Australia's Perfect Couple was an Australian reality television series which aired on the Nine Network. The series was hosted by Jules Lund, and premiered on 22 July 2009 at 7:30 pm. The series ran for six episodes,
You Saved My Life is an Australian factual television series that screened on the Nine Network in 2009. It was hosted by Tara Brown.
You Saved My Life follows the stories of people who have been rescued in an emergency situation and reunited with their rescuers. It has a similar premise to the successful Seven Network factual television series Triple Zero Heroes.
Here's Humphrey is an Australian children's television series first aired on Monday 24 May 1965 on the Nine Network. It featured a character known as Humphrey B. Bear. In the early days Humphrey was known as Bear Bear and was named Humphrey B. Bear as the result of an on-air competition. Here's Humphrey has become one of the most successful programs for pre-schoolers in Australia.
New Faces was an Australian talent show that preceded the British show of the same name, produced at GTV-9 Melbourne. The program began in 1963 under the name Kevin Dennis Auditions, sponsored by Kevin Dennis Motors, running on Saturday mornings. The program name soon changed to Kevin Dennis New Faces, and later simply New Faces, becoming a Sunday night prime time show.
Originally hosted by Frank Wilson from 1963 to 1976, and then by Bert Newton from 1976 to 1985, the show featured two serious judges, such as Geoff Brooke, Rod McLennan and Tim Evans. Contestants would compete in heats, with the winners competing in finals. Many of its contestants later became famous, including Daryl Somers, Paul Hogan, The Hawking Brothers, Col Elliott and Julia Morris.
This Afternoon was a short-lived Australian news and current affairs television program that was broadcast by the Nine Network. It was produced by the network and broadcast live from 4.30pm to 5.30pm weekdays for two-and-half weeks in mid-2009.
The show focused on news, sport, weather and entertainment and featured current affairs reports & interviews. The program was presented by Andrew Daddo, radio presenter & journalist Katrina Blowers and news presenter Mark Ferguson. Nine News reporters from around the country and overseas provided reports on news and entertainment.
On 15 July 2009, the Nine Network axed This Afternoon only just 12 editions due to poor ratings. With the demise of This Afternoon, Nine reinstated Nine Afternoon News, followed by Antiques Roadshow at 5.00pm and Hot Seat at 5.30pm. As a result, Nine News had Mark Ferguson as national presenter until left the Nine Network on 25 September 2009 to join the Seven Network.
The Eggs is an Australian children's animated television program that first screened on the Nine Network in 2004. There are 52 episodes of 12 minutes duration. Two episodes are usually screened together in a half hour timeslot.
The Eggs was produced by Tony Byrne and Brendan Byrne.
Australia Unites: Reach Out To Asia was a telethon held in Australia on 8 January 2005. The telethon raised money for World Vision, as a part of the humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was telecast on the three commercial television networks. It was the first time all three television networks produced a telethon as a unit. It was also simulcast on the Triple M network, Mix 94.5 Perth, ARN, and Nova stations.
It was held in two locations:
⁕The telethon was held at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne, where the main call centre was also located. This portion was presented by Seven's Andrew O'Keefe, Nine's Eddie McGuire, Ten's Rove McManus, with Nine's Catriona Rowntree and Ten's Peter Helliar reporting from the call centre and celebrity green room.
⁕A concert with some of Australia's leading performers held on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House. This portion was presented by Seven's Melissa Doyle and David Koch and Nine's Larry Emdur, with Nine's Richard Wilkins and Ten's Gret
Search and Rescue is an Australian observational documentary series that is now airing on the Nine Network on 7 May 2008.
Search and Rescue follows the search and rescue operations of several different Victoria Police divisions, such as the Victoria Police Air-Wing and Victoria Police Diving Squad.
Extra was a nightly tabloid local current affairs programme, broadcast on Nine Network Queensland. Heather Foord was the last host of the program. A weekend version also aired on a Saturday afternoon named Weekend Extra hosted by Melissa Downes.
My Kid's a Star is an Australian reality/talent show program based on the American series I Know My Kid's a Star. Hosted by Cameron Daddo, it started airing during prime time on the Nine Network from 9 April 2008 in a 60 minute format. Due to low ratings, it later moved to a weekend timeslot, where it aired in a 30 minute format.
The show follows 10 child performers and their parents on a six week talent boot camp that will see one of the performers leave with $50,000 and the title of "child star". The young performers will be judged by a three member panel which includes former The Partridge Family actor Danny Bonaduce, who also appeared in the original American version.
The show has raised some controversy for focusing on the antics of the stage parents rather than the young performers, and promos of the show prominently featured this aspect of the program. Some of the parents of the contestants have claimed that Nine misled them over the content of the show.
Going Places was an Australian television series broadcast by the Nine Network in late 2007. It consisted of 8 half-hour-long episodes.
Australian actor Sue McIntosh narrates the series, while her husband, John McIntosh, produces.
The Gift is an Australian observational documentary series that aired on the Nine Network at 9:30 pm, Thursdays. It is narrated by 60 Minutes journalist Tara Brown.
The Gift explores the stories and importance of organ donation in Australia. A second series will begin airing at 9:00pm Wednesdays from 12 August 2009, following RPA.
The Graham Kennedy Show was an Australian talk show that debuted on 19 September 1972, on the Nine Network.
On 23 December 1969, host Graham Kennedy has quit as host of In Melbourne Tonight, exhausted, and rested for two years. In spite of his fame and fortune, he later described that period as "years of misery". After a special on 2 March 1972, he returned with this series.
Kennedy sparked controversy after a "crow-call", which sounded highly reminiscent of the word fuck, was broadcast in March 1975. Forced to pre-record from that point on, he abruptly departed following GTV-9 censorship of the 16 April 1975 edition.
Postcards Australia and Postcards are Australian holiday and travel television series. The shows are produced by WIN Television and Channel 9 Adelaide. Several versions of the show are broadcast throughout the country, with some versions localised for particular states.
StarStruck was an Australian talent show that was broadcast on the Nine Network between the years 2000 and 2002. The show was originally hosted by Jo Beth Taylor, who was replaced by Jay Laga'aia after the first series.
The show resembled other talent shows such as New Faces in that it featured a number of musical acts who were rated by a panel of judges.
All the Way was an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network in 1988.
The series was set in the 1960s; first episode took place on the date of the John F. Kennedy assassination. The series examined the life of an Australian family during the decade of LBJ, the Vietnam War, civil rights activism, and The Beatles, linked by three sisters.
A young Dannii Minogue was featured in the cast. All the Way started out as a six-part mini-series before being extended to an ongoing series. It failed to catch on with audiences and was cancelled after 32 episodes.