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2015 in Australian television

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This is a list of Australian television events and premieres that are scheduled to occur in 2015, the 60th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

Contents

Channel launches

  • 1 February – Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel (Fetch TV only)
  • 28 March – Foxtel Arts, Foxtel Movies Disney+2
  • 28 August – Racing.com (Free-To-Air)
  • 17 November – Food Network Australia
  • 26 November – 9Life, 9HD

    • Closed channels

  • 15 March – TVN
  • 28 March – STUDIO (replaced by Foxtel Arts)
  • 31 October – Bio.
  • 26 November – eXtra2 (replaced by 9Life)
  • 20 December – TVS

    • Renamed channels

  • 1 August – 111 (was 111 Greats)
  • 26 November – 9Go! (was GO! channel)
  • 26 November – 9Gem (was GEM Channel)

    • Deaths

  • 8 January – Rod Taylor (aged 84), actor who starred in the American TV series Hong Kong, Bearcats!, and The Oregon Trail
  • 9 January – Sarah Kemp (77), actress best known for her role in Sons and Daughters.
  • 20 January – James Walker (aged 41), screenwriter for numerous dramas including McLeod's Daughters, Home & Away and Neighbours.
  • 3 February – Norman Yemm, (aged 82) theatre and television actor and sportsman
  • 25 February – Terry Gill (aged 75) British born Australian actor, star of Crocodile Dundee and soap opera The Flying Doctors, also portrayed Santa Claus at the annual Carols by Candlelight
    10 March – Stuart Wagstaff (AM) (aged 90), theatre and television personality and entertainer, born in England
    * 23 March - Michael Laurence (aged 79), Television producer and scriptwriter, best known for television movie and serial Return to Eden
  • 10 April – Richie Benaud (aged 84), Wide World of Sports cricket commentator for the Nine Network.
  • 17 April – Betty Lucas (aged 90), Australian theatre and television soap actress known for Prisoner, Taurus Rising and Richmond Hill.
  • 26 May – Bob Hornery (aged 83), actor who played Tom Kennedy in Neighbours.
    26 May - John Pinder (aged 70), Comedy producer, theatre producer/director and talent manager co-founder of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Circus Oz
  • 5 June – Alan Bond (aged 77), Australian businessman who previously owned the Nine Network.
    * 21 September - Yoram Gross (aged 88), Film producer, animation director and film studio owner, creator of the film adaptation's of Blinky Bill, including Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala and Dot and the Kangaroo and it's numerous sequels
  • 23 September – Mike Gibson, Australian television sports journalist and commentator, known for Nine's Wide World of Sports and Fox program The Back Page
    13 October - Sir James Cruthers (aged 90), journalist, media pioneer and philanthropist
    11 December - Harry Butler, AO, OBE (aged 85) Environment conservationist, TV presenter In the Wild and Australian of the Year 1979
  • 21 December – Carol Burns (68) Actress and Queensland Theatre Company founder, played Franky Doyle in Ten Network series Prisoner

    • Ratings

    For the 2015 calendar year, the Seven Network had the highest consolidated metro ratings share with 29% of the audience. Channel Seven was the most watched primary channel (20.4% share) and 7Two was the most watched multichannel (4.7% share). Of the twenty most watched programs, 13 programs were sports coverage, including the most watched program being the 2015 AFL Grand Final with 2.64 million viewers. The highest rated non-sport program was the announcement of the seventh season winner of MasterChef Australia with 2.2 million viewers.

    On subscription television, all but one of the top twenty most watched titles was sport, including the 2015 Cricket World Cup Final on Fox Sports 3, which topped the list with 616,000 viewers. The only non-sport program making the list was Game of Thrones which averaged 356,000 across its season.

    Changes to network affiliation

    Criteria 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 criteria is met. Ended television series which change networks for repeat broadcasts are not included in the list.

    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.

    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.

    Returning programs

    Australian produced programs which are returning with a new season after being absent from television from the previous calendar year.

    References

    2015 in Australian television Wikipedia
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