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The Evie Hayes Show was an Australian television variety series starring vocalist Evie Hayes. The half-hour series debuted on 4 July 1960 and ran a season of eight episodes on Melbourne station ABV-2. It is worth noting that ABC variety series of the era had intentionally shorter seasons than those on commercial television in Australia. The series aired live, with musical backing by the ABC Melbourne Dance Band. Other performers who appeared on the series included Reg Grey, Joan Clarke, Raymond McDonald, Verona Cappadona, Frankie Davidson, The Unichords, Alan Eddy, Annette Klooger, Barry Purcell, Will Mahoney, June Barton, Ian Williams, Gaynor Bunning, Tony Jenkins, Graeme Bent, Clive Hearne, Fay Agnew, Bob Garrity, Johnny Marco, and Margaret Becker.

Delve into the triumphs and challenges experienced by the Panthers as they work together to achieve an historic three-peat of NRL Premierships.

Fire 000 is an Australian observational documentary series that is now airing on the Nine Network on 7 May 2008. Fire 000 follows the fire officer operations of the New South Wales Fire Brigade.

Escape with ET is an Australian fishing show. It is hosted by Andrew Ettingshausen. Its main focus is on fishing, though it also focuses on many water sports, off-road 4WD driving and other outdoors activities. The show has been running since 1997.

Dusty Springfield hosts her 1960s variety show series with special guests.

Good Morning With Rosemary!!! was one of Australian Television's first weekday breakfast/variety programs for children, on TEN Channel 10 and seen in New South Wales. It was produced and presented live to air by Rosemary Eather. The two-hour show featured news and live animals. Guest celebrities included John Banner and Lorne Greene, and Australia's own Col Joye and Judy Stone. "Let's Explore" was a recurring feature. The show aired Monday through Friday mornings from 7 to 9. It was the Ratings Winner as the "Most Popular Show", and a forerunner of the Nine Network's Super Flying Fun Show. Other content included cartoons, serials, music clips, news, pet information, and competitions. During school holidays, groups of children joined Rosemary in the studio for a wide range of activities. In 1971, it took the name Breakfast-a-Go-Go, paralleling, for Sydney, Fredd Bear's Breakfast-A-Go-Go on the Melbourne sister station, ATV Channel 0. A new comedic sidekick, Witless Wonder, replaced Warwick Rankin when he moved to his own children's show, Commander Strongarm.

Make Me a Supermodel is an Australian reality television series that is based from the successful British TV series of the same title except that men are also allowed to apply. It debuted on the Seven Network on 6 August 2008. It is hosted by the former Miss Universe winner Jennifer Hawkins. The judges for the program are Martin Walsh, managing director of Chadwick Models and manager and editor of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, Jackie Frank. Tyson Beckford, the co-host of the American edition, was a guest judge and mentor for the first few episodes whilst Travis Fimmel has turned down being a judge for the program. It was also announced that Tyson Beckford "finished up his MMAS duties after the second episode and may return sometime in the future." He did not return afterward. The winner of the first series was Rhys Uhlich who beat out Runner-up Shanina Shaik and Second Runner-up Courtney Chircop. The series was not renewed for a second season.

Cool Zone was an Australian television series which was broadcast on community television station, C31 Adelaide in Adelaide, South Australia. The show was aimed at a wide demographic with a focus on teenagers and was hosted by M-Cool. Each episode lasted for approximately five minutes plus commercials. Cool Zone consisted of numerous segments per episode but usually a consistent subject matter and shoot location. The program first aired in August 2005 with C31 commissioning a first season run of 24 episodes. Despite a cult following the program was axed after just four weeks and replaced by repeats of the SA Sports Show. Several Australian commercial networks expressed interest in picking up Cool Zone in 2006 but could not reach agreement with M-Cool.

The Big Breakfast is a Canadian morning news and entertainment program, that aired on the A-Channel stations and CKX from 1997 to 2005. It has no relation to the UK show of the same name. Each A-Channel station produced and broadcast its own Big Breakfast. CKX aired CHMI's Winnipeg edition. The anchors were Jon Ljungberg and Jimmy Mac in Winnipeg, Mark Scholz and Steve Antle in Edmonton and Dave Kelly and Tara McCool in Calgary On December 1, 2004, CHUM Limited officially took over ownership of the A-Channel system, and the stations were re-launched as Citytv on August 2, 2005. The Big Breakfast was also relaunched as Breakfast Television, the name Citytv uses for its similar morning shows, on the same day the stations were rebranded. The A-Channel brand was subsequently transferred to CHUM's former NewNet stations, whose own morning programs were retitled A-Channel Morning.

The Family is an Australian fly-on-the-wall documentary series that began airing 24 November 2011 on SBS One. It is the Australian version of the British series of the same name. The first series will follow the Cardamone family--father Angelo, mother Josephine, and sons David, Stefan, and Adrian--through their daily lives. They have allowed35 remote-controlled cameras to follow their every move, day and night, for three months.

The Last Resort was an Australian Television drama series created and written by Louis Nowra and originally screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The show ran for a little under a year, premiering on 27 April 1988 and ending 12 April 1989 for a total of 30 fifty-minute episodes. It featured original music by Martin Armiger The show told the story of three sisters who lived together in a run-down hotel.

The Zone was a video games focused television programme that aired on Channel 9 on Saturday mornings at 8:30AM AEST from 1994 to 1995. The show was produced by Beyond Productions and was hosted for the majority of its run by Adam Riley.

The Home Show is an Australian television series which aired on Sydney station TCN-9 for about a year, from 1 November 1956 to 12 November 1957. Originally aired on Thursdays, it later moved to Tuesdays. It was replaced with Tuesday at One. The series was aimed at the housewives. Prior to the debut of the series, it had been announced as far back as September. Broadcast live, the hour-long series was hosted by Judy Ann James, who was also a producer on the series. An edition of the magazine Australian Women's Weekly from late July 1957 featured an article discussing the hosts of the three main women's programmes on Sydney television, Home Show, Your Home on on ATN-7 and Women's World on ABN-2. The magazine referred to James as the youngest of the three hosts, and described her as being married to a director at TCN.

Huey's Cooking Adventures was an Australian television series featuring chef Iain Hewitson. It screened at daytime on Monday to Friday throughout its run on Network Ten, including most recently at 4:00pm. It also airs on the subscription television channel Lifestyle Food, through Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. The show began airing in 1997 on the Seven Network, before defecting to Ten soon after where the show has found popularity with daytime audiences. The program was replaced with a new, albeit similar, series Huey's Kitchen from March 2010.

In Melbourne Tonight, also known as "IMT", was a highly popular nightly variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970.

The $20 Challenge was an Australian reality television series that was broadcast on the Network Ten in 2001. The show was hosted by Tim Bailey, and saw three Australians trying to survive in a foreign country with nothing but $20 to their name. The eventual winner was James Mathison.

Petals is an Australian children's animated television programme produced and created by Mark Barnard and aired on the ABC. It ran from 1998 to 1999 consisting a total of two seasons and 55 episodes and was aimed at pre-school children aged 2–6. After it ended in 1999, the series was still continued to be repeated on the ABC and ABC1 until 2004.

Sweet and Low was an Australian television series which aired in 1959 on ABC station ABV-2 in Melbourne. Hosted by Bob Walters, the half-hour series presented performances by jazz musicians. Bruce Clarke appeared as a guest in the second episode. Competition in the 9:00PM time-slot consisted of Amercan imports, The Loretta Young Show on GTV-9 and Whitehall Playhouse on HSV-7. It was preceded on ABV-2's schedule by U.S. drama series The Adventures of Falcon and followed by Australian-produced discussion show Come In on This. There is no information as to whether any recordings still exist of the series, raising the possibility it may be lost, though exact information is unavailable.

Cycling Central is an Australian sports program, that talks about the various cycling competitions in Australia and around the world. It is the only free-to-air program in Australia that is dedicated to the sport.

Bruce, Mark and Amelia meet car enthusiasts sharing their passion of cars from old to new, and everything in between.

Australia You're Standing In It was an Australian sketch comedy series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, first screened in 1983 with a second series made in 1984. In honour of the 30th Anniversary of the show, On March 13, 2013 the complete series was released on DVD

Nightline was a late-night news bulletin produced by Nine News. Introduced in 1992, it was axed in 2008 then brought back in 2009 and it was axed again in July 2010. It aired at around 11.30 pm weeknights, but was not shown in Perth or Adelaide. Nightline was previously presented by Kellie Connolly. Its main competitors were Ten Late News and ABC News's Lateline - which both air prior to Nightline at 10:30pm The series was patterned after the version that airs on ABC, but that one is different from the Australian counterpart even though at one point both versions used the same opening graphics, which both no longer use.

Greeks on the Roof was an Australian television talk show that ran for 11 episodes on the Seven Network in 2003. It was hosted by Greek-Australian character Effie and her "family". Based on the format of the British The Kumars at No. 42, each show had interviews with a number of Australian actors and actresses. Guests were involved in Effie's jokes and antics whilst being asked about their career and personal life. Making a guest appearance on the show was Sam Newman, who is a personality on rival network Channel Nine. Also Molly Meldrum, before signing the contract with Seven. Dr. Harry Cooper was also a guest on the show and in promos was told he would reveal his full self by taking off his hat, but in the show he never did. American talk show host Jerry Springer also made a notable guest appearance. Kris Noble was the executive producer of the show. The cast included Angus Sampson as Effie's cousin Dimi.

The world is in crisis: a music drought has struck. No matter how hard they pluck, bow or blow, musicians cannot make any sound emerge from their instruments. A meeting of the World Council Of Music is called to decide what should be done. Much to the disgust of the evil Maestro Maltroppo, everyone agrees that Professor Eric Quavery is the best person to solve the mystery. There is no-one who knows more about music than the Professor. As Professor Quavery rediscovers the basic concepts of music and works toward ending the world music drought, Maestro Maltroppo attempts to hamper the Professor’s work and bring the glory of rediscovering music upon himself.

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

The reality show is set in a court room with Kyle passing judgement across a whole range of real life cases. Helping him analyse the evidence is former The Bachelor Australia contestant and criminal lawyer Anna Heinrich.

Formal Wars is an Australian reality television series produced by Matchbox Productions that premiered on the Seven Network on 25 July 2013. In each episode, two high school students hand over control of their school formal to their parents. The series is hosted by Melanie Vallejo.

The Ballad of Riverboat Bill is a 1965 Australian TV series set on the Murray River in the 1890s.

The B Team was an Australian comedy television show, which screened on Network Ten. The show starred comedians Merrick and Rosso and featured skits, pranks and some audience participation. The show's first episode aired on Wednesday the 6th of October 2005, but was soon cancelled due to poor ratings. Characters included bogans Brett & Craig, Dimitri the dodgy mobile phone dealer, DJ Panfa and Rosso Crowe.

Adventure Island is an Australian television series for children which screened on the ABC from 11 September 1967 to 22 December 1972. It was jointly created by Godfrey Philipp, who produced the series, and actor-writer John Michael Howson, who also co-starred in the show. It typically aired from Monday to Friday and each story would stretch across a full week, reaching a resolution on Friday. Adventure Island was a joint production of Godfrey Philipp Productions and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, pre-recorded on videotape at the ABC's studios in Ripponlea, Melbourne. It is believed to be the first program made by the ABC in collaboration with an outside production company. Production was usually five weeks ahead of broadcast. It was a pantomime-style series set in the kingdom of Diddley-Dum-Diddley. The show was hosted by Nancy Cato from 1967 to 1968 and Sue Donovan from 1969 to 1972.

Idol Backstage was a companion show to Australian Idol distributed by Australia's largest telecommunications company, Telstra, and promoted in clips on the main show. It followed the pranks, gags and interviews of host Josh Zepps as he roamed behind the scenes of the Australian Idol set as the show went to air. It was produced by Idol's production company, FremantleMedia, in the form of one commercial half-hour per week over four clips. There were 54 episodes in total, with additional content available online and on mobile phones. It premiered on 28 August 2006.

Police Files: Unlocked is an Australian television program that aired on the Seven Network, showcasing police videos from around the world in similar vein to World's Wildest Police Videos. The first two seasons of the program were hosted by former Blue Heelers star Ditch Davey. Repeats of the show and the third season features the narration of David Field, who also had a recurring guest role in Blue Heelers. Unlike Davey, Field did not appear on camera. The program looks at police operations from Australia and around the world, featuring footage of high speed police pursuits, police stings and surveillance operations. At the end of each story, a summary of consequences the offender faces for their crime is revealed, and occasionally what the action would be if the offender was caught in Australia. The program claims that the vision is from actual police tapes. The first season finale of Police Files: Unlocked was broadcast on 29 November 2006 in a one hour special episode. A second season aired in 2007, and a third season began airing in March 2008. It was axed in 2008.

Hosted by Karla Grant, Australia's premier Indigenous news and current affairs program delivers relevant, intelligent and comprehensive coverage of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Sunday was an Australian current affairs, arts and politics program, broadcast nationally on Sunday mornings on the Nine Network Australia. The program covered a range of topical issues including local and overseas news, politics, and in-depth stories on Australia and the world, plus independent film reviews, independent arts features, and independent music reviews. Its final show was aired on Sunday, 3 August 2008.

Good Morning Sydney is an Australian local morning show which aired on Network Ten in New South Wales only in between 1978 until 1989. It was hosted by Andrew Harwood and Maureen Duval.

Enter two legendary castles built on mountaintops and go behind the scenes of their construction, as computer-generated imagery, aerial footage, and the best experts will reveal the secrets of two architectural wonders that have left an imprint on our imagination as well as History.

If you were relying on welfare to survive, what would you use it for? Rent? Food? Medicine? Bills? In 2020, over three million Australians were recorded as living below the poverty line. In new SBS three-part documentary series, Could You Survive on the Breadline?, three prominent Australians are about to discover what life is like for millions of people living on the welfare system.

Rita and Wally was an Australian situation comedy series produced by ATN-7 in 1968. The series was a spin-off from My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? When the title character Dominic McGooley left that series it effectively continued as a new series under this title. The other regular cast members - John Meillon and Judi Farr as the title characters along with Noeline Brown - continued in the new series as their old characters. McGooley regular Stewart Ginn also continued in this series. Without the heavy makeup that previously transformed his appearance, he played a new character here. With the spin-off the main character Wally finally received a promotion to a white-collar job and the characters moved from their previous working-class area to more salubrious surrounds. Unfortunately once the show began it became apparent that the working class setting and conflicts, along with the character of McGooley, were crucial to the comedy of the situation and Rita and Wally ended after only a few months. Rita and Wally had a run of 23 half-hour episodes.

Something Stupid was a short-lived Australian sketch comedy series which aired in 1998 on the Seven Network. The program was produced, written and performed by much the same team that was behind the Fast Forward series. The series had the working title The Lazy Susan Show. The characters of Kath, Kim and Sharon from the popular sitcom Kath & Kim appeared in a regular sketch on the program, and had originally appeared on Riley and Turner's previous project, Big Girl's Blouse.

The Bob Morrison Show is an Australian sitcom that screened on the Nine Network in 1994. The Bob Morrison Show is the story of an ordinary family from through the eyes of their pet dog, Bob Morrison. Bob is an adorable stray that is welcomed by the youngest member of the Morrison clan, Ben, but he has a tough time winning over the rest of the family.

Underground is an Australian television film produced for Network Ten. It premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and aired on Network Ten on October 7 2012. The film draws its title from Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier, a 1997 book by Suelette Dreyfus, researched by Julian Assange, but the film bares little relation to the book itself, which catalogues the exploits of a group of Australian, American, and British hackers during the 1980s and early 1990s, among them Assange himself. The film was not approved by Julian Assange, Wikileaks or any other member of the Assange family and there was no collaboration with the Assanges or Wikileaks during the making of the film. However Julian Assange subsequently had "a very favourable response to the movie". Filmed in and around Melbourne, the film was written and directed by Robert Connolly and produced by Matchbox Pictures’ Helen Bowden, with Tony Ayres and Rick Maier serving as Executive Producers.

Pass the Buck was an Australian game show hosted by John Burgess based on the American game show of the same name, airing on the Nine Network from 11 February 2002. Burgess began hosting the show after five years of hosting Burgo's Catch Phrase. Before Pass the Buck went to air, Nine's Director of Programming at the time, John Stephens, was confident of Burgess as host, stating that he would "make the transition [from Burgo's Catch Phrase] to the new format without missing a beat". The show, which was introduced with others on Nine, such as Fear Factor and Shafted, was short-lived.

Ridgey Didge was a popular Network Ten magazine television programme for children in Australia. The name is an Australian slang term meaning honest, true or the real thing.

The World Game is an Australian football television show broadcast on SBS. The show analytically reviews and previews Australian and international football and football issues. It is currently hosted by Les Murray, Craig Foster, and David Zdrilic