2014 in Australian television

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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Events

• 1 January – Foxtel launches two new subscription channels Syfy and TV Hits, which replace SF and TV1 respectively.
• 31 January – Chris Bath presents her final bulletin for Seven News after deciding to stand down and concentrate on full-time Sunday Night role. Mark Ferguson replaced her the following Monday (3 February).
• 2 February – The Nine Network's GO! channel unveils a new logo, on-air package and demographic (women 20–40), with a revamped timetable with Kids WB, dropping reality TV catch-up programming which they now air on the Network's primary channel only.
• 13 March – Foxtel launches Presto, an online streaming service allowing subscribers to access content available on Foxtel Movies separate from a full Foxtel subscription.
• 20 March – Showcase wins the Channel of the Year award at the 2014 ASTRA Awards.
• 10 April – Two new subscription channels—Disney XD and Foxtel Movies Disney—launch on the Foxtel platform.
• 6 July – Adam Dovile and Lisa Lamond win the second series of House Rules.
• 20 July – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reverts its flagship ABC1 television channel to its former ABC name.
• 21 July – Anja Nissen wins the third season of The Voice.
• 3 August – BBC Worldwide is set to launch a new premium drama and comedy subscription channel known as BBC First which will be available on the Foxtel platform.
• 13 August – Meyne Wyatt becomes the first indigenous Australian actor in Neighbours' 29-year history to have a leading role when he makes his debut in the soap as Nate Kinski.
• 18 August – The Nine Network secures film rights to revive Paramount Pictures along with Dreamworks], taking them from Network Ten after cost-cutting measures.
• 17 September – Johann Wagner wins the first season of The Recruit and was drafted as a rookie to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
• 28 September – Australia Network is shut down to be replaced by a similar 24-hour television and online service known as Australia Plus Television.
• 1 October – The Antenna Awards are returning to Australian community TV stations.
• 18 November – The Abbott Government reduces ABC's annual budget by A$50m, or roughly 5%.
• 21 November – Network Ten revives the Sony Pictures output deal. Erin Brockovich was the first film to air on TEN.
• 25 November – AFL player David Rodan and his partner Melanie Hooper win the fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.
• 26 November – Ryan Ginns wins the eleventh and final series of Big Brother.
• 1 December – Network Ten revives the Universal Pictures output deal. Bird on a Wire was the first film to air, but screened on ONE.
• 1 December – The Seven Network wins the ratings year for the tenth consecutive time topping total people, primary channels, reality (My Kitchen Rules, House Rules & The X Factor), breakfast (Sunrise), weekend breakfast (Weekend Sunrise), morning television (The Morning Show), advertisement breaks, news updates, movies, Sport (AFL, Tennis & Melbourne Cup) and suitable only for people over 55, while Nine wins all three demos.

Celebrity Deaths

• 14 February – James Condon (aged 90), actor who appeared in numerous television series.
• 22 February – Charlotte Dawson (aged 47), television personality and hostess best known for her role as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model.
• 30 April – Ian Ross (aged 73), television newsreader best known for his roles on Today and Seven News in Sydney.
• 8 May – Harry Potter (aged 72), journalist with Network Ten from 1978 to 2010.
• 27 June – Ian Cook (aged 68), news director.
• 24 July – Pete Michell (aged 43), television presenter for Seven Adelaide.
• 1 August – Michael Johns (aged 35), singer and reality television participant, who competed in the seventh season of American Idol.
• 17 September Elaine Lee (74) South African born Australian actress best known for soap opera Number 96.
• 24 October Mike Dorsey British born Australian actor Number 96 and The Young Doctors

Premieres

Domestic series

List of domestic television series premieres

Program	Original airdate	Network	Source
Darren Robertson's Charcoal Kitchen	2 January	LifeStyle Food
Get Ace	19 January	Eleven
Meet the Frockers	23 January	LifeStyle You
Coastwatch Oz	30 January	Seven Network
Hello Birdy	1 February	ABC
Haunting: Australia	3 February	Syfy
Hoopla Doopla	10 February	ABC 4 Kids (ABC2)
Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy	13 February	Seven Network
Love Child	17 February	Nine Network
Move It	17 February	GO!
Fat Tony & Co.	23 February	Nine Network
The Real Housewives of Melbourne	23 February	Arena
Inside Story	26 February	Nine Network
Janet King	27 February	ABC
Secrets & Lies	3 March	Network Ten
Lost with the Boys	6 March	Tenplay (online)
Plonk	11 March	Eleven
The Face Australia	18 March	Fox8
The Tipping Points	23 March	NITV
The Pits	6 April	Network Ten
Wacky World Beaters	6 April	ABC3
The Gods of Wheat Street	12 April	ABC
Crimes that Shook Australia	16 April	Crime & Investigation Network
Worst Year of My Life, Again	26 April	ABC3
Jonah from Tonga	2 May (online streaming) 7 May	ABC iview ABC
The Flamin' Thongs	9 May	ABC3
Unplanned America	12 May	SBS 2
Bogan Hunters	13 May	7mate
When Loves Comes to Town	20 May	Nine Network
Old School	23 May	ABC
ManSpace	26 May	GO!
What Really Happens in Bali	27 May	Seven Network
Taking on the Chocolate Frog	2 June	Studio
The Voice Kids	22 June	Nine Network
Skinner Boys: Guardians of the Lost Secrets	6 July	GO!
Kinne	8 July	7mate
The Call of the Wallaby	15 July	Fox Sports 1
The Recruit	16 July	Fox8
Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures	20 July	Eleven
Village Vets Australia	24 July	The LifeStyle Channel
Wild Australia	5 August	Nat Geo Wild
The Dreamhouse	7 August	ABC
Back Seat Drivers	12 August	ABC2
Bringing Sexy Back	12 August	Seven Network
Utopia	13 August	ABC
The War That Changed Us	19 August	ABC
Living with the Enemy	3 September	SBS
Blue Zoo	8 September	ABC3
Crash Test Mummies & Daddies	10 September	ABC2
Keneally and Cameron	19 September	Sky News Australia
SellOut	22 September	7TWO
Gold Coast Cops	29 September	Network Ten
The Thursday Night Sport Show	2 October	One
Party Tricks	6 October	Network Ten
Fashion Bloggers	15 October	Style Network
The Big Adventure	19 October	Seven Network
The Embassy	19 October	Nine Network
Outback Rangers	1 November	Nat Geo Wild
Black Comedy	5 November	ABC

International series

List of international television series premieres

Program	Original airdate	Network	Country of origin	Source
Bad Education	2 January	ABC2	United Kingdom
The Moaning of Life	2 January	ABC	United Kingdom
Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova	5 January	Eleven	Japan
Falcón	9 January	SBS	United Kingdom
True Detective	13 January	Showcase	United States
Orphan Black	14 January	SBS 2	Canada
Agent Anna	15 January	7TWO	New Zealand
The Michael J. Fox Show	15 January	Universal	United States
Gok's Summer Catwalk	16 January	LifeStyle You	United Kingdom
Helix	16 January	Fox8	United States
Looking	20 January	Showcase	United States
Nashville	22 January	SoHo	United States
Vicious	27 January	7TWO	United Kingdom
Rabbids Invasion	28 January	Nickelodeon	United States France
Tricked	2 February	Seven Network	United Kingdom
Steven Universe	3 February	Cartoon Network	United States
Rectify	6 February	SBS	United States
Klovn	17 February	SBS	Denmark
Star-Crossed	18 February	Fox8	United States
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	18 February	The Comedy Channel	United States
Cuckoo	19 February	The Comedy Channel	United Kingdom
Sheriff Callie's Wild West	15 March	Disney Junior	United States Canada
King of the Nerds	23 March	Eleven	United States
Resurrection	25 March	Seven Network	United States
The Tomorrow People	3 April	Fox8	United States
Bill's Kitchen: Notting Hill	7 April	The LifeStyle Channel	United Kingdom
I Didn't Do It	7 April	Disney Channel	United States
King & Maxwell	8 April	SoHo	United States
Mom	9 April	Nine Network	United States
Hugh's Scandimania	10 April	The LifeStyle Channel	United Kingdom
Mighty Med	11 April	Disney XD	United States
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	13 April	Disney XD	United States
Intelligence	23 April	Seven Network	United States
The Millers	27 April	Network Ten	United States
Fargo	1 May	SBS	United States
Grandma's Boy	5 May	Nat Geo People
Katie Morag	5 May	CBeebies	United Kingdom
Locomotion: Dan Snow's Railways	5 May	History	United Kingdom
Tainted Love	5 May	Bio.	United States
The Thundermans	5 May	Nickelodeon	United States
The Tom and Jerry Show	5 May	Cartoon Network	United States
Uncle Grandpa	5 May	Cartoon Network	United States
West End Salvage	5 May	LifeStyle Home	United States
Blonde vs Bear	6 May	Animal Planet	United States
Building Wild	6 May	National Geographic Channel	United States
Hook It, Cook It	6 May	Nat Geo People	United Kingdom
A Season at the Juilliard School	7 May	Studio	United States
House of Food	7 May	MTV	United States
The Legacy	7 May	Studio	Denmark
Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day	7 May	LifeStyle Food	United Kingdom
Paul Hollywood's Bread	7 May	LifeStyle Food	United Kingdom
Southern Fried Homicide	7 May	Discovery Channel	United States
Tickle	7 May	Discovery Channel	United States
Valentine Warner's Wild Table	7 May	Nat Geo People	United Kingdom
American Jungle	8 May	A&E	United States
Genius of Invention	8 May	BBC Knowledge	United Kingdom
Petrol Age	8 May	Discovery Turbo Max	United Kingdom
War Hero in My Family	9 May	History	United Kingdom
24: Live Another Day	12 May	Network Ten	United States
Dads	18 May	Eleven	United States
Enlisted	18 May	Eleven	United States
The Night Shift	29 May	Universal	United States
The Goldbergs	5 June	Seven Network	United States
Wander Over Yonder	9 June	Disney XD	United States
The Tunnel	15 June	ABC	United Kingdom France
Autopsy: The Last Hours Of...	26 June	Seven Network	United Kingdom
From Dusk till Dawn	1 July	SBS 2	United States
Extant	13 July	Network Ten	United States
Rachel Allen's Cake Diary	13 July	LifeStyle Food	United Kingdom
Rake	16 July	Universal	United States
Sex Box	18 July	SBS 2	United Kingdom
Broad City	23 July	The Comedy Channel	United States
Devious Maids	24 July	Universal	United States
Duck Quacks Don't Echo	26 July	SBS	United Kingdom
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	28 July	SBS	United States
The Strain	30 July	Fox8	United States
Heston's Great British Food	31 July	SBS	United Kingdom
The Musketeers	3 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Every Witch Way	4 August	Nickelodeon	United States
Witches of East End	4 August	Eleven	United States
Breathless	5 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Reign	5 August	Fox8	United States
Crisis	5 August	ONE	United States
The Fear	6 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Peaky Blinders	7 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents	7 August	ABC2	United Kingdom
Blandings	8 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Hunderby	8 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
The Village	9 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
James May's Cars of the People	11 August	BBC Knowledge	United Kingdom
To Catch a Smuggler	12 August	Nine Network	United States
Outlander	14 August	SoHo	United States
Reggie Yates's Extreme South Africa	20 August	ABC2	United Kingdom
Shetland	20 August	BBC First	Scotland
The British	22 August	SBS	United Kingdom
Girl Meets World	25 August	Disney Channel	United States
Prisoners' Wives	25 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Black Sails	26 August	Showcase	United States
Frisky Business	29 August	SBS 2	United Kingdom
The Sixties	31 August	SBS	United States
The 100	4 September	Fox8	United States
Hidden Kingdoms	8 September	Network Ten	United Kingdom
Friends with Better Lives	9 September	Eleven	United States
A Young Doctor's Notebook	14 September	BBC First	United Kingdom
Faking It	15 September	MTV	United States
Packages from Planet X	15 September	Disney XD	United States Canada
Wanda and the Alien	15 September	Nick Jr.	United Kingdom
Gracepoint	3 October	MTV	United States
Star Wars Rebels	3 October	Disney XD	United States
NCIS: New Orleans	12 October	Network Ten	United States
Avengers Assemble	12 October	Disney XD	United States
Gotham	12 October	Nine Network	United States
Wallykazam	13 October	Nick Jr.	United States
Breadwinners	1 November	Nickelodeon	United States
Penny Dreadful	6 November	Showcase	United States United Kingdom
The 7D	1 December	Disney XD	United States
The Flash	3 December	Fox8	United States
The Librarians	9 December	Universal Channel	United States
The Great British Sewing Bee	15 December	The LifeStyle Channel	United Kingdom
Hardcore Pawn: Behind the Deal	15 December	A&E	United States
Made in Chelsea: New York	15 December	LifeStyle You	United Kingdom
Alaskan Women Looking For Love	16 December	TLC	United States
Chrome Underground	16 December	Discovery Turbo MAX	United States
Misfit Garage	16 December	Discovery Turbo MAX	United States
Cordon	17 December	Studio	Belgium
Epic Ink	17 December	A&E	United States
To Catch a Killer	17 December	CI	Canada
My Crazy Obsession	18 December	LifeStyle You	United States
BritCam	19 December	CI	United Kingdom
The Pool Master	20 December	Discovery Channel	United States
Tornado Alley	21 December	Discovery Science	United States
Ready for Love	27 December	Seven Network	United States
Almost Human	Scheduled for 2014 but did not air	Nine Network	United States
Dead Boss	Scheduled for 2014 but did not air	BBC First	United Kingdom
How to Live with Your Parents	Unknown	Eleven	United States
Jimmy's Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner	Unknown	The LifeStyle Channel	United Kingdom
Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas	Unknown	Arena	United States
The Mysteries of Laura	Scheduled for 2014 but did not air	Nine Network	United States
Ravenswood	Scheduled for 2014 but did not air	Nine Network	United States
Stalker	Scheduled for 2014 but did not air	Nine Network	United States
Troy	Scheduled for 2014 but did not air	Nine Network	United States
Tyrant	Scheduled for 2014 but did not air	Network Ten	United States

Telemovies and miniseries

List of domestic telemovie and miniseries premieres

Program	Original airdate(s)	Network	Source
The Broken Shore	2 February	ABC
INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	9 and 16 February	Seven Network
Schapelle	9 February	Nine Network
The Killing Field	4 May	Seven Network
Westbrook	28 August 4 September	CI
Devil's Playground	9 September	Showcase

List of international telemovie and miniseries premieres

Program	Original airdate(s)	Network	Country of origin	Source
Bonnie & Clyde	21 and 28 June	SoHo	United States
Sharknado 2: The Second One	31 July	Syfy	United States
Burton & Taylor	3 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
The Politician's Husband	4, 11 and 18August	BBC First	United Kingdom
The Ice Cream Girls	25 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Love Life	25 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Zapped	27 September	Disney Channel	United States
Lucky Duck	15 November	Disney Junior	United States
Over the Garden Wall	15 December	Cartoon Network	United States

Documentaries

List of domestic television documentary premieres

Program	Original airdate(s)	Network	Source
Life at 9	29 July 5 August	ABC
How Australia Changed the World	21 December	Discovery Channel
88	2014	ABC
The Flying Miners	2014	ABC
Outback Choir	2014	ABC
The Waler: Australia's Great War Horse	2014	ABC
Who We Are 3	2014	(Foxtel)
Wizards of Oz	2014	ABC

List of international television documentary premieres

Program	Original airdate(s)	Network	Country of origin	Source
Green Day's Broadway Idiot	5 May	Max	United States
Downloaded	17 July	SBS 2	United States
Smash His Camera	13 August	Bio.	United States
The Rugby Player	20 August	ABC2	United States
The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood	25 August	History	United Kingdom
The Man Behind the Throne	25 August	Studio	Sweden
Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life	29 August	BBC First	United Kingdom
Dive WWII	15 December	History	United Kingdom
Love For Sale with Rupert Everett	15 December	Studio	United Kingdom
Cavedigger	16 December	Studio	United States
The Children's Odyssey	16 December	History	Germany
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story	17 December	Bio.	United States
Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier	17 December	History	United Kingdom
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid	19 December	History	Germany

Specials

List of domestic television special premieres

Program	Original airdate(s)	Network(s)	Source
A Night with Roger Federer	8 January	Seven Network
This Is My Australia	17 January	Network Ten
Tim Minchin: So Live	24 January	The Comedy Channel
3rd AACTA Awards	30 January	Network Ten
56th TV Week Logie Awards	27 April	Nine Network
E. J. Whitten Legends Game	1 July	Nine Network
Ian Thorpe: The Parkinson Interview	13 July	Network Ten
50 Years Young	3 August	Network Ten
Farewell Simply Red	16 August	Smooth
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
Apex Teenage Fashion Awards	21 December	Aurora
Pink: Live in Concert	31 December	Nine Network

List of international television special premieres

Program	Original airdate(s)	Network(s)	Country of origin	Source
A Grammy Salute to The Beatles	23 February	Arena Fox8 Max	United States
Still Open All Hours	25 April	ABC	United Kingdom
The Year in Pup Culture	5 May	Animal Planet	United States
2014 MTV Video Music Awards	25 August	MTV	United States
Tom Kerridge Cooks Christmas	17 December	LifeStyle Food	United Kingdom
Lorraine Pascale: Fostering & Me	18 December	LifeStyle You	United Kingdom
Barra MacNeils' Cape Breton Christmas	20 December	Studio	Canada

Programming changes

Changes to network affiliation

Criteria 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 criteria is met. Ended television series which change networks for repeat broadcasts are not included in the list.

List of domestic television series which changed network affiliation

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
'ABC Education programming	21 July	ABC3	ABC
Behind The News	22 July	ABC3	ABC

List of international television programs which changed network affiliation

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
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
The Tom and Jerry Show	1 September	Boomerang	Cartoon Network	United States
Flipper and Lopaka	2 September	Eleven	ABC	United States
Heartbeat	8 September	GEM	7TWO	United Kingdom

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.

List of international television programs which first aired on subscription television

Program	Date	Free-to-air network	Subscription network(s)	Country of origin	Ref
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	24 March	ABC2	The Comedy Channel	United States
Arrow	3 May	Nine Network	Fox8	United States
New Tricks	2014	Nine Network GEM ABC	BBC First	United Kingdom

Returning programs

List of returning domestic television series

Program	Return date	Network	Original run	Ref
Spicks and Specks	5 February	ABC	2005–2011
So You Think You Can Dance Australia	9 February	Network Ten	2008–2010
Family Feud	14 July	Network Ten ONE Eleven	1977–2006 (intermittently)
Antenna Awards	1 October	C31 Melbourne	2004–2010

Endings

List of domestic television series endings

Program	End date	Network	Start date	Ref
Today Tonight	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
The Contrarians	12 September	Sky News Australia	Unknown
Big Brother	26 November	Nine Network	2001 (Ten) 2012 (Nine)
At the Movies	9 December	ABC	2004

Notes

• ^a Schapelle was originally scheduled to air on 10 February before being rescheduled to premiere on 9 February instead due to the impending release of the real-life Schapelle Corby.
• ^b Today Tonight was axed in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane (East Coast edition), however local versions continued to air in Adelaide and Perth. After TT's demise, Sunday Night became the only current affairs programme on the Seven Network.
• ^c 50 Years Young was originally scheduled to air on 8 August before being rescheduled to premiere on 3 August instead.