8 September 1973: Sheila Kennelly and Gordon McDougall (Number 96)

8 September 1973: Mike Walsh (The Mike Walsh Show)

8 September 1984: Jacki MacDonald, Ossie Ostrich, Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday)

8 September 1990: Mat Stevenson and Emily Symons (Home And Away)

8 September 2001: Erik Thomson and Georgie Parker (All Saints)

8 September 2007: Amy Mathews and Paul O’Brien (Home And Away)


8 September 1980: ATV10 presents the 1980 Truth-CUB Cazaly Awards for the year in VFL football. The event is hosted by sports presenter Phil Gibbs live from the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne.

8 September 1986: ABC premieres The Gillies Republic, the political satire series featuring Max Gillies with Tracy Harvey, Geoff Kelso, Monica Maughan, Phillip Scott and Mark Little.

8 September 1990: Network Ten wipes out its usual overnight schedule of B-grade re-runs and movies and replaces that with Ten Newswatch, a direct telecast of news coverage from US network CNN with emphasis on the escalating situation in the Middle East.

8 September 1992: The Nine Network premieres sitcom My Two Wives, starring Peter Fisher, Linda Newton, Morna Seres, Kym Valentine and Brett Blewett.

8 September 1993: The Nine Network screens the pilot to the 1950s drama Snowy, depicting the post-war period and events around the Snowy Mountain hydro power project. The regular series commenced weekly screening from the following night.

8 September 1994: Rob Guest and Sigrid Thornton host the Australian Fashion Awards (Seven) from the Sydney Town Hall.

8 September 2009: Network Ten premieres The Spearman Experiment, hosted by comedian and actor Magda Szubanskipresenting a countdown and analysis of various moments and events around pop culture.


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