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2022 in Australian television

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This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2022, the 67th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

List of years in Australian television
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Events

January

Date Event Source
1 The ABC's coverage of the annual midnight Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks is watched by 1.19 million viewers [1]
8 Rebecca Maddern rejoins the Seven News team as a co-anchor on Seven News Melbourne's weekend bulletins, after quitting her Channel Nine presenting roles on Weekend Today, Australian Ninja Warrior and The Footy Show in November 2021. [2][3]
29 The 2022 Australian Open women's final, between Australian Ashleigh Barty and American Danielle Collins attracted a peak audience of 4.261 million viewers with an average of 3.577 million. It is the highest rated Australian Open women's singles final in OzTAM history, and is second the highest rating sport event in the past 12 months, behind the 2021 AFL Grand Final which averaged 4.11 million viewers. [4]

February

Date Event Source
26 Foxtel suspends broadcast distribution of the Russian television network RT in Australia. [5]

March

Date Event Source
3 Fremantle confirms that Neighbours would be axed after 37 years on air, after being unable to find another broadcast partner. [6]

Premieres

Domestic series

List of domestic television series premieres
Program Original airdate Network Source
The PM's Daughter 1 January ABC Me [7]
The Tourist 2 January Stan [8]

Programming changes

Changes to network affiliation

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

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

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

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
Australian Idol TBA 2003–2009 Revival Network Ten Seven Network [9]

Endings

List of domestic television series endings
Program End date Network Start date Source
Neighbours 2022 10 Peach 18 March 1985 [6]

Deaths

Name Date Age Broadcast notability Reference
Miranda Fryer 6 January aged 34 Former child actress, who at 18 months starred in Neighbours for 3 years and was the first actor to play Sky Mangel. [10]
Judy Banks 23 January aged 86 Bank's, a former stage actress, was an early star on television in Brisbane, best known as a children's presenter of Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go [11]
Alan Hopgood 19 March aged 87 Actor and playwright, known for Bellbird, Prisoner and Neighbours [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Knox, David (2 January 2022). "Why does ABC under-report its NYE ratings every year?". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ Mediaweek (1 January 2022). "Rebecca Maddern returns to 7News co-hosting weekend Melbourne bulletins". Mediaweek. Mediaweek. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ Knox, David (3 January 2022). "Rebecca Maddern returns to Seven News Melbourne". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ Thomas, Josh (30 January 2022). "Ash Barty's mind-blowing Australian Open TV ratings". Sporting News. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ Knox, David (26 February 2022). "Foxtel pulls Russia Today channel off air". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b Knox, David (3 March 2022). "With sadness .... we are confirming that Neighbours will cease production in June". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ Knox, David (27 December 2021). "Airdate: The PM's Daughter". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ Knox, David (2 December 2021). "Airdate: The Tourist". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  9. ^ Knox, David (9 June 2021). "Seven dismisses Idol rumours". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  10. ^ Knox, David (11 January 2022). "Vale: Miranda Fryer". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 10 January 2022 suggested (help)
  11. ^ "Vale: Judy Banks". TV Tonight.
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