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==Events== *1 January – ''Australia Live'', a four-hour celebration welcoming a year of celebrations for Australia's bicentennial of European settlement airs on the ABC, SBS, the Nine Network and regional solus stations. *2 January – Imparja starts broadcasting to remote Central Australia via satellite It would have its official launch on 15 January. *17 January – The first episode of ''Home and Away'' one of the longest running Australian TV soaps since ''Neighbours'' airs on Seven Network. *18 January – ''A Current Affair'' launches on the Nine Network after a ten-year absence, hosted by Jana Wendt. *24 January – Network Ten unveils new logo, the "X" logo. *February – Seven Network launches ''Family Feud''. *8 February – Canadian teen drama series ''Degrassi Junior High'', the second in the Degrassi trilogy series debuts on the ABC. *16 February – ''The Comedy Company'' starring Mark Mitchell (Con The Fruitier), Glenn Robbins (Uncle Arthur), Maryanne Fahey (Kylie Mole), Ian McFayden, Kim Gyngell (Col'n Carpenter), Chris Keogh, Russell Gilbert, Siobhan Tuke, Paula Gardener and Peter Rowsthorn debuts on Channel Ten (1988–1990). *26 March - In Neighbours, Daphne Clarke becomes the first character in history to die to do so after being in a coma in a car crash four months earlier. *29 April – QSTV (now Seven Central) starts broadcasting to remote Eastern Australia via satellite. *20 May – Perth's third commercial television station NEW-10 opens, giving Perth the same number of stations as the eastern states. *18 May - In Neighbours, Madge Mitchell and Harold Bishop marry. *20 June – ABC debuts a new children's sketch TV series called ''Swap Shop'' (based on the British Saturday Morning children's programme of the same name) at 4:30pm. *17 July - In Neighbours, this was Charlene Robinson's final episode. Kylie Minogue leaves the show to focus on her recently launched recording career. *10 September – Brisbane's TVQ-0 becomes TVQ-10. On the same day, Toowoomba's DDQ-10 became DDQ-0. *24-25 October - In Neighbours, Mrs. Mangel marries Englishman John Worthington, immigrate to the UK and lived happily ever after. *31 October – The British long running science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' returns to the ABC with the very first serial of Season 24 Time and the Rani, which marked the first episode to star Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. Because the show is no longer airing at an early evening timeslot, it now airs as part of the hit weekday afternoon magazine series ''The Afternoon Show'' at 5:30pm. The show will also end on 23 November with the last part of Remembrance of the Daleks to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary. *4 November – In Neighbours, Bronwyn Davies and Henry Ramsay get together. *Christopher Skase buys Perth's TVW-7 & SAS-7 from Alan Bond's Bell Group for $130 million, meaning that all stations in the Seven Network were owned by the one company for the first time. *12 December – Final episode of ''Neighbours'' for 1988 airs on Network Ten. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1988 in Australian television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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