26 February 1972: Gerard Kennedy (Division 4)

26 February 1977: Norman Yemm (The Sullivans)

26 February 1977: John Cornell and Paul Hogan (The Paul Hogan Show)


26 February 1966: New TV station — SDQ4, Southern Downs, Queensland.

26 February 1975: The ABC sketch comedy special Basically Black features members of the National Black Theatre: Bindi Williams, Gary Foley, Zac Martin and Aileen Corpus. 

26 February 1977: The annual GTV9 Yooralla Telethon is officially opened by newsreader Eric Pearce and personalities featured during the day included Don Lane, Mike Walsh, Daryl Somers, Paul Hogan and Bert Newton. The 1977 telethon raised a total of $594,741.21.

26 February 1979: The 0-10 Network‘s new drama series Prisoner debuts on TEN10, Sydney. The other stations in the 0-10 network screen the premiere episode the following night — 40 years of Prisoner [2019]

26 February 2006: Sunrise hosts David Koch and Melissa Doyle host Seven‘s new nostalgia show Where Are They Now?

26 February 2007: The Nine Network launches daytime talk show The Catch-Up, featuring Libbi Gorr, Zoe Sheridan, Lisa Oldfield and Mary Moody — The Year That Was… #1: Nine’s The Catch-Up [2007]


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