This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 2013, the 58th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.
17 January – The Seven Network's longest running soap opera Home and Away celebrates its 25th anniversary.
18 January – The Nine Network's nightly current affairs programme A Current Affair turns 25.
22 February – Network Ten's CEO, James Warburton, is stood down after 14 months in the role, following a string of network ratings failures.
21 March – Phil Rankine and Amity Dry win an All-Stars edition of The Block.
1 April – SBS revamps SBS 2 with an aim on a youth-oriented audience.
7 April – Asher Keddie wins the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 2013 Logie Awards.
17 April – The court bans Mel B from appearing on Channel Nine's Australia's Got Talent. Instead she will continue with Channel Seven for an indefinite long run.
26 April – Days of Our Lives the US soap opera finishes its long 45-year run on the Nine Network, ending a 4-decade tradition of Daytime Soap operas in Australian Free-to-air Television.
28 April – Dan and Steph Mulheron win the fourth season of My Kitchen Rules.
16 May – Cricketer Andrew Symonds wins the first series of Celebrity Splash!.
29 May – Robyn and Katie Dyke win the eighth season of The Biggest Loser.
17 June – Harrison Craig wins the second season of The Voice.
1 July – Carly Schulz and Leighton Brow win the first season of House Rules.
28 July – Alisa and Lysandra Fraser win the seventh season of The Block.
27 August – Nancy Ho wins the first series of The Great Australian Bake Off.
24 September – Melissa Juratowitch wins the eighth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.
16 October – Hillal Kara-Ali wins the sixth and final season of The Mole, taking home $180,000 in prize money. Erin Dooley is revealed as the Mole, and Aisha Jefcoate is the runner-up.
28 October – Dami Im wins the fifth season of The X Factor.
31 October – Due to breakfast and morning show, Network Ten's primary channels broadcasts P & C classified children's programmes and whole children's blocks for the very last time, before handing the television rights over to ELEVEN. TEN has to focus on even more older-oriented entertainment programming as well as more news programmes.
2 November – Channel Seven again bans Mel B from appearing on Channel Ten's The Project in the last minute before it goes to air.
6 November – Tim Dormer wins the tenth season of Big Brother.
10 November – Music trio Uncle Jed win the seventh season of Australia's Got Talent.
26 November – Illusionist Cosentino and his partner Jessica Raffa win the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.
10 December – The final analogue signals are turned off in Melbourne and Surrounds as well as Remote Central and Eastern Australia, bringing an end to 57 years of analogue broadcasting in Australia.
13 January – Bille Brown, AM (aged 61), playwright and actor who appeared in numerous television series.
26 January – Patricia Lovell, AM, MBE (aged 83), Australian film producer, best known to a generation as star of children's television series Mr. Squiggle as Miss Pat in the 1960s and 1970s.
2 March – Peter Harvey (aged 68), journalist with the Nine Network for 38 years.
27 June – Maureen Duval, host of Good Morning Sydney from 1978 to 1989, and later a panellist on Beauty and the Beast.
15 September – Joyce Jacobs (aged 91), English-born Australian actress who appeared in A Country Practice from 1981 to 1994.
10 December – Alan Coleman(aged 76), English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
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Johnny Lockwood (92), British Australia actor, star of Number 96
Brian Moll, (aged 88) British Australian actor The Young Doctors and A Country Practice
28 March – eXtra2
17 September – Spree TV
22 or 25 November – Fresh Ideas TV
1 January – Foxtel Movies (replacing both Showtime and Movie Network)
2 April – SBS 2 (rename of SBS TWO)
The switch-off of analog television was completed in 2013, with the following areas being the last to be switched off:
2 April – Adelaide
9 April – Tasmania
16 April – Perth
28 May – Brisbane, Gold Coast
25 June – Regional Western Australia
28 July – Darwin
3 December – Sydney
10 December – Melbourne, Remote Central and Eastern Australia
Restack was the official name, and Retune was the more consumer-friendly name, given to the change in frequency of many digital television stations following analog switch-off. The main purpose was to clear channels 52–69 in the 700 MHz band for reuse in mobile communications. Channels 9 & 9A were also cleared so that they could be used for DAB+. Many remote areas were excluded, their stations didn't change frequency and channel 9 & 9A continue to be used in some remote areas for digital television.
The restack began in April 2013 and was completed by the end of 2014.
Criteria for inclusion in the following list is that Australian premiere episodes will air in Australia for the first time on the new network. 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 criteria is met. Ended television series which change networks for repeat broadcasts are not included in the list.
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.
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian subscription television that had previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air on the original free-to-air television network.
