1994 in Australian television

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18 January - Australian police drama series Blue Heelers premieres on Seven Network.
28 January - American animated series Rugrats makes its debut on ABC at 5:30pm.
28 February - Australian long running children's TV series Mr Squiggle returns to ABC for a brand new series at 3:55pm.
3 March - British long running science fiction series Doctor Who airs on ABC for the very last time at 4:30am with the fourth and final part of the sixth and final serial of Season 22 Revelation of the Daleks.
21 March - Final episode of the Australian comedy series Mother and Son airs on ABC.
11 April - Australian children's comedy series The Ferals premieres on ABC.
11 April - Michael Tunn, the host of the ABC's Afternoon Show returns with a brand new music series called Loud as a replacement for the weekday afternoon magazine show that was axed in late 1993. The show includes music videos as well as reviews on movies and video games, feature stories on youth culture, musicians talking about their favourite music videos and on location interviews with bands and will be shown from Monday to Thursday at 5:30pm.
30 April - The Tasmanian television market is aggregated, with TasTV (now WIN Television) taking a Nine Network affiliation & Southern Cross taking a dual Seven and Ten affiliation.
20 May - SBS commences transmission in Darwin.
23 May - Australia's favourite koala Blinky Bill returns to television with a brand new animated series on ABC at 4:30pm.
20 June - Australian teen game show Vidiot returns to the ABC for a brand new series with Scott McRae taking over as presenter.
August - The Commonwealth Games are televised live on Network Ten from Victoria, Canada.
1 August - Melbourne's ATV10 celebrates 30 years of transmission.
17 August - Australian comedy series Hey Dad..! hosts its final original episode on Seven Network.
18 August - Neighbours launches its more reliable on-air look and new theme tune after half a decade of very bad ratings.
A Country Practice (1981-1993 on Channel 7) revival attempt on Channel 10 backfires and is swiftly cancelled due to low ratings.
Community Television starts with long-term trials of stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

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