2001 in Australian television

2001 in television

Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
United States

Contents

Events

Debuts

Free-to-air

Domestic

Program Channel Debut date
The Big Arvo Seven Network 1 February
The Weakest Link Seven Network February
McLeod's Daughters Nine Network 8 August
The Glass House ABC 10 August
Always Greener Seven Network 9 September

International

Program Channel Debut date
Passions Seven Network 2001

Subscription television

Domestic

Program Channel Debut date
Kate & Julia[1] Arena 8 August

International

Program Channel Debut date
Maury Maury[2] Arena March
Custer's Last Stand Up Custer's Last Stand Up[3] Nickelodeon 16 March
As Told by Ginger As Told by Ginger[3][4] Nickelodeon 6 April
Being Eve Being Eve[5] Nickelodeon 24 August
Invader Zim Invader Zim[6] Nickelodeon Q3/Q4

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.

Domestic

Program Subscription network Free-to-air network Date
Eugénie Sandler P.I.[6] Nickelodeon ABC TV 3 August

International

Program Subscription network Free-to-air network Date
An Actor's Life For Me[7][8] UKTV ABC TV 10 April
Angel[9] Fox8 Seven Network 24 April
Full Wax[10][11] UKTV ABC TV 1 June
Brittas Empire, The The Brittas Empire[10][12] UKTV ABC TV 6 June
Friends[13] Oh! Nine Network 3 July
Drew Carey Show, The The Drew Carey Show[13] Oh! Nine Network July
ER[13] Oh! Nine Network August

Specials

Program Channel Debut date
2001 Kids' Choice Awards 2001 Kids' Choice Awards[3] Nickelodeon 12 May

Television shows

ABC

Seven Network

Nine Network

Network Ten

Ending / Resting this year

Date Show Channel Debut
6 August Water Rats Channel Nine 1996
September Burgo's Catch Phrase Channel Nine 1997
29 November Sale Of The Century Channel Nine 1980

References

  1. ^ "Funnygirls pairing up". Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia: News Limited): p. H02. 8 August 2001. 
  2. ^ MURPHY, KERRIE (19 April 2001). "ScreenWatch – Pep talk for kids". The Australian (Sydney, Australia: News Limited): p. M26. 
  3. ^ a b c Nick Nooze (Nickelodeon (Australia)) Autumn. 2001. 
  4. ^ "What's New On Nick? – April 2001". Nickelodeon (Australia). 2001. Archived from the original on 11 April 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010411140151/http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/blammo/xxwhats.html. Retrieved 17 December 2009. 
  5. ^ "What's New On Nick? – August 2001". Nickelodeon (Australia). 2001. Archived from the original on 5 August 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010805225623/http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/blammo/xxwhats.html. Retrieved 17 December 2009. 
  6. ^ a b Nick Nooze (Nickelodeon (Australia)) October. 2001. 
  7. ^ "UKTV Highlights". UKTV (Australia and New Zealand). 2001. Archived from the original on 28 April 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010428034952/www.uktv.com.au/april.html. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  8. ^ Hughes, Simon (16 January 1995). "A state of being – gag after gag". The Age (Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 15. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news950116_0185_4809. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  9. ^ Englund, Vicki (24 April 2001). "TV Reviews". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia: News Limited): p. 22. 
  10. ^ a b "UKTV Highlights". UKTV (Australia and New Zealand). 2001. Archived from the original on 16 June 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010616053256/www.uktv.com.au/june.html. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  11. ^ Gill, Raymond (31 March 1993). "Ruby is a comic gem". The Age (Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 2. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news930331_0268_6206. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  12. ^ Stewart, Alison (21 December 1992). "THE BRITTAS EMPIRE". The Sydney Morning Herald (Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 2. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news921221_0034_4827. Retrieved 5 January 2010. 
  13. ^ a b c Idato, Michael (17 June 2001). "Briefs". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 3. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=SMH01061898KDQ4EI08A. Retrieved 27 December 2009. "Friends, makes its long overdue cable premiere in Australia on July 3. The cable channel Oh! will also premiere The Drew Carey Show in July and E.R. in August."