2010 in Australian television
Programming changes -- Free-to-air premieres
Table:
Program

Free-to-air network

Subscription network

Date

Colbert Report, The The Colbert Report[40][41][42]

ABC2

The Comedy Channel

5 January

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King[43]

GO!

Movie Extra

6 January

Seven Ages of Rock Seven Ages of Rock[36][44]

ABC1

BBC Knowledge

7 January

Children of Earth Children of Earth[36]

ABC2

UK.TV and BBC HD

8 January

I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story[45]

Nine Network

UK.TV

17 January

Breaking Bad Breaking Bad[40][46]

ABC2

showcase

22 January

Why Ancient Egypt Fell Why Ancient Egypt Fell[47]

ABC1

Discovery Channel

26 January

Durham County Durham County[48]

ABC2

showcase[49]

2 February

James May's Big Ideas James May's Big Ideas[39][50][51]

SBS One

BBC Knowledge

5 February

I'm From Rolling Stone[52]

ABC2

MTV[53]

15 February

The Neanderthal Code[54]

ABC1

National Geographic Channel

25 February and 4 March

Sanctuary Sanctuary[40][55]

ABC2

Sci-Fi Channel

1 March

Saving Grace Saving Grace[56]

Network Ten

showcase

2 March

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens[57][58]

ABC2

Movie Extra

2 May

Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles Pokémon DP: Galactic Battles

Network Ten

Cartoon Network

16 December

Benidorm Benidorm[59][60]

7Two

UK.TV

Still to debut

Hung Hung[61][62]

7Two

showcase

Still to debut

City, The The City[63]

Go!

MTV

Still to debut

Considering the table as well as the context paragraphs provided at the end.

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The Colbert Report ( /koʊlˈbɛər rɪˌpɔːr/ kohl-BAIR rih-por ) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17 , 2005 , to December 18 , 2014 , for 1,447 episodes . The show focused on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert , played by his real-life namesake . The character , described by Colbert as a well-intentioned , poorly informed , high-status idiot , is a caricature of televised political pundits . Furthermore , the show satirized conservative personality-driven political talk programs , particularly Fox News 's The O'Reilly Factor . The Colbert Report is a spin-off of Comedy Central 's The Daily Show , where Colbert acted as a correspondent for the program for several years while developing the character . The program was created by Colbert , Jon Stewart , and Ben Karlin . The show 's writing was grounded in improvisation , and often lampooned current events stories . The show 's structure also included a guest interview , in which the Colbert character attempts to deconstruct his opponent 's argument . The show was taped in New York City 's Hell 's Kitchen neighborhood , and the program 's set is hyper-American , epitomizing the character 's ego . The show was taped and broadcast Monday through Thursday , with weeks taken off at multiple points in a given year for breaks . The Colbert Report saw immediate critical and ratings successes , leading to various awards , including two Peabody Awards . The show 's cultural influence - which occasionally would require a fair degree of participation from the show 's audience , dubbed the Colbert Nation - extended beyond the program a number of times .
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 .
The Comedy Channel ( promoted on air as comedy ) is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel , and Optus Television .
Nightmares & Dreamscapes : From the Stories of Stephen King is an eight-episode anthology series on TNT based on short stories written by Stephen King . It debuted on July 12 , 2006 , and ended its run on August 2 , 2006 . Although most of them are from the collection of the same name , there are some stories from different collections by King . A trailer confirming a DVD release of the series was made available in October 2006 . The series was filmed entirely in Melbourne , Australia .
9Go ! is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel , which was launched by the Nine Network on 9 August 2009 . It is a youthful channel that offers a mix of comedy , reality , general entertainment , movies , animation and drama aimed at people between the ages of 4 to 18 .
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 .
Seven Ages of Rock ( also known as 7 Ages of Rock ) is a BBC Two series , co-produced by BBC Worldwide and VH1 Classic in 2007 about the history of rock music .
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 .
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 .
Children of Earth is the banner title of the third series of the British television science fiction programme Torchwood , which broadcast for five episodes on BBC One from 6 to 10 July 2009 . The series had new producer Peter Bennett and was directed by Euros Lyn , who had considerable experience on the revived Doctor Who . Torchwood is a series about an organization known as Torchwood which defends the Earth against alien threats . The plot of Children of Earth deals with aliens demanding the Earth 's children , and a related earlier conspiracy ; as such , Torchwood is pitted against the British government when it attempts to conceal its past actions and concede to the present-day aliens ' demands . The first , third , and fifth episodes of the serial were written by executive producer Russell T Davies , who also conceived its overall storyline . The third episode was co-written by James Moran whilst the second and fourth were penned by newcomer John Fay . Torchwood was shown on the network 's premiere channel , BBC One , every weeknight for one week in July 2009 . Despite the move to BBC One , the show was cut from a standard thirteen-episode run to just five , something that lead actor John Barrowman felt was almost like a punishment from the BBC . Production on the mini-series began in August 2008 , and Barrowman along with actors Eve Myles , Gareth David-Lloyd ( his final appearance in the show ) , and Kai Owen ( now given co-star billing ) all returned . The serial significantly features new actors to the series over the course of its five episodes , most prominently Peter Capaldi . Davies had to substantially rewrite parts of the serial to accommodate the unavailability of actors Freema Agyeman and Noel Clarke , whose presence in the serial had been set up in the 2008 Doctor Who finale . When the series defied expectations by achieving good ratings ( peaking at 6.76 million ) , Davies stated that a surprised BBC Controller rang to congratulate him .
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 .
BBC HD was a high-definition television channel provided by the BBC . The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007 before closing on 26 March 2013 . It broadcast only during the afternoon and evening and only broadcast material shot in High Definition , either in a simulcast with another channel or by inserting a repeat of an HD programme . The channel featured a mix of programming including new episodes of Top Gear , Doctor Who and Hustle , repeats of HD programmes including Planet Earth , Bleak House and Torchwood as well as live coverage of large events such as The Proms , Wimbledon , the Eurovision Song Contest and the FIFA World Cup . The channel was replaced by an HD simulcast of BBC Two , partly as a result of budget cuts affecting the entire corporation .
I Dreamed a Dream : The Susan Boyle Story was a one-off television special , starring Scottish singer Susan Boyle , produced for ITV , that aired on 13 December 2009 in the United Kingdom , reflecting the success that Susan Boyle has had since appearing on UK talent show Britain 's Got Talent and since her debut album , I Dreamed a Dream , became the fastest selling debut album of all time . The show was presented by fellow Britain 's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan . Boyle performing songs from her debut album , I Dreamed a Dream , including Wild Horses , I Dreamed a Dream and Cry Me a River .
The Nine Network ( commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine ) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network , that is a division of Nine Entertainment Co. with headquarters in Willoughby , a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney , Australia . The Nine Network is one of five main free-to-air commercial networks in Australia . As of 2019 , the Nine Network is the highest-rating television network in Australia , ahead of the Seven Network , Network 10 , ABC , and SBS . Since 2017 , the network 's slogan has been We Are the One .
Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan . The show originally aired on AMC for five seasons , from January 20 , 2008 , to September 29 , 2013 . Set and filmed in Albuquerque , New Mexico , the series tells the story of Walter White ( Bryan Cranston ) , an underemployed and depressed high school chemistry teacher who is struggling with both midlife crisis and a recent diagnosis of stage-3 lung cancer . Together with his former student Jesse Pinkman ( Aaron Paul ) , White turns to a life of crime by producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family 's financial future before he dies , while navigating the dangers of the criminal underworld . The title comes from the Southern colloquialism breaking bad which means to turn to a life of immorality or crime . Gilligan characterized the series as showing Walter 's transformation from a soft-spoken Mr. Chips into Scarface . Among the show 's co-stars are Anna Gunn and RJ Mitte as Walter 's wife Skyler and son Walter , Jr. , and Betsy Brandt and Dean Norris as Skyler 's sister Marie Schrader and her husband Hank , a DEA agent . Others include Bob Odenkirk as the sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman , Jonathan Banks as private investigator and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut , and Giancarlo Esposito as the drug kingpin Gus Fring . The final season introduces Jesse Plemons as the criminally-ambitious Todd Alquist , and Laura Fraser as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle , a business executive secretly managing Walter 's global meth sales for her company . Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time . It had moderate viewership through its first three seasons , but in part due to the show being made available on the video streaming service Netflix just prior to the fourth season premiere , the fourth and fifth seasons saw a significant rise in viewership . By the time the series finale aired , it was among the most-watched cable shows on American television .
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 .
Discovery Channel is a television channel available on cable and satellite television in Australia and New Zealand . The Australian version of the US Discovery Channel was previously operated by XYZnetworks , who also own the exclusive distribution rights for the channel . The channel was launched in July 1995 , replacing the Quest documentary channel launched in April 1995 by XYZ . Since the renaming of Travel & Adventure to Travel & Living , much of the travel genre programming ( including first run series ) has been removed from the Channel . On 29 March 2009 , Discovery rebranded in line with Discovery US , complete with new IDs and the slogan 'The World Is Just Awesome . ' The Discovery Channel has many sister stations including Discovery Home & Health , Discovery Science , Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Turbo . Both Discovery Channel and Turbo have timeshift channels , which rebroadcast programming 2 hours later .
Durham County is a one-hour Canadian dramatic television series produced by Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. and Muse Entertainment Enterprises . It starred Hugh Dillon as Mike Sweeney , a homicide detective who finds that moving back home comes with trouble and danger . Dillon appeared in this series at the same time he appeared in an ongoing role in another series , Flashpoint .
James May 's Big Ideas is a three-part British television miniseries in which James May , a journalist and self-acknowledged geek travels the globe in search of implementations for concepts widely considered science fiction , or his big ideas . The series was produced by the BBC and the Open University and began airing at 8pm on Sundays on 28 September 2008 . The first episode documents his search for the ultimate form of personal transport , ranging from jetpacks to flying cars . In the second episode , May looks at bionics and robotics and if robots can exceed the boundaries of their programming . The third episode focuses on energy .
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 .
In the last episode Jann Wenner , Joe Levy , and a team of senior editors individually reviewed all the contestants and their performance in the 2 months previous . Colin Stutz was perceived as a passionate person that looks like the rolling stone-type , however too green for a full-time position . Krystal Ann Simpson was the most enthusiastic about the idea for working at Rolling Stone , but was ultimately able to accomplish the least for the magazine . She was viewed as more attracted to the socialite , red carpet lifestyle , but uninterested in the actual work of being a music reporter . She was unable to produce any substance for the magazine , and was not considered as a viable candidate for the position . Russell Morse had the most raw talent as a writer , but was wildly irresponsible and showed no discipline as an employee . Failure to attend work regularly , tardiness , and disrespect for his superiors as well as interview subjects were cited as reasons for his exclusion . The editors felt that Peter Maiden was smart and enthusiastic , as well as a good employee but lacking journalistic experience . His failure to turn in professional caliber pieces worried the editors , but he was still noticed by Wenner , who considered giving him an additional internship . Krishtine was viewed arrogant in the beginning of the internship , but her knowledge of hip-hop was invaluable in the last four weeks . Tika Milan started very strong in the initial stages of the show , but it was perceived that she gave up towards the end , producing very little material and not aggressively pursuing stories . Later it was revealed that the winner of the year-long contributing editor position was Krishtine de Leon .
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 .
National Geographic is a subscription television network in Australia and New Zealand that features documentaries . It features programming around subjects such as nature , science , culture and history documentaries plus some reality and pseudo-scientific entertainment programming . It is the Oceanic version of the American National Geographic channel and owned by The Walt Disney Company in Australia .
Sanctuary is a Canadian science fiction-fantasy television series , created by Damian Kindler and funded largely by the Beedie Development Group . The show ran for four seasons , from 2008 to 2011 ; a fifth season was planned but never made . The show is an expansion of an eight-webisode series that was released through the Internet in early 2007 . Seeing the success of the web series , Syfy decided to buy the broadcast rights to the series and pay to re-stage the series in a season of thirteen episodes . The show centers on Dr. Helen Magnus , a 157-year-old teratologist , and her team of experts who run the Sanctuary , an organization that seeks out extraordinarily powerful creatures and people , known as Abnormals , and tries to help and to learn from them while also having to contain the more dangerous ones . The series premiered on October 3 , 2008 , in both Canada and the United States and on October 6 in the United Kingdom . The premiere drew in more than 3 million viewers , making it the highest rated original series premiere for Syfy since Eureka debuted in July 2006 . The premiere two-parter , Sanctuary for All , was a combination and rewriting of the first four webisodes and was followed by Fata Morgana , based on Webisodes 5-8 . Amanda Tapping , with all of the original cast from the web series , made the transition to the television series . A second season of 13 episodes aired in 2009-10 , and Sanctuary was renewed for a third season of 20 episodes on December 12 , 2009 . The second season premiered on Friday , October 9 , 2009 , in the 10 pm timeslot . In Australia , the program debuted on Pay Television 's Sci Fi and on free-to-air channel ABC2 , where Season 1 started on March 1 , 2010 , each Monday at 9:30 pm .
SF ( formerly Sci Fi Channel ) was an Australian subscription channel that aired science fiction , fantasy and related programs . It was available on Foxtel , Austar and Optus Television subscription platforms . In 2012 the channel rebranded from Sci Fi to SF . The channel used a world-exclusive version of the Syfy branding , SF being a joint venture between NBCUniversal ( the owners of the Syfy brand ) , Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios International . On 31 December 2013 , SF ceased broadcasting and closed , being replaced by an Australian version of Syfy in 2014 .
Saving Grace is an American crime drama television series which aired on TNT from July 23 , 2007 , to June 21 , 2010 . The show stars Holly Hunter as well as Leon Rippy , Kenny Johnson , Laura San Giacomo , Bailey Chase , Bokeem Woodbine , Gregory Norman Cruz and Yaani King . It is set in Oklahoma City - including numerous shots of local buildings and landmarks ( such as the Oklahoma City National Memorial and the downtown skyline ) - while much of the show was filmed in Vancouver and Los Angeles . The theme song for the show was written and performed by American rapper-musician Everlast . The series is rated TV-MA in the United States for language , sexuality , and violence .
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 .
This is a list of episodes in Pokémon : Diamond and Pearl : Galactic Battles ( advertised as Pokémon : DP Galactic Battles ) , aired in Japan as Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl ( ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド & パール , Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo & Pāru ) , the twelfth season of the Pokémon animated series , covering the continuing adventures of series protagonist Ash Ketchum as he continues to travel Sinnoh with Dawn , Pikachu , and Brock . The Japanese opening songs are High Touch ! ( ハイタッチ ! , Hai Tatchi ! ) and High Touch ! 2009 ( ハイタッチ ! 2009 , Hai Tatchi ! 2009 ) by Rika Matsumoto and Megumi Toyoguchi . The ending songs are Surely Tomorrow ( あしたはきっと , Ashita wa Kitto ) by Kanako Yoshii Get Fired Up , Spiky-eared Pichu ! ( もえよギザみみピチュ ! , Moe yo Giza Mimi Pichū ! ) by Shoko Nakagawa and Which One ~ Is It ? ( ドッチ~ニョ ? , Dotchi~Nyo ? ) by MooMoo Milk and Araki-san .
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 .
Benidorm is a British sitcom written and created by Derren Litten and produced by Tiger Aspect for ITV that aired for ten series from 1 February 2007 until 2 May 2018 . The series features an ensemble cast of holiday makers and staff at the Solana all-inclusive hotel in Benidorm , Spain over the course of a week each year . The series first aired on 1 February 2007 . Critically acclaimed , Benidorm has received two National Television Awards and nominations at the British Comedy Awards and BAFTAs . On 5 July 2018 , series creator and writer Derren Litten confirmed that series 10 would be the last . Benidorm Live , a stage adaption written by Litten , was announced with 250 shows scheduled in theatres across the United Kingdom and Ireland .
7TWO is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel , which was launched by the Seven Network on 1 November 2009 . The channel broadcasts a variety of programs , targeting a 25-and-over audience , with most programs originating from Australia , New Zealand , United Kingdom , and the United States .
Hung is a comedy-drama television series which ran on HBO from June 28 , 2009 to December 4 , 2011 . It was created by Colette Burson and Dmitry Lipkin and stars Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker , a struggling suburban Detroit high school basketball and baseball coach who resorts to male prostitution . The second season premiered on June 27 , 2010 , and concluded its 10-episode run on September 12 , 2010 . The third season premiered on October 2 , 2011 and concluded its 10-episode run on December 4 , 2011 . The series was cancelled after three seasons .
The City is an American reality television series that originally aired on MTV from December 29 , 2008 , until July 13 , 2010 . Developed as the spin-off of The Hills , the series aired two seasons and focused on the personal and professional lives of several young women residing in New York City , New York . Its premise was conceived by Adam DiVello , while Liz Gateley and Sean Travis served as executive producers . The series originally focused on Whitney Port , who appeared in its predecessor , as she began employment with Diane von Fürstenberg . It additionally placed emphasis on her workplace rival Olivia Palermo , Port 's boyfriend Jay Lyon , his roommate Adam Senn , and her friend Erin Lucas . The latter three were replaced by Port 's roommate Roxy Olin and Palermo 's co-worker Erin Kaplan for the second half of the first season . The City received generally mixed reviews from critics , and proved less successful than The Hills . Like its predecessor , the series was often criticized for tending towards a narrative format more commonly seen in scripted genres including soap operas , and appearing to fabricate much of its storyline . The show has distributed all seasons to DVD .