24 September 2005: Kip Gamblin, Ella Scott Lynch, Chris Hemsworth (Home And Away)
24 September 1973: Sydney’s TEN10 premieres the Jill Perryman comedy-variety special Jill, featuring Jack Thompson, Jon Sidney, Geraldine Turner, Fred Parslow and Gloria Dawn. Melbourne’s ATV0 follows two days later. Produced by Cash-Harmon Productions, makers of Number 96.
24 September 1979: Peter Landy hosts HSV7’s telecast of The Brownlow Medal for 1979, live from the Southern Cross Ballroom in Melbourne.
24 September 1980: Mini-series Water Under The Bridge, based on the novel by Sumner Locke Elliott, premieres on TEN10, Sydney. Melbourne’s ATV10 follows the next night.
24 September 1990: Bruce McAvaney hosts HSV7’s telecast of The Brownlow Medal for 1990, live from the Southern Cross Ballroom in Melbourne.
24 September 1993: The Nine Network premieres the first prime-time editions of The Footy Show as a Grand Final preview — with separate editions covering NRL (Sydney) and AFL (Melbourne) codes.
24 September 1995: The Australian Rugby League Grand Final (Nine) features the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles versus Sydney Bulldogs at the Sydney Football Stadium.
24 September 1996: SBS premieres seven-part documentary series Wildfish. In the first episode, host Peter Morse is joined by Rob Sitch (Frontline) for fly fishing in the streams of New Zealand’s southern alps.
24 September 2005: Network Ten covers the 2005 AFL Grand Final — Sydney Swans versus West Coast Eagles — live from the Melbourne Cricket Ground.