2006 in Australian television

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2006 in television

Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
United States

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Debuts

[edit] ABC TV

Date Program
February 17 The Chaser's War on Everything
February 18 Head 2 Head
July 29 jtv
August 1 First Tuesday Book Club
October 8 Operatunity Oz [1]


[edit] ABC2

Date Program
September 19 Good Game [2]

[edit] SBS

Date Program
January 5 RAN - Remote Area Nurse
November 7 Speaking in Tongues
December 6 Food Safari

[edit] Channel Seven

Date Program
February 26 Where Are They Now
May 28 It Takes Two
August 13 You May Be Right
Axed after four episodes
August 16 The Master
Axed after one episode
August 22 The Force: Behind the Line
September 6 Police Files: Unlocked
October 8 The Real Seachange

[edit] Channel Nine

Date Program
February 13 Bert's Family Feud
February 19 Clever
February 21 Magda's Funny Bits
May 11 Hello Goodbye
May 29 What's Good For You
June 30 Mortified
July 11 Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice
July 25 Quizmania
August 14 Two Twisted
October 2 What a Year
October 19 Big Questions
November 5 Do It

[edit] Channel Ten

Date Program
January 30 9am with David and Kim
February 13 The Biggest Loser [3]
February 15 Bondi Rescue
April 5 Thank God You're Here
May 30 The Wedge
July 7 H2O: Just Add Water
July 12 Honey, We're Killing the Kids
August 1 Cyber Shack [2]
August 22 Real Stories
October 25 Tripping Over [4]
December 21 Puzzle Play

[edit] Pay TV

Date Program Channel
January 5 Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge FOX8
November 29 An Aussie Goes Barmy FOX8 [5]

[edit] New International Programming

[edit] SBS

Date Program
January 30 Flag of the United Kingdom Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
July 17 Flag of Brazil City of Men
December 2 Flag of Belgium Russian Dolls: Sex Trade
December 12 Flag of the United Kingdom Top Gear

[edit] Channel Seven

Date Program
February 1 Flag of the United States Prison Break
October 25 Flag of the United States The Unit
December 5 Flag of New Zealand SCU: Serious Crash Unit
December 5 Flag of the United States Life As We Know It

[edit] Channel Ten

Date Program
September 21 Flag of the United States Jericho

[edit] Pay TV

Date Program
January 1 Flag of the United States Entourage

[edit] Television shows

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1970s

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1990s

  • Hotline (1990 – 2007)

[edit] 2000s

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005

[edit] Ending this year

Date Show Channel Debut
4 June Blue Heelers Seven Network 1994
28 July Wheel of Fortune Seven Network 21 July 1981
27 August Business Sunday Nine Network 2 March 1986
4 September You May Be Right Seven Network 13 August 2006
29 October 2006 Operatunity Oz ABC TV 8 October 2006
26 November Sportsworld Seven Network 1987
9 December Head 2 Head ABC TV 18 February 2006
20 December In the Box Network Ten  ?

[edit] Returning this year

Date Show Channel Debut
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[edit] TV movies

Years in Australian television

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1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 ·
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1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 ·
1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 ·
2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009

[edit] References

  1. ^ Morgan, Clare. "Adrift on the high Cs", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-10-07. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 
  2. ^ a b Hearn, Louisa. "Turn on and tune in, TV tests the taste for tech", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-07-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-16. 
  3. ^ Biggest Loser is Ten's Biggest Winner, eNews, 14 February 2006.
  4. ^ Oliver, Robin. "Review of 'Tripping Over'", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-10-25. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. 
  5. ^ Idato, Michael: Review: An Aussie Goes Barmy, The Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 2006.