9 February 1966: Bob Dyer (BP Pick-A-Box)
9 February 1974: Briony Behets and George Mallaby (The Box)
9 February 1974: Jeff Kevin (Number 96)
9 February 1980: Paul Cronin, Susan Hannaford, Michael Caton, Ilona Rodgers (The Sullivans)
9 February 1985: Jana Wendt, Ian Leslie, Jeff McMullen, George Negus (60 Minutes)
9 February 1991: Gayle Blakeney and Stefan Dennis (Neighbours)
9 February 2002: Kimberley Cooper and Zac Drayson (Home And Away)
9 February 2008: Callan Mulvey and Kate Ritchie (Home And Away)
9 February 1975: The Nine Network debuts new serial The Unisexers in a one-hour episode. The series, from the producers of Number 96, includes cast Walter Pym, Jessica Noad, Steven Tandy, Patrick Ward, Josephine Knur, Tina Bursill, Delore Whiteman, Tony Sheldon, John Paramor, Michele Fawdon, Anne Grigg and Sonia Hoffman. The series was axed after three weeks.
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9 February 1976: The Melbourne debut of Seven‘s new drama series Tandarra, starring Gerard Kennedy, Penne Hackforth-Jones and Gus Mercurio. (ATN7, Sydney, followed the next night) A 13-episode series set in the 1850s, Tandarra was the sequel to Cash And Company that aired the previous year. The 0-10 Network debuts its new charade game show The Celebrity Game, hosted by Mike Preston with Johnny Pace, Harriet, Joe Martin and Joy Chambers. Horizon-5, a daily rural affairs program, debuts on ABC. Hosted by Neil Inall.
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9 February 1981: The Seven Network debuts game show Catch Us If You Can, a mix of studio and on-location games and Candid Camera-type stunts. The show is hosted by ’60s pop star Bryan Davies with presenters including Deborah Gray, Russell Newman, Grant Dodwell, Ian Macrae, Marty Morton, Mark Kounnas and Edith Bliss.
9 February 1992: Nine presents live coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the XVI Olympic Winter Games from Albertville, France.
9 February 1995: Andrew Daddo and Alyssa-Jane Cook host the new series Funniest People (Seven), featuring contestants performing everything from party tricks to impersonations — with the three best each week winning prizes to the value of $10,000.
9 February 1998: Sale Of The Century (Nine) returns for the new year with the celebrity contest ‘Battle Of The TV Shows’, featuring stars from The Price Is Right, Money, Good Medicine, Water Rats, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, The Movie Show, Getaway and Animal Hospital.
9 February 2002: Johanna Griggs hosts Seven‘s coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the XIX Olympic Winter Games from Salt Lake City, Utah.
9 February 2003: Former SBS Dateline host Jana Wendt returns to the Nine Network after ten years to take over as host of weekly current affairs program Sunday. Sketch comedy series Skithouse, from Roving Enterprises, debuts on Network Ten.
9 February 2005: The debut of ABC‘s music quiz show Spicks And Specks with Adam Hills and team captains Adam Brough and Myf Warhurst. Network Ten launches Aussie Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.
9 February 2009: Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities, a dramatised account the marijuana trade centred on the New South Wales town of Griffith, debuts on Nine. The series starred Andrew McFarlane, Roy Billing, Matthew Newton, Anna Hutchinson, Asher Keddie and Peter Phelps.
