1985 in Australian television

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Events

11 February - Ray Martin takes over Mike Walsh's old daytime slot, replacing The Mike Walsh Show with Midday with Ray Martin. The Mike Walsh Show moves to 10:30pm weekdays as a late night talk show until Walsh departs the network in November.
18 February - Network 0/28 becomes known as SBS.
18 March - Neighbours premieres on the Seven Network. Six months later Neighbours is axed by HSV-7, but Network Ten bought the rights and picks up the soap and it becomes a massive hit for them.
25 March - Neighbours debuts in Brisbane.
8 June - Hey Hey It's Saturday moves to 6:30pm Saturdays.
30 June - SBS expands to Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong and the Gold Coast.
13-14 July - ABC televises the worldwide Live Aid event, featuring concerts held around the world.
Seven Network screens a late night sketchy comedy series called The Eleventh Hour featuring a number of performers who later appear in The Comedy Company and Fast Forward.

Date	Show	Channel	Debut
November	New Faces	Nine Network	1963
November (Late Night)	The Mike Walsh Show	Nine Network	1973
November	The Ernie Sigley Show	Nine Network	1968

Years in television: 1985

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