17 May 1975: Grahame Bond (Wollongong The Brave)

17 May 1997: Jo Beth Taylor (Hey Hey It’s Saturday), Isla Fisher (Home And Away), Nicola Charles (Neighbours)

17 May 2003: Rove McManus (Rove Live)

17 May 2008: TV Week Logie Awards


17 May 1991: Network Ten‘s late afternoon game show Let’s Make A Deal with Vince Sorrenti ends after only three months.

17 May 1993: Ken Sutcliffe hosts Nine‘s coverage of the Rugby League State Of Origin, New South Wales versus Queensland, from the Sydney Football Stadium.

17 May 2004: Rebecca Gibney and Claudia Karvan star in the telemovie Small Claims on Network Ten.

17 May 2004: SBS debuts five-part series Pizza Live, presenting a reality TV spin-off from the comedy series Pizza.

17 May 2005: ABC debuts four-part factual series The Shearers, about a group of young men and women trying to break into one of Australia’s oldest professions – shearing.

17 May 2007: The Nine Network debuts RPA: Where Are They Now?, revisiting some of the patients and stories to have featured in the long-running factual series RPA, based at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.

17 May 2009: SBS presents a delayed telecast of the Grand Final of the 54th annual Eurovision Song Contest from Moscow, Russia. Commentators are Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang.


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