This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that occurred in 2022, the 67th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.
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Events
January
Date | Event | Source |
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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 |
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26 | Foxtel suspends broadcast distribution of the Russian television network RT in Australia. | [5] |
March
Date | Event | Source |
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3 | Fremantle confirms that Neighbours would be axed after 37 years on air, after being unable to find another broadcast partner. | [6] |
June
Date | Event | Source |
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19 | The Logies are held on the Gold Coast, with Hamish Blake winning both his Second Gold Logie and the Inaugural Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter while Bruce McAvaney becomes the First Sportscaster inducted into the Hall of Fame. | [7][8] |
July
Date | Event | Source |
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22 | Regional broadcasters Prime7 and GWN7 broadcast their final branded Prime7 News and GWN7 News bulletins before being rebadged as Seven News Local the following Monday. | [9] |
28 | The final episode of Neighbours goes to air in Australia on Network 10 and 10 Peach and the show was axed after 37 years on air. | [10] |
Premieres
Domestic series
Program | Original airdate | Network | Source |
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The PM's Daughter | 1 January | ABC Me | [11] |
The Tourist | 2 January | Stan | [12] |
Television channels
New channels
- SBS WorldWatch - 23 May[13][14]
- Gecko - 18 September
Closed channels
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.
Program | Date | New network | Previous network | Source |
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Program | Date | New network | Previous network | Country of origin | Source |
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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.
Program | Date | Free-to-air network | Subscription network(s) | Country of origin | Source |
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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.
Program | Date | Free-to-air network | Subscription network(s) | Source |
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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 |
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Australian Idol | 2023 | 2003–2009 | Revival | Network Ten | Seven Network | [17] |
Endings
Program | End date | Network | Start date | Source |
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Neighbours | 28 July 2022 | 10 Peach | 18 March 1985 | [6] |
Deaths
Name | Date | Age | Broadcast notability | Reference |
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Miranda Fryer | 6 January | aged 34 | Former child actress, who at 18 months starred in Neighbours for 3 years and was the first actress to play Sky Mangel. | [18] |
Leon Lissek | 13 January | aged 82 | Actor best known for TV serial The Sullivans, also worked in Britain and appeared on television serial EastEnders and several film roles. | [19] |
Judy Banks | 23 January | aged 86 | Banks, 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 | [20] |
Alan Hopgood | 19 March | aged 87 | Actor and playwright, known for Bellbird, Prisoner and Neighbours | [21] |
Ernie Carroll | 30 March | aged 92 | Creator of Hey Hey It's Saturday character Ossie Ostrich | [22] |
Caroline Jones | 20 May | aged 84 | TV current affairs presenter and journalist and social commentator of Four Corners and Australian Story | [23] |
Tommy Dysart | 7 June | aged 86 | Actor Prisoner, Neighbours and TV Commercial spokesperson | [24] |
Carol Raye | 19 June | aged 99 | British-born actress, known for The Mavis Bramston Show, Blankety Blanks and Number 96 | [25] |
Vincent Gil | 21 August | aged 83 | Character actor in numerous TV serial's Homicide, A Country Practice, Prisoner and Neighbours | [26] |
John Hamblin | 21 September | aged 87 | British-born host of Play School | [27] |
Martin Vaughan | October[20] | aged 91 | Best known for TV adaptation 26-part miniseries Power Without Glory | [28][29] |
Tony Barry | 21 December 2022 | aged 81 | Appeared in numerous TV series including The Box | [30] |
Bobby Driessen | 30 December 2022 | aged 56 | Young Talent Time cast member, co-hosted The Cartoon Company with YTT co-star Karen Dunkerton | [31] |
Joan Sydney | 28 December 2022 | aged 86 | best known for soap opera roles including A Country Practice, E Street and Neighbours | [32] |
Cary Young | 31 December 2022 | aged 83 | A quiz champion, best known for regularly competing on Sale of the Century | [33] |
References
- ↑ Knox, David (2 January 2022). "Why does ABC under-report its NYE ratings every year?". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ Mediaweek (1 January 2022). "Rebecca Maddern returns to 7News co-hosting weekend Melbourne bulletins". Mediaweek. Mediaweek. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ Knox, David (3 January 2022). "Rebecca Maddern returns to Seven News Melbourne". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ Thomas, Josh (30 January 2022). "Ash Barty's mind-blowing Australian Open TV ratings". Sporting News. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ↑ Knox, David (26 February 2022). "Foxtel pulls Russia Today channel off air". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- 1 2 Knox, David (3 March 2022). "With sadness .... we are confirming that Neighbours will cease production in June". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ↑ "Gold Logie 2022: It's Hamish Blake". Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ "Logies Hall of Fame 2022: Bruce McAvaney | TV Tonight".
- 1 2 Perry, Kevin (19 July 2022). "End of an era for regional viewers as PRIME7 NEWS becomes 7NEWS LOCAL". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- ↑ @Channel10AU (30 June 2022). "After 37 years, 8,903 episodes, countless marriages, deaths, births and disasters, it's time to say goodbye 💜 #Neighbours history making Finale, 7.30 Thursday July 28 on 10 and 10 Peach" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Knox, David (27 December 2021). "Airdate: The PM's Daughter". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Knox, David (2 December 2021). "Airdate: The Tourist". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Song, Darcy (23 May 2022). "SBS launches free-to-air multilingual news channel, SBS WorldWatch". Mumbrella. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ Quinn, Karl (21 May 2022). "Australian news in Mandarin and Arabic? It's about to hit free-to-air TV thanks to SBS". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ Knox, David (17 February 2022). "Fetch to drop Spike TV". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Samios, Zoe (29 May 2022). "Goodbye, Prime Possum? Seven eyes brand changes ahead of Commonwealth Games". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Knox, David (9 June 2021). "Seven dismisses Idol rumours". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Knox, David (11 January 2022). "Vale: Miranda Fryer". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ↑ "In Memoriam". Equity. 21 June 2022. p. 43 – via Issuu.
- 1 2 "Vale: Judy Banks". TV Tonight.
- ↑ "Vale:Alan Hopgood".
- ↑ "Hey Hey, It's Saturday's Ossie Ostrich puppeteer Ernie Carroll dies aged 92". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 March 2022.
- ↑ "Caroline Jones dies aged 84: Tributes flow for Australian Media Giant". 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "iIN MEMORY OF TOMMY DYSART". Shannons Insurance.
- ↑ David Knox (20 June 2022). "Vale: Carol Raye". TV Tonight.
- ↑ Lewis, Isobel (22 August 2022). "Vincent Gil death: Mad Max's Nightrider dies aged 83". The Independent. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ↑ "'Most cherished' Playschool presenter John Hamblin dies aged 87". ABC News. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ↑ "Vale: Martin Vaughan".
- ↑ "Obituary: Martin Vaughan". 23 August 2012.
- ↑ David Knox. "Vale: Tony Barry". TV Tonight.
- ↑ "Obituary: Bobby Driessen".
- ↑ "Vale: Joan Sydney".
- ↑ Knox, David (5 January 2023). "Vale: Cary Young". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 January 2023.