Wow it’s 25 years already since the Allan Border Medal was first awarded. It’s now expanded to become the Australian Cricket Awards.
1 February 1983: Network Ten‘s Prisoner returns for the new year to reveal the identity of the two characters killed in the prison fire.
1 February 1993: ABC has live coverage of Superbowl XXVII from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Bert Newton‘s mid-morning talk show, formerly known as The Morning Show, is back under the new title Good Morning Australia.
1 February 1999: SBS has live coverage of Super Bowl XXXIII from Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida.
1 February 2000: Alyssa-Jane Cook and Scott Burgess head the cast of Ten‘s new drama series Above The Law, debuting with a two-hour episode. The series also stars Bridie Carter, Jolyon James, Ingrid Ruz, Teo Gebert, Nicholas Bishop, Kristy Wright and Meme Thorne.
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1 February 2010: The Seven Network launches its new reality competition My Kitchen Rules with judges Manu Feildel and Pete Evans.
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Ran for 30 episodes, with an additional five left unaired.
In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun called it a “highly promoted misfire”.
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I thought it was a good show. Just never seemed to click with viewers.
It was over 30 years ago.
yes and my first TV memory was many years before that 
2 February 1992: Ten launches Bert Newton’s New Faces, reviving the title and format that Newton hosted at the Nine Network from 1976 to 1985. Later, Ten debuts locally-made sitcom Late For School, starring Frankie J Holden, Sarah Chadwick and Matthew Newton.
2 February 1994: Karen Tighe, Gordon Bray, Steve Robilliard, Peter Gee and Anne Sargent are presenters for the ABC Sport Australia Awards from the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne. The presentation also includes appearances by Elle McFeast (Libbi Gorr), Jean Kittson and Lex Marinos.
2 February 1995: Wildlife With Olivia Newton-John (Nine) makes its debut, with Olivia Newton-John and reporters Simon Reeve, Samantha Kume and Michael Beatty.
2 February 1998: Network Ten launches two new shows: lifestyle show FCTV, a spin-off from Family Circle magazine hosted by Rob Duckworth and Family Circle editor Julia Zaetta; and soapie Breakers, based around people and families working near Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Breakers was scheduled to run new episodes at 11.30pm with a replay the following weekday afternoon at 4.30pm.
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2 February 1998: ABC begins two weeks of coverage around the 1998 Constitutional Convention, to discuss whether Australia should become a republic. Coverage consisted of around 4-5 hours each day with a brief summary/update at 5.00pm and a half-hour late night program, The Constitutional Convention Report.
2 February 2004: SBS, Fox Sports 2 and ESPN present live coverage of Superbowl XXXVII from Houston, Texas.
2 February 2004: Ten‘s new reality show The Hothouse debuts, hosted by Erika Heynatz. The series lasted for one season. Fox8 debuts two-part anthology drama series Love Bytes, comprising four different tales of finding love in the world of online dating.
2 February 2009: Ten, Ten HD and ESPN present live coverage of Superbowl XLIII from Tampa, Florida.
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At least it wasn’t a solid watermark
According to the book Super Aussie Soaps, Breakers got into a little trouble with the lesbian storyline.
Well, since they screeed it at 11.30pm, nobody would have seen it. 
Strange how networks had so much money back then that they would make soaps to run outside prime time, but these day 9 and 10 do not have even one Australian drama in prime time this year and 7 only have one.
This is what happens when you let the bean counters into the joint.
Also Lost premiered on 7 some 5 months after its debut on ABC America
3 February 1983: The debut of five-part documentary series Peach’s Gold. Written and presented by Bill Peach, each episode presents a dramatised history of gold in Australia, from the earliest discoveries to the gold rush and through to the present day.
3 February 1984: Network Ten and regional stations across Australia link together to launch the National Olympic Telethon, the 26-hour telethon to raise funds to send Australia’s Olympic team to Los Angeles.
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3 February 1990: Nine telecasts the last day of competition and the Closing Ceremony from the Commonwealth Games, live from Auckland.
3 February 1992: Ten debuts its new lifestyle/magazine show Healthy Wealthy And Wise, hosted by Jacki MacDonald and Ronnie Burns and featuring Iain Hewitson, Ross Greenwood, Jim Brown and Lyn Talbot.
3 February 2004: Barry Crocker hosts the premiere of off-beat talent quest We’ll Call You for The Comedy Channel.
3 February 2004: Ten launches weekly news program TTN, aimed at school-age viewers.
3 February 2008: Ten launches the first Australian series of So You Think You Can Dance, hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte with judges Bonnie Lythgoe, Jason Coleman and Matt Lee.
3 February 2009: Kelly Landry, James Brayshaw and Josh Lawson host the debut of Wipeout Australia for Nine.
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Axed in 2008 due to budgetary constraints.
3/2/2014 Today Tonight is axed on the East Coast, with Seven News bulletins in these markets extended to one hour. Adelaide and Perth would follow suit in 2019.
4 February 1972: Mike Willesee and John Bailey host Preview 72, a one-hour special highlighting the shows coming up on the Nine Network during the year.
4 February 1984: Network Ten‘s 26-hour National Olympic Telethon comes to a close with a final total of $5,520,000 raised from across Australia.
4 February 1991: Network Ten’s Good Morning Australia launches a revamped look, with Kerri-Anne Kennerley and new co-host Tim Webster. The morning show now has a lighter, brighter format with more emphasis on entertainment, consumer affairs, recreation, health and sport. Later in the day Ten launches evening game shows Let’s Make A Deal, with Vince Sorrenti, and Blind Date, with Greg Evans and Nicky Buckley.
4 February 1998: Wildside, previously seen as a four-part mini-series on ABC, returns as a weekly series of 36 episodes.
4 February 2002: SBS and Fox Sports present coverage of Superbowl XXXVI, live from New Orleans, Louisiana.
4 February 2005: Seven Network personality and former champion swimmer Johanna Griggs takes over as host of Better Homes And Gardens.
4 February 2008: SBS and Fox Sports 2 present coverage of Superbowl XLII, live from Phoenix, Arizona.
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Wow its been 20 years of Joh hosting already
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I also think it was around this time that BHG moved to Friday nights (after an unsuccessful Saturday night run in 2004).
This coming shortly after Nine axed “Burke’s Backyard” as well.
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