1992–present)
* The Late Show (1992–1993)
* Vidiot (1992–1995)

Seven Network

* Wheel of Fortune (1981–1996, 1996–2003, 2004-beyond)
* A Country Practice (1981–1994)
* Home and Away (1988–present)
* Family Feud (1988–1996)
* Fast forward (1989–1992)

Nine Network

* Sunday (1981–2008)
* Today (1982 – present)
* Sale of the Century (1980–2001)
* A Current Affair (1971–1978, 1988–2005, 2006–present)
* Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999)
* The Midday Show (1973–1998)
* 60 Minutes (1979–present)
* The Flying Doctors (1986–1991)
* Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (1990–present)
* Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999)

Network Ten

* Neighbours (1985 – present)
* E Street (1989–1993)
* Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton (1991)

## Ending this year

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Date | Show | Channel | Debut

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7 February  | The Bugs Bunny Show | Channel Nine | 1990
3 April  | Chances | Channel Nine | 1991
23 April  | Good Vibrations | Seven Network | 22 April 1992
1 May  | Ferry Boat Fred | ABC | 30 March 1992
4 May  | Heroes II: The Return | Channel Ten | 27 April 1992
1 June  | DAAS Kapital | ABC | 1991
28 June  | Sylvania Waters | ABC | 7 March 1992
6 July  | Tracks of Glory | Channel Seven | 5 July 1992
20 August  | Embassy | ABC | 1990
4 September  | Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos | Nine Network | 4 September 1992
17 October  | Double Dare | Channel Ten | 1989
6 November  | Big Square Eye | ABC | 1991
4 November  | Acropolis Now | Channel Seven | 1989
26 November  | Fast forward | Channel Seven | 1989
4 December  | The Miraculous Mellops | Channel Ten | 1991
5 December  | Kelly | Channel Ten | 1991
13 December  | Finders Keepers | ABC | 1991
18 December  | Good Morning Australia | Network Ten | 1981
19 December  | Bony | Seven Network | 15 August 1992

## See also

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* 1992 in Australia
* List of Australian films of 1992

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