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This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2023, the 68th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

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Events[edit]

January[edit]

Date Event Source
1 The ABC's coverage of the annual midnight Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks is watched by 985,000 viewers. [1]
16 Sarah Abo begins co-hosting the Nine Network's breakfast program Today, succeeding Allison Langdon. [2]
28 Veteran Seven Network sports presenter Pat Welsh signs off after 47 years based at the network's Brisbane studio. [3]
30 Allison Langdon begins her tenure as the host of Nine's A Current Affair, succeeding Tracy Grimshaw who departed at the end of 2022. [4]
Sam Mac is announced as the new host of Sydney Weekender, replacing Matt Shirvington. [5]

February[edit]

Date Event Source
27 After stepping down as the host of 7.30 in 2022, Leigh Sales returns to ABC TV as the new host of Australian Story which had been without a host since Caroline Jones left in 2016. [6]
28 New sketch show We Interrupt This Broadcast premieres on the Seven Network. [7]

March[edit]

Date Event Source
19 Indira Naidoo begins hosting the long-running Compass program on ABC TV, succeeding Geraldine Doogue. [8]
26 Royston Sagigi-Baira wins the eighth season of Australian Idol with Phoebe Stewart the runner-up. [9]
27 Olympic pole vaulter Liz Parnov wins Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains. [10]

April[edit]

Date Event Source
12 Southern Cross Austereo-owned GTS/BKN cancels its long-running regional news service effectively immediately. It is believed that some staff were not informed that the program would be aired for the last time that night until after it went to air. It ends over 50 years of news operations for the Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill regions, and leaves viewers with no local television news service. [11]
17 An episode of animated series Bluey entitled "Exercise" prompts criticism and accusations of fat shaming, which leads to the episode being edited. [12][13]
30 Former netballer Liz Ellis wins the ninth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! while boxer Harry Garside is runner-up. After flying back to Australia on 2 May, Garside is arrested by police at Sydney Airport and charged with assaulting his former partner on 1 March. The charges were withdrawn by police on 7 June. [14][15][16]

May[edit]

Date Event Source
1 The premiere of the fifteenth series of MasterChef Australia is pulled from the schedule by Network 10 just hours before it is due to air due to the sudden death of judge Jock Zonfrillo. After consultation with Zonfrillo's family, the series commences on 7 May 2023. [17]
6 The ABC is heavily criticised for their coverage of the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla on ABC TV, during which they held a panel discussion featuring three anti-monarchists including Q+A host Stan Grant, Australian Republican Movement chair Craig Foster and Indigenous writer and lawyer Teela Reid, and one monarchist Julian Leeser. The panel discussion prompted more than 1,800 complaints from viewers and an ombudsman's investigation, which found no breach of impartiality standards during the coverage. Grant also received racial abuse after his appearance on the panel which prompted him to step back from hosting Q+A. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

June[edit]

Date Event Source
2 After losing his civil defamation trial, Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven West Media. He had been the general manager of regional network Seven Queensland since July 2015 before also being appointed as general manager of Seven Brisbane in 2016. [26][27][28]
9 After 21 years, David Koch co-hosts Seven Network breakfast program Sunrise for the final time. Koch is succeeded by Matt Shirvington. [29][30]
17 The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's managing director David Anderson announces a major restructure of the organisation in the new financial year, resulting in the loss of 120 jobs, the Sunday evening state-based ABC News bulletins on ABC TV being replaced with a single national bulletin and the abolition of the ABC's arts team. Among those to lose their jobs was national political editor Andrew Probyn whose position is made redundant. The ABC is widely condemned for the decisions. [31][32][33][34][35][36]
25 ABC TV's Sunday morning public affairs show Insiders signs off from the ABC's Melbourne studio for the final time, ahead of its relocation to the ABC's studio in Canberra. [37]
Seven News Sydney signs off its final bulletin at Martin Place studios, wrapping 19 years and 6,873 days of broadcast. From the next day, its new broadcast home is at a purpose built studio at the Eveleigh headquarters. The new space is five-times larger than Martin Place, allows for permanent sets for all programs, with two complete control rooms and more than 40sq m of LED screens, while all newsroom operations will now be located on a second entire floor. [38][39]

July[edit]

Date Event Source
10 The Seven Network announces they have signed a two-year deal with Hockey Australia to broadcast all internationally-sanctioned games played by the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos as well as all matches of the Hockey One league throughout 2023 and 2024. [40]
16 Brent Draper wins the 15th season of MasterChef Australia. [41]
18 Following the BBC’s revival of the British version of Gladiators, the Australian version of the show was confirmed to return for the second time and is set to be revived by Warner Bros. Television Studios. [42]
23 Weekend Sunrise becomes the final live television program to broadcast from the Seven Network's Martin Place studios as the network completes its relocation to its Eveleigh headquarters. The final editions of Sunrise and The Morning Show from Martin Place aired on 21 July while the final Seven News Sydney bulletin from Martin Place aired on 25 June. [43][39]
Phil Burton and dance partner Ash-Leigh Hunter win the twentieth series of Dancing with the Stars. [44]
24 The ABC announces that Stan Grant will not be returning to host Q+A with Patricia Karvelas confirmed as the program's host for the remainder of the year. It was also announced Dan Bourchier would soon be hosting a special edition of Q+A from the Garma Festival. [45]
30 Seven Network personality Sonia Kruger wins the Gold Logie at the 2023 Logie Awards held in Sydney. Kruger's win is criticised by several media commentators and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi. All referred to Kruger's controversial remarks on the Nine Network's Today program in 2016 regarding immigration which the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled as having vilified Muslims. [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]

August[edit]

Date Event Source
1 Paramount Networks UK & Australia rebrands its 10 Shake channel as Nickelodeon. This move sees Nick Jr and Nick@Nite brands and content seen on the channel and end the partnership between it and Foxtel. [54]
2 After receiving much criticism, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation announces it has reversed its earlier decision, deciding to retain the Sunday evening editions of the state-based ABC News bulletins on ABC TV. [55]
After last airing in 2009, improvised comedy show Thank God You're Here returns to Network 10 with new host Celia Pacquola. [56]
4 Eddie McGuire announces that Millionaire Hot Seat, the afternoon game show he has hosted since its debut in 2009, will be going into hiatus in January 2024, to be replaced with a new program produced in Melbourne. [57]
7 Australian animated children's program Bluey wins the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming at the 39th TCA Awards. [58]
10 The Nine Network announces that Millionaire Hot Seat will be replaced by Tipping Point Australia in 2024, hosted by former tennis champion Todd Woodbridge. [59]
15 After last airing in 2016, Kitchen Cabinet hosted by Annabel Crabb returns to ABC TV. [60]
16 The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup semi-final between the Matildas and the Lionesses becomes the most watched television program since the OzTAM audience measuring commenced in 2001, with preliminary data showing a national average audience of 7.13 million watched the game. [61]
23 The 2023 reimagining of ABC TV's sitcom Mother and Son debuts, attracting a national metro audience of 441,000 viewers. [62][63]
24 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially opens the Seven Sydney's new newsroom and studio facility at the network's head office in South Eveleigh. [64]
29 After having last aired in 2018, Network 10 reboots Shark Tank with a completely new cast of "sharks", consisting of Sabri Suby, Catriona Wallace, Davie Fogarty, Jane Lu, and Robert Herjavec. [65]
31 60 of Pluto TV's FAST channels launch on 10 Play. [66][67]

September[edit]

Date Event Source
6 Nine Entertainment holds their Upfronts in Sydney where they officially reveal the commentary teams for their Olympics and Paralympics coverage. The network also confirms a local version of Tipping Point hosted by Todd Woodbridge will air on Nine in 2024 as will a reboot of an Australian version of Jeopardy!. Nine also confirms the return of former A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw in an undisclosed project. [68]
7 The Australian Broadcasting Corporation admits it breached its own policies pertaining to the licensing of its archival television footage for political purposes after it's discovered the ABC's commercial arm licensed footage from the 1967 referendum to be used in Uluru Dialogue's advertisement for the 2023 referendum featuring John Farnham's hit song You're the Voice. That same footage was also inexplicably watermarked with a logo belonging to private company Australian Television Archive despite owner James Paterson stating that he had "nothing to do with the campaign, the agency or have any connection whatsoever to the footage our logo was placed on”. [69][70][71]
10 Juanita Phillips reads her final ABC News New South Wales bulletin on ABC TV in Sydney after 21 years. She is succeeded by Jeremy Fernandez. [72]
18 Neighbours returns to Network 10, after its axing in 2022. It also debuts on Amazon Freevee. [73]
26 Foxtel rebrands most of their channels except Fox8 and Fox Sports, with a non-Fox branding and with Fox8, but without Fox Sports, a new logo. [74][75]
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29 Nakari Thorpe and Lydia Feng are appointed weekend anchors for ABC TV in Sydney, to present the weekend ABC News New South Wales 7 pm bulletin. [76]

October[edit]

Date Event Source
3 Identical twins Radha and Prabha win the thirteenth series of My Kitchen Rules. [77]
5 The main Tasmanian TV channels (ABC, SBS, 10 Tasmania, SCA Seven and WIN) changes to MPEG-4 HD. SD simulcasts remain on LCNs 21, 30, 51, 61, and 88. [78]
8 Tarryn Stokes wins the twelfth season of The Voice. [79]
9 Neighbours moves to a 4 pm time slot, which results in The Bold & The Beautiful moving to its original 4:30 pm time slot. [80]
18 Seven West Media hold their 2024 upfronts in Sydney, with major new programs hosted by Chris Brown. [81]
24 Network 10 / Paramount ANZ hold their 2024 upfronts in Sydney where they reveal: Ready Steady Cook will be rebooted with Miguel Maestre as host; Deal of No Deal will be revived with Grant Denyer as host; new episodes of Wheel of Fortune will be filmed in the UK with Graham Norton as host; and Robert Irwin will co-host I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. They also announce a new judging line up for MasterChef Australia with Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin and Jean-Christophe Novelli joining returning judge Andy Allen. It is also announced that Top Gear Australia will be rebooted to stream on Paramount+, hosted by Blair Joscelyne, Beau Ryan and Jonathan LaPaglia. [82]

November[edit]

Date Event Source
7 Dami Im wins the fifth season of The Masked Singer Australia. Darren Hayes is the runner-up and Conrad Sewell places third. [83]
9 Darren McMullen and his nephew Tristan Dougan win The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. They decide to share the $100,000 prize money with the other two charities nominated by the remaining two teams (Alli Simpson's team and Emma Watkins' team) [84]
14 It is announced Network 10's morning program Studio 10 would be ending its 10-year run on 22 December 2023, after more than 2500+ episodes. [85][86]
20 Three Australian television programs win their categories at the 51st International Emmy Awards in New York: Harley & Katya for Best Sports Documentary, Built to Survive for Kids: Factual, and Heartbreak High for Kids: Live Action. [87]
It is announced Fast Ed would be departing the Seven Network's lifestyle program Better Homes and Gardens after almost twenty years, with the final edition in which he appears scheduled to air on 1 December. [88]

Premieres[edit]

Domestic series[edit]

List of domestic television series premieres
Program Original airdate Network Source
Crazy Fun Park 1 January ABC Me [89]
Black Snow Stan [90]
Koala Man 9 January Disney+ [91]
Taskmaster Australia 2 February Network 10 [92]
We Interrupt This Broadcast 28 February Seven Network [7]
Dawn of the Dolphins 6 March Stan [93]
Alone Australia 29 March SBS [94]
Wellmania Netflix [95]
Asking For It 20 April SBS [96]
NCIS: Sydney 10 November Paramount+ [97]
Faraway Downs 26 November Disney+ [98]
The Artful Dodger 29 November [99]

Television channels[edit]

New channels/streaming services[edit]

Date Channel
15 January 7Bravo[100]
1 March Real Life[101]
1 July Gecko (in Southern Cross Austereo areas)

Rebranding channels/streaming services[edit]

Date Old name New name Reference
1 August 10 Shake Nickelodeon [54]
26 September Fox Docos Docos [74][75]
Fox Sleuth Sleuth
Fox Classics Classics
Fox Comedy Comedy
Fox Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
28 September Fox One Foxtel One
Fox Crime Crime
Fox Showcase Showcase
Fox Arena Arena

Closed channels[edit]

Date Name Reference
31 January E! [102]
1 March Fox Funny [103]
Nat Geo Wild
National Geographic
1 August Nickelodeon (Foxtel only) [54]
Nick Jr. (Foxtel only)
1 November Foxtel Movies Kids [104]

Programming changes[edit]

Changes to network affiliation[edit]

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.

List of domestic television series which changed network affiliation
Program Date New network Previous network Source
List of international television programs which changed network affiliation
Program Date New network Previous network Country of origin Source
Doctor Who 2023 Disney+ ABC United Kingdom [105]

Free-to-air premieres[edit]

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.

List of international television programs which premiered on free-to-air television for the first time
Program Date Free-to-air network Subscription network(s) Country of origin Source

Subscription premieres[edit]

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.

List of domestic television programs which premiered on subscription television for the first time
Program Date Free-to-air network Subscription network(s) Source

Returning programs[edit]

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
Australian Idol 30 January 2003–2009 Revival Network 10 Seven Network [106]
Location Location Location Australia 30 June 2012–2014 Lifestyle Network 10 [107]
Thank God You're Here 2 August 2006–2009 Seven Network [56]
Kitchen Cabinet 15 August 2012–2016 ABC TV same [60]
Shark Tank 29 August 2015–2018 Network 10 [108][65]
Neighbours 18 September 1985-2022 10 Peach Network 10 [73]

Endings[edit]

List of domestic television series endings
Program End date Network Start date Source

Deaths[edit]

Name Date of death Age Broadcasting notability Reference
Diana "Bubbles" Fisher 26 January 2023 aged 91 Media personality and journalist, known for her reports on the British Royal Family and a panellist on the ABC series The Inventers [109]
Brian Walsh 16 March aged 67 Media executive, known for his work with both Network Ten, Nine Network and Foxtel, was also an entertainment and sports publicist. [110]
Terry Norris 20 March aged 92 Actor (theatre, radio, TV and film) Appeared in rural series Bellbird as Joe Turner and Cop Shop as Senior Sargeant Terry O'Reilly, Norris also had a ten-year stint in politics. [111]
Doug Mulray 30 March aged 71 TV host, best known as "The Beast" in Network Ten and Foxtel talk show series Beauty and the Beast [112]
Swami Saravati 2 April Age unknown (possibly late 70's[113]) Indian-Australian, who was a noted pioneering Yoga teacher, and one of the first multicultural personalities on Australian television in the 1960s and 1970s, with her yoga programs [113]
Maxine Klibingaitis 18 April aged 58 Known for her role in Prisoner as Bobbie Mitchell and Neighbours as Terry Inglis [114]
Barry Humphries (AC, CBE) 22 April aged 89 Legendary comedian, (also worked in the United Kingdom) active in theatre, TV and film, known for characters Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone also created comic strip character Barry McKenzie. [115]
Jock Zonfrillo 30 April aged 46 Chef and judge of MasterChef Australia [116]
Rolf Harris 10 May 2023 aged 93 Australian entertainer, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter and painter, worked also in the United Kingdom [117]
Mary Parker 13 May 2023 aged 92 English Australian actress, started her career in her native country as an performer of stage and screen, in Australia she became the first female presenter on Melbourne television in 1956. [118]
Joy McKean (OAM) 25 May 2023 aged 93 Singer-songwriter and wife and manager of Slim Dusty, mother of singer Anne Kirkpatrick, appeared in biopic TV movie documentaries. [119]
Ray Wilkie (OAM) 18 May 2023 aged 98 Australian meteorologist and television weather presenter, best known for reporting bulletins at the ABC, Nine Network and Network 10. [120]
Mac Gudgeon 30 May 2023 aged 74 Australian screenwriter. [121]
Judi Farr (AM) 29 June 2023 aged 84 Actress, comedian known for My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?, series spin-off, Rita and Wally as well as Kingswood Country, Please Like Me and A Place to Call Home [122][123]
Alan Wilkie 10 July 2023 aged 94 Australian meteorologist and radio and television weather presenter, best known for his bulletins at the ABC (1956–1960), the Seven Network (1968–1976) and the Nine Network (1977–2001) [124]
Ron Barassi 16 September 2023 aged 87 AFL football legend, who had a notable career in media [125]
Joy Chambers 17 September 2023 aged 76 Actress who appeared in numerous television series including The Restless Years, The Young Doctors and Rosemary Daniels in Neighbours [126]
Cal Wilson 11 October 2023 aged 53 Actress and comedian
Leslie Dayman 20 October 2023 aged 90 TV soap opera/serial actor appeared in Homicide, Prisoner, Sons and Daughters and E Street. [127]
Johnny Ruffo 10 November 2023 aged 35 Singer, actor (Chris Harrington on Home and Away) and contestant of The X Factor Australia [128]
Nan Witcomb November 2023 aged 95 Australian poet who wrote for the satirical comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show [citation needed]
James Davern 18 November 2023 aged 90 Creator and producer of the TV series A Country Practice [129]

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