2 December 1972: Rory O’Donoghue, Sandra MacGregor, Grahame Bond, John Derum (The Aunty Jack Show)

2 December 1978: Steven Tandy, Richard Morgan, Lorraine Bayly (The Sullivans)

2 December 1995: Nicky Buckley and Glenn Ridge (Sale Of The Century)

2 December 2000: Cathy Freeman (centre) with Libby Tanner and Erik Thomson (All Saints)

2 December 2006: Damien Leith and Jessica Mauboy (Australian Idol); Damien Brodie and Stephanie McIntosh (Neighbours)

2 December 2017: 60 Years of TV Week


2 December 1956: New TV Station — ATN7, Sydney — TV At 60: ATN switches on in Sydney [2016]

2 December 1972: All four networks provide coverage of the Federal Election after polls close at 8.00pm. The election went on to see the Australian Labor Party end 23 years of conservative rule.

2 December 1977: Kerry Packer’s rebel cricket code World Series Cricket makes its TV debut on his Nine Network with Match One, featuring Australia versus West Indies, from VFL Park in Melbourne.

2 December 1993: Science and technology series Beyond 2000, formerly of the Seven Network, makes its first appearance on Network Ten.

2 December 1996: Network Ten presents the special Crowded House In Concert, a farewell concert for Crowded House from the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

2 December 2006: ABC presents the concert special Countdown Spectacular, a tribute to the long-running pop music show Countdown that ran from 1974 to 1987. Recorded at the Melbourne Concert Hall with Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum and performances by Sherbet, Hush, The Models, Eurogliders, John Paul Young, Leo Sayer, Renée Geyer, Frankie J Holden, Joe Camilleri, Brian Mannix and Wendy Stapleton.


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