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1985 in Australian television

Events

Television

11 February – Ray Martin takes over Mike Walsh's old daytime slot, replacing The Mike Walsh Show with Midday with Ray Martin. The Mike Walsh Show continues and moves to 10:30pm weekdays as a late night talk show until Walsh departs the network in November.
18 February – Network 0/28 becomes known as SBS.
4 March – The ABC launches a one hour news and current affairs program called The National as a replacement for the traditional 7:00pm state-based news bulletins as well as its former current affairs program Nationwide. The new format, costing the national broadcaster a budgeted $25 million, turned out to be an expensive failure and lasted less than twelve months.
18 March – Neighbours premieres on the Seven Network. Six months later Neighbours is axed by HSV-7, but Network Ten bought the rights and picks up the soap and it becomes a massive hit for them.
25 March – Neighbours debuts in Brisbane.
9 May – American television mystery series Murder She Wrote debuts on Nine Network.
8 June – Hey Hey It's Saturday moves to 6:30pm Saturdays. Then Hey Hey It's Saturday Night rebrands back to its original title.
30 June – SBS expands to Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong and the Gold Coast.
13–14 July – ABC televises the worldwide Live Aid event, featuring concerts held around the world.
Seven Network screens a late night sketchy comedy series called The Eleventh Hour featuring a number of performers who later appear in The Comedy Company and Fast Forward.

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