2007 in Australian television

The year 2007 in Australian television was the 52nd year of continuous operation.

Events

• 15 January –
  NBN Television & WIN Television
  relaunch their on-air presentation.
• 22 January – Monique Wright was then crowned Sunrise's new weather presenter. A year later Monique Wright left Sunrise and the prize went to Fifi Box. On that day, SBS's World News is revamped with a 1-hour format.
• 29 January – Former
  National Nine News
  nearly relaunch their news graphics, but on that day, this never happened.
• 9 February – The
  Network Ten and pay TV provider Foxtel
  , in a controversial deal that will see half of the AFL matches played each week broadcast on Foxtel instead of free-to-air television.
• 12 February –
  A Current Affair
  on 14 February.
• 30 March – The Seven Network broadcasts its first AFL premiership match since the 2001 AFL Grand Final, for another long-indefinite run.
• 1 April – The
  Kath & Kim, a popular sitcom which had previously aired until their final appearance on the ABC in 2005 as Da Kath & Kim Code
  .
• 7 April – Australian music program Rage celebrates 20 years on air is over 4 weeks in 20 Years Of Rage.
• 9–13 April –
  The fourth season of The Mole
  is replayed during the afternoon period, during the NSW school holidays.
• 16 April – Australia's Leader of the Opposition
  ANZAC Day in Long Tan, Vietnam, with the service held an hour early to accommodate the time difference for live television.^[1]
• 28 April – 12-year-old singer Bonnie Anderson s the first season of Australia's Got Talent
• 1 May – Singer
  the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars
  .
• 18 May – After a tumultuous 15-month reign, the
  CEO of the Nine Network, Eddie McGuire
  , resigns.
• 18 June – Seven Network's The Morning Show is introduced, marking a new millennium in daytime television.
• 2 July –
  National Nine News nearly tipped to relaunch their news graphics, this also never happened as it lost it to Seven News
  .
• 23 July – Long running soap opera
  Network Ten
  .
• 29 July – Seven Network claims 20th record-breaking ratings win of the year to secure ratings year.
• 19 August – Fourth series premiere of
  Kath & Kim at 7 – 30pm, now on the Seven Network, attracts an audience of 2.521 million nationally,^[2] making it the most watched television programme so far in 2007^[3] and the highest rating ever for a first episode in the history of Australian television.^[2]
• 26 August – Veteran journalist, TV legend and former A Current Affair host Ray Martin announces he is leaving the Nine Network after thirty years, citing disillusionment with the network's management.
• 6 September –
  APEC summit for entering a restricted area. Those arrested were travelling in a fake Canadian motorcade and Licciardello was dressed up as Osama bin Laden
  .
• 9 September – Seven Network journalist Ben Davis is attacked outside Melbourne's Olympic Park Stadium by a gang of drunken Brisbane Broncos supporters during a live cross to Seven's Brisbane bulletin.
• 1 October – Seven News Perth journalist Chris Mainwaring dies from a drug overdose. Just the day before, Mainwaring was preparing for a boxing duel with cricketer Justin Langer, parts of which appear on the Seven News bulletin on the day of his death.
• 15 October –
  Seven HD
  launches.
• 21 October – The Nine Network includes the "worm" audience reaction graph in their broadcast of the election debate between John Howard and Kevin Rudd, despite agreements to the contrary. The National Press Club cut Nine's transmission feed, and the ABC cut their backup feed. Nine continued to transmit by adding the worm to the Sky News broadcast.^[4]
• 22 October – After 18 months off the air, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? makes a brief return to Australian television; lasting just five weeks of more poor ratings.
• 29 October –
  Prime HD
  .
• 2 November – Perth-based
  Network Ten's news anchorperson Charmaine Dragun
  is found dead near Sydney, apparently due to a suicide.
• 25 November –
  fifth series of Australian Idol
  , then months later her singing career tanked.
• 27 November –
  the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars
  .
• 30 November –
  Dancing with the Stars
  .
• 3 December –
  • Seven's Melbourne news bulletin defeats its Nine and Ten counterparts in the ratings for the first time in nearly 30 years. Seven won 20 weeks, Nine won 19 and the other week was tied.^[5]
  • American science fiction sitcom The Big Bang Theory created by Chuck Lorre, the creator of Two and a Half Men premieres on the Nine Network at 7:30 pm.
• 16 December –
  Ten HD
  launches.
• December – The Seven Network wins the ratings year for the first time since 1978 (excluding 2000, the year of the Sydney Olympics),^[6] thanks to their "Seven in '07" campaign which aired at the start of the year.^[7]
• December –
  Network Ten broadcasts Sony Pictures movies for the final-ever time, before handing the television rights to the Nine Network. Ten later revived the Sony Pictures output deal 6 years later
  .
• The 2004 romance film The Notebook starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams premieres on the Nine Network.

Ratings – network shares

Main article: List of Australian television ratings for 2007

Market	Network Shares
	ABC	Seven	Nine	Ten	SBS
5 Cities	16.7%	29.1%	26.9%	21.9%	5.5%
Sydney	17.5%	28.8%	27.7%	19.9%	6.0%
Melbourne	16.4%	28.6%	27.1%	22.4%	5.5%
Brisbane	16.5%	28.6%	28.1%	21.4%	5.4%
Adelaide	15.5%	28.9%	26.3%	24.3%	4.9%
Perth	16.7%	31.5%	23.5%	23.3%	5.0%

New channels

• 13 July – National Indigenous Television
• 15 October –
  Seven HD^[8]
• 29 October –
  Prime HD
  (serviced by Seven HD)
• 1 December –
  Showcase^[9]
• 16 December –
  Ten HD^[10]

Debuts

	ABC TV debuts
Date	Program
12 February	Difference of Opinion	[11]
21 April	The Sideshow	[12]
15 May	Choir of Hard Knocks	[13]
11 June	Dorothy the Dinosaur	[14]
26 June	Carbon Cops	[15]
18 July	Bindi the Jungle Girl	[16]
7 August	South Side Story	[17]
5 September	Summer Heights High	[18]
7 October	Rain Shadow	[19]
14 October	The Abbey	[20]
16 October	Not Quite Art	[21]
31 October	The Librarians	[22]

	SBS TV debuts
Date	Program
5 February	Podlove	[23]
19 March	Wilfred	[24]
11 April	Eco House Challenge	[25]
6 June	Bluelist Australia	[26]
9 June	Kick	[27]
8 July	The Circuit	[28]
28 July	Great Australian Albums	[29]
6 August	Marx and Venus	[30]
24 August	HotSpell	[31]
26 September	Parent Rescue	[32]
10 October	Newstopia	[33]
17 October	Is Your House Killing You?	[34]
6 December	East West 101	[35]

	Seven Network debuts
Date	Program
29 January	The Rich List	[36]
18 February	Australia's Got Talent	[37]
18 April	Last Chance Learners	[38]
6 May	Live 'N Local Up Close
11 June	Dorothy the Dinosaur	[14]
18 June	The Morning Show	[39]
9 July	Surf Patrol	[40]
17 July	RSPCA Animal Rescue	[41]
29 July	Australia's Best Backyards	[42]
27 August	City Homicide	[43]
21 October	National Bingo Night (Axed after 6 weeks)	[44]

	Nine Network debuts
Date	Program
29 January	1 vs. 100	[36]
5 February	The Code: Crime and Justice (Renamed Crime and Justice for the repremiere on 29 May)	[45]
16 February	Kings of Comedy	[37]
26 February	The Catch-Up (Axed after 16 weeks)	[46]
February	Code Blue
3 March	My Home
31 March	The Music Jungle
2 April	Footy Classified	[47]
6 May	The Lost Tribes	[48]
5 June	The Nation	[49]
7 June	Ralph TV	[50]
19 June	Lockie Leonard	[51]
5 July	Sea Patrol	[52][53]
17 July	Things To Try Before You Die	[54][55][56][57]
31 July	The Mint	[58][59]
20 August	Sharky's Friends
18 September	Surprise Surprise Gotcha	[60][61][62]
24 September	Commercial Breakdown	[63]
24 September	Just for Laughs	[63]
24 September	Royal Flying Doctor Service	[64]
24 September	Emergency	[63]
7 October	Dirty Jobs	[65]
7 October	Going Places	[66]
7 October	The Singing Bee	[65]
11 October	The Gift	[65]
24 October	The Farmer Wants a Wife	[67]
27 November	Dogstar
18 December	In the Line of Fire
21 December	Best of Australia	[68]

	Network Ten debuts
Date	Program
7 February	The Con Test	[69]
18 February	Celebrity Dog School	[37]
15 February	Saving Babies	[70]
31 May	Teen Fit Camp	[71]
26 September	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?	[72]
26 October	Friday Night Download	[73]
11 November	Animalia	[74]

	Regional and Community television debuts
Date	Program	Channel
25 June	Susie	WIN Television
20 July	Our Melbourne	C31 Melbourne

Subscription television

Program	Channel	Debut date
Dangerous [75]	Fox8	16 January
Lair, The The Lair	MTV	26 January
Pub With One Beer, TheThe Pub With One Beer[76]	The LifeStyle Channel	12 March
Freestyle	Channel [V]	21 March
NRL Teams	Fox Sports 3	23 March
Erotic Star [77]	Arena	24 March
Before the Bounce	Fox Sports 1	30 March
Eco Report	Sky News	1 April
Neil Perry: High Steaks[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	21 May
Cash Cab[79]	Channel [V]	5 June
Confidential [80]	Fox8	6 June
Best In Australia, TheThe Best In Australia[81]	The LifeStyle Channel	16 June
Fish Out of Water [82]	Fox8	5 July
Singing Office, The The Singing Office [83]	Fox8	9 September
Chandon Pictures [84]	Movie Extra	10 November
Thanks for Listening - The History of Australian Radio [85]	The History Channel	18 November
Runway to LA	Fox8	21 November
Chefs Christmas[86]	The LifeStyle Channel	3 December
Satisfaction [87]	Showcase	5 December
Stuart MacGill Uncorked [88]	LifeStyle Food	8 December

New international programming

Program	Channel	Debut date
/ Growing Up Creepie	ABC TV	27 February
6Teen	ABC2	6 March
Monster Warriors[89]	ABC TV	7 March
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!	ABC TV	22 March
Shaun the Sheep	ABC TV	27 March
Grossology	ABC TV	6 April
My Goldfish is Evil	ABC TV	17 April
Carl Squared	ABC2	27 April
Fluffy Gardens	ABC TV	10 May
Life on Mars[90]	ABC TV	20 May
/ / Skunk Fu!	ABC TV	28 May
The Roman Mysteries[91]	ABC TV	5 June
Hyperdrive[92]	ABC TV	27 June
Ergo Proxy	ABC2	3 July
Captain Flamingo	ABC TV	4 July
The Spooky Sisters	ABC TV	9 August
/ Dinosapien	ABC TV	14 August
Noein: To Your Other Self	ABC2	21 August
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies	ABC TV	11 September
/ SamSam	ABC TV	17 September
/ The Upside Down Show	ABC TV	17 October
LazyTown	ABC TV	22 October
Monarchy	ABC TV	27 November
Ruby Gloom	ABC2	4 December
/ Peep and the Big Wide World	ABC TV	2007
Wilbur	ABC TV	2007
It's a Big Big World	ABC TV	2007
The Latest Buzz	ABC TV	2007
The Complete Guide to Parenting[93]	ABC TV	26 December
Jam & Jerusalem[94]	ABC TV	28 December

	SBS TV new international programming
Date	Program
15 April	/ 2057	[95]
14 May	If the Dead Could Speak	[96]
3 June	Big Love	[97]

	Seven Network new international programming
Date	Program
6 January	/ Get Ed
31 January	Heroes	[98]
5 February	Brothers & Sisters	[99]
15 February	Starveillance
17 February	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
18 February	Ugly Betty	[100]
18 February	What About Brian	[100]
27 March	Shaun the Sheep	[100]
19 May	The Replacements
12 July	Age of Love	[101]
22 July	/ Ōban Star-Racers
23 July	Sons & Daughters	[102]
6 August	In Case of Emergency
6 August	Shark	[103]
7 August	The Knights of Prosperity
15 August	Murder Squad
18 August	/ Pucca
4 October	Bionic Woman	[104][105]
12 November	Pepper Dennis
2 December	Wild Vets	[106][107]
2 December	Whacked Out Sports	[106][107]
3 December	30 Rock	[106][107]
4 December	Six Degrees	[106][107]
5 December	Man's Work	[106][107]

	Seven HD new international programming
Date	Program
27 March	Shaun the Sheep	[100]
22 December	Day Break

	Nine Network new international programming
Date	Program
23 January	Blue Collar TV
29 January	Justice	[36]
3 March	Ben 10
4 March	True CSI	[108]
5 March	Snip and Tuck: Miami	[108]
28 April	Primeval	[109]
15 May	Hell's Kitchen	[110]
29 May	Neighbours at War	[111]
10 September	i-Caught	[112]
10 September	Girls of the Playboy Mansion
16 September	Damages	[113]
22 October	Viva Laughlin (Axed after 2 episodes)	[114]
3 December	The Big Bang Theory	[115]
11 December	Police Ten 7
12 December	Moonlight	[116]
15 December	Go, Diego, Go!
31 December	Inferno 999	[117]
31 December	Deadly Surf	[117]

	Network Ten new international programming
Date	Program
12 January	Naruto
1 April	Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll	[118]
18 June	Torchwood	[119]
21 June	Pirate Master	[120]
27 August	Californication	[121]
23 September	Alien Racers
3 October	Life	[122]
28 November	Cane	[123]
2 December	Don't Forget the Lyrics!	[124]
4 December	Psych	[123]
5 December	The Starter Wife	[125]
6 December	Journeyman	[123]
8 December	Orange Roughies	[126]

Subscription television

Program	Channel	Debut date
High Maintenance 90210[127]	E!	February
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King[128]	Movie Extra	6 January
Flavor of Love[129]	VH1	10 January
ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show[130]	VH1	12 February
Cory in the House[131]	Disney Channel	2 February
Bam's Unholy Union[132]	MTV	March
My Fair Brady[133]	VH1	1 March
Chasing Farrah[133]	VH1	5 March
One Year To Pay Off Your Mortgage[76]	The LifeStyle Channel	7 March
Craft Corner Deathmatch[76]	The LifeStyle Channel	17 March
Admission Impossible[76]	The LifeStyle Channel	18 March
Wife Swap[76]	The LifeStyle Channel	24 March
Real Good Life, The The Real Good Life[76]	The LifeStyle Channel	26 March
Brotherhood Brotherhood[134]	Showtime	2 April
I Want A Garden[135]	The LifeStyle Channel	19 April
Swinging[136]	UKTV	30 April
I'm From Rolling Stone[137]	MTV	May
Dickinson's Real Deal[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	5 May
Colin & Justin's Wedding Belles[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	8 May
Unteachables, The The Unteachables[138]	UKTV	6 June
Man vs Wild	Discovery Channel	6 June
Relocation, Relocation[81]	The LifeStyle Channel	6 June
Colin & Justin On The Estate[81]	The LifeStyle Channel	12 June
Dom Joly's Happy Hour[81]	The LifeStyle Channel	23 June
Scarred[139]	MTV	July
Dirty Jobs[140]	Discovery Channel	4 July
Your Money or Your Wife[141]	The LifeStyle Channel	3 July
Selling Houses Abroad[141]	The LifeStyle Channel	4 July
Sunset Tan[140]	E!	4 July
Daisy Does America[102]	UKTV	23 July
Mad Men[142]	Movie Extra	7 August
Say No To The Knife[143]	The LifeStyle Channel	8 August
Real Extras, The The Real Extras[144]	The LifeStyle Channel	8 September
Life Begins Again[144]	The LifeStyle Channel	21 September
Room 401[145]	MTV	October
Dream Homes[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	1 October
Underdogs[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	8 October
Rick Stein and the Japanese Ambassador[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	19 October
K-Ville[147][148][149]	Fox8	7 October
Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane[150]	E!	9 October
I Hate My 30's[151]	VH1	16 October
Wizards of Waverly Place	Disney Channel	19 October
George of the Jungle	Disney Channel	20 October
Don't Tell My Mother That I'm In...	Nat Geo Adventure	4 November
Incredible Human Machine	National Geographic Channel	4 November
Living With Ed[152]	How To Channel	5 November
Keeping Up with the Kardashians[152]	E!	5 November
Ross Kemp on Gangs	Crime & Investigation Network	7 November
My Brilliant Brain[153]	National Geographic Channel	9 November
Getting On The Property Ladder[154]	The LifeStyle Channel	14 November
Au Pairs[154]	The LifeStyle Channel	23 November
Firing Line, The The Firing Line	BBC World	17 November
World's Richest People, The The World's Richest People	Discovery Travel & Living	25 November
Riches, The The Riches[155]	Showcase	3 December
Rock of Love[156]	VH1	3 December
Gossip Girl[157]	Fox8	4 December
Dexter[158]	Showcase	6 December
Mayhem at the Manor[86]	The LifeStyle Channel	13 December
Dirt[159]	Movie Extra	15 December

Specials

Program	Channel	Debut date
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (Repeat)	Seven Network	8 April

Other debuts

	Telemovies
Date	Program	Channel
Domestic
18 March	Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback	Network Ten
22 April	Curtin	ABC TV
20 May	The King	TV1
26 August		Nine Network
International
25 March	/ Tsunami: The Aftermath – See Note 1	Nine Network	[160]
18 December	Superstorm – See Note 2	Nine Network
23 December	/ The Wind in the Willows	ABC TV	[161]

	Miniseries
Date	Program	Channel
Domestic
13–14 May	Bastard Boys	ABC TV
28 Oct – 18 Nov	Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery	ABC TV

	TV Specials
Date	Program	Channel
Domestic
29 January	Ocean's Deadliest	Nine Network	[36]
4 March	Cool Aid: The National Carbon Test	Network Ten
4 April	Return of the 707	Seven Network	[162]
6 May	49th Annual TV Week Logie Awards	Nine Network
8 June	2007 Antenna Awards	C31 Melbourne
3 July	Desperately Keeping Sheila	SBS TV	[163]
20 November	Who Killed Harold Holt?	Nine Network	[164]
3 December	Rampant: How a City Stopped a Plague	ABC TV	[165]
22 December	2007 Carols in the Domain	Seven Network / Disney Channel
24 December	2007 Carols by Candlelight	Nine Network
25 December	The Panel Christmas Wrap 2007	Network Ten	[166]
International
27 February	Rosie's Family Cruise	SBS TV	[167]
29 May	2007 Miss Universe Pageant	Seven Network	[168]
17 July	Victoria Beckham: Coming to America	Nine Network	[169]
1 December	Shrek the Halls	Nine Network	[170]
1 December	Super Sleuth Christmas Movie	Seven Network	[171]
6 December	The Spice Girls: Giving You Everything	Fox8	[172]
7 December	The Worst Christmas of My Life	ABC TV	[173]
10 December	2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show	Network Ten	[174]
10 December	No Past to Speak Of: A Story of Infant Rape in South Africa	ABC TV	[175]
10 & 17 December	The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation	ABC TV	[176]
15 December	Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2007	Network Ten	[177]
16 December	Spice Girls: Giving You Everything	Fox8	[177]
30 & 31 December	Super Comet: After The Impact	SBS TV	[178]

Documentaries

International

Program	Channel	Debut date
Pets For Profit[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	5 May
Beaty Backlash[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	11 May
The Secret Life of the Classroom[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	13 May
Teenage Tycoons[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	18 May
Wedding Days[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	20 May
World According To Google, The The World According To Google[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	25 May
The Town's Looking For Love[78]	The LifeStyle Channel	27 May
Flash Families[81]	The LifeStyle Channel	17 June
Real Cost Of Going Green, The The Real Cost of Going Green[141]	The LifeStyle Channel	8 July
DIY RIP[141]	The LifeStyle Channel	15 July
Filthy Rich and Female[141]	The LifeStyle Channel	22 July
Burberry Vs. The Chavs[141]	The LifeStyle Channel	29 July
Bye Bye Nine to Five[143]	The LifeStyle Channel	26 August
Secret World of Haute Couture, The The Secret World of Haute Couture[143]	The LifeStyle Channel	28 August
Chelsea Flower Show 2007[144]	The LifeStyle Channel	6 September
How To Steal an Identity[144]	The LifeStyle Channel	23 September
The Secret World of Self Storage[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	7 October
The Truth About Size Zero[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	14 October
The Oldest Drivers in Britain[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	21 October
Half the Dog Is Mine[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	26 October
Sugar Mummies[146]	The LifeStyle Channel	28 October
Body Building Pensioners[86]	The LifeStyle Channel	16 December
Christmas Confidential[86]	The LifeStyle Channel	21 December

Programming changes

	Changes to Network Affiliation
Date	Program	To	From
Domestic
23 May	Vasili's Garden	SBS TV	Channel 31 Melbourne	[179]
19 August	Kath & Kim	Seven Network	ABC TV
International
2 April	The Young and the Restless	W.	Nine Network
30 April	Dr. Phil	Network Ten	Nine Network
2 April	Little Bear	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)
3 July	Kipper	ABC2	ABC Kids (now defunct)
24 October	/ / Fraggle Rock	ABC2	Network Ten
Early 2007	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Nine Network	Network Ten
Late 2007	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	Network Ten	Seven Network
Late 2007	Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Seven Network	Network Ten
2 December	Friends	Network Ten	Nine Network	[180]
20 December	Rex the Runt	ABC2	SBS TV

Below is a list programs which made their premiere on free-to-air television that had previously premiered on Australian Pay TV; a program may still air on the original network.

	Free-to-air premieres
Date	Program	FTA	Pay TV
29 January	Fashion House	Seven Network	W.	[36]
3 April	I Shouldn't Be Alive	Nine Network	Discovery Channel
4 April	The Catherine Tate Show	ABC TV	UK.TV
15 May	Hell's Kitchen	Nine Network	UK.TV
4 June	Bargain Hunt	Nine Network	UK.TV
14 August	Crime Investigation Australia	Nine Network	ci
2 December	Who Do You Think You Are?	SBS TV	UK.TV	[181][182]
13 December	Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares	Nine Network	The LifeStyle Channel	[116]

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.

Domestic

Program	Subscription network	Free-to-air network	Date
Family Footsteps[135]	The LifeStyle Channel	ABC TV[citation needed]	2 April
The Great Outdoors[81]	The LifeStyle Channel	Seven Network[citation needed]	4 June
What's Good For You[154]	The LifeStyle Channel	Nine Network[citation needed]	25 November
The Real Seachange[86]	The LifeStyle Channel	Seven Network[citation needed]	14 December

International

Program	Subscription network	Free-to-air network	Date
Nighty Night[136]	UKTV	ABC TV[183]	5 April
Extras[136]	UKTV	ABC TV	30 April
30 Days[184]	The LifeStyle Channel	[citation needed]	2 March
Doc Martin[185]	UKTV	ABC TV[186]	13 May
Dragons' Den[185]	UKTV	[citation needed]	2 May
Hotel Babylon[138]	UKTV	Nine Network	7 June
The Worst Week of My Life[187]	UKTV	ABC TV[188]	3 September
Casanova[187]	UKTV	ABC TV[189]	27 September
Life on Mars[190]	UKTV	ABC TV[90]	22 October
Torchwood[191]	UKTV	Ten Network[119]	11 December

Ending this year

	Ending this year
Date	Program	Channel	Debut
January	The Master	Seven Network	16 August 2006
15 February	Storyline Australia	SBS TV	18 March 2004
19 February	Podlove	SBS TV	5 February 2007
23 February	Kings of Comedy	Nine Network	16 February 2007
3 March	Celebrity Dog School	Network Ten	18 February 2007
4 March	Fishcam	C31 Melbourne	?
19 March	Love My Way	Showtime	22 November 2004
11 April	The Con Test	Network Ten	7 February 2007	[192]
7 May	Wilfred	SBS TV	19 March 2007
16 May	Eco House Challenge	SBS TV	11 April 2007
1 June	Bert's Family Feud	Nine Network	13 February 2006	[193]
10 June	The Lost Tribes	Nine Network	6 May 2007
12 June	Choir of Hard Knocks	ABC TV	15 May 2007
15 June	The Catch-Up	Nine Network	26 February 2007	[194]
24 June	Quizmania	Nine Network	25 July 2006	[195]
27 June	Bluelist Australia	SBS TV	6 June 2007
28 June	Hotline	SBS TV	17 February 1991	[196]
4 July	Last Chance Learners	Seven Network	18 April 2007
17 July	Crime and Justice	Nine Network	5 February 2007
31 July	Carbon Cops	ABC TV	26 June 2007
12 August	The Circuit	SBS TV	8 July 2007
29 August	The Nation	Nine Network	5 June 2007
	HotSpell	SBS TV	24 August 2007
	Things To Try Before You Die	Nine Network	17 July 2007
11 September	South Side Story	ABC TV	7 August 2007
13 September	Ralph TV	Nine Network	7 June 2007
16 September	Backyard Blitz	Nine Network	9 April 2000	[197]
23 October	Surprise Surprise Gotcha	Nine Network	18 September 2007
24 October	Summer Heights High	ABC TV	5 September 2007
28 October	The Abbey	ABC TV	14 October 2007
31 October	Not Quite Art	ABC TV	16 October 2007	[21]
31 October	Parent Rescue	SBS TV	26 September 2007
18 November	Rain Shadow	ABC TV	7 October 2007
25 November	Going Places	Nine Network	7 October 2007
25 November	National Bingo Night	Seven Network	21 October 2007
28 November	Is Your House Killing You?	SBS TV	17 October 2007
30 November	Temptation	Nine Network	30 May 2005
1 December	The Sideshow	ABC TV	21 April 2007	[198]
5 December	The Librarians	ABC TV	31 October 2007
25 December	The Panel Christmas Wrap	Network Ten	25 December 2003
26 December	Comedy Inc	Nine Network	19 February 2003
??	Code Blue	Nine Network	February 2007

	Returning this year
Date	Program	Channel	Debut
22 October	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Nine Network	1999

Sporting rights

Sport	Network/s	Games per Week	Breakup of Games	Notes
Australian rules )	Fox Sports – Pay-TV	8	Channel Seven – 2 Games Friday Night Sunday Afternoon Channel Ten – 2 Games Saturday Afternoon Saturday Night LIVE Fox Sports – 4 Games (All LIVE) Saturday Afternoon Saturday Evening Sunday Afternoon Sunday Twilight	Network Ten will have the Grand Final Seven Network will broadcast the Brownlow Medal and NAB Cup Grand Final
NBL (Basketball)	Fox Sports Channel Nine	8	Fox Sports – All 8 Games LIVE Channel Nine – Weekly Highlights Package
NRL (Rugby league)	Fox Sports – Pay-TV	8	Nine Network – 3 Games Friday Night AEST 7 – 30 pm – 9 – 30 pm LIVE Friday Night AEST 9 – 30 pm – 11 – 30 pm Delayed 2 hours Sunday Afternoon AEST 4 – 00 pm – 6 – 00 pm Delayed 1 hour Fox Sports – 5 Games Saturday Afternoon AEST 5 – 30 pm – 7 – 30 pm LIVE Saturday Night AEST 7 – 30 pm – 9 – 30 pm LIVE Saturday Night AEST 9 – 30 pm – 11 – 30 pm Delayed 2 hours Sunday Afternoon AEST 2 – 30 pm – 4 – 30 pm LIVE Monday Night AEST 7 – 00 pm – 9 – 00 pm LIVE Also replays of matches broadcast on Channel Nine.	Nine Network broadcast the 2007 NRL Grand Final and 2007 State of Origin series LIVE.

See also

• 2007 in Australia
• List of Australian films of 2007

Notes

• telemovie^[199]
• telemovie

References