# 2014 in Australian television

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This is a synoptic list of events and premieres which occurred, in 2014 in Australian television, the 59th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.

## Events

* 1 January – Foxtel launches two new subscription channels Syfy and TV Hits, which replace SF and TV1 respectively.
* 31 January – Chris Bath presents her final bulletin for Seven News after deciding to stand down and concentrate on her full-time Sunday Night role. Mark Ferguson replaced her the following Monday (3 February).
* 2 February – The Nine Network's GO! channel unveils a new logo, on-air package and demographic (women 20–40), with a revamped timetable with Kids WB, dropping reality TV catch-up programming which they now air on the Network's primary channel only.
* 13 March – Foxtel launches Presto, an online streaming service allowing subscribers to access content available on Foxtel Movies separate from a full Foxtel subscription.
* 20 March – Showcase wins the Channel of the Year award at the 2014 ASTRA Awards.
* 10 April – Two new subscription channels—Disney XD and Foxtel Movies Disney—launch on the Foxtel platform.
* 6 July – Adam Dovile and Lisa Lamond win the second series of House Rules and New Zealand animated kids show The Barefoot Bandits premieres on Eleven with the voices of Josh Thomson (The Project) as Fridge, Laura Daniel (Jono and Ben) as Riley and Tammy Davis (Outrageous Fortune) as Tane.
* 17 July - John Walton dies (aged 62). Actor of stage, television and film, he was best known as Dr. Craig Rothwell in The Young Doctors.
* 20 July – The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reverts its flagship ABC1 television channel to its former ABC name.
* 21 July – Anja Nissen wins the third season of The Voice.
* 3 August – BBC Worldwide is set to launch a new premium drama and comedy subscription channel known as BBC First which will be available on the Foxtel platform.
* 13 August – Meyne Wyatt becomes the first Indigenous Australian actor in Neighbours' 29-year history to have a leading role when he makes his debut in the soap as Nate Kinski.
* 18 August – The Nine Network secures film rights to revive Paramount Pictures along with DreamWorks, taking them from Network Ten after cost-cutting measures.
* 17 September – Johann Wagner wins the first season of The Recruit and was drafted as a rookie to the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
* 28 September – Australia Network is shut down to be replaced by a similar 24-hour television and online service known as Australia Plus Television.
* 1 October – The Antenna Awards are returning to Australian community TV stations.
* 18 November – The Abbott government reduces ABC's annual budget by A$50m, or roughly 5%.
* 21 November – Network Ten revives the Sony Pictures output deal. Erin Brockovich was the first film to air on TEN.
* 25 November – AFL player David Rodan and his partner Melanie Hooper win the fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.
* 26 November – Ryan Ginns wins the eleventh and final series of Big Brother.
* 1 December – Network Ten revives the Universal Pictures output deal. Bird on a Wire was the first film to air, but screened on ONE.
* 1 December – The Seven Network wins the ratings year for the eighth consecutive time topping total people, primary channels, reality (My Kitchen Rules, House Rules & The X Factor), breakfast (Sunrise), weekend breakfast (Weekend Sunrise), morning television (The Morning Show), advertisement breaks, news updates, movies, Sport (AFL, Tennis & Melbourne Cup) and suitable only for people over 55, while Nine wins all three demos.
* 7 December - The Seven Network broadcasts Supercars Championship for the final-ever time, before handing the television rights to Fox Sports and Network Ten.

### Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Broadcast notability |
| 14 February | James Condon | 90 | Actor, scriptwriter and voice artist who appeared in numerous radio and television series, including The Story of Peter Gray and Number 96, he was the husband of Neighbours star Anne Haddy |
| 22 February | Charlotte Dawson | 47 | Television personality and hostess best known for her role as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model. |
| 26 April | Joan Bruce | 86 | British-born Australian actress of stage and screen, best known for soap opera Certain Women and voice artist in animated film Dot and the Kangaroo. |
| 30 April | Ian Ross | 73, | Television newsreader best known for his roles on Today and Seven News in Sydney. |
| 8 May | Harry Potter | 72 | Journalist with Network Ten from 1978 to 2010. |
| 27 June | Ian Cook | 68 | News director. |
| 24 July | Pete Michell | 43 | Television presenter for Seven Adelaide. |
| 1 August | Michael Johns | 35 | Singer and reality television participant, who competed in the seventh season of American Idol. |
| 17 September | Elaine Lee | 74 | South African-born Australian actress best known for soap opera Number 96 as Vera Collins |
| 24 October | Mike Dorsey | 83 | British-born Australian actor known for Number 96 as Reginald "Daddy" McDonald and The Young Doctorsas Sir Clifford Langley and was also a music tour promotor. |
| 31 December | Coralie Condon | 99 | Actress, writer, producer, composer and presenter based in Perth and known as "The First Lady of Western Australian Television" |

## Premieres
### Domestic series

List of domestic television series premieres :
| Program | Original airdate | Network |
| Darren Robertson's Charcoal Kitchen | 2 January | LifeStyle Food |
| Get Ace | 19 January | Eleven |
| Meet the Frockers | 23 January | LifeStyle You |
| Coastwatch Oz | 30 January | Seven Network |
| Hello Birdy | 1 February | ABC |
| Haunting: Australia | 3 February | Syfy |
| Hoopla Doopla! | 10 February | ABC 4 Kids (ABC2) |
| Young, Lazy and Driving Us Crazy | 13 February | Seven Network |
| Love Child | 17 February | Nine Network |
| Move It | 17 February | GO! |
| Fat Tony & Co. | 23 February | Nine Network |
| The Real Housewives of Melbourne | 23 February | Arena |
| Inside Story | 26 February | Nine Network |
| Janet King | 27 February | ABC |
| Secrets & Lies | 3 March | Network Ten |
| Lost with the Boys | 6 March | Tenplay (online) |
| Plonk | 11 March | Eleven |
| The Face Australia | 18 March | Fox8 |
| The Tipping Points | 23 March | NITV |
| The Pits | 6 April | Network Ten |
| Wacky World Beaters | 6 April | ABC3 |
| The Gods of Wheat Street | 12 April | ABC |
| Crimes that Shook Australia | 16 April | Crime & Investigation Network |
| Worst Year of My Life, Again | 26 April | ABC3 |
| Jonah from Tonga | 2 May (online streaming) 7 May | ABC iview ABC |
| The Flamin' Thongs | 9 May | ABC3 |
| Unplanned America | 12 May | SBS 2 |
| Bogan Hunters | 13 May | 7mate |
| When Loves Comes to Town | 20 May | Nine Network |
| Old School | 23 May | ABC |
| ManSpace | 26 May | GO! |
| What Really Happens in Bali | 27 May | Seven Network |
| Taking on the Chocolate Frog | 2 June | Studio |
| The Voice Kids | 22 June | Nine Network |
| The Skinner Boys: Guardians of the Lost Secrets | 6 July | GO! |
| Kinne | 8 July | 7mate |
| The Call of the Wallaby | 15 July | Fox Sports 1 |
| The Recruit | 16 July | Fox8 |
| Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures | 20 July | Eleven |
| Village Vets Australia | 24 July | The LifeStyle Channel |
| Wild Australia | 5 August | Nat Geo Wild |
| The Dreamhouse | 7 August | ABC |
| Back Seat Drivers | 12 August | ABC2 |
| Bringing Sexy Back | 12 August | Seven Network |
| Utopia | 13 August | ABC |
| The War That Changed Us | 19 August | ABC |
| Living with the Enemy | 3 September | SBS |
| Blue Zoo | 8 September | ABC3 |
| Crash Test Mummies & Daddies | 10 September | ABC2 |
| Keneally and Cameron | 19 September | Sky News Australia |
| SellOut | 22 September | 7TWO |
| Gold Coast Cops | 29 September | Network Ten |
| The Thursday Night Sport Show | 2 October | One |
| Party Tricks | 6 October | Network Ten |
| Fashion Bloggers | 15 October | Style Network |
| The Big Adventure | 19 October | Seven Network |
| The Embassy | 19 October | Nine Network |
| Outback Rangers | 1 November | Nat Geo Wild |
| Black Comedy | 5 November | ABC |

### International series

List of international television series premieres :
| Program | Original airdate | Network | Country of origin |
| Bad Education | 2 January | ABC2 | United Kingdom |
| The Moaning of Life | 2 January | ABC | United Kingdom |
| Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova | 5 January | Eleven | Japan |
| Falcón | 9 January | SBS | United Kingdom |
| Beware the Batman | 10 January | GO! | United States |
| True Detective | 13 January | Showcase | United States |
| Orphan Black | 14 January | SBS 2 | Canada |
| Agent Anna | 15 January | 7TWO | New Zealand |
| The Michael J. Fox Show | 15 January | Universal | United States |
| Gok's Summer Catwalk | 16 January | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom |
| Helix | 16 January | Fox8 | United States |
| Looking | 20 January | Showcase | United States |
| Robocar Poli | 20 January | GO! | Korea |
| Pound Puppies (2010) | 20 January | Eleven | United States |
| Nashville | 22 January | SoHo | United States |
| Vicious | 27 January | 7TWO | United Kingdom |
| Rabbids Invasion | 28 January | Nickelodeon | United States France |
| Tricked | 2 February | Seven Network | United Kingdom |
| Steven Universe | 3 February | Cartoon Network | United States |
| Rectify | 6 February | SBS | United States |
| Grojband | 10 February | ABC3 | Canada |
| Klovn | 17 February | SBS | Denmark |
| Star-Crossed | 18 February | Fox8 | United States |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 18 February | The Comedy Channel | United States |
| Cuckoo | 19 February | The Comedy Channel | United Kingdom |
| Sheriff Callie's Wild West | 15 March | Disney Junior | United States Canada |
| King of the Nerds | 23 March | Eleven | United States |
| Resurrection | 25 March | Seven Network | United States |
| The Tomorrow People | 3 April | Fox8 | United States |
| Bill's Kitchen: Notting Hill | 7 April | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom |
| I Didn't Do It | 7 April | Disney Channel | United States |
| King & Maxwell | 8 April | SoHo | United States |
| Mom | 9 April | Nine Network | United States |
| Hugh's Scandimania | 10 April | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom |
| Mighty Med | 11 April | Disney XD | United States |
| Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | 13 April | Disney XD | United States |
| Intelligence | 23 April | Seven Network | United States |
| The Millers | 27 April | Network Ten | United States |
| Fargo | 1 May | SBS | United States |
| Grandma's Boy | 5 May | Nat Geo People | |
| Katie Morag | 5 May | CBeebies | United Kingdom |
| Locomotion: Dan Snow's Railways | 5 May | History | United Kingdom |
| Tainted Love | 5 May | Bio. | United States |
| The Thundermans | 5 May | Nickelodeon | United States |
| The Tom and Jerry Show | 5 May | Cartoon Network | United States |
| Uncle Grandpa | 5 May | Cartoon Network | United States |
| West End Salvage | 5 May | LifeStyle Home | United States |
| Blonde vs Bear | 6 May | Animal Planet | United States |
| Building Wild | 6 May | National Geographic Channel | United States |
| Hook It, Cook It | 6 May | Nat Geo People | United Kingdom |
| A Season at the Juilliard School | 7 May | Studio | United States |
| House of Food | 7 May | MTV | United States |
| The Legacy | 7 May | Studio | Denmark |
| Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day | 7 May | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom |
| Paul Hollywood's Bread | 7 May | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom |
| Southern Fried Homicide | 7 May | Discovery Channel | United States |
| Tickle | 7 May | Discovery Channel | United States |
| Valentine Warner's Wild Table | 7 May | Nat Geo People | United Kingdom |
| American Jungle | 8 May | A&E | United States |
| Genius of Invention | 8 May | BBC Knowledge | United Kingdom |
| Petrol Age | 8 May | Discovery Turbo Max | United Kingdom |
| War Hero in My Family | 9 May | History | United Kingdom |
| 24: Live Another Day | 12 May | Network Ten | United States |
| Dads | 18 May | Eleven | United States |
| Enlisted | 18 May | Eleven | United States |
| The Night Shift | 29 May | Universal | United States |
| The Goldbergs | 5 June | Seven Network | United States |
| Wander Over Yonder | 9 June | Disney XD | United States |
| The Tunnel | 15 June | ABC | United Kingdom France |
| Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... | 26 June | Seven Network | United Kingdom |
| From Dusk till Dawn | 1 July | SBS 2 | United States |
| Extant | 13 July | Network Ten | United States |
| Rachel Allen's Cake Diary | 13 July | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom |
| Rake | 16 July | Universal | United States |
| Sex Box | 18 July | SBS 2 | United Kingdom |
| Broad City | 23 July | The Comedy Channel | United States |
| Devious Maids | 24 July | Universal | United States |
| Duck Quacks Don't Echo | 26 July | SBS | United Kingdom |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 28 July | SBS | United States |
| The Strain | 30 July | Fox8 | United States |
| Heston's Great British Food | 31 July | SBS | United Kingdom |
| The Amazing World of Gumball | 3 August | GO! | United States United Kingdom Ireland |
| The Musketeers | 3 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Every Witch Way | 4 August | Nickelodeon | United States |
| Witches of East End | 4 August | Eleven | United States |
| Breathless | 5 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Reign | 5 August | Fox8 | United States |
| Crisis | 5 August | ONE | United States |
| The Fear | 6 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Peaky Blinders | 7 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents | 7 August | ABC2 | United Kingdom |
| Blandings | 8 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Hunderby | 8 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| The Village | 9 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| James May's Cars of the People | 11 August | BBC Knowledge | United Kingdom |
| To Catch a Smuggler | 12 August | Nine Network | United States |
| Outlander | 14 August | SoHo | United States |
| Reggie Yates's Extreme South Africa | 20 August | ABC2 | United Kingdom |
| Shetland | 20 August | BBC First | Scotland |
| The British | 22 August | SBS | United Kingdom |
| Girl Meets World | 25 August | Disney Channel | United States |
| Prisoners' Wives | 25 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Black Sails | 26 August | Showcase | United States |
| Frisky Business | 29 August | SBS 2 | United Kingdom |
| The Sixties | 31 August | SBS | United States |
| The 100 | 4 September | Fox8 | United States |
| Hidden Kingdoms | 8 September | Network Ten | United Kingdom |
| Friends with Better Lives | 9 September | Eleven | United States |
| A Young Doctor's Notebook | 14 September | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Faking It | 15 September | MTV | United States |
| Packages from Planet X | 15 September | Disney XD | United States Canada |
| Wanda and the Alien | 15 September | Nick Jr. | United Kingdom |
| Gracepoint | 3 October | MTV | United States |
| Star Wars Rebels | 3 October | Disney XD | United States |
| NCIS: New Orleans | 12 October | Network Ten | United States |
| Avengers Assemble | 12 October | Disney XD | United States |
| Gotham | 12 October | Nine Network | United States |
| Wallykazam | 13 October | Nick Jr. | United States |
| Breadwinners | 1 November | Nickelodeon | United States |
| Penny Dreadful | 6 November | Showcase | United States United Kingdom |
| Henry Hugglemonster | 20 November | 7mate | United States United Kingdom Ireland |
| The 7D | 1 December | Disney XD | United States |
| The Flash | 3 December | Fox8 | United States |
| The Librarians | 9 December | Universal Channel | United States |
| The Great British Sewing Bee | 15 December | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom |
| Hardcore Pawn: Behind the Deal | 15 December | A&E | United States |
| Made in Chelsea: New York | 15 December | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom |
| Alaskan Women Looking For Love | 16 December | TLC | United States |
| Chrome Underground | 16 December | Discovery Turbo MAX | United States |
| Misfit Garage | 16 December | Discovery Turbo MAX | United States |
| Cordon | 17 December | Studio | Belgium |
| Epic Ink | 17 December | A&E | United States |
| To Catch a Killer | 17 December | CI | Canada |
| My Crazy Obsession | 18 December | LifeStyle You | United States |
| BritCam | 19 December | CI | United Kingdom |
| The Pool Master | 20 December | Discovery Channel | United States |
| Tornado Alley | 21 December | Discovery Science | United States |
| Ready for Love | 27 December | Seven Network | United States |
| Hey Duggee | 2014 | ABC2 | United Kingdom |
| Almost Human | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States |
| Dead Boss | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| How to Live with Your Parents | Un­known | Eleven | United States |
| Jimmy's Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner | Un­known | The LifeStyle Channel | United Kingdom |
| Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas | Un­known | Arena | United States |
| The Mysteries of Laura | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States |
| Ravenswood | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States |
| Stalker | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States |
| Troy | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Nine Network | United States |
| Tyrant | Scheduled for 2014 but did not air | Network Ten | United States |

### Telemovies and miniseries

List of domestic telemovie and miniseries premieres :
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network |
| The Broken Shore | 2 February | ABC |
| INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | 9 and 16 February | Seven Network |
| Schapelle | 9 February | Nine Network |
| The Killing Field | 4 May | Seven Network |
| Westbrook | 28 August 4 September | CI |
| Devil's Playground | 9 September | Showcase |
List of international telemovie and miniseries premieres :
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network | Country of origin |
| Bonnie & Clyde | 21 and 28 June | SoHo | United States |
| Sharknado 2: The Second One | 31 July | Syfy | United States |
| Burton & Taylor | 3 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| The Politician's Husband | 4, 11 and 18 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| The Ice Cream Girls | 25 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Love Life | 25 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Zapped | 27 September | Disney Channel | United States |
| Lucky Duck | 15 November | Disney Junior | United States |
| Over the Garden Wall | 15 December | Cartoon Network | United States |

### Documentaries

List of domestic television documentary premieres :
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network |
| Life at 9 | 29 July 5 August | ABC |
| How Australia Changed the World | 21 December | Discovery Channel |
| 88 | 2014 | ABC |
| The Flying Miners | 2014 | ABC |
| Outback Choir | 2014 | ABC |
| The Waler: Australia's Great War Horse | 2014 | ABC |
| Who We Are 3 | 2014 | (Foxtel) |
| Wizards of Oz | 2014 | ABC |
List of international television documentary premieres :
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network | Country of origin |
| Green Day's Broadway Idiot | 5 May | Max | United States |
| Downloaded | 17 July | SBS 2 | United States |
| Smash His Camera | 13 August | Bio. | United States |
| The Rugby Player | 20 August | ABC2 | United States |
| The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood | 25 August | History | United Kingdom |
| The Man Behind the Throne | 25 August | Studio | Sweden |
| Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life | 29 August | BBC First | United Kingdom |
| Dive WWII | 15 December | History | United Kingdom |
| Love For Sale with Rupert Everett | 15 December | Studio | United Kingdom |
| Cavedigger | 16 December | Studio | United States |
| The Children's Odyssey | 16 December | History | Germany |
| Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | 17 December | Bio. | United States |
| Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier | 17 December | History | United Kingdom |
| Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid | 19 December | History | Germany |

### Specials

List of domestic television special premieres :
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network(s) |
| A Night with Roger Federer | 8 January | Seven Network |
| This Is My Australia | 17 January | Network Ten |
| Tim Minchin: So Live | 24 January | The Comedy Channel |
| 3rd AACTA Awards | 30 January | Network Ten |
| 56th TV Week Logie Awards | 27 April | Nine Network |
| E. J. Whitten Legends Game | 1 July | Nine Network |
| Ian Thorpe: The Parkinson Interview | 13 July | Network Ten |
| 50 Years Young | 3 August | Network Ten |
| Farewell Simply Red | 16 August | Smooth |
| Target: Style the Nation | 30 September | Seven Network |
| The 2014 Antenna Awards | 1 October | TVS Sydney C31 Melbourne 31 Digital Brisbane 44 Adelaide WTV Perth |
| E! Host Australia Search | 2 October | E! |
| 2014 ARIA Awards | 26 November | Network Ten Eleven |
| Apex Teenage Fashion Awards | 21 December | Aurora |
| Pink: Live in Concert | 31 December | Nine Network |
List of international television special premieres :
| Program | Original airdate(s) | Network(s) | Country of origin |
| A Grammy Salute to The Beatles | 23 February | Arena Fox8 Max | United States |
| Still Open All Hours | 25 April | ABC | United Kingdom |
| The Year in Pup Culture | 5 May | Animal Planet | United States |
| 2014 MTV Video Music Awards | 25 August | MTV | United States |
| Tom Kerridge Cooks Christmas | 17 December | LifeStyle Food | United Kingdom |
| Lorraine Pascale: Fostering & Me | 18 December | LifeStyle You | United Kingdom |
| Barra MacNeils' Cape Breton Christmas | 20 December | Studio | Canada |

## Programming changes
### Changes to network affiliation

Criterion 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 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 :
| Program | Date | New network | Previous network |
| Lotto Draws | 1 January | GO! (NSW only) | Nine Network (NSW Only) |
| Oz Lotto Draws | 1 January | 7TWO | Seven Network |
| Powerball Draws | 1 January | 7TWO | Seven Network |
| Gold Lotto Draws | 1 January | 7TWO (Queensland only) | Seven Network (Queensland only) |
| Tattslotto Draws | 1 January | 7TWO (Victoria, South Australia & Tasmania only) | Seven Network (Victoria, South Australia & Tasmania only) |
| ABC 4 Kids block programming | 3 February | ABC 4 Kids | ABC |
| Hi-5 House | 24 February | Eleven | Nine Network |
| 'ABC Education programming | 21 July | ABC3 | ABC |
| Behind The News | 22 July | ABC3 | ABC |
List of international television programs which changed network affiliation :
| Program | Date | New network | Previous network | Country of origin |
| Days of Our Lives | 1 April | Arena | Nine Network | United States |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | 14 April | GO! | Network Ten | Japan |
| The Americans | 1 May | SoHo | FX | United States |
| Absolutely Fabulous | 1 June | GEM | ABC | |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | 1 July | GEM | ABC | |
| Midsomer Murders | 1 July | GEM | ABC | |
| Horrid Henry | 4 August | Cartoon Network | Boomerang | United Kingdom |
| The Fall | Un­known | BBC First | UKTV | Northern Ireland |
| The Tom and Jerry Show | 1 September | Boomerang | Cartoon Network | United States |
| Fairly Odd Parents | 2 September | Eleven | ABC | United States |
| Heartbeat | 8 September | GEM | 7TWO | United Kingdom |

### 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.
List of international television programs which first aired on subscription television :
| Program | Date | Free-to-air network | Subscription network(s) | Country of origin |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 24 March | ABC2 | The Comedy Channel | United States |
| Arrow | 3 May | Nine Network | Fox8 | United States |
| New Tricks | 2014 | Nine Network GEM ABC | BBC First | United Kingdom |

### Returning programs

List of returning domestic television series :
| Program | Return date | Network | Original run |
| Spicks and Specks | 5 February | ABC | 2005–2011 |
| So You Think You Can Dance Australia | 9 February | Network Ten | 2008–2010 |
| Family Feud | 14 July | Network Ten ONE Eleven | 1977–2006 (intermittently) |
| Antenna Awards | 1 October | C31 Melbourne | 2004–2010 |

### Endings

List of domestic television series endings :
| Program | End date | Network | Start date |
| Today Tonight | 31 January | Seven Network | 1995 |
| Ten Eyewitness News Early | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 |
| Wake Up | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 |
| Ten Eyewitness News Update | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 |
| Ten Eyewitness News Morning | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 |
| Ten Eyewitness News Late | 23 May | Network Ten | 2013 |
| A Place to Call Home | 13 July | Seven Network | 2013 |
| The Contrarians | 12 September | Sky News Australia | Unknown |
| Big Brother | 26 November | Nine Network | 2001 (Ten) 2012 (Nine) |
| At the Movies | 9 December | ABC | 2004 |