1994 in Australian television

Events

• January 18 - Australian police drama series Blue Heelers premieres on Seven Network.
• January 28 - American animated series Rugrats makes its debut on ABC at 5:30pm.
• February 28 - Australian long running children's TV series Mr Squiggle returns to ABC for a brand new series at 3:55pm.
• March 21 - Final episode of the Australian comedy series Mother and Son airs on ABC.
• March 28 - The Animals of Farthing Wood, a British children's animated series based on the books by Colin Dann premieres on ABC.
• April 11 - Australian children's comedy series The Ferals premieres on ABC.
• April 11 - Michael Tunn, the host of the ABC's Afternoon Show returns with a brand new music series called Loud as a replacement for the weekday afternoon magazine show that was axed in late 1993. The show includes music videos as well as reviews on movies and video games, feature stories on youth culture, musicians talking about their favourite music videos and on location interviews with bands and will be shown from Monday to Thursday at 5:30pm.
• April 30 - The Tasmanian television market is aggregated, with TasTV (now WIN Television) taking a Nine Network affiliation & Southern Cross taking a dual Seven and Ten affiliation.
• May 20 - SBS commences transmission in Darwin.
• May 23 - Australia's favourite koala Blinky Bill returns to television with a brand new animated series on ABC at 4:30pm.
• June 20 - Australian teen game show Vidiot returns to the ABC for a brand new series with Scott McRae taking over as presenter.
• August - The Commonwealth Games are televised live on Network Ten from Victoria, Canada.
• August 1 - Melbourne's ATV10 celebrates 30 years of transmission.
• August 17 - Australian comedy series Hey Dad..! hosts its final original episode on Seven Network.
• A Country Practice (1981-1993 on Channel 7) revival attempt on Channel 10 backfires and is swiftly cancelled due to low ratings.
• Community Television starts with long-term trials of stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Debuts

International Programming

Program	Network	Debut date
Rugrats	ABC TV	28 January
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers	Seven Network	31 January
Funnybones	ABC TV	1 February
Where's Wally?	ABC TV	2 February
The Animals of Farthing Wood	ABC TV	28 March
Miffy	ABC TV	16 May
The Greedysaurus Gang	ABC TV	23 May
Madeline (TV series)	ABC TV	28 June
Philbert Frog	ABC TV	28 June
Teddy Trucks	ABC TV	15 July
Orson and Olivia	ABC TV	19 August
Budgie the Little Helicopter	ABC TV	18 November
Rubbish, King of the Jumble	ABC TV	19 December
Twins of Destiny	ABC TV	27 December
Animaniacs	Nine Network	1994
Mighty Max	Seven Network	1994
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Network Ten	1994
Mad About You	Network Ten	1994

Television

ABC TV

• Mr. Squiggle and Friends (1959–1999)
• Four Corners (1961–present)
• Rage (1987–beyond)
• G.P. (1989–1996)
• Foreign Correspondent (1992–present)

Seven Network

• Wheel of Fortune (1981–1996, 1996–2003, 2004-beyond)
• A Country Practice (1981–1994)
• Home and Away (1988–present)
• Family Feud (1988–1996)
• Real Life (1992–1994)
• The Great Outdoors (1993–2006, 2007)
• Full Frontal (1993–present)

Nine Network

• Sunday (1981 – 2008)
• Today (1982 – present)
• Sale of the Century (1980–2001)
• A Current Affair (1971–1978, 1988–2005, 2006–present)
• Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999)
• The Midday Show (1973–1998)
• 60 Minutes (1979–present)
• The Flying Doctors (1986–1991)
• Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (1990–2000, 2000–2004, 2005–present)
• Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971 – 1999)
• Getaway (1992–present)
• Our House (1993–2001)
• Money (1993–2000)

Network Ten

• Neighbours (1985 – present)
• E Street (1989–1993)
• Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton (1991–2005)
• Sports Tonight (1993–2011)

Ending this year