2013 in Australian television

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.

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Events

• 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]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 16 May – Cricketer Andrew Symonds wins the first series of Celebrity Splash!.^[4]
• 29 May – Robyn and Katie Dyke win the eighth season of The Biggest Loser.^[5]
• 17 June – Harrison Craig wins the second season of The Voice.^[6]
• 1 July – Carly Schulz and Leighton Brow win the first season of House Rules.^[7]
• 28 July – Alisa and Lysandra Fraser win the seventh season of The Block.^[8]
• 27 August – Nancy Ho wins the first series of The Great Australian Bake Off.^[9]
• 24 September – Melissa Juratowitch wins the eighth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.^[10]
• 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.^[11]
• 28 October – Dami Im wins the fifth season of The X Factor.^[12]
• 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.^[13]
• 10 November – Music trio Uncle Jed win the seventh season of Australia's Got Talent.^[14]
• 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.

Celebrity deaths

• 13 January – Bille Brown, AM (aged 61), playwright and actor who appeared in numerous television series.^[15]
• 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.^[16]
• 2 March – Peter Harvey (aged 68), journalist with the Nine Network for 38 years.^[17]
• 27 June – Maureen Duval, host of Good Morning Sydney from 1978 to 1989, and later a panellist on Beauty and the Beast.^[18]
• 15 September – Joyce Jacobs (aged 91), English-born Australian actress who appeared in A Country Practice from 1981 to 1994.^[19]
• 10 December – Alan Coleman(aged 76), English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

OTHERS

• Johnny Lockwood (92), British Australia actor, star of Number 96^[20]
• Brian Moll, (aged 88) British Australian actor The Young Doctors and A Country Practice

Channels

New channels

• 28 March – eXtra²
• 17 September – Spree TV ^[21][22]
• 22 ^[23] or 25^[24] November – Fresh Ideas TV

Renamed channels

• 1 January – Foxtel Movies (replacing both Showtime and Movie Network)
• 2 April – SBS 2 (rename of SBS TWO)

Digital television transition

Analogue switch-off

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/Retune

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.

Premieres

Domestic series

List of domestic television series premieres on Australian television in 2013

Program	Original airdate	Network	Ref
Nine News Now	2013-01-07 !7 January	Nine Network	[25]
Next Stop Hollywood	2013-01-08 !8 January	ABC1	[26]
Off Their Rockers	2013-01-13 !13 January	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	[27]
MasterChef Australia: The Professionals	2013-01-20 !20 January	Network Ten	[28]
Last Chance to See Cuba	2013-01-23 !23 January	SBS ONE	[29]
Doctor Blake Mysteries, TheThe Doctor Blake Mysteries	2013-02-01 !1 February	ABC1	[30]
Life Healthy, Be Happy	2013-02-03 !3 February	Seven Network	[31]
ABC News: Early Edition	2013-02-04 !4 February	ABC1 ABC News 24	[32]
Agony of Life, TheThe Agony of Life	2013-02-06 !6 February	ABC1	[33]
Crew, TheThe Crew	2013-02-10 !10 February	Fuel TV	[34]
Making Couples Happy	2013-02-14 !14 February	ABC1	[35]
Good Game: Pocket Edition	2013-02-16 !16 February	ABC3	[36]
Steam Punks!	2013-02-17 !17 February	ABC3	[37]
Mr & Mrs Murder	2013-02-20 !20 February	Network Ten	[38]
Mind Over Maddie	2013-02-25 !25 February	Disney Channel	[39]
Please Like Me	2013-02-28 !28 February	ABC2	[40]
Monday Night with Matty Johns	2013-03-04 !4 March	Fox Sports
NRL 360	2013-03-06 !6 March	Fox Sports
Tractor Monkeys	2013-03-20 !20 March	ABC1	[41]
Checkout, TheThe Checkout	2013-03-21 !21 March	ABC1	[42]
Ask The Butcher	2013-03-26 !26 March	LifeStyle Food	[43]
Australia's Deadliest	2013-03-30 !30 March	Nat Geo Wild	[44]
Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, TheThe Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting	2013-04-03 !3 April	ABC1	[45]
A Place to Call Home	2013-04-28 !28 April	Seven Network	[46]
Colour Theory	2013-04-28 !28 April	NITV	[47]
Celebrity Splash	2013-04-29 !29 April	Seven Network	[48]
Head First	2013-05-01 !1 May	ABC2	[49]
Wentworth	2013-05-01 !1 May	SoHo	[50]
Shane Delia's Spice Journey	2013-05-02 !2 May	SBS ONE	[51]
Financial Review Sunday	2013-05-05 !5 May	Nine Network	[52]
Play Along with Sam	2013-05-06 !6 May	Nick Jr.	[53]
Aussie Pickers	2013-05-09 !9 May	A&E Australia	[54]
House Rules	2013-05-14 !14 May	Seven Network	[55]
Marion's Thailand	2013-05-14 !14 May	LifeStyle Food	[56]
Dirty Laundry Live	2013-05-16 !16 May	ABC2	[57]
Feed, TheThe Feed	2013-05-20 !20 May	SBS 2	[58]
Spontaneous Saturday	2013-05-20 !20 May	SBS 2	[59]
Croc College	2013-05-21 !21 May	ABC1	[60]
Observer Effect, TheThe Observer Effect	2013-06-02 !2 June	SBS ONE	[61]
Truth Is, TheThe Truth Is	2013-06-03 !3 June	Network Ten	[62]
Reef Doctors	2013-06-09 !9 June	Network Ten	[63]
Time of Our Lives, TheThe Time of Our Lives	2013-06-16 !16 June	ABC1	[64]
Australia's Remote Islands	2013-06-16 !16 June	ABC1	[65]
Daily Edition, TheThe Daily Edition	2013-06-17 !17 June	Seven Network	[66]
Years That Made Us, TheThe Years That Made Us	2013-06-23 !23 June	ABC1	[67]
River Cottage Australia	2013-06-27 !27 June	LifeStyle Channel, TheThe LifeStyle Channel	[68]
Wednesday Night Fever	2013-07-03 !3 July	ABC1	[69]
Shitsville Express	2013-07-02 !2 July	ABC2	[70]
Vicky the Viking	2013-07-06 !6 July	Network Ten	[71]
Hamish & Andy's Gap Year Asia	2013-07-08 !8 July	Nine Network	[72]
Wanted	2013-07-08 !8 July	Network Ten	[73]
Great Australian Bake Off, TheThe Great Australian Bake Off	2013-07-09 !9 July	Nine Network	[74]
First Footprints	2013-07-14 !14 July	ABC1	[75]
Walking Through History	2013-07-20 !20 July	SBS ONE	[76]
This Week Live	2013-07-24 !24 July	Network Ten	[77]
Formal Wars	2013-07-25 !25 July	Seven Network	[78]
Mako: Island of Secrets	2013-07-26 !26 July	Network Ten	[79]
Movie Mayhem with Mark Fennell	2013-07-27 !27 July	SBS 2	[80]
Nine News at 7:00	2013-08-05 !5 August	GEM	[81]
Seven News at 7	2013-08-05 !5 August	7TWO	[82]
Slide Show	2013-08-07 !7 August	Seven Network	[83]
It's A Date	2013-08-15 !15 August	ABC1	[84]
Upper Middle Bogan	2013-08-15 !15 August	ABC1	[84]
Wonderland	2013-08-21 !21 August	Network Ten	[85]
Recipe to Riches	2013-08-27 !27 August	Network Ten	[86]
Bachelor, TheThe Bachelor	2013-09-08 !8 September	Network Ten	[87]
Revealed	2013-09-12 !12 September	Network Ten	[88]
Million Dollar Minute	2013-09-16 !16 September	Seven Network	[89]
Ten Eyewitness News	2013-09-16 !16 September	Network Ten
A League of Their Own	2013-09-16 !16 September	Network Ten	[90]
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery	2013-09-18 !18 September	ABC1	[91]
Day My Butt Went Psycho, TheThe Day My Butt Went Psycho	2013-09-21 !21 September	GO!	[92]
Serangoon Road	2013-09-22 !22 September	ABC1	[93]
Legally Brown	2013-09-23 !23 September	SBS ONE	[94]
Darren Sanders Show, TheThe Darren Sanders Show	2013-10-02 !2 October	GO!	[95]
Time of My Life	2013-10-05 !5 October	7TWO	[96]
WOW: World on Wheels	2013-10-06 !6 October	7mate	[97]
Nine Afternoon News Perth	2013-10-07 !7 October	Nine Network (Perth)	[98]
Deadbeat Dads	2013-10-07 !7 October	MTV	[99]
Thursday FC	2013-10-10 !10 October	SBS 2	[100]
ReDesign My Brain	2013-10-10 !10 October	ABC1	[101]
Business Agenda SA	2013-10-12 !12 October	Nine Network (Adelaide)	[102][103][104]
It's a Lifestyle TV	2013-10-12 !12 October	Network Ten	[105]
Ironman: Deep Water	2013-10-13 !13 October	Nine Network	[106]
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent Down Under	2013-10-14 !14 October	LifeStyle	[107]
Santo, Sam & Ed's Total Football	2013-10-14 !14 October	Fox Sports 1	[108]
Wild Life of Tim Faulkner	2013-10-20 !20 October	Nine Network	[109]
#7DaysLater	2013-10-22 !22 October	ABC2	[110]
Lessons From the Grave	2013-11-23 !23 October	ABC1	[111][112]
Ja'mie: Private School Girl	2013-10-23 !23 October	ABC1	[113]
Summer 360	2013-10-23 !23 October	Fox Sports 1	[114]
Embarrassing Bodies Down Under	2013-10-29 !29 October	LifeStyle You	[115]
Have You Been Paying Attention?	2013-11-03 !3 November	Network Ten	[116]
Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve	2013-11-03 !3 November	SBS ONE	[117]
Studio 10	2013-11-04 !4 November	Network Ten	[118]
Studio 10 You	2013-11-04 !4 November	Network Ten	[118]
Ten Eyewitness Early News	2013-11-04 !4 November	Network Ten	[118]
Ten Eyewitness Morning News	2013-11-04 !4 November	Network Ten	[118]
Wake Up	2013-11-04 !4 November	Network Ten	[118]
Paddock to Plate	2013-11-06 !6 November	LifeStyle Channel, TheThe LifeStyle Channel	[119]
Nowhere Boys	2013-11-07 !7 November	ABC3	[120]
Exhumed	2013-11-14 !14 November	ABC1	[121]
Coast Australia	2013-12-02 !2 December	History Channel, TheThe History Channel	[122]
Come Date with Me	2013-12-08 !8 December	Eleven	[123]
Outback Coroner	2013-12-09 !9 December	Crime & Investigation Network	[124]
Peleda	2013	ABC3

International series

List of international television series premieres on Australian television in 2013

Program	Original airdate	Network	Country of origin	Ref
Wild Chef, TheThe Wild Chef	2013-01-01 !1 January	SBS Two	Canada	[125]
Defying Gravity	2013-01-02 !2 January	One	United States Canada United Kingdom Germany	[126]
Pramface	2013-01-03 !3 January	ABC2	United Kingdom	[127]
This is Jinsy	2013-01-03 !3 January	ABC2	United Kingdom	[128]
Nigellissima	2013-01-03 !3 January	ABC1	United Kingdom	[129]
Ladyboys	2013-01-04 !4 January	ABC2	United Kingdom	[130]
Ultimate Spider-Man	2013-01-05 !5 January	Seven Network	United States	[125]
Black Cab Sessions USA	2013-01-05 !5 January	SBS ONE	United States	[125]
Gator 911	2013-01-06 !6 January	One	United States	[131]
Rev.	2013-01-06 !6 January	ABC1	United Kingdom	[132]
Baggage Battles	2013-01-07 !7 January	A&E	United States	[27]
Watson & Oliver	2013-01-07 !7 January	UKTV	United Kingdom	[27]
Doc Martin France	2013-01-07 !7 January	SBS Two	France	[132]
Golden	2013-01-07 !7 January	Network Ten	New Zealand	[133]
Story of Film: An Odyssey, TheThe Story of Film: An Odyssey	2013-01-08 !8 January	SBS Two	United Kingdom	[134]
My Big Fat Operation	2013-01-09 !9 January	ABC2	United Kingdom	[135]
Lab Rats	2013-01-10 !10 January	Disney Channel	United States
Chicago Fire	2013-01-10 !10 January	Fox8	United States	[136]
1600 Penn	2013-01-13 !13 January	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	United States	[137][138]
Britain's Empty Homes	2013-01-13 !13 January	7TWO	United Kingdom	[139]
Carrie Diaries, TheThe Carrie Diaries	2013-01-15 !15 January	Fox8	United States	[136]
Murder in Mind	2013-01-16 !16 January	7TWO	United Kingdom	[139]
Prisoners of War	2013-01-19 !19 January	SBS ONE	Israel	[140]
David Attenborough's The Blue Planet	2013-01-19 !19 January	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[141]
DEA	2013-01-21 !21 January	7mate	United States	[142]
Undercover Boss Canada	2013-01-22 !22 January	One	Canada	[143]
Set List	2013-01-24 !24 January	ABC2	United Kingdom	[142]
Mindy Project, TheThe Mindy Project	2013-01-28 !28 January	Seven Network	United States	[144]
Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies	2013-01-28 !28 January	Eleven	Japan
Against the Wall	2013-01-29 !29 January	Seven Network	United States	[145]
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo	2013-01-31 !31 January	Discovery Home & Health	United States	[27]
Outback Hunters	2013-01-31 !31 January	A&E	United States	[27]
Paradise, TheThe Paradise	2013-02-02 !2 February	ABC1	United Kingdom	[146]
Elementary	2013-02-03 !3 February	Network Ten	United States	[147]
Katie	2013-02-04 !4 February	Arena	United States	[148]
Romanzo Criminale	2013-02-05 !5 February	Showcase	Italy	[149]
Last Leg, TheThe Last Leg	2013-02-06 !6 February[a]	ABC1	United Kingdom	[150]
Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape	2013-02-08 !8 February	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[151]
Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home	2013-02-10 !10 February	ABC1	United Kingdom	[152]
David Attenborough's Africa	2013-02-16 !16 February	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[153]
Last Resort	2013-02-20 !20 February	Seven Network	United States	[154]
Parade's End	2013-03-06 !6 March	Nine Network (Aired 1st week) GEM (Aired 2nd week)	United Kingdom United States Belgium	[155]
Fades, TheThe Fades	2013-03-18 !18 March	ABC2	United Kingdom	[156]
Transporter: The Series	2013-03-20 !20 March	FX	United States Germany Canada France	[157]
Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan	2013-03-23 !23 March	ABC2	United Kingdom	[158]
Dog With a Blog	2013-03-23 !25 March	Disney Channel	United States
Marco Pierre White's Kitchen Wars	2013-03-28 !28 March	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[159]
Lilyhammer	2013-03-30 !30 March	SBS ONE	Norway	[160]
Toy Hunter	2013-04-02 !2 April	A&E	United States	[161]
Following, TheThe Following	2013-04-09 !9 April	Nine Network	United States	[162]
What's Your Emergency?	2013-04-10 !10 April	Nine Network	United Kingdom	[163]
Mrs Biggs	2013-04-14 !14 April	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[164]
Parkinson: Masterclass	2013-04-14 !14 April	ABC1	United Kingdom	[165]
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	2013-04-15 !15 April	CNN	United States	[166]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal	2013-04-15 !15 April	GO!	Japan
Da Vinci's Demons	2013-04-16 !16 April	FX	United States	[167]
Hannibal	2013-04-17 !17 April	Seven Network	United States	[164]
Strangeways	2013-04-17 !17 April	Seven Network	United Kingdom
Citizen Khan	2013-04-18 !18 April	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[168]
Defiance	2013-04-18 !18 April	SF Channel	United States	[169]
Crash & Bernstein	2013-04-19 !19 April	Disney Channel	United States
Urban Secrets	2013-04-19 !19 April	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[170]
Chasing The Saturdays	2013-04-23 !23 April	E!	United States	[171]
Arrow	2013-05-01 !1 May[b]	Nine Network	United States	[172]
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild	2013-05-06 !6 May	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[173]
Gok's Style Secrets	2013-05-15 !15 May	LifeStyle You	United Kingdom	[174]
Longmire	2013-05-15 !15 May	GEM	United States	[175]
Bates Motel	2013-05-20 !20 May (on demand) 2013-05-26 !26 May	Fox8	United States	[176]
Major Crimes	2013-05-20 !20 May	Nine Network[c]	United States	[177]
Beauty & the Beast	2013-05-22 !22 May	Network Ten[d]	United States	[178]
Americans, TheThe Americans	2013-05-27 !27 May	Network Ten	United States	[179]
Audience, TheThe Audience	2013-05-27 !27 May	ABC2	United Kingdom	[180]
Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton	2013-05-30 !30 May	One	United States	[181]
Brain Games	2013-06-02 !2 June	National Geographic Channel	United States	[182]
Killer Karaoke	2013-06-09 !9 June	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	United States	[183]
Sex Show, TheThe Sex Show	2013-06-11 !11 June	SBS Two	Norway	[184]
Chosen	2013-06-16 !16 June	FX	United States	[185]
Hotel Hell	2013-06-17 !17 June	Nine Network	United States	[186]
Vice	2013-06-19 !19 June	Fox8	United States	[187]
Under the Dome	2013-06-25 !25 June	Network Ten	United States	[188]
Mickey Mouse	2013-07-01 !1 July	Disney Channel	United States
Red Widow	2013-07-01 !1 July	Seven Network	United States	[189]
Cardinal Burns	2013-07-02 !2 July	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	United Kingdom	[190]
Ray Donovan	2013-07-02 !2 July	Showcase	United States	[191]
Twisted	2013-07-09 !9 July	Fox8	United States	[192]
Wanted Life, TheThe Wanted Life	2013-07-09 !9 July	E!	United States	[193]
Bridge, TheThe Bridge	2013-07-11 !11 July	FX	United States	[194]
Broadchurch	2013-07-12 !12 July	ABC1	United Kingdom	[195]
Mankind: The Story of All of Us	2013-07-12 !12 July	History Channel, TheThe History Channel
Bible, TheThe Bible	2013-07-16 !16 July	Nine Network	United States	[196]
Legit	2013-07-25 !25 July	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	United States	[197]
Ripper Street	2013-07-28 !28 July	Network Ten	United Kingdom United States	[198]
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual	2013-08-04 !4 August	Bio.	United States	[199]
Mr. Selfridge	2013-08-05 !5 August	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[200]
Hotel Secrets	2013-08-05 !5 August	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[201]
Brickleberry	2013-08-07 !7 August	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	United States	[202]
Princesses: Long Island	2013-08-07 !7 August	Arena	United States	[203]
Vikings	2013-08-08 !8 August	SBS ONE	United States	[204]
Banshee	2013-08-14 !14 August	Fox8	United States	[205]
Million Dollar Intern	2013-08-25 !25 August	BBC Knowledge	United Kingdom	[206]
City Girl Diaries	2013-08-26 !26 August	Style Network	United States
Low Winter Sun	2013-08-27 !27 August[e]	FX	United States	[207]
Unsupervised	2013-09-04 !4 September	Eleven	United States	[208]
Save with Jamie	2013-09-05 !5 September	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[209]
White Queen, TheThe White Queen	2013-09-05 !5 September	SoHo	United Kingdom	[210]
Hello Ross	2013-09-07 !7 September	E!	United States	[211]
Bethenny	2013-09-10 !10 September	Arena	United States	[212]
In the Flesh	2013-09-10 !10 September	SBS Two	United Kingdom	[213]
Rise of the Continents	2013-09-10 !10 September	ABC1	United Kingdom	[214]
Sleepy Hollow	2013-09-17 !17 September	Network Ten	United States	[215]
Ultimate Airport Dubai	2013-09-17 !17 September	National Geographic Channel		[216]
Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation	2013-09-22 !22 September	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[217]
From Scratch	2013-09-23 !23 September	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[218]
Big School	2013-09-24 !24 September	Nine Network	United Kingdom	[219]
Face, TheThe Face	2013-09-24 !24 September	Fox8	United States	[220]
Neighbors, TheThe Neighbors	2013-09-28 !28 September	Seven Network	United States	[221]
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle	2013-09-28 !28 September	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[173][222]
Classic Car Rescue	2013-09-28 !28 September	7mate	United States	[218]
Inside West Coast Customs	2013-09-28 !28 September	7mate	United States	[218]
Family Tools	2013-09-29 !29 September	Seven Network	United States	[223]
Baby Daddy	2013-09-29 !29 September	Fox8	United States	[224]
Blacklist, TheThe Blacklist	2013-09-30 !30 September	Seven Network	United States	[225]
Mistresses	2013-09-30 !30 September	Seven Network	United States	[226]
Million Dollar Catch	2013-09-30 !30 September	One	New Zealand	[227]
Hello Ladies	2013-09-30 !30 September	Showcase	United Kingdom	[228]
Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost	2013-10-01 !1 October	Discovery Home & Health	United States	[229]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	2013-10-02 !2 October	Seven Network	United States	[230]
Men at Work	2013-10-02 !2 October	Seven Network	United States	[231]
Masters of Sex	2013-10-03 !3 October	SBS ONE	United States	[232]
Deception	2013-10-04 !4 October	7TWO	Ireland	[233]
Doc McStuffins	2013-10-04 !4 October	Disney Channel	United States	[234]
Full Force Nature	2013-10-05 !5 October	7TWO	United States	[235]
Secret Life of Predators	2013-10-06 !6 October	National Geographic Channel	United States	[236]
Q Pootle 5	2013-10-07 !7 October	ABC2	United Kingdom	[237]
Live at the Electric	2013-10-07 !7 October	SBS 2	United Kingdom	[238]
Doozers, TheThe Doozers	2013-10-07 !7 October	Disney Channel	United States	[234]
Hostages	2013-10-02 !9 October[f]	Nine Network	United States	[239]
Political Animals	2013-10-09 !9 October	Nine Network	United States	[240]
Orange Is the New Black	2013-10-09 !9 October	Showcase	United States	[241]
Doomsday Bunkers	2013-10-10 !10 October	7mate	United States	[242]
Liv and Maddie	2013-10-11 !11 October	Disney Channel	United States
Sam & Cat	2013-10-11 !11 October	Nickelodeon	United States	[243][244]
24/7 Wild	2013-10-12 !12 October	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[245]
Sullivan & Son	2013-10-12 !12 October	Nine Network	United States	[246]
North Sea, TheThe North Sea	2013-10-12 !12 October	7mate	United Kingdom	[247]
Super Fun Night	2013-10-15 !15 October	Nine Network	United States	[248]
Pagans and Pilgrims	2013-10-15 !15 October	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[249]
Vinnie Jones: Russia's Toughest	2013-10-15 !15 October	National Geographic Channel	United Kingdom	[250]
God, Guns & Automobiles	2013-10-16 !16 October	A&E	United States	[251]
Real Husbands of Hollywood	2013-10-16 !16 October	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	United States	[252]
Returned, TheThe Returned	2013-10-16 !16 October	Studio	France	[253]
Jamie and Jimmy's Food Fight Club	2013-10-17 !17 October	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[254]
Fall, TheThe Fall	2013-10-19 !19 October	UKTV	United Kingdom	[255]
Sunny Skies	2013-10-20 !20 October	Eleven	New Zealand	[256]
Crazy Ones, TheThe Crazy Ones	2013-10-20 !20 October	Fox8	United States	[224]
Big Angry Fish	2013-10-21 !21 October	One	New Zealand	[112]
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous	2013-10-21 !21 October	MTV	United States	[257]
Hounds	2013-10-24 !24 October	One	New Zealand	[112]
I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding	2013-10-24 !24 October	Arena	United States	[258]
The New Atlanta	2013-10-24 !24 October	Arena	United States	[258]
A Different Breed	2013-10-25 !25 October	ABC2	United Kingdom	[259]
Oprah's Master Class	2013-10-27 !27 October	Discovery Home & Health	United States	[260]
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities	2013-11-03 !3 November	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[261]
Soup Investigates, TheThe Soup Investigates	2013-11-03 !3 November	E!	United States	[262]
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell	2013-11-13 !13 November	Discovery Channel	United States	[263]
Originals, TheThe Originals	2013-11-13 !13 November	GO!	United States	[264]
Secrets of Wild India	2013-11-17 !17 November	Nine Network	United Kingdom	[265]
Hellfjord	2013-11-18 !18 November	SBS ONE	Norway	[266]
Airplane Repo	2013-12-10 !10 December	Discovery Channel	United States	[267]
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud	2013-12-28 !28 December	GO!	New Zealand	[268]
Taste, TheThe Taste	2013-12-29 !29 December	GEM	United States	[269]
Partners	2013-12-30 !30 December	Nine Network	United States	[270]

Telemovies

Domestic telemovie premieres on Australian television in 2013

Telemovie	Original airdate(s)	Network	Ref
Cliffy	2013-05-26 !26 May	ABC1	[64]
I Am You	2013-08-18 !18 August	ABC1	[271]
An Accidental Soldier	2013-09-15 !15 September	ABC1	[272]
Carlotta	2013	ABC1	[273]
Broken Shore, TheThe Broken Shore	2013	ABC1	[274]
Sundowner	TBA	Nine Network	[275]

International telemovie premieres on Australian television in 2013

Telemovie	Original airdate(s)	Network	Country of origin	Ref
Case Sensitive: The Other Half Lives	2013-05-04 !4 May	ABC1	United Kingdom	[276]
Sharknado	2013-07-26 !26 July	Universal Channel	United States	[277]
Teen Beach Movie	2013-08-09 !9 August	Disney Channel	United States	[278]
Killing Kennedy	2013-11-19 !19 November	National Geographic Channel	United States	[279]
Reckless	TBA	Network Ten	United States	[280]
Room on the Broom	TBA	ABC 4 Kids (ABC2)	United Kingdom	[281]

Miniseries

Domestic miniseries premieres on Australian television in 2013

Miniseries	Original airdate(s)	Network	Ref
Top of the Lake	2013-03-24 !24 March	UKTV	[282]
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars	2013-06-02 !2, 9 June	ABC1	[64]
Better Man	2013-07-25 !25 July, 1 August	SBS ONE	[283]
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War	2013-09-08 !8, 15 September	Nine Network	[284]
Gallipoli Story, TheThe Gallipoli Story	TBA	(Foxtel)	[285]
House of Hancock, TheThe House of Hancock	TBA	(Foxtel)	[286]

International miniseries premieres on Australian television in 2013

Miniseries	Original airdate(s)	Network	Country of origin	Ref
Labyrinth	2013-01-27 !27 January, 3 February	SoHo	Germany South Africa	[27]
Hatfields & McCoys	2013-06-01 !1 June	Showcase	United States	[287]
Political Animals	2013-10-09 !9 October	Nine Network	United States	[288]
Secret State	2013-11-23 !23 November	UKTV	United Kingdom	[289]

Documentary specials

Domestic documentary premieres on Australian television in 2013

Documentary	Original airdate(s)	Network	Ref
Dirty Business: How Mining Made Australia	2013-01-06 !6 January	SBS ONE	[290]
Coniston	2013-01-14 !14 January	ABC1	[291]
Train: The Granville Disaster, TheThe Train: The Granville Disaster	2013-01-18 !18 January	History Channel, TheThe History Channel	[27]
ABBA: Bang a Boomerang	2013-01-30 !30 January	ABC1	[292]
Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines	2013-05-26 !26 May	SBS ONE	[293]
Fat and Back	2013-07-22 !22 July	One	[294]
Malcolm Naden: Australia's Most Hunted	2013-09-11 !11 September	Seven Network	[295]
Eric Smith: Not Finished Yet	2013-09-12 !12 September	Studio	[296]
Kakadu	2013-10-06 !6 October	ABC1	[297]
Yagan	2013-10-06 !6 October	ABC1	[298]
The Art of Australia	2013-10-22 !22 October	ABC1	[299]
JFK: The Smoking Gun	2013-11-03 !3 November	SBS ONE	[300]
The Artist's Story: Tina Arena	2013-11-21 !21 November	Max	[301]
Body Line: The Ultimate Test	TBA	TBA	[302]
Canberra Confidential	TBA	ABC1	[303]
Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer	TBA	ABC1	[303]
Life on Us	TBA	SBS ONE	[304]
Once Upon a Time in Carlton	TBA	SBS ONE	[304]
Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl	TBA	SBS ONE	[305]
Our Little Secret	TBA	ABC1	[306]
Race for Beauty	TBA	SBS ONE	[304]
Peter Sculthorpe, A Journey Through My Life	TBA	ABC1	[303]
Sharp End, TheThe Sharp End	TBA	ABC1	[303]
Surgery Ship	TBA	SBS ONE	[305]
War That Changed Us, TheThe War That Changed Us	TBA	ABC1	[307]
Welcome to Puntland	TBA	SBS ONE	[304]

International documentary premieres on Australian television in 2013

Documentary	Original airdate(s)	Network	Country of origin	Ref
Welcome to India	2013-01-02 !2 January	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[308]
Our Queen	2013-05-09 !9, 16 May	ABC1	United Kingdom	[309]
Dear mother, Love Cher	2013-05-12 !12 May	Bio.	United States	[310]
Fighters, TheThe Fighters	2013-05-17 !17, 18 May	CNN International	United States	[311]
The Grammar of Happiness	2013-07-02 !2 July	ABC1	United States	[312]
Agnetha: ABBA and After	2013-07-02 !2 July	Nine Network	United Kingdom	[313]
Abba: When Four Becomes One	2013-09-03 !3 September	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[314]
Abba: Absolute Image	2013-09-10 !10 September	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[315]
Sound City	2013-09-12 !12 September	Max	United States	[316]
The Man with the Biggest Testicles	2013-09-25 !25 September	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[317]
H G Wells: War with the World	2013-09-27 !27 September	History	United Kingdom	[318]
Rihanna 777	2013-09-29 !29 September	Channel [V]	United States	[319]
I'm a Teenage Grandmother	2013-10-10 !10 October	Seven Network	United Kingdom	[320]
Autopsy on a Dream	2013-10-20 !20 October	ABC1	United Kingdom	[321]
David Attenborough: Animal Attraction	2013-10-20 !20 October	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[322]
Crazy About One Direction	2013-10-22 !22 October	GO!	United Kingdom	[323]
Attenborough's Ark	2013-10-27 !27 October	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[322][324]
Giant Otters of the Amazon	TBA	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[325]
Living with Baboons	TBA	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[326]
Operation Iceberg	TBA	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[327]
Snow Babies	TBA	Network Ten	United Kingdom	[328]

Specials

Domestic television special premieres on Australian television in 2013

Television special	Original airdate(s)	Network(s)	Ref
Adam Hills Stands Up Live	2013-01-23 !23 January	ABC1	[142]
Australian of the Year 2013	2013-01-25 !25 January	ABC1	[329]
Australia Celebrates 2013	2013-01-25 !25 January	ABC1	[329]
Australia Day Showdown: You Can Never Be Too Australian, TheThe Australia Day Showdown: You Can Never Be Too Australian	2013-01-26 !26 January	Network Ten	[330]
2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Great Debate	2013-01-27 !27 January	Network Ten	[331]
2nd AACTA Awards 2013	2013-01-30 !30 January	Network Ten	[332]
The Allan Border Medal 2013	2013-02-04 !4 February	GEM	[333]
Shock, Horror, Aunty.	2013-02-06 !6, 13 February	ABC1	[334]
Seven News Special: Drugs in Footy Summit	2013-02-14 !14 February	Seven Network	[335]
Hello. My name is Flume.	2013-02-22 !22 February	Channel [V]	[336]
Future Music Festival 2013	2013-03-16 !16 March	Channel [V]	[337]
2013 MTV Movie Awards	2013-04-15 !15 April	MTV Australia	[338]
People's Forum with Tony Abbott, TheThe People's Forum with Tony Abbott	2013-04-18 !18 April	Sky News Australia	[339]
People's Forum with Julia Gillard, TheThe People's Forum with Julia Gillard	2013-04-22 !22 April	Sky News Australia	[340]
2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Debate	2013-05-11 !11 May	Network Ten	[341]
Biggest Loser's Biggest Ever Makeovers, TheThe Biggest Loser's Biggest Ever Makeovers	2013-06-24 !24 June, 1 July	Network Ten	[342]
Killing Bin Laden: A Ten News Special	2013-06-25 !25 June	Network Ten	[343]
Brendon Burns: So I Suppose This is Offensive Now	2013-07-19 !19 July	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	[344]
Bali: The Dark Side of Paradise	2013-07-21 !21 July	Nine Network	[345]
It's Cabaret	2013-07-22 !22 July	Studio	[346]
Anh Does Britain	2013-07-23 !23, 30 July	Seven Network	[347]
Brendon Burns: Sober Not Clean	2013-07-26 !26 July	Comedy Channel, TheThe Comedy Channel	[344]
2013 Helpmann Awards	2013-07-29 !29 July	Arena	[348]
Shadow of Doubt	2013-07-29 !29 July	Crime & Investigation Network	[349]
Cosentino: The Magic, The Mystery, The Madness	2013-08-27 !27 August	Seven Network	[350]
2013 Deadly Awards	2013-09-15 !15 September	SBS ONE	[351]
Just for Laughs: Aussies in Montreal	2013-09-18 !18 September	Seven Network	[352]
Paul Kelly: Stories of Me	2013-10-27 !27 October	ABC1	[353]
No Laughing Matter	2013-11-01 !1 November	The Comedy Channel	[354]
2013 Walkley Awards	2013-11-28 !28 November	ABC3	[355]
2013 ARIA Awards	2013-12-01 !1 December	GO!	[356]
Sydney New Year's Eve	2013-12-31 !31 December	ABC	Australia	[357]

International television special premieres on Australian television in 2013

Television special	Original airdate(s)	Network(s)	Country of origin	Ref
New Year's Day Concert	2013-01-01 !1 January	SBS ONE	Austria	[358]
70th Golden Globe Awards	2013-01-14 !14 January	Arena	United States	[27]
Just For Laughs: Montreal Comedy Festival Gala 2012	2013-01-20 !20 January	Network Ten	Canada	[359]
19th Screen Actors Guild Awards	2013-01-28 !28 January	TV1	United States	[27]
2013 Billboard Music Awards	2013-02-27 !27 February	SBS ONE	United Kingdom	[360]
Selling Spelling Manor	2013-04-18 !18, 25 April	LifeStyle Home	United States	[361]
Ryan Seacrest with the Kardashians	2013-04-26 !26 April	E!	United States	[362]
Gok Wan: Made in China	2013-05-02 !2 May	LifeStyle You	United Kingdom	[174]
2013 Billboard Music Awards	2013-06-20 !20 May	Channel [V]	United States	[363]
2013 Guys' Choice Awards	2013-06-22 !22 June	FX	United States	[364]
Will & Kate Plus One	2013-07-20 !20 July	CNN	United States	[365]
David Bowie: Five Years in the Making of an Icon	2013-07-24 !24 July	ABC2	United Kingdom	[366]
Doctor Who Revisited	2013-08-18 !18 August	UKTV	United States	[367]
65th Primetime Emmy Awards	2013-09-23 !23 September	Fox8	United States	[368]
Bravest Girl in the World, TheThe Bravest Girl in the World	2013-10-14 !14 October	CNN	United States	[369]
Crazy About One Direction	2013-10-22 !22 October	GO!	United Kingdom	[370]
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union TV Song Festival 2013	2013-11-09 !9 November	SBS 2	Vietnam	[371]

Programming changes

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 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.

Domestic television series which changed network affiliation in 2013

Program	Date	New network	Previous network	Ref
It's Academic	2013-01-01 !1 January	7TWO	Seven Network
Match It	2013-01-01 !1 January	7TWO	Seven Network
Yamba's Playtime	2013-01-01 !1 January	GO!	Nine Network
William & Sparkles' Magical Tales	2013-01-01 !1 January	GO!	Nine Network
Pyramid	2013-01-01 !1 January	GO!	Nine Network
Kitchen Whiz	2013-01-01 !1 January	GO!	Nine Network
Wakkaville	2013-01-05 !5 January	GO!	Nine Network
Pixel Pinkie	2013-01-05 !5 January	GO!	Nine Network
Fast Forward's Funniest Send-Ups	2013-01-31 !31 January	One	Seven Network
Kids' WB	2013-02-16 !16 February	GO![g]	Nine Network	[372]
Reef Doctors	2013-06-29 !29 June	Eleven	Network Ten (Axed after Two Episodes)
Australia's Got Talent	2013-08-11 !11 August	Nine Network	Seven Network	[373]
Wurrawhy	2013-11-04 !4 November	Eleven	Network Ten
Totally Wild	2013-11-04 !4 November	Eleven	Network Ten
Scope	2013-11-07 !7 November	Eleven	Network Ten
Mako: Island of Secrets	2013-11-08 !8 November	Eleven	Network Ten
Paradise Cafe	2013-11-09 !9 November	Eleven	Network Ten
Vicky the Viking	2013-11-09 !9 November	Eleven	Network Ten
H2O: Just Add Water	2013-11-09 !9 November	Eleven	Network Ten

International television series which changed network affiliation in 2013

Program	Date	New network	Previous network	Country of origin	Ref
American Idol	2013-01-17 !17 January	Network Ten	Fox8	United States	[374]
The Looney Tunes Show	2013-07-01 !1 July	Boomerang	Cartoon Network	United States	[375]
Peppa Pig	TBA	CBeebies	Nick Jr.	United Kingdom

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.

Program	Date	Free-to-air network	Subscription network(s)	Country of origin	Ref
Outback Wrangler	2013-01-06 !6 January	One	Nat Geo Wild	Australia	[376]
Mark Berg's Fishing Addiction	2013-01-07 !7 January	One	LifeStyle	Australia	[377]
Hell on Wheels	2013-01-07 !7 January	ABC2	FX	United States	[378]
Extreme Engineering	2013-01-25 !25 January	7mate	Discovery Science	United States	[379]
Monster Jam	2013-01-26 !26 January	One	Speed	United States	[380]
Creative Minds	2013-01-26 !26 January	SBS ONE	Studio	Australia	[379]
Python Hunters	2013-01-28 !28 January	One	Nat Geo Wild	United States	[381]
American Restoration	2013-01-28 !28 January	7mate	A&E	United States	[382]
Auction Hunters	2013-02-05 !5 February	GO!	Discovery	United States	[383]
Aqua Teen Hunger Force	2013-04-01 !1 April	SBS 2	The Comedy Channel	United States
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	2013-06-31 !30 June	Eleven	Nickelodeon	United States
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic	2013-08-04 !4 August	Eleven	Boomerang	United States
Inventions That Shook The World	2013-09-24 !24 September	7TWO	History	United States	[384]
Lost Girl	2013-10-01 !1 October	SBS 2	Sci Fi	Canada	[385]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks	2013-10-03 !3 October	ABC2	BBC UKTV	United Kingdom	[386]
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	2013-10-08 !8 October	Eleven	Arena	United States	[387]
Beyond Survival	2013-10-14 !14 October	SBS 2	Discovery	Canada	[388]
Hardliners	2013-10-21 !21 October	One	A&E	Australia	[389]
The Sarah Silverman Program	2013-10-30 !30 October	SBS 2	The Comedy Channel	United States	[390]
Revolution	2013-11-05 !5 November	Nine Network	Fox8	United States	[391]

Subscription premieres

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.

International television series that premiered on Australian free-to-air television in 2012

Program	Date	Free-to-air network	Subscription network(s)	Country of origin	Ref

Endings

Ending domestic television series on Australian television in 2013

Program	End date	Network	Start date	Ref
The Price Is Right (repeats)	2013-01-10 !10 January	Seven Network	2012-05-07 !07 May
Home and Away (Friday)	2013-03-18 !18 March	Seven Network	1988 !1988
Celebrity Splash!	2013-05-16 !16 May	Seven Network	2013-04-29 !29 April
Nine Afternoon News (local edition)	2013-06-28 !28 June	Nine Network (Perth)	2012	[392]
Packed to the Rafters	2013-07-02 !2 July	Seven Network	2008	[393]
Ten News At Five	2013-09-15 !15 September	Network Ten	21 July 2008
Before the Game	2013-09-27 !27 September	Network Ten	1 March 2003
Dance Academy	2013-09-30 !30 September	ABC3	2010	[394]
The Game Plan (NRL)	2013-10-03 !3 October	One	2011	[395]
Nine News at 7.00	2013-10-25 !25 October[h]	GEM	2013-08-05 !5 August
Inside Business	2013-12-01 !1 December	ABC1	2002	[396]
Deal Or No Deal	2013-11-29 !29 November	Seven Network	13 July 2003	2003

Returning this year

Returning domestic television series on Australian television in 2013

Program	Return date	Network	Original run	Ref
Mole, TheThe Mole	2013-07-02 !2 July	Seven Network	2000–2005	[397]
Talking Footy	2013-08-26 !26 August	Seven Network	1994–2002	[398]

Notes

• ^a The Last Leg was originally scheduled to air on 17 February 2013^[399] before being rescheduled to premiere on 6 February 2013 instead.^[150]
• ^b Arrow was originally scheduled to air on 16 April 2013^[400] before being rescheduled to premiere on 1 May 2013 instead.^[172]
• ^c After being removed from the Nine Network's schedule due to poor ratings, Major Crimes began airing on Nine's digital multichannel GEM from 24 June instead.^[401]
• ^d The pilot episode of Beauty and the Beast originally screened on Network Ten, however—due to poor ratings—subsequent episodes aired on Ten's digital multichannel Eleven instead.^[178]
• ^e Low Winter Sun was originally scheduled to air on 13 August before being rescheduled to premiere on 27 August instead.^[207]
• ^f Hostages was originally scheduled to air on 2 October before being rescheduled to premiere on 9 October instead.^[239]
• ^g Although the Kids' WB block had aired on GO! since the channel's launch in 2009, it had also continued airing episodes on the Nine Network until 31 December 2012. Starting 1 January, the entire children's programming along with Kids' WB began to air solely on GO! due to new fines in the Nine Network Code of Practice.^[372]

References