Fun fact:
As a coincidence, tomorrow will not only mark the first official running of the Cup on Nine, 22 years will be also marked since Seven’s first exclusive coverage of the Cup.
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November 5 1996: 10 broadcasts VRC Melbourne Cup Day 1996, live from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria on a day which saw Bart Cummings win his 10th Cup with Saintly.
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Australia’s Second oldest Television station and the birth timeline for the Seven Network. The Network is currently 68 years old.
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November 6 2001: The final Melbourne Cup Race (Before 2019) is screened on 10, live from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria. As with Derby Day and happened to be repeated on Oaks Day and Stakes Day as well, Tim Webster advised viewers in New South Wales and Victoria that the final race (As well as the results) of the day would still be shown during the 5:00 pm News and told viewers elsewhere in Australia (QLD, SA and WA) that the coverage would continue for an additional 30 Minutes.
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5 November 1956: New TV Station — ABN2, Sydney
5 November 1974: The Melbourne Cup is televised in colour for the first time.
5 November 2002: The Seven Network is the exclusive broadcaster of the Melbourne Cup for the first time, taking over the rights from Network Ten.
5 November 1986: The Nine Network premieres the mini-series Cyclone Tracy, a fictionalised account of the days before and after Cyclone Tracy wiped out the city of Darwin in 1974. Starring Tracy Mann, Chris Haywood, Nicholas Hammond, Tony Barry, Linda Cropper, Caroline Gillmer, Aileen Britton, Jack Webster, Paul Pryor, Nicholas Papademetriou, Noel Hodda and Kate Ritchie.
5 November 1993: ABC presents the Australian Film Institute Awards, live from the Wesley Centre, Sydney.
5 November 2006: ABC presents the 90-minute special The ABC Of Our Lives, a nostalgic look at 50 years of ABC television, narrated by John Clarke. Includes interviews with former ABC personalities including Lorrae Desmond, Bill Peach and Garry McDonald.
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November 7 1997: Nine’s coverage of the 1997-98 International Summer of Cricket begins at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Wolloongabba, Queensland with the 1st test Match between Australia and New Zealand.
November 7 2000: 10 broadcasts it’s live and exclusive coverage of VRC Melbourne Cup Day 2000 from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria. Note that the coverage began with Peter Donegan at Flinders Street Station 7.5 Kms away from Flemington Racecourse.
November 7 2002: Nine’s Live and exclusive coverage of the 2002-03 International Summer of Cricket begins from the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Wolloongabba, Queensland with the 1st Test match between Australia and England.
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7 November 1978: The 0-10 Network is the first to present exclusive television coverage of the Melbourne Cup and the first to telecast the race live to air in Victoria.
7 November 1993: Network Ten premieres Take 40 TV, featuring music videos, live performances, interviews and previews of the hottest new songs. Hosted by Eden Gaha.
7 November 1998: SBS presents the 40th annual AFI Awards from the Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney. Host is Mary Coustas.
7 November 1999: The Nine Network presents Fox Studios Australia — The Grand Opening, hosted by Hugh Jackman and with interviews by Richard Wilkins and Marie Patane.
7 November 2004: Network Ten presents Sweet Science, a telemovie in the BlackJack series. Starring Colin Friels, Marta Dusseldorp, Alex O’Loughlin, Vince Colosimo, Lara Cox, Anthony Hayes, Chris Haywood, David Field, Russell Dykstra, Steve Jacobs and Doris Younane.
7 November 2005: SBS premieres Speaking In Tongues, featuring John Safran and Father Bob Maguire.
7 November 2010: Network Ten presents the 24th annual ARIA Awards, live from the Sydney Opera House forecourt. Hosts are Dylan Lewis and Natalie Bassingthwaighte.
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8 November 1974: ABC premieres pop music show Countdown
8 November 1976: The Nine Network premieres serial drama The Young Doctors in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. (Adelaide followed the next night)
8 November 1977: The Box airs its final episode in Melbourne, ending a four-year run. The final episode was originally planned for 11 October but was postponed due to industrial action interfering with scheduling.
8 November 2001: The Nine Network‘s Getaway presents a special episode for its 10th anniversary
8 November 2002: Network Ten premieres children’s series Legacy Of The Silver Shadow, starring Eloise Mignon, Alex Hopkins, Stephen Lopez, Aljin Abella and Stephanie McIntosh.
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November 9 1996: 10’s Live and Exclusive Coverage of the 1996 VRC Melbourne Cup Carnival concludes from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria with VRC Stakes Day. Over on Nine, more weekly Saturday NSW Racing action can also be viewed during Wide World of Sports.
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November 10 2001: 10 wraps up it’s final Melbourne Cup Carnival Broadcast (Before 2019), live and exclusive from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria. This eventually meant the final ever Television appearances (Until Social Media became a thing) from the likes of Dan Mielicki, Gary Willetts, Jenny Chapman and the late Roy Higgins as well as Lyn Talbot.
Unlike the other three days, I don’t think there was any races scheduled after 5:00 pm AEDT, because the coverage wrapped up with Tim Webster and Peter Donegan in a studio.
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November 11 2000: The Final Day of the 2000 VRC Melbourne Cup Carnival, Stakes Day is live and exclusive on 10 from Flemington Racecourse in Victoria. Note that the closing theme music 10 used for all four days of the carnival that year is called That Tuesday in November by Mike Brady and can be only be found on Youtube since Spotify does not have the theme music on there.
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11 November 1964: ATN7 Sydney premieres comedy revue series The Mavis Bramston Show
11 November 1971: New TV Station — NTD8, Darwin
11 November 1995: ABC presents the special The 20th Anniversary Of The Whitlam Dismissal, hosted by Elle McFeast (Libbi Gorr) with Mark Warren and Mikey Robins.
11 November 1996: Network Ten premieres the telemovie Whipping Boy, starring Sigrid Thornton, Temuera Morrison, Tammy MacIntosh, Maria Mercedes, Robert Alexander, Michael Denkha and David Baldwin.
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1995: Was Nine’s coverage of the final ever Australian Formula One Race in South Australia held during the middle of the 1st test match between Australia and Pakistan from the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Queensland?
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14 November 1990: ABC presents a 75-minute special, Bradman, featuring cricket legend Don Bradman‘s first television interview to respected cricket writer Jack Egan.
14 November 1995: The final episode of ABC‘s consumer affairs program The Investigators, ending a ten-year run.
14 November 1997: ABC presents the 39th annual AFI Awards, hosted by Hugh Jackman from the Melbourne Town Hall.
14 November 1998: The Nine Network presents the special The Concert Of The Century, from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, celebrating 25 years of Mushroom Records. Performers include Kylie Minogue, Master’s Apprentices, Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons, Ol’ 55, Skyhooks, John Farnham, Paul Kelly and The Uncanny X-Men.
14 November 2004: Network Ten presents the mockumentary special Russell Coight’s Celebrity Challenge, featuring the accident prone wildlife expert (played by Glenn Robbins) taking a team of “celebrities” on a trek across Australia to raise money for charity.
14 November 2005: The Seven Network premieres Dragon’s Den Australia, hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.
14 November 2006: Pay-TV channel TV1 premieres sitcom Stupid Stupid Man, set in the office of a fictional men’s magazine. Starring Wayne Hope, Matthew Newton, Bob Franklin, Sophie Katinis and Leah Vandenberg.
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I’d forgotten about this. it was dire.
14 November 2005: The Seven Network premieres Dragon’s Den Australia , hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.
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I remember Channel Seven burst out of the blocks in 2005 (Lleyton’s run to the AO final, Desperate Housewives, Lost etc) but eventually ran out of steam towards the end as Nine yet again claimed the ratings year.
The 2002-06 period was a tough one for Seven but regaining the AFL and Supercars rights, among other things, saw them start to turn around their fortunes in the middle of the noughties.
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i can’t believe it was almost 20 years ago
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15 November 1976: The Nine Network premieres World War II drama The Sullivans
15 November 1996: ABC presents the 38th annual AFI Awards from the Melbourne Town Hall, hosted by Tim Ferguson and Sigrid Thornton.
15 November 2005: The Seven Network premieres drama series Headland, starring Sam Atwell, Conrad Coleby, Sophie Katinis, Brooke Harman, Adrienne Pickering, Josh Quong Tart, Libby Tanner, Yvonne Strahovski and Rachael Taylor.
15 November 2009: Rove McManus announces the end of his weekly show, Rove.
15 November 2016: SBS2 is re-launched as SBS Viceland
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According to Wikipedia, the final episodes aired 11am weekdays on 7two.
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