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At Your Request was an Australian television daytime series which aired from 1958 to 1959. The series aired on Tuesdays at 2:30PM on Melbourne station HSV-7, and was hosted by baritone Charles Skase, who was also known as a radio personality. Information on this series is scarce. The series presented requested songs, but it is not clear how these songs were presented. The archival status of the series is also not known, although being a daytime series aired in a single city means it is unlikely that kinescope recordings exist of it. For some time, the series was preceded on HSV-7's schedule by documentary series Australia Wide and followed by Gadget Man. On Australian television of the 1950s, music programmes were typically aired in a single city, with some exceptions.

Cool Aid was a special that aired in Australia on Network 10. The show was designed for families to take a 'carbon test' to see how much they are contributing to the greenhouse effect. Australian celebrities such as Erin McNaught and 'Occhi' were asked to be monitored throughout one day to see their emmitance. The day was played out through the course of the special. The show was hosted by Sandra Sully and had live guests such as Toni Collette and her band The Finnish and Australian of the Year Tim Flannery. It was a ratings bomb for Channel 10.

Girl TV was a weekday afternoon television program, primarily aimed at teenage girls, that was broadcast by the Australian Seven Network between 2003 and 2004. The series was cancelled due to low ratings and lasted two seasons.

The Mansion is an Australian television comedy based upon news and current affairs. Hosted by Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Pickering and featuring Kate McLennan and Justin Kennedy, It premiered on The Comedy Channel on Thursday 3 April 2008 at 8:30 pm. The Mansion first aired on 26 January 2007 with a six-part Australia Day special. The fictional backstory of The Mansion is that its previous host of The Mansion was one of the word's richest and most sexually potent news magnates, Jebediah McNews. The series finale of the Mansion aired on June 19, 2008 with a 'best of' episode airing on June 26.

The Cartoon Connection is an Australian children's television series aired on Seven Network on February 1985 every weekday and on weekends.

Jonah is an Australian television drama series which aired for 20 episodes starting from 15 October 1962 on the Seven Network. Produced during an era when commercial television in Australia produced few dramatic series, Jonah was a period drama, and was inspired by the success of ABC's period drama mini-series like Stormy Petrel. The episodes still exist

In Australia, Saturday Night Footy is the broadcasting of Australian Football League Saturday night matches on television. Saturday Night Footy is generally considered to be one of the biggest stages and generates publicity for the clubs involved. It is for this reason that clubs involved generally want to perform at their best to avoid large-scale criticism from the media. The Seven Network have the broadcast rights for the AFL starting from the 2012 season. The commentary team is led by Brian Taylor, Cameron Ling, Luke Darcy and Matthew Richardson. Samantha Lane provides reports during the match and also features as a reporter during the pre-match segment, which runs one hour before the feature match is played. Dr. Peter Larkins provides injury updates during and after the feature match. The show begins at 6:30pm every Saturday night, immediately following Seven News in most markets. The pre-match show is anchored by Taylor and runs for one hour in the lead-up to the feature match. This portion of the telecase includes, among others, segments such as: interviews with players and the coaches involved in the feature match, going behind-the-scenes of a team's training session, and featuring various celebrity guests. Rachael Finch and Lleyton Hewitt, among others, have featured as guests on Saturday Night Footy. One of the more popular segments of the pre-match show is the "lie-detector test", in which either a member of the commentary team, or a player from one of the clubs that are to feature in the AFL match, is asked an array of questions relating to many topics such as the happenings at their club, or their personal lives.

The Game Plan is an Australian sports television program, that focuses on the National Rugby League competition. It currently airs on One every Thursday night.

Here Come the Girls was a short-lived Australian television variety series which aired in early 1960 on ABC station ABV-2. Hosted by Ruth Nye, the cast of the first episode of the weekly series included vocalist Paula Langlands, soprano Madge Stephens, and pianists Joy Mitchell and Wendy Pomroy. As the title suggests, the main focus of the series was female performers. There is no information available as to whether any of the episodes are still extant.

Australian documentary series which premiered in 1989 on Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

My Fair Lady was an Australian television series which aired from 1958 to 1962 on Wednesdays on Melbourne station HSV-7. Little information is available on this series. It was originally part of a line-up titled Home, which featuring various segments including Cooking, Home Decorator and Shopping Guide. Later, it appears the Home branding was dropped. For part of its run it aired at 2:30PM. At one point in 1959 it was the first show on the station schedule for the day, while at another point in 1959 it was preceded by US anthology series episodes of shows like Four Star Playhouse. The show is described as being aired live, compered by June Finlayson and featured Charles Bush, and featuring contestants, suggesting it was a game show. Other hosts during the run of the series included Vikki Hammond. Archival status is unknown, but as Australian game shows were rarely kept during the era the show aired in, it is likely the series is either lost or largely missing.

Our House is an Australian home renovation television series aired on Nine Network in 1993 until 2001.

Sweet F.A. is an Australian generational game show currently in pre-production. Based in Brisbane, Sweet F.A. utilises local and interstate talent in its casting and crew. Each episode involves two teams from different generations competing in question, physical, and visual games. At the end of the season, the two leading teams return to compete for the winning title. The programme's title is derived from the euphemistic slang term, meaning "nothing". The use of modern slang in the title directly reflects the programme's quirky, youthful style. The tagline "It's all they have in common" directly relates to this title, and refers to the generation gap: the many social differences between the generations.

Disgusting chores, mind-bending challenges and incredible feats of ingenuity await as Australian kids of today take on a day in the life of their ancestors. Will they have what it takes to be tougher?

Hosted by Shane Jolley, with guest appearances by Melissa Doyle, Collette Dinnigan and more, Australia's Best Drives takes you on a journey through six of our very best touring holidays.

Big Brother Confidential is an uncut, Australian reality program. It aired on Nine Network on 22 August 2012. The series originally aired at 10:10pm on Wednesdays nights but got moved to 8 o'clock Thursday nights because of presumbably low ratings. Reaction to the series has been very negative.

Say It with Music was an early Australian television series. It aired on Sydney station TCN-9 from 21 February 1957 to 15 April 1958. Hosted by pianist Frank Lawrence, the series was a variety show. The half-hour series featured entertainers such as singers, dancers, instrumentalists, and jugglers and was intended for "late evening relaxation". It is not known if any of the episodes are still extant as kinescope recordings.

Make Ours Music was an Australian music television series which aired from 1959 to circa 1961 on ABC. Produced in Sydney, it also aired in Melbourne. Originally a half-hour series, it later expanded to an hour. Make Ours Music featured a mix of live songs and dance numbers. The producer of the series was James Upshaw, who also produced series like Hit Parade and The Lorrae Desmond Show. The latter occupied the time slot of Make Ours Music for some time in 1960. The archival status of the series is unknown. Though 16mm film copies were likely made so it could be shown in Melbourne, it is not known if any of these still exist. However, it is known that such recordings exist of Hit Parade and The Lorrae Desmond Show.

This Man... This Woman is a 1989 mini series about a man who loses his job and has an affair.

50 Years 50 Shows is a television special that marked 50 years of television in Australia. Broadcast on Sunday 25 September 2005 on the Nine Network and hosted by Eddie McGuire, the special counted down the top 50 greatest Australian television programmes.

You've Got the Job is a television show that airs on the Seven Network in Australia. The show is hosted by Seven News presenter and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Chris Bath. The program follows real people seeking actual jobs, and the stories of the employers and potential employees. You've Got the Job aired on Sunday nights at 7pm.

This dangerously overstuffed The Best Bits of the Late Show - Champagne Edition box set features all three volumes of The Best Bits of the Late Show, along with Some More Bits of The Late Show, some Extra Bits and a full-length commentary track. It is a gorgeously remastered treasury of vintage 'Champagne Comedy' which will - if nothing else - remind you just how awful fashion was in the early 1990s.

Spit MacPhee is a 1988 Australian mini series set in the 1930s based on the novel by James Aldridge.

Camp Orange: The Mystery of Spaghetti Creek is the name of the third season of the children's reality series Camp Orange. It was aired on Nickelodeon Australia in May 2007. After the previous season, Total Perception lost the rights to Camp Orange and Fox Broadcasting Company Australia bought the series and changed the rules almost entirely. Dark Evil Bunnies ⁕Ryan ⁕Harry Black Bee's Knees ⁕Eva Gillespie ⁕Nina Clarke Booty Kickers ⁕Daniela ⁕Maddi Kowal Mix Ups ⁕Kit Bradley ⁕Zack Inglis

Club Seven was an Australian television variety series which aired from 1959 to 1961. It aired on Melbourne station HSV-7, broadcast live at 10:00PM on Thursdays. Hosts of the series included Terry Scanlon and Frank Wilson. The series faced tough competition from GTV-9's popular In Melbourne Tonight. It is not known if any of the episodes exist as either kinescope recordings or early video-tape.

The Breast Darn Show in Town is an Australian comedy event created and executive produced by the Comedy Channel programming director Darren Chau, with Claire Haugh and Entourage Marketing & Events, in aid of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Filmed at the Melbourne Town Hall, the format features a range of television, film, and comedic performers including Rebel Wilson, Mick Molloy, Hannah Gadsby, Celia Pacquola, Jordan Raskopoulos, Sam Simmons, Tom Ballard, Fiona O'Loughlin, Dave Thornton, Toby Truslove, Claire Hooper, Cal Wilson, Felicity Ward, Denise Scott and Mark Mitchell as Con the Fruiterer. The first special was hosted by Julia Morris premiered on the Comedy Channel on November 1, 2009. The second special was hosted by Grant Denyer and Corinne Grant and premiered on the Comedy Channel on November 5, 2010.

Pokerface is a 1986 mini series about a former journalist who works as an undercover agent for Australia's secret service.

The Hit Parade was an early Australian television series which aired on HSV-7 from 1956 to 1959. It is often mentioned in books discussing Australian television of the 1950s.

Hunter was an educational Australian children's television series that aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s on the ABC. Twenty-four episodes were filmed and produced in Hobart, Tasmania, by ABC Hobart between 1985 and 1985, although the series was repeated often on ABC TV until 1992. It focused around a man, known as "Hunter", investigating, or "hunting" for information. His clothing was akin to an old English detective. Hunter's favoured mode of transport was a bicycle adorned with a bright small triangular flag at the end of a pole. He was played by Philip Sabine. His companions included "Computer Cat", represented by a puppet on the show, and a mouse, represented by a live mouse named Albert, which often ran around in the brim of his hat. He was also occasionally joined on his adventures by his niece Minnie. CC was made by Jennifer Davidson, founder of Terrapin Puppet Theatre, which is based in Hobart. The theme song to the show included the lyrics "What, why, where and when, that's Hunter!". The Hunter show was watched by many Australian school children, often as part of their school curriculum, at primary-school level.

Hotel Story was an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network in 1977. The series, intended as a replacement for The Box, was set in a luxury international hotel. The regular characters were the hotel workers and in each one-hour episode they hosted a new batch of glamorous guest-star hotel guests, and rather like a drama version of The Love Boat stories would focus on both the self-contained dramas of the passing guests and the on-going problems of the hotel staff. The regular cast was headed by Terence Donovan as the hotel manager, and also included Carmen Duncan, George Spartels, and American actor Richard Lawson. The title sequence was shot on film at the then Old Melbourne Inn on Flemington Road, North Melbourne. This distinctive looking hotel building is now an accommodation hostel owned by RMIT University. Interior sequences were largely shot on video at Channel Ten's Nunawading studios, giving the series a soap opera look. Hotel Story was cancelled before it even went to air. Originally planned to run for at least 26 episodes, the series was cancelled after only seven episodes had been produced, and before any had been broadcast. The first four episodes were later screened over two nights and the network elicited audience feedback asking whether the show should continue. There was some positive feedback and while it was too late for Hotel Story itself, the concept was later revived for the series Holiday Island.

Financial Review Sunday is an Australian business news television program produced by the Nine Network, in partnership with Fairfax Media. It currently airs on the Nine Network at 10:00am after Weekend Today. It is hosted by Deborah Knight. Eddy Meyer is the Reporter. Various journalists from the Australian Financial Review also contribute stories and interviews. Joe Aston features as the Rear Window segment presenter. It first aired on 5 May 2013. It is sponsored by Westpac and CPA Australia.