This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2019, the 64th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.
Overview of the events of 2019 in Australian television
The 2019 Australian Open will air on the Nine Network, after the network purchased the broadcasting rights from the Seven Network, who had held the rights since 1973
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February
Date
Event
Source
10
The official 2019 OzTam television ratings period begins
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18
The Nine Network claims the first week of an official ratings season for the first time since 2009.
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April
Date
Event
Source
14
A two-week suspension in OzTam television ratings begins for the Easter break.
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28
Official OzTam ratings resume after a two-week non-ratings period over Easter.
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June
Date
Event
Source
20
WIN Television axes the Four Regions: Central West, Riverina, Border North East and Wide Bay local news bulletins because of insufficient commercial viability to fund those Regions news operations.
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August
Date
Event
Source
21
After 6 and 12 years off free to air television, it is announced that long running U.S. daytime soaps Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless will return to the Nine Network and resume from 2 September 2019 airing on multichannel 9Gem. With the two soaps returning, this move resumes the 4-decade tradition of daytime soap operas on Australian television and dethrones The Bold and the Beautiful (broadcast on Network 10) as the only U.S. soap opera on free to air television.
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October
Date
Event
Source
18
Seven West Media and Prime Media Group announce they'll Merge to Become Australia's Largest Television Network
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November
Date
Event
Source
30
The last day of the official 2019 OzTam television ratings period
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December
Date
Event
Source
1
The Nine Network wins the ratings season for the first time since 2006, defeating the Seven Network.
Criterion 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 criterion is met. Ended television series which change networks for repeat broadcasts are not included in the list.
List of domestic television series which changed network affiliation
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.
List of international television programs which premiered on free-to-air television for the first time
Program
Date
Free-to-air network
Subscription network(s)
Country of origin
Source
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.
List of domestic television programs which premiered on subscription television for the first time
Program
Date
Free-to-air network
Subscription network(s)
Source
Returning programs
Australian produced programs which are returning with a new season after being absent from television from the previous calendar year.
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^"Nine secures rights to the 2019 Australian Open tennis from Seven". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 June 2018.
^ a b c d"OzTam Survey Calendar 2019" (PDF). OzTam (PDF). Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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^Rigby, Brittney (20 June 2019). "WIN News axes five regional newsrooms across NSW and Qld". Mumbrella. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^Knox, David (21 August 2019). "Days of Our Lives, Young & the Restless returning to Nine". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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^Meade, Amanda (6 May 2019). "Sky News Australia closes its dedicated business channel Your Money". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^"7food to close broadcast on December 28". TV Tonight. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^Wenlei, Ma (22 November 2018). "First trailer drops for Stan's Bloom". News.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^Knox, David (20 October 2018). "7mate orders Aussie Lobster Men". TV Tonight.
^"Black B*tch renamed as Total Control". TV Tonight. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
^"Airdate: Blue Water Empire". TV Tonight. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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^Knox, David (27 May 2019). "10 to mount The Masked Singer". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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^Knox, David (27 September 2018). "The End, new drama for Foxtel". TV Tonight.
^Knox, David (7 August 2018). "Filming wraps on Lambs of God". TV Tonight.
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^"SBS delays Hungry Ghosts to 2020". TV Tonight. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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^Knox, David (21 November 2019). "Nine News Now to rest over summer for Tipping Point". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ a bKnox, David (2 January 2020). "Axed in 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^Knox, David (26 February 2019). "Gone: Changing Rooms". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^Sutton, Ben (9 May 2019). "Channel Nine axes The Footy Show amid poor ratings". afl.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^Kelly, Vivienne (15 March 2019). "Ten replaces Pointless with Celebrity Name Game, fronted by Grant Denyer". Mumbrella. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^Knox, David (2 September 2018). "Axed: Saturday Night Rove". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^"Seven axes current affairs program Sunday Night". NewsComAu. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^Gold Logie winner and TV icon Jimmy Hannan dies at 84
^"One of the Best Humans: Prisoner actress Anne Phelan dies aged 75"