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This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2024, the 69th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

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Events[edit]

January[edit]

Date Event Source
1 The ABC's coverage of the annual midnight Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks is watched by 1,140,000 viewers. [1]
5 Seven News cameraman Paul Walker celebrates his forty-year anniversary with the network, in the ATN Sydney newsroom. [2]
8 WIN News presenter Jared Constable begins his role as the network's sport presenter. [3]
14 Alicia Loxley and Tom Steinfort present their first weeknight Nine News Melbourne bulletin from the Melbourne Park for the 2024 Australian Open. On the same day, the Nine News Sydney and Melbourne news bulletins refresh its on-air graphics. [4][citation needed]
It is announced that Colin Fassnidge would be joining Better Homes and Gardens beginning 2 February 2024, replacing Ed Halmagyi. He continues to host My Kitchen Rules. [5]
17 CNN International Asia Pacific returns to Fetch TV, as part of an contract extension deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. On the same day, as part of a deal with Paramount Global, MTV 90s, MTV 00s and MTV 80s launch on Fetch TV. [6][7]
19 Tracy Grimshaw's new television series is revealed at a Nine Entertainment event in Melbourne, to be titled Do You Want to Live Forever? and featuring Dr Nick Coatsworth. At the event, it is also announced that Nine News reporters Dimity Clancey and Adam Hegarty will join 60 Minutes on 4 February 2024, when the show returns. [8][9][10]
The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony from Gangwon airs on 9Go!, beginning Nine's Olympic and Paralympic Games coverage. [11]
22 Sky News Australia launches a new streaming app, costing AU$5 per month. [12]
24 Andrew O'Keefe, the former host of Deal or No Deal, The Chase Australia and Weekend Sunrise, is found guilty of common assault, common assault occasioning actual bodily harm, breaching an AVO and drug possession after assaulting his former partner during an argument in 2021. [13]
7plus joins Foxtel, on the iQ4 and iQ5 Foxtel boxes, hence Foxtel has all free-to-air streaming apps. The Foxtel iQ3 will add 7plus at a later date. [14]
Seven News announces that Samantha Heathwood would replace Katrina Blowers as the Brisbane weekend news presenter from 3 February. Blowers shares presenting duties on Seven Afternoon News with Heathwood and is a reporter. [15][16]
28 The 2024 Australian Open mens final between Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner reaches 4,767,000 viewers, as a result of changes to the OzTAM rating system. [17]
29 The Chase Australia launches its double chaser format, named Double Trouble. [18]
The first edition of 10 News First: Afternoon goes to air on Network 10. The show is presented by Narelda Jacobs. [19]
The Australian version of Tipping Point, hosted by Todd Woodbridge, debuts on the Nine Network. [20]
Deal or No Deal is revived by Network 10, hosted by Grant Denyer. [21]
The ninth season of Australian Idol debuts on the Seven Network. [22]
Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia debuts on Network 10. [23]
The eleventh season of Married at First Sight debuts on the Nine Network. [24]
Nine News Melbourne airs an photoshopped image of Victorian state MP Georgie Purcell which appears to enlarge her breasts and expose her midriff. After Purcell accuses Nine of sexism, they issues an apology blaming automation from Photoshop during resizing. [25][26][27]

February[edit]

Date Event Source
2 A collaboration between BBC Studios/Ludo Studio and Australian hardware chain Bunnings is officially launched, which sees six Bunnings stores temporarily rebranded to "Hammerbarn", in homage to a 2020 Bluey episode of the same name. [28][29]
Better Homes and Gardens returns to the Seven Network for its thirtieth season. [30]
4 Insiders returns to ABC TV. The first guest for 2024 is Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. [31][32]
8 Seven West Media announces that The Latest: Seven News will move production to Seven's Perth headquarters in March, resulting in Michael Usher departing from the program. [33]
10 Sky News Australia announces that The Rita Panahi Show is expanding from Fridays, to Monday–Thursday, following the moving of Piers Morgan Uncensored to YouTube. [34]
16 The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ombudsman clears Indigenous Affairs editor Bridget Brennan of breaching impartiality standards during a live cross to News Breakfast on Australia Day in which she used the phrase "always was and always will be Aboriginal land", which prompted 25 complaints. [35][36]

Future events[edit]

February[edit]

Date Event Source
29 Kayo Sports will start to provide 4K content. The Kayo Basic plan will increase its price from AU$30 to AU$35. [37]

July[edit]

Date Event Source
1 TVSN will move channels from channel 16 on the Network 10 multiplex (channel 54 or 84 in regional WIN Television areas) to channel 77 on the Seven Network multiplex (channel 67 in Seven regional areas), as part of a broadcast deal with Seven West Media. TVSN will also live stream on the 7plus platform as part of the deal. [38][39]

Premieres[edit]

Domestic series[edit]

List of domestic television series premieres
Program Original airdate Network Source
Planet Lulin 1 January ABC Me [40][41]
Grand Designs Transformations 4 January ABC TV [41][42]
Boy Swallows Universe 11 January Netflix [43][44]
Ninganah Lullaby 15 January ABC Kids [45]
Prosper 18 January Stan [46]
Tipping Point Australia 29 January Nine Network [47][48][49]
Nemesis ABC TV [50]
10 News First: Afternoon Network 10 [51][52][53]
The Matchmakers 4 February SBS [54]
The Jury Sky News Australia [55]
Eddie's Lil' Homies 16 February NITV/Netflix [56]
Population 11 14 March Stan [57]
Human Error 2024 Nine Network [58]
Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars [59]

International series[edit]

List of international television series premieres
Program Original airdate Country of origin Network Source
Ted 11 January United States Fox8
BINGE 		[60][61]
Earth 23 January United Kingdom ABC TV [62]

Television channels[edit]

Closed channels[edit]

Name Date Reference
TBN Inspire (Foxtel only) 25 February [63]
Foxtel Movies Thriller 29 February
Sci-Fi

Programming changes[edit]

Changes to network affiliation[edit]

Criterion for inclusion in the following list is that Australian premiere episodes will air in Australia for the first time on a new channel. 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.

List of domestic television series which changed network affiliation
Program Date New network Previous network Source
List of international television programs which changed network affiliation
Program Date New network Previous network Country of origin Source

Free-to-air premieres[edit]

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.

List of international television programs which premiered on free-to-air television for the first time
Program Date Free-to-air network Subscription network(s) Country of origin Source

Subscription premieres[edit]

This is a list of programs which made their debut on Australian subscription television, having previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air (first or repeat) on the original free-to-air television network.

List of domestic television programs which premiered on subscription television for the first time
Program Date Free-to-air network Subscription network(s) Source

Returning programs[edit]

Australian produced programs which are returning with a new season after being absent from television from the previous calendar year.

Program Return date Previous run Type of return Previous channel New/same channel Source
Gladiators 15 January 1995-1996
2008 		Reboot Seven Network Network 10 [64][65]
Deal or No Deal 29 January 2003-2013 Revival [66][67][68]
Ready Steady Cook TBA 2005-2013 Network 10 same [69]
10 at 10: The Late News 1991-2011
2012-2014 		[66]
First Dates 2016-2020
2022 		Seven Network [70]
Wheel of Fortune 1981-2006
2008 		Seven Network
Nine Network 		Network 10 [69]

Endings[edit]

List of domestic television series endings
Program End date Network Start date Source
Nemesis 12 February 2024 ABC TV 29 January 2024 [71]
Total Control 18 February 2024 13 October 2019 [72]

Deaths[edit]

Name Date of death Age Broadcasting notability Reference
Troy Beckwith 24 January aged 48 Actor known for playing Michael Martin in Neighbours from 1992 to 1998. He also acted in Blue Heelers, Pugwall, The Miraculous Mellops, Good Guys, Bad Guys, Snowy and Halifax f.p.. [73]
Gregory Charles Rivers 2 February aged 58 Australian-born Hong Kong film and television actor. Worked in shows including TVB's Twilight of a Nation. [74]

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