This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that were scheduled to occur in 2024, the 69th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.
Events January Date Event Source 1 The ABC's coverage of the annual midnight Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks is watched by 1,140,000 viewers. 5 Seven News cameraman Paul Walker celebrates his forty-year anniversary with the network, in the ATN Sydney newsroom. 8 WIN News presenter Jared Constable begins his role as the network's sport presenter. 14 Alicia Loxley and Tom Steinfort present their first weeknight Nine News Melbourne bulletin from the Melbourne Park for the 2024 Australian Open. On the same day, the Nine News Sydney and Melbourne news bulletins refresh its on-air graphics. It is announced that Colin Fassnidge would be joining Better Homes and Gardens beginning 2 February 2024, replacing Ed Halmagyi. He continues to host My Kitchen Rules. The second series of the ABC TV series Muster Dogs premieres, which is again narrated by Lisa Millar. 17 CNN International Asia Pacific returns to Fetch TV, as part of a contract extension deal with Warner Bros. Discovery. On the same day, as part of a deal with Paramount Global, MTV 90s, MTV 00s and MTV 80s launch on Fetch TV. 19 Tracy Grimshaw's new television series is revealed at a Nine Entertainment event in Melbourne, to be titled Do You Want to Live Forever? and featuring Dr Nick Coatsworth. At the event, it is also announced that Nine News reporters Dimity Clancey and Adam Hegarty will join 60 Minutes on 4 February 2024, when the show returns. The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics opening ceremony from Gangwon airs on 9Go!, beginning Nine's Olympic and Paralympic Games coverage. 22 Sky News Australia launches a new streaming app, costing AU$5 per month. 24 Andrew O'Keefe, the former host of Deal or No Deal, The Chase Australia and Weekend Sunrise, is found guilty of common assault, common assault occasioning actual bodily harm, breaching an AVO and drug possession after assaulting his former partner during an argument in 2021. 7plus joins Foxtel, on the iQ4 and iQ5 Foxtel boxes, hence Foxtel has all free-to-air streaming apps. The Foxtel iQ3 will add 7plus at a later date. Seven News announces that Samantha Heathwood would replace Katrina Blowers as the Brisbane weekend news presenter from 3 February. Blowers shares presenting duties on Seven Afternoon News with Heathwood and is a reporter. 28 The 2024 Australian Open men's final between Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner reaches 4,767,000 viewers, as a result of changes to the OzTAM rating system. 29 The Chase Australia launches its double chaser format, named Double Trouble. The first edition of 10 News First: Afternoon goes to air on Network 10. The show is presented by Narelda Jacobs. The Australian version of Tipping Point, hosted by Todd Woodbridge, debuts on the Nine Network. Deal or No Deal is revived by Network 10, hosted by Grant Denyer. The ninth season of Australian Idol debuts on the Seven Network. Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia debuts on Network 10. The eleventh season of Married at First Sight debuts on the Nine Network. Nine News Melbourne airs a photoshopped image of Victorian state MP Georgie Purcell which appears to enlarge her breasts and expose her midriff. After Purcell accuses Nine of sexism, they issued an apology blaming automation from Photoshop during resizing.
February Date Event Source 2 A collaboration between BBC Studios/Ludo Studio and Australian hardware chain Bunnings is officially launched, which sees six Bunnings stores temporarily rebranded to "Hammerbarn", in homage to a 2020 Bluey episode of the same name. Better Homes and Gardens returns to the Seven Network for its thirtieth season. 4 Insiders returns to ABC TV. The first guest for 2024 is Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. 8 Seven West Media announces that The Latest: Seven News will move production to Seven's Perth headquarters in March, resulting in Michael Usher departing from the program. 10 Sky News Australia announces that The Rita Panahi Show is expanding from Fridays to Monday–Thursday, following the moving of Piers Morgan Uncensored to YouTube. 16 The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ombudsman clears Indigenous Affairs editor Bridget Brennan of breaching impartiality standards during a live cross to News Breakfast on Australia Day in which she used the phrase "always was and always will be Aboriginal land", which prompted 25 complaints. 18 Former Totally Wild and Studio 10 reporter and Gamify host Jesse Baird and his partner Luke Davies disappear. A 28-year-old New South Wales police officer, who Baird previously dated, is subsequently charged with their murders. 19 An episode of ABC TV's Four Corners attracts attention after Woolworths Group CEO Brad Banducci attempts to have comments he made about former Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chair Rod Sims edited out, before momentarily walking away when Angus Grigg, an ABC reporter, refused. 20 It is announced that the Nine Network signed a 5 year deal worth up to $50 million, with the Victoria Racing Club and Tabcorp, in order for Nine to broadcast the Melbourne Cup until 2029. 21 Foxtel announces its new $99 set top box Hubbl. The set-top-box integrates both free-to-air and pay television services. 26 The first episode of The Chase Australia featuring new chaser Brandon Blackwell, nicknamed "The Lightning Bolt", airs at 5:00 pm on Channel 7. 29 Kayo Sports starts to provide 4K content. The Kayo Basic plan increases its price from AU$30 to AU$35.
March Date Event Source 1 Foxtel announces that its set-top-box Hubbl will be on sale and be advertised from 10 March 2024. Its Hubbl Glass TV will cost AU$1595 and will feature hands-free voice control and six speakers with Dolby Atmos surround sound. 2 The Seven Network announces Simon Cohen, Rosie Morley and Lana Taylor as the judges on its upcoming home renovation reality program Dream Home, hosted by Chris Brown. 4 Network 10 airs the 9,000th episode of Neighbours. 5 Seven West Media confirms that The Latest: Seven News will begin broadcasting from Perth on 18 March 2024, with Tim McMillan presenting, replacing Michael Usher and Angela Cox. To make room for the changes, the program will not air from 11–14 March 2024. 8 Network 10 reboots Ready Steady Cook as a weekly Friday evening series, hosted by chef Miguel Maestre. 14 Warren Tredrea, former sports presenter at Nine News, loses an unfair dismissal complaint against the news service. Tredrea claimed he had been dismissed in January 2022 due to his refusal to adhere to the Nine Network's COVID-19 vaccination policy, requiring all employees to be fully-vaccinated. However, the Federal Court accepted the network's assertions that Tredrea was dismissed due to his performance within his role. 15 After thirteen years, Darren Wick departs his role as Director of News and Current Affairs at Nine News. It is announced that the Nine Network has delivered its best-ever rating results for the first quarter of 2024. 19 HR manager Feras Basal wins Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels, becoming the first Arab Australian to win the reality series. 22 Brooke Boney announces her departure from Today and the Nine Network in order to study at the University of Oxford. She will leave the network soon after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Seven Early News presenter Jodie Speers announces her departure from the Seven Network after fifteen years. She is succeeded by Edwina Bartholomew. 24 The tenth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! premieres on Network 10. This season is hosted by Julia Morris and new co-host Robert Irwin. Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines is taken to hospital after collapsing in her dressing room prior to the show going to air. 25 The finale of the ninth season of Australian Idol airs on the Seven Network, which is won by Dylan Wright who beats out Amy Reeves and Denvah Baker-Moller. 27 It is announced that coverage of the 2024 international cricket season will be available for the first time on 7plus, in addition to being broadcast on the Seven Network. Due to the passing of the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Television) Bill 2024, it is announced that Channel 44 and C31 Melbourne and Geelong will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. 30 Seven News Queensland presenter Rosanna Natoli announces that she will resign from the network, having won the election to become the new Mayor of the Sunshine Coast.
April Date Event Source 2 Pizza creator Paul Fenech responds to accusations of fatphobia by Rebel Wilson, who recalls her time playing the character of Toula in her new memoir. Fenech describes Wilson's claims as "hurtful" and "disgusting", while describing her as "ungrateful". 5 Emma Watkins is announced as the new host of the third season of ABC Me's Teenage Boss, named Teenage Boss: Next Level, succeeding mathematician and teacher Eddie Woo. 8 The first episode of The Chase Australia featuring new chaser David Poltorak, nicknamed "The Professor", airs at 5:00 pm on the Seven Network. A spokesperson at Seven West Media confirms that longtime Sunrise executive producer Michael Pell has departed the company. 9 Virginia Trioli returns to TV, with the debut of Creative Types with Virginia Trioli on ABC TV. 12 Chris Uhlmann announces that he has joined Sky News Australia as a political contributor, having previously worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Nine Network. He will be a regular contributor to the Credlin program, every Tuesday night. 14 A special 28-minute long episode of Bluey, titled "The Sign", airs on ABC Kids at 8:00am. 15 Bruce Lehrmann loses the civil defamation case he brought against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson in the Federal Court, with Justice Michael Lee finding on the balance of probabilities that Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019. 18 Seven West Media CEO James Warburton departs the company and the Seven Network. 19 Neighbours is nominated for Best Daytime Drama Series at the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards. Guy Pearce is also nominated for Best Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series for his portrayal of Mike Young. 20 Hosted by Stephen Fry and filmed in London, the first episode of the reboot of Jeopardy! Australia airs on the Nine Network. 21 Social media influencer Skye Wheatley wins the tenth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on Network 10. Dancer and Studio 10 presenter Tristan MacManus is runner-up. 22 The sixteenth season of MasterChef Australia premieres on Network 10, with new judges Sofia Levin, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Poh Ling Yeow joining returning judge Andy Allen for the new season. 24 Sophie Hood and Troy Benjamin win the first season of Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars on the Nine Network, with a $250,000 cash prize. 26 A Sydney university student reaches a confidential settlement with the Seven Network after he was wrongly named as the Bondi Junction stabbing attacker by presenter Matt Shirvington on Weekend Sunrise the morning after the attacks. 29 The life's work of Mr. Squiggle creator Norman Hetherington is entrusted to the National Museum of Australia. Craig McPherson departs Seven News and therefore Seven West Media. As a result, Anthony De Ceglie is appointed as the director of Seven News, starting the following day on 30 April 2024.
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