20 January 1980: “You’re On Top With Ten” as ATV0 relaunches as ATV10.
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That evening, the newly-named Network Ten launches its new soap Arcade with a 90-minute episode. It did not go well and was axed after six weeks.
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20 January 1986: Neighbours makes its debut on Ten after being axed by Seven the previous year
20 January 1992: Bert Newton returns to TV with The Morning Show (later Good Morning Australia) on Ten
20 January 1992: Ten Eyewitness News moves to become “First at Five”. Network Ten affiliate Capital Television makes the same move in Canberra but ends up reversing the switch in March after backlash from viewers.
20 January 1992: Derryn Hinch, axed by Seven, launches Hinch on Ten in the 6.00pm timeslot. It soon shifts to 7.00pm.
20 January 1992: With Ten Eyewitness News shifting to 5.00, Southern Cross Network in Victoria launches its own “national” news with Southern Cross Eyewitness News at 6.30pm to supplement the local news (Bendigo/Gippsland) at 6.00pm.
