2010 in Australian television
Programming changes -- Subscription premieres
Table:
Program

Subscription network

Free-to-air network

Date

Around the World in 80 Gardens Around the World in 80 Gardens[65]

BBC Knowledge

ABC1

5 January

Top Dogs: Adventures In War, Sea and Ice Top Dogs: Adventures In War, Sea and Ice

BBC Knowledge

SBS One

6 January

Casper's Scare School Casper's Scare School

Cartoon Network

ABC1

25 January

Moving Wallpaper[66]

UKTV

ABC2[67]

29 January

Echo Beach Echo Beach[66]

UKTV

ABC2[67]

29 January

Ashes to Ashes Ashes to Ashes[29][68]

UKTV

ABC1[69]

10 February

World's Strictest Parents[70]

The LifeStyle Channel

Seven Network

16 February

Mistresses

UK.TV

Seven Network

25 February

In Plain Sight[71]

13th Street

Network Ten

12 March

Stanley Kubrick's Boxes Stanley Kubrick's Boxes[72]

Bio.

ABC2

16 March

Big Love Big Love[73]

showcase

SBS One

25 March

Eli Stone Eli Stone[74]

Arena

Seven Network

5 May

Life Life[75]

13th Street

Network Ten

7 May

George Gently[76]

UKTV

ABC1

16 May

Dirty Sexy Money Dirty Sexy Money[77]

Universal Channel

Seven Network

6 July

Keeping Up With The Kardashians Keeping Up with the Kardashians[78]

E!

Seven Network

10 August

Lilies Lilies[65]

BBC Knowledge

ABC1

Still to debut

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Around the World in 80 Gardens is a television series of 10 programmes in which British gardener and broadcaster Monty Don visits 80 of the world 's most celebrated gardens . The series was filmed over a period of 18 months and was first broadcast on BBC Two at 9.00pm on successive Sundays from 27 January to 30 March 2008 . A book based on the series was also published . The title of the series was a reference to Jules Verne 's novel Around the World in Eighty Days and is a spiritual successor to Dan Cruickshank 's earlier television series , Around the World in 80 Treasures , first broadcast in 2005 .
BBC Knowledge was a British television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 1 June 1999 , broadcasting documentary , cultural and educational programmes . It was shut down on 2 March 2002 , and was replaced by BBC Four .
ABC ( formerly known as The ABC National Television Service or ABC-TV from 1956 until 2008 , and as ABC1 from 2008 until 2014 ) is a national public television network in Australia . Launched on 5 November 1956 it is the responsibility of the ABC 's television division , and is available nationally . The ABC 's headquarters is in Ultimo , an inner-city suburb of Sydney , New South Wales .
SBS is a national public television network in Australia . Launched on 24 October 1980 , it is the responsibility of SBS 's television division , and is available nationally . In 2018 , SBS had a 7.9% audience share .
Casper 's Scare School is a French-American animated series based on the computer animated film of the same name featuring the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost . The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2009 , and a second season aired in 2012 with a new opening sequence , a new voice cast and a slightly different CGI animation style .
Cartoon Network is an Australian pay television television channel created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming . It was launched on 3 October 1995 .
Moving Wallpaper is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit . It ran on ITV for two series in 2008-2009 . The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called Echo Beach , each episode of which aired directly after the Moving Wallpaper episode about its production . The second series shifted to the production of a zombie show called Renaissance . Ben Miller confirmed in May 2009 on his Twitter account that no further series will be made . The title , Moving Wallpaper , is a disparaging term applied to uninspiring television series , or to television in general , referring to the perception that modern television viewers are mindless absorbers of images , as if staring at wallpaper .
BBC UKTV is an Australian pay television channel in Australia and New Zealand , screening British entertainment programming , sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC , RTL Group ( mainly Talkback Thames material ) and ITV plc . The channel was originally a joint venture with Foxtel ( 60% ownership ) , the RTL Group ( 20% ownership ) and BBC Worldwide ( 20% ownership ) . It is now owned solely by BBC Studios . It is the home of the channel 's flagship programme The Graham Norton Show .
ABC Comedy is an Australian free-to-air television channel that was launched on 7 March 2005 as ABC2 ; it is owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . The channel broadcasts a range of comedy supplemented with repeats of popular ABC TV programmes . Between the hours of 5am and 7.30pm daily the channel 's bandwidth is used for the ABC Kids channel for young children . It was announced by the ABC that on 4 December 2017 , ABC2 would be rebranded as ABC Comedy , ending the use of the ABC2 name after 12 years .
Echo Beach is a British soap opera that aired on ITV in 2008 . Set in the fictional Cornish coastal town of Polnarren , it ran for twelve episodes from 10 January to 21 March 2008 . The show was created by Tony Jordan and produced by Kudos for ITV .
Ashes to Ashes is a British crime drama and police procedural drama television series , serving as the sequel to Life on Mars . The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008 . A second series began broadcasting in April 2009 . A third and final series was broadcast from 2 April to 21 May 2010 on BBC One and BBC HD .
The World 's Strictest Parents ( or World 's Strictest Parents ) is an international television franchise reality series developed by Twenty Twenty with its original broadcast in Britain by BBC Three . The success of the program led to many overseas versions being created including in the Americas ( broadcast by CMT ) ( part of MTV Networks ) the CMT episodes frequently rebroadcasting on MTV . There are also many other international foreign versions ( listed below ) including an Australian version , a New Zealand version , and a German ( German language ) -version titled Die strengsten Eltern der Welt ( The Strictest Parents of the World ) . As well other locales to have locally produced adaptations include Scandinavia , Turkey , and Poland . The series won an International Emmy Award for best Non-Scripted Entertainment . The concept is that two unruly teenagers are sent to live with a strict host family either locally or abroad for a week in an attempt to change their attitudes , outlooks , and behaviours in general . During the week they receive an impact letter from their real parents with a list of issues they should try to resolve . Since 2013 , the official YouTube channel has been uploading small snippet clips from many of the episodes , largely the UK , US and Australian broadcasts : however , these snippets , in some cases , were just whole episodes broken into smaller notable highlights of an episode . As of 2019 , this has been extended to entire episodes , starting with the UK version and then moving to the Australian version . These episodes , in some cases , are not complete re-uploads of the broadcast : for example , the rundown of the teens at the beginning has been cut in some cases , depending on the teens who were broadcast in the episode . In addition , some censorship has been done , notably with family names . The censorship has taken the form of either blurring of the surname ( if included ) or names being bleeped in the audio tracks .
Lifestyle ( formerly known as The LifeStyle Channel ) is an Australian television channel . The channel launched on 1 September 1997 . The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests . Its programming covers topics including food and wine , home and garden , real estate , shopping , leisure , travel and real life drama . Every Friday , articles , videos , etc. , are published with new content and information regarded these topics . Lifestyle has three subsidiary channels : Lifestyle Food , a channel dedicated to food and cooking , Lifestyle You , which is dedicated to fashion , health , makeover and wellbeing and Lifestyle Home which is dedicated to DIY and garden advice . Lifestyle also broadcasts other programs ranging from food , wine , home design , gardening , leisure , travel , and real life drama On 1 March 2011 a HD simulcast of Lifestyle launched on Austar and Foxtel on channel 216 . On 19 September 2016 , Lifestyle refreshed its look which included a new logo .
The Seven Network ( commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven ) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network . It is owned by Seven West Media Limited , and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia . Channel Seven 's head office is in Sydney . As of 2019 , the Seven Network is the second-highest rated television network and primary channel in Australia , behind the Nine Network and ahead of Network 10 , the ABC and SBS . The Seven Network is the broadcaster of popular franchises and programs , including the AFL , the Cricket , the Olympics , Sunrise , My Kitchen Rules , Big Brother Australia , The Chase Australia , Australia 's Got Talent , House Rules , Home and Away , Better Homes & Gardens and Seven News . In 2011 the Seven Network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers . Seven is the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001 . As of 2014 , it is the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach .
Mistresses is a British serial drama television programme that follows the lives of four female friends and their involvement in an array of illicit and complex relationships . The programme was written by Rachel Pole , Richard Warlow , Harriet Braun and Catrin Clarke and filmed in Bristol by Ecosse Films for BBC Drama , Wales . The first series was broadcast on BBC One from 8 January to 12 February 2008 in a six-episode run . A second series of six episodes aired from 17 February to 24 March 2009 . Mistresses returned for a third and final series comprising four episodes on 5 August 2010 .
In Plain Sight is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the USA Network on June 1 , 2008 . The series revolves around Mary Shannon ( Mary McCormack ) , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque , NM , office of the Federal Witness Security Program ( WITSEC ) , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program . Shannon must find ways to balance her professional life of protecting witnesses , her professional relationship with her work partner , US Marshal Marshall Mann , and her problematic personal life . The show was filmed on location in Albuquerque , New Mexico . On May 4 , 2012 , In Plain Sight concluded with its fifth season .
13th Street was an Australian television channel which specialised in airing action and suspense programmes . The channel was owned by NBC Universal and was launched on 15 November 2009 as part of Foxtel 's Next Generation launch . It launched on Fetch TV in 2017 as part of Fetch TV 's channel pack revamp . 13th Street in Australia is owned by the same company that operates 13th Street in other countries . It is the first 13th Street in the world to use the brand new logo that was launched by Universal Networks International in October 2009 at MIPCOM On 3 November 2014 , 13th Street launched a HD simulcast on Foxtel . In addition , it moved from channel 113 to channel 118 and 13th Street + 2 moved from channel 163 to channel 160 . It launched on channel 110 on the IPTV service Fetch TV in 2017 . It ceased broadcasting on 31 December 2019 , alongside sister channel Syfy . It was replaced by Fox Sleuth .
Network 10 ( commonly known as Channel 10 or simply 10 ) is an Australian commercial television network . One of five national free-to-air networks , 10 's owned-and-operated stations can be found in the state capital cities of Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth , while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country . The network is owned by Ten Network Holdings , which in-turn is owned by ViacomCBS . As of 2019 , Network 10 is the third rated television network and primary channel in Australia , behind the Nine Network , the Seven Network ahead of the ABC and SBS .
Stanley Kubrick 's Boxes is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jon Ronson about the film director Stanley Kubrick . Ronson 's intent was not to create a biography of the filmmaker but rather to understand Kubrick by studying the director 's vast personal collection of memorabilia related to his feature films . The documentary came about in 1998 when Ronson received a request from Kubrick 's estate for a copy of a documentary Ronson made about the Holocaust ( Ronson was unaware that it was Kubrick who was asking for the film until months later ) . A year later , as Ronson was making plans to conduct a rare interview with the director , Kubrick suddenly died after completing work on his final film Eyes Wide Shut ( 1999 ) . To his surprise , Ronson was invited to Kubrick 's house by his widow . When he arrived , he found that half the house was filled by more than one thousand boxes containing snap shots , newspaper clippings , film out-takes , notes , and fan letters which the director used for research towards each of his films .
Bio ( stylised as bio. , formerly The Biography Channel ) was an Australian general entertainment channel available on Australia 's Foxtel , Austar and Optus Television pay television services . In 2014 , the channel rebranded with a new on-air look , logo and programming . In addition , the channel moved from channel 117 to channel 133 . On 1 November 2015 , the channel closed , ceasing transmission at 4am , with selected titles moved to other Foxtel-owned channels .
Big Love is an American television drama series that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011 . It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah who practises polygamy , with Jeanne Tripplehorn , Chloë Sevigny , and Ginnifer Goodwin portraying his wives . The series charts the family 's life in and out of the public sphere in their Salt Lake City suburb , as well as their associations with a fundamentalist compound in the area . It features key supporting performances from Amanda Seyfried , Grace Zabriskie , Daveigh Chase , Matt Ross , Mary Kay Place , Bruce Dern , Melora Walters , and Harry Dean Stanton . The series premiered in the United States on March 12 , 2006 , following the sixth-season premiere of the HBO series The Sopranos . Big Love was a success for HBO , running for five seasons before concluding its run on March 20 , 2011 . Big Love received widespread critical acclaim , and earned several major awards and nominations throughout its run . The third season was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series , and the first three were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama . For acting , Chloë Sevigny won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in the series ' third season , and Bill Paxton was nominated three times for his leading role . At the Emmys , Ellen Burstyn , Bruce Dern , Mary Kay Place , and Sissy Spacek were all nominated for their recurring roles , while the series ' creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television : Episodic Drama . The series has been the subject of articles in academic journals , including the Columbia Law Review , Law and Contemporary Problems , and Michigan Journal of Gender & Law . Several publications listed the series 's first three seasons as among the best television of the decade 2000-09 , and its final season ranked among the best-reviewed scripted series of 2011 .
Showtime Movie Channels was an Australian pay-TV movie service , available on the Foxtel , Optus and Austar TV platforms . The service consisted of five original channels ( showtime premiere , showcase , showtime action , showtime comedy , showtime drama ) , three HD simulcasts ( showtime premiere HD , showcase HD , showtime action HD ) and two timeshift channels ( showtime two , showcase two ) . It was owned and operated by the Premium Movie Partnership ( PMP ) , a joint venture in which Sony Pictures Entertainment , NBCUniversal , Viacom , News Corporation and Liberty Global had equal shares . Foxtel took over managing and producing the Showtime channels as of 31 October 2012 , with it purchasing assets of the PMP . On 9 December 2012 , it was announced that Movie Network and Showtime ( with the exception of Showcase ) would be replaced with a new line-up of Foxtel branded movie channels to be named Foxtel Movies The main competitor to Showtime is Movie Network Channels .
Eli Stone is an American legal comedy-drama television series , named for its title character . The series was created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim , who also served as executive producers alongside Ken Olin who directed the pilot , with Melissa Berman producing . The series originally aired on ABC from January 31 , 2008 to July 11 , 2009 , for two seasons . The series follows Stone ( Jonny Lee Miller ) , a San Francisco lawyer who begins to have hallucinations ( such as a George Michael soundtrack that only he can hear and getting dive-bombed by a World War I biplane on a busy San Francisco street ) which leads him to two possible conclusions : a potentially fatal brain aneurysm , or the chance that something greater is at work . His visions lead him to accept cases with little monetary gain but a lot of moral goodness ; Stone also predicts an earthquake that hits San Francisco . Other such events occur throughout the course of the series , but the series was cancelled before reaching a coherent conclusion . The series has been met with generally favorable reviews from critics , and both seasons have been released on DVD .
Arena is an Australian general entertainment cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel , Austar , and Optus Television 's subscription platforms .
Life is an American crime drama television series created by Rand Ravich that aired for two seasons on NBC . It was produced by Universal Media Studios under the supervision of executive producers Rand Ravich , Far Shariat , David Semel , and Daniel Sackheim . Semel also directed the pilot . The series stars Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews , a detective released from prison after serving twelve years for a crime he did not commit . Life premiered on September 26 , 2007 , on NBC and aired on Wednesday nights at 10 ET . On May 4 , 2009 , NBC announced its cancellation , a month after the final episode had been aired . The series was later made available for streaming through Hulu and Netflix .
Inspector George Gently ( also known as George Gently for the pilot and first series ) is a British television crime drama series produced by Company Pictures for BBC One , set in the 1960s and loosely based on some of the Inspector Gently novels written by Alan Hunter . The series stars Martin Shaw as the eponymous Inspector and Lee Ingleby as Detective Sergeant John Bacchus , with Simon Hubbard and Lisa McGrillis in supporting roles as police constables in the fictitious North East Constabulary . The series moved the setting of the stories to North East England , centring on Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland and County Durham , as opposed to the Norfolk setting in the books . The death penalty is still in effect in Britain as the series begins , and it is used as a plot feature in some early episodes . The abolition of the death penalty in 1965 is noted in the series . The earliest episodes are set in 1964 with the eighth series taking place in 1970 . After fair ratings for the first three series , the BBC secured funding from the North East Content Fund to produce further episodes . The fourth series was filmed between January and June 2011 , and was broadcast that autumn . On 26 March 2012 the BBC announced that four new feature-length episodes were being produced to be shown later the same year . The fifth series ended on a dramatic cliffhanger , with the fate of both leading characters uncertain . However , in September 2012 , the lead writer , Peter Flannery , confirmed that a sixth series , consisting of four episodes , had been commissioned . The sixth series was shown in February 2014 .
Dirty Sexy Money is an American prime time drama series created by Craig Wright . It ran on ABC from September 26 , 2007 , to August 8 , 2009 . The series was produced by ABC Studios , Bad Hat Harry Productions , Berlanti Television and Gross Entertainment . Wright served as an executive producer alongside Greg Berlanti , Bryan Singer , Matthew Gross , Peter Horton , and Josh Reims , with Melissa Berman producing . The series revolves around lawyer and family man Nick George , portrayed by Peter Krause . When Nick 's father mysteriously dies in a plane crash , he agrees to take his position as the Darling family 's lawyer , while trying to discover who committed the murder . The Darlings , the richest family in New York , constantly rely on Nick to solve their problems . Nick struggles to balance his morals and family life while dealing with the demands of the Darlings .
Universal TV ( formerly Hallmark Channel and Universal Channel ) is an Australian cable and satellite television channel , owned and operated by Universal Networks International . It has been available on most subscription television platforms in Australia since 1998 .
Keeping Up with the Kardashians ( often abbreviated KUWTK ) is an American reality television series that airs on the E ! cable network . The show focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian-Jenner blended family . Its premise originated with Ryan Seacrest , who also serves as an executive producer . The series debuted on October 14 , 2007 , and has subsequently become one of the longest-running reality television series in the country . The seventeenth season premiered on September 8 , 2019 . The eighteenth season will premier on March 29 , 2020 . The series focuses mainly on sisters Kourtney , Kim , and Khloé Kardashian and their half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner . It also features their parents Kris and Caitlyn Jenner , and brother Rob Kardashian . The significant others of the Kardashian sisters have also appeared on the show , including Kourtney 's ex-boyfriend Scott Disick , Kim 's ex-husband Kris Humphries , and current husband Kanye West , Khloé 's ex-husband Lamar Odom , ex-boyfriend French Montana , and ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson along with Rob 's ex-girlfriend Adrienne Bailon and ex-fiancé Blac Chyna . Caitlyn 's son Brody Jenner made a cameo in season 1 , before appearing regularly between the 8th and 11th seasons , along with brother Brandon and Brandon 's wife Leah . Kim 's friend Jonathan Cheban and Khloé 's friend Malika Haqq have also been part of the show .
E ! ( an initialism for Entertainment Television ) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal , a subsidiary of Comcast . As of January 2016 , E ! is available to 92.4 million households in the United States .
Lilies is a British period-drama television series , written by Heidi Thomas , which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One . The show 's tagline was Liverpool , 1920 . Three girls on the edge of womanhood , a world on the brink of change . Despite high ratings of 4.5-5 million viewers and being The Sunday Times Pick of the Week for eight weeks in a row , Lilies was not recommissioned for a second series .