|
==Events== *Australian television celebrates its 40th birthday with celebrations lasting throughout the year. The actual birthday was on 16 September. *Jessica Rowe joins Ten News Sydney in January to co-anchor with Ron Wilson for the next nine years. *1 January - To celebrate the start of the new year, ABC-TV debuts a series of new idents featuring people doing various activities using inspiration and fun. As they do so, they draw the ABC's famous worm logo. The logo then fades before the video fades to black and the words "it's your abc" appear. *April - Constable Wayne Patterson, portrayed by Grant Bowler, is killed in a car crash on the ''Blue Heelers'' episode ''An Act of Random Violence''. Bowler departed the series. *June - Liz Hayes quits the ''Today Show'' after 11 years and joins the ''60 Minutes'' team, Tracy Grimshaw replaces Hayes on ''Today'' to co-host for the next nine years before leading up to ''A Current Affair'' from 2006 onwards. *15 July - ''Wheel Of Fortune'' John Burgess is sacked as host. Former ''Sale of the Century'' quizmaster, Tony Barber begins hosting for an ill-fated run which lasts for the remainder of the year. ''WOF'' relocates from Adelaide to Sydney during this time. *August - After a stand-off over who would air the show first with Seven owning the rights to the first season and Nine the subsequent seasons despite Seven not renewing the Warner Bros. output deal, the first season of ''Friends'' screens on the Seven Network, almost two years after it premiered in the United States. Season two begins on the Nine Network in December. * 19 September - 1.9 million watch Kerri-Anne Kennerley and treasurer Peter Costello dancing the Macarena on the Midday Show. 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「1996 in Australian television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|