List of Australian television series premieres in 2011
Premieres -- Subscription television
Table:
Program

Network

Debut date

Reference/s

Aussie Strike Force

Nat Geo Wild

11 January

[46]

Stafford Brothers, The The Stafford Brothers

Fox8

21 January

[47][48]

You Have Been Watching You Have Been Watching

The Comedy Channel

17 February

[49][50]

Park Street Park Street

Arena

23 February

[51][52]

Dannii Minogue: Style Queen Dannii Minogue: Style Queen

Fox8

23 February

[51]

Richo Richo

Sky News Australia

23 February

[53]

Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple

The LifeStyle Channel

15 March

[51][54]

Trinny & Susannah’s Australian Makeover Mission Trinny & Susannah’s Australian Makeover Mission

LifeStyle You

4 April

[51][55]

Kalgoorlie Cops Kalgoorlie Cops

Crime & Investigation Network

14 April

[51][56]

Balls of Steel Australia Balls of Steel Australia

The Comedy Channel

19 April

[51][57]

Small Time Gangster Small Time Gangster

Movie Extra

19 April

[51][58]

Tony Robinson Explores Australia Tony Robinson Explores Australia

The History Channel

3 May

[51][59]

Breaking Breaking

MTV Australia

11 August

[51][60]

Slide Slide

Fox8

16 August

[51][61]

Eat Yourself Sexy Australia Eat Yourself Sexy Australia

LifeStyle You

25 August

[51][62]

Rove LA Rove LA

Fox8

19 September

[51][63]

WTF! WTF!

Channel [V]

21 September

[64]

Relocation Relocation Australia Relocation Relocation Australia

The LifeStyle Channel

28 September

[51][65]

Outback Wrangler Outback Wrangler

Nat Geo Wild

4 October

[66]

Planet Cake Planet Cake

LifeStyle Food

2 November

[67]

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National Geographic Wild ( shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW ) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners , a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company ( 73% ) and the National Geographic Society ( 27% ) . The channel primarily focuses on wildlife and natural history non-fiction programming . It is a sister network to National Geographic TV . The channel first launched in Hong Kong on 1 January 2006 . It later launched in the United Kingdom , Turkey , Ireland , Romania , India , Vietnam , and Poland replacing the now defunct Adventure One . The channel remains the world 's first bilingual wildlife service , available in English and Cantonese in the Hong Kong market as well as Tagalog in The Philippines . It launched in Latin America on 1 November 2009 as a high definition channel . In 2010 , it launched in the United States . As of February 2015 , approximately 57,891,000 American households ( 49.7% of households with television ) receive Nat Geo Wild .
The Stafford Brothers is an Australian reality series screened on Fox8 . The series follows the lives of Chris and Matt Stafford of Stafford Brothers , a dance music duo taking on the European scene .
Fox8 ( corporately stylised as FOX8 , alternatively as Fox 8 or FOX 8 ) is an Australian pay television channel available on Foxtel , and Optus Television 's subscription platforms . It is the most watched subscription television channel in Australia ( with or without the timeshift ) and broadcasts the highest rating non-sporting related program or event on subscription television in Australia , Australia 's Next Top Model . A high definition version of the channel , Fox8HD , was launched on the Foxtel and Austar platforms on 15 November 2009 .
You Have Been Watching is a British comedy panel game presented by Charlie Brooker , produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4 and filmed at BBC Television Centre ( pilot and series 2 ) and Riverside Studios ( series 1 ) in London . It first aired on 7 July 2009 , for a weekly eight-episode run . Each week Brooker is accompanied by a panel of three guests . The focus of the quiz is television - before recording , guest panellists watch selected episodes of various television shows . They may then be asked to suggest hypothetical improvements to the format , critically assess it or to answer quiz questions on the content . The title derives from the caption David Croft used to list the cast members in his trademark end credit sequences A second series of the show began on 15 April 2010 . Its final episode , a crime special , was postponed until August due to the Cumbria shootings having taken place that week . The series had a website , YHBW ! TV Club , providing the show with an interactive element . A topic of next week 's show is revealed at the end of each episode so that viewers may watch and submit their own comments . An Australian version of the show written and hosted by comedian Peter Berner , premiered on The Comedy Channel on 17 February 2011 .
The Comedy Channel ( promoted on air as comedy ) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel , and Optus Television .
Arena is an Australian general entertainment cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel , Austar , and Optus Television 's subscription platforms .
Richo is a weekly Australian television news and commentary program , formerly broadcast on Sky News Live . Hosted by Graham Richardson , it premiered on 23 February 2011 , and aired each Wednesday night at 8pm ( originally 7:30pm ) AEST . The series focuses on mainly political topics , featuring interviews and panel discussions , but also includes segments related to business and sport . Richardson described the format as a mix of light-hearted commentary but with all the facts . The program spawned a spin-off titled Richo + Jones , which premiered in February 2014 , in which Richardson co-hosts with Alan Jones . Due to a number of Richardson 's health issues , Richo has been guest hosted by a number of other Sky News presenters . From April 2016 , the program was put on hiatus and temporarily replaced with new format Beattie + Reith due to Richardson being on medical leave from Sky News while undergoing major surgery . In October 2016 , it was announced that Beattie + Reith would join the Sky News lineup permanently on Monday evenings , with the Wednesday timeslot replaced by Credlin & Keneally in November , suggesting Richo will remain on indefinite hiatus . In January 2017 , it was announced Richo will return from 3 February 2017 , airing on Friday nights . The program returned to its original Wednesday timeslot in May 2017 .
Sky News Australia ( branded on air as Sky News Live , and until 18 January 2015 as Sky News National ) is an Australian 24-hour cable and satellite news channel available on the Foxtel and Optus Television subscription platforms . It is also available in New Zealand on Sky Television and Vodafone . Sky News Australia launched at 5pm on 19 February 1996 , as the first Australian-produced television news channel . The channel aired its 50,000th unique newscast on 23 April 1996 at 11am . Sky News was added to Austar on 1 April 2000 . In 2004 , Sky News began broadcasting Sky News Active , its on-demand interactive TV news service . In 2008 , Sky News launched the Sky News Business Channel , and on 20 January 2009 , Sky News launched Australian Public Affairs Channel ( A-PAC ) . It began widescreen broadcasting on 17 May 2009 . Sky News Australia began broadcasting in high definition on 1 December 2015 . A fourth spin-off channel , Sky News Election Channel , was launched on 1 May 2016 . In July 2017 , Sky News became provider of Fox Sports News with a mix of presenters and reporters from both organisations combining for 20 hours of live content per day on channel 500 . While sports updates on Sky News programs are introduced as Fox Sports News Updates .
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 .
Lifestyle You ( stylised as Lifestyle YOU ) was an Australian subscription TV channel . It was a sister channel to Lifestyle , Lifestyle Home and Lifestyle Food . Lifestyle You was home to personal makeovers , hilarious and honest reality , health , wellness , family and relationship programming . In August 2017 , Foxtel announced that Lifestyle You would end in October and that its content would move to Lifestyle and Arena .
Kalgoorlie Cops is an Australian factual television show that looks at the work of the police in Kalgoorlie , Western Australia . This observational documentary series began on the Crime and Investigation Network in 2011 .
Crime + Investigation ( also known as CI ) is an Australian pay television channel which focuses on crime , investigation and mystery programming . It is run by Foxtel Management Pty Ltd and programming and name are licensed to them by A & E Television Networks . The channel shows a variety of shows dealing with criminal investigations . The content is mostly sourced from overseas except for limited original content such as the popular Crime Investigation Australia hosted by Steve Liebmann focusing on infamous Australian crimes . In 2007 , the channel became available in New Zealand on SKY TV , Channel 071
Balls of Steel Australia is an Australian reality comedy television series ( based upon the UK series of the same name ) which is hosted by The Chaser 's Craig Reucassel . The show revolves around comedians who appear and present individual skits where they would perform stunts and hold their nerve during hidden camera set-ups in the presence of the Australian public . The format was acquired , commissioned and developed by The Comedy Channel Group Programming Director Darren Chau who selected Endemol Southern Star to produce it . Balls of Steel Australia premiered on the Australian subscription television channel The Comedy Channel on 19 April 2011 . Ten episodes were produced for the inaugural season . Due to the success of series one , which became The Comedy Channel 's highest ever rating series , a second series was commissioned , and premiered on 31 January 2012 . The show won an Astra Award .
Small Time Gangster is an Australian comedy series produced by Boilermaker-Burberry Entertainment for Movie Extra subscription television channel . It also screened on SBS One in 2013 . The series follows the adventures of Tony Piccolo , a man who works hard to support his wife Cathy and two kids . While they think he 's cleaning carpets , his real profession is as an underworld enforcer , a brutal standover man .
Crave ( formerly The Movie Network ) is a Canadian premium television network owned by Bell Media . Crave 's programming includes theatrically released motion pictures , original and foreign television series , made-for-cable movies and documentaries , and occasional live sports events , stand-up comedy and concert specials . Along with French-language sister service Super Écran , Crave owns exclusive Canadian rights to most original programming from American premium services HBO and Cinemax ( featured on a dedicated HBO multiplex channel within the Crave service ) , as well as Showtime ( on Crave 's other channels ) . Launched in 1983 as the national service First Choice , early difficulties and a subsequent industry restructuring led to its operations being restricted to Eastern Canada from 1984 to 2016 ; it changed its name to The Movie Network ( or TMN ) in 1993 . The service resumed national operations in 2016 , when it replaced the similar Movie Central offering in Western and Northern Canada . In 2018 , the service was rebranded as Crave , and merged its operations with the Bell-owned over-the-top ( OTT ) streaming service of the same name ( which , up until then , was branded as CraveTV ) . With the changes , the pay television version of the service gained access to the on-demand library of the OTT version ( primarily original and acquired television series ) , while the OTT version added a second subscription tier , Movies + HBO - which adds content previously-exclusive to TMN ( such as films and first-run HBO programming ) , and is roughly equivalent to the service sold via linear television providers . As such , the linear service is often sold by TV service providers under the name Crave + Movies + HBO .
History , formerly known as Fox History and The History Channel , is a television channel in Australia and New Zealand , that broadcasts non-fictional programs regarding historical events and persons , as well as various metaphysical , pseudoscientific , and paranormal phenomena - often with observations and explanations by noted historians , scholars , authors , esotericists , astrologers , and Biblical scholars as well as reenactments and interviews with witnesses , and/or families of witnesses . The channel is operated by Foxtel Networks , and the programming and name of the channel is licensed to them by A & E Networks . It started out as Fox History in 1996 , and changed its name to The History Channel in November 1998 . The channel used share its frequency with Fox Kids until December 2000 , when it got its own 24-hour channel . On 3 November 2014 , History launched a high-definition feed .
MTV is a 24-hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand . It is operated by parent company ViacomCBS International Media Networks headquartered in London with a local office in Sydney .
Slide ( styled as SLiDE ) is an Australian teen drama series which premiered on the Fox8 subscription television channel and aired from 16 August to 18 October 2011 . The series follows the lives and exploits of five teenagers making their way into adulthood in the city of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . FOX8 confirmed in February 2012 a second season was not commissioned . The series is multi platform and encourages the viewer to view extra content online via apps and social networking such as Facebook and Twitter . Webisodes of events that take place before and after each episodes - titled Before and After Bits - are also available on the show 's official YouTube account . The series is the second multi-platform scripted series on Australian television , after the ABC 's Fat Cow Motel in 2004 . On 16 August 2012 , the show premiered on the American cable network TeenNick .
Rove LA is an Australian television comedy talk show which debuted on Fox8 on 19 September 2011 . The show is hosted by Rove McManus and is set in Los Angeles . The show is presented in a similar fashion to McManus ' previous talk show Rove , featuring comedy segments and interviews with celebrity guests . The show was picked up for a two-year run on the Fox8 subscription channel . Season 3 did not air in 2013 , but producers speculated that there may be a season 3 possibly later on .
Channel V Australia , stylized as Channel [ V ] , was an Australian subscription television music channel that is available on Foxtel , Optus TV and Austar satellite and cable services . It was also previously available in New Zealand on TelstraSaturn 's cable TV service in Wellington , Kapiti and Christchurch , until a channel shake-up occurred under new owners TelstraClear in 2002 . Channel [ V ] was targeted at the youth market , and played both mainstream and alternative music from local and international artists . Although it used the name Channel [ V ] in Australia , it was also associated with the international affiliates and used the name under the license of News Corporation via STAR TV prior to April 2006 . Previously called Red , Channel [ V ] commenced broadcasting in April 1995 on the now defunct Galaxy service . The name change to Channel [ V ] came about after owners XYZ Entertainment ( now xyznetworks ) and Channel [ V ] International came to agreement over naming rights in March 1997 . The first Channel Manager of Channel [ V ] was ex Network TEN Video Hits Producer Donna Andrews . After the successful launch , ex radio man Barry Chapman took over . In 2004 , the launch of Foxtel Digital and other digital cable and satellite services , saw a second [ V ] branded channel begin broadcasting called V Hits ( formerly Club [ V ] ) , which is a 24-hour music channel that focuses more on music without TV shows . Channel [ V ] closed on 25 March 2016 , replaced with a two-hour timeshift channel of [ V ] Hits . Starting from 27 February 2016 , [ V ] saw programming changes , which included the end of all programs which involved VJs and other personnel . This was followed by the relaunch of [ V ] Hits as the main music clip channel , featuring only music videos and countdowns .
Relocation Relocation Australia is an Australian lifestyle television series that first aired on The LifeStyle Channel on 28 September 2011 . It is hosted by Bryce Holdaway and Veronica Morgan .
Outback Wrangler is an Australian factual television series . It follows the work of helicopter pilot and animal catcher , Matt Wright and his adventurous life in various parts of the Australian outback . The first season of four episodes was first broadcast in 2011 on National Geographic , then repeated on 9Go ! in 2016 and the Nine Network in 2017 . The second season was launched in November 2015 and into 2016 . The third season is currently in hits screen globally at the end of 2017 and into 2018 . Outback Wrangler has been seen in over 90 countries .
National Geographic Wild ( shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW ) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners , a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company ( 73% ) and the National Geographic Society ( 27% ) . The channel primarily focuses on wildlife and natural history non-fiction programming . It is a sister network to National Geographic TV . The channel first launched in Hong Kong on 1 January 2006 . It later launched in the United Kingdom , Turkey , Ireland , Romania , India , Vietnam , and Poland replacing the now defunct Adventure One . The channel remains the world 's first bilingual wildlife service , available in English and Cantonese in the Hong Kong market as well as Tagalog in The Philippines . It launched in Latin America on 1 November 2009 as a high definition channel . In 2010 , it launched in the United States . As of February 2015 , approximately 57,891,000 American households ( 49.7% of households with television ) receive Nat Geo Wild .
Planet Cake is a reality television series that follows the daily operations of one of Australia 's most renowned cake businesses under the tight rein of Paris Cutler , known to her eclectic team of designers and decorators as The Cake Queen . Paris Cutler gave up her career in the corporate world and bought Planet Cake in 2003 as an existing small store with only one staff member ; she had a dream to put decorated cakes on the map both in Australia and globally and over the next 12 years made Planet Cake an internationally recognised brand . Planet Cake has created over 12000 couture cakes , including cakes for A-list celebrities such as Nicole Kidman , Celine Dion , Rihanna , Katy Perry , Keith Urban , John Travolta and Lady Gaga to name a few , as well as for television and many magazines . They have also created a host of stunt cakes , the most famous being a realistic replica of the Sydney Opera House for Australia Day 2011 , which weighed over 1.3 tons and required 32 cake decorators to make . In 2012 , Paris along with the Planet Cake team had their own TV show Planet Cake hosted by Foxtel 's Lifestyle Food network ; the show became one of the networks highest rating shows for the year and has now been shown in over 30 countries around the world . As a result , Planet Cake was awarded an Astra Award for Best Lifestyle Program in 2012 . Paris has written four books Planet Cake a Guide for Beginners , Planet Cake Cupcakes , Planet Cake Celebrate and Planet Cake Kids all published by Murdoch Books and now translated into 7 different languages . The Planet Cake School was launched in 2004 and now has the title of being Australias largest cake decorating school . They teach in eight locations in NSW , Australia and they also run classes in Doha , Qatar . Planet Cake have a unique curriculum which is continually updated and improved upon and their education program has trained over 6000 students as well as educating many cake decorators who now operate their own businesses and have become well known in their own right .
Lifestyle Food ( stylised as Lifestyle FOOD ) is an Australian pay-TV food channel , solely dedicated to food , wine and restaurant society . The channel is a subsidiary of Lifestyle , which runs 24 hours a day on the Foxtel . On 19 September 2016 , Lifestyle refreshed its look which included a new logo .