IIRC, there was a major scandal coming out of that show involving contestants not being paid their winnings (or something to that effect)?
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And mentions that the show was rigged with the Bingo cards you would had gotten from the website or the Newspaper were always one off. In fact I remember watching it live in 2007 and in my opinion would make a good video essay topic.
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23 October 1964: Hobart’s TVT6 presents live coverage of the Miss Australia 1965 pageant from the Hobart Town Hall. The coverage is recorded for delayed broadcast on the mainland, including HSV7 Melbourne on 24 October and ATN7 Sydney on 25 October.
23 October 1976: All four Melbourne channels televise the eclipse of the sun from Ballarat. With the public told that to avoid eye damage the best way to watch the eclipse was on TV, ratings for the afternoon telecasts were huge.
23 October 1988: The Nine Network premieres mini-series Barlow And Chambers: A Long Way From Home, starring John Polson, Hugo Weaving, Julie Christie, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Armstrong, Robin Ramsay, Victor Banerjee, Shapoor Batliwalla, Liddy Clark, Georgie Parker and Mouche Phillips.
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23 October 1995: Pay-TV operator Foxtel — a joint venture between News Corporation and Telstra — commences a 20-channel cable TV service.
23 October 2005: Network Ten presents the 19th annual ARIA Awards from the Sydney Superdome. The hosting line-up includes James Mathison, Hamish Blake, Andy Lee, Dave Hughes, Ja’mie (Chris Lilley) and Natalie Bassingthwaighte.
23 October 2008: ABC1 presents The Prime Minister Is Missing, a dramatised account of the events leading up to and following the sudden disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt from a Portsea beach in December 1967.
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24 October 1959: New TV Station — ADS7, Adelaide.
24 October 1980 (United Nations Day): Channel 0/28, the new TV channel of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), begins in Sydney and Melbourne.
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24 October 1990: SBS presents the special Retro — Ten Years Of SBS Television.
24 October 1992: The Seven Network premieres health and lifestyle series Live It Up, hosted by Trisha Goddard and including segments by Dr Derek Llewellyn-Jones, sex therapist Dr Rosie King and chef Stefano Manfredi.
24 October 2000: Network Ten presents the 14th annual ARIA Awards. Hosted by Rove McManus from the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
24 October 2004: The Nine Network premieres the telemovie Big Reef, starring Jack Finsterer, Damian Garvey, Catherine Moore, Madeleine West, Steve Bisley and Lisa Hensley.
24 October 2007: The Nine Network premieres reality series Farmer Wants A Wife.
24 October 2014: Neighbours presents its 7000th episode.
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“Ethnic” tv… Jeeze that language is pretty loaded.
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and some footage from Channel 0’s first two nights of transmission
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25 October 1994: ABC consumer affairs program The Investigators presents a special episode to celebrate its 10th anniversary
25 October 1998: SBS presents the documentary Chooks: Their Lives And Their Lovers, taking a quirky look at modern Australia’s relationships with chickens.
25 October 2005: ABC premieres documentary series Sex In The Bush, a look at the sex lives of Australia’s native wildlife.
25 October 2006: Network Ten premieres six-part UK/Australian drama series Tripping Over, starring Daniel MacPherson, Abe Forsythe, Rebecca Gibney, Lisa McCune, Brooke Satchwell, Nicholas Bell, Bob Franklin and Gareth Yuen.
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26 October 1978: Sydney’s TEN10 presents the documentary The High Cost Of Dying. Journalist Ken Burslem looks at the vast industry associated with death.
26 October 1980: Channel 0/28’s (SBS) third day of transmission includes its first sports broadcasts — live coverage from Canberra of the match between Australia’s National Youth Team and Johnny Warren’s All Stars, followed by the Philips Soccer League Grand Final, between Sydney City and Heidelberg United. With 0/28 available only in Sydney and Melbourne, the coverage was shown on commercial stations elsewhere, including QTQ9 Brisbane and delayed broadcast the next day on NWS9 Adelaide and CTC7 Canberra.
26 October 1988: ABC premieres two-part mini-series Act Of Betrayal, starring Lisa Harrow, Deborra-lee Furness, Max Cullen, John Bonney and US actor Elliott Gould.
26 October 1992: SBS presents the documentary Paul Mercurio — Life’s Burning Desire, focusing on the man behind the Strictly Ballroom image.
26 October 2002: The Nine Network presents The Farmhand Concert For Drought Relief from the Sydney Superdome. Hosted by Ray Martin with performers including Jimmy Barnes, Lee Kernaghan, Olivia Newton-John, James Reyne and Bachelor Girl.
26 October 2004: SBS presents The Deadly Awards, hosted by Ernie Dingo from the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
26 October 2006: ABC premieres four-part documentary series Family Footsteps. Australians are given the chance to step into the lives they might have had if their parents had not migrated to Australia.
26 October 2007: Network Ten premieres Friday Night Download, with Mike Goldman, Ryan Fitzgerald and Bree Amer.
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I remember seeing this game live on the TV8 Network in regional Victoria.
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Bree was an OG Big Brother contestant and winner of S3
it was season 4 and she was runner-up.
Reggie Bird won season 3.
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27 October 1956: Six weeks after beginning regular transmissions, Sydney’s TCN9 is officially opened with speeches by Prime Minister Robert Menzies and Dame Pattie Menzies, New South Wales Premier Joe Cahill, Cardinal Norman Gilroy and the Archbishop of Sydney Howard Mowll.
27 October 1975: Darwin channel NTD8 resumes on-air transmission ten months after the station was wiped out by Cyclone Tracy.
27 October 1978: The Seven Network presents the Miss Australia 1979 pageant, live from Brisbane. Hosted by Roger Climpson with Mike Higgins and Annette Allison.
27 October 1980: Channel 0/28 premieres its news service, Worldwide News, screening every weeknight presented by George Donikian.
27 October 1986: Neighbours makes its first appearance on British television, premiering in a daytime timeslot on BBC1. SBS premieres evening news bulletin 9 O’Clock, presented by Christina Koutsoukos.
27 October 2008: SBS premieres comedy series Swift And Shift Couriers, starring Paul Fenech, Ian Turpie, Amanda Keller, Brendan Jones and Melissa Tkautz.
27 October 2009: The Seven Network drama series All Saints comes to an end after 493 episodes.
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Were people still watching All Saints by the time it ended?
IMO, moving the show to the later 9:30pm timeslot on Tuesday nights (previously 8:30pm) accelerated the end of the show.
I remember they revamped the show towards the end of the 00s due to declining ratings and the like.
They moved it to a medical rescue format with helicopters going out to locations to pick up patients etc so not just at the emergency department. It still averaged 1.1 million viewers in its final season down from a maximum average of 1.6. It was the last of the Australian dramas that would go for a full year 40 odd episodes a year. Packed to the Rafters etc had 20 odd episode seasons and I could be wrong but I think the seasons were split so half the season would be shown 1 year with the other half broadcast the following year.
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28 October 1974: The Seven Network presents the Miss Australia 1975 pageant from the Palais Ballroom, Melbourne. Hosted by Brian Naylor and Michelle Downes, the special is permitted to broadcast in colour. The Nine Network presents the Awards Night Grand Final of Showcase ’74 from Dallas Brooks Hall, Melbourne, also broadcast in colour.
28 October 1980: Channel 0/28 launches its first current affairs program, SCOOP (“Significant Community Observations Of People”)
28 October 1990: The Nine Network premieres mini-series Ring Of Scorpio, starring Catherine Oxenberg, Linda Cropper and Caroline Goodall.
28 October 1995: Sydney Ten News presenter Ron Wilson presents the special Pets, to commemorate world animal week, featuring reports by Sydney weatherman Tim Bailey and Alexandra Brunning (Heartbreak High).
28 October 1998: ABC comedy series Good News Week celebrates its 100th episode with a special episode recorded at the Sydney Opera House as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.
28 October 2002: The Nine Network premieres Mornings With Kerri-Anne with Kerri-Anne Kennerley.
28 October 2007: Network Ten presents the 21st annual ARIA Awards, hosted by Rove McManus and James Mathison from Acer Arena, Sydney. Includes performances by Powderfinger, Silverchair, The John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Sneaky Sound System and Gotye.
28 October 2007: ABC premieres the four-part documentary series Captain Cook: Obsession And Discovery.
28 October 2008: ABC premieres documentary series Navy Divers.
Any YouTube evidence?
29 October 1969: ABC presents Dynasty, the play based on the novel by Tony Morphett, and starring Kevin Miles, Ron Graham, Alan Hopgood, Terry Norris, Patsy King, Mark McManus and Brian James. ABC later produced a spin-off TV series of the same name.
29 October 1983: The Seven Network and various regional stations broadcast a selection of movies and TV programs in 3D in a 2-hour experiment.
29 October 1997: ABC presents The Young Performer Of The Year Awards from the Sydney Opera House and simulcast on ABC FM.
29 October 2006: Network Ten presents the 20th annual ARIA Awards from Acer Arena, Sydney. Hosts include James Mathison and guest presenters Johnny Knoxville and Jesse McCartney.
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IIRC, Kelly Cavuoto and Axle Whitehead (both alumni from the first season of Australian Idol) lost their jobs at Ten as a result of their behaviour at this event.
This was about the time that there were a few 3D movies in cinemas as well. Including the rather bad Jaws 3D
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