Where’d they get that from…? 
https://twitter.com/TelevisionAU/status/962191099065352193?s=20
11 February 1974: ATV0 debuts its new ‘sex and sin’ drama The Box, from Crawford Productions. Screening back to back with Number 96, the opening episode rated 24 in Melbourne but in Sydney, where the opening episode aired the following night, it rated 46.
Source: TV Times
Source: Woman’s Day
11 February 1979: Nine launches Sunday night current affairs show 60 Minutes. With reporters Ian Leslie, George Negus and Ray Martin, it is initially a ratings dud but gradually builds to become one of Nine’s most popular assets.
11 February 1985: The Midday Show with Ray Martin launches as the replacement for The Mike Walsh Show, which is moving to prime time. Ten’s alternative midday show, formerly Good Afternoon Australia, is re-named After Noon and co-host Gordon Elliott is replaced by Tony Murphy.
Also the Nine Network launches its revival of Blankety Blanks, with Daryl Somers.
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Nine’s first attempt to revive Blankety Blanks. A moderate success, it ran til 1986.
YouTube: JMC122867.
Nine would try again in 1996, this time hosted by Shane Bourne. Running til 1997, it had slightly more success.
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Construction noise could be heard during Today in the weeks leading up to Ray’s Midday debut as Nine raced to complete work necessary to accommodate an expanded production slate at the Willoughby studios. ATN7 General Manager Ted Thomas had offered Nine studio space at Epping to launch Midday if the works were unable to be completed on time.
In the week leading up to the launch of the revival, TEN10 had moved reruns of the classic Graham Kennedy version of Blankety Blanks from 3.30pm to 5pm as a spoiler and to safeguard their phenomenally successful 5.30pm news lead in. It turns out they had no need to worry as the Perfect Match ratings juggernaut continued into 1985.
11 February 1987: ATN7 debuts a sweet and wholesome Australian family sitcom at 8pm hoping it would benefit from the lead in provided by highly successful American sitcom Family Ties. It doesn’t debut on HSV7 until April 1. The show would go on to become one of only a handful of successful sitcoms produced in Australia but is now remembered for sinister reasons.
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was he being deliberately facetious? 
… nope, in those days television stations were run by gentlemen …
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The show which must not be named?
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Kinda like a certain lifestyle/gardening show that also started in '87.
Hello Father
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Daryl is truly awful, all over the place. Get a fucking script you goose.
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I hope that wasn’t directed at me, TVHead.
11/2/2002 Shafted premieres on Channel Nine. The show would last for less than two months.
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Are you Daryl Somers?
Originally intended as a temporary replacement for Sale of the Century.
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13 feb 2006 - family feud premiered on Channel 9 at 5:30pm time slot with Bert newton as host. bert’s family feud replaced The Price is Right due to falling ratings. (Larry emdur left Nine to move to 7 to host wheel of fortune).
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13 February 1971: Bert Newton is installed as the new host of Australia’s New Faces when the 1971 series premieres on GTV9 at 6.30pm and TCN9 at 9.30pm. Nine had previously made use of the co-axial link between Sydney and Melbourne to offer a split screen presentation with Frank Wilson hosting in Melbourne and Terry Dear hosting in Sydney.
The move to produce the show solely at the GTV9 studios necessitates interstate judges and talent being flown to Melbourne but it allows for artists to be assisted by professional choreographers and musical acts to be backed by a 30 piece orchestra.
Local editions of New Faces continue in markets across the country with Frank Wilson presenting a Sunday night edition of New Faces in Melbourne and Terry Dear hosting New Faces Auditions at 5pm on Saturday afternoons for Sydney viewers. TEN10 also has Sydney’s New Faces airing as part of their schedule.
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Here’s a brief clip of that set up from renowned songwriter John Capek’s facebook page.
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Doesn’t work.
Try again, just repasted the link and seems to work for me.
15 February 1981: The Nine Network celebrates 25 years of Australian television… or really, just 25 years of Channel Nine! Anyway, it’s a big event held at Sydney’s Centrepoint, hosted by Bert Newton. The program aired live on Nine in Sydney and Melbourne, not sure about other cities.
The special was repeated later in the year, on 16 September, which was the actual date of Nine’s 25th birthday.
Source: The Australian Women’s Weekly / TV World
15 February 2004: The debut of My Restaurant Rules on Seven.
I happened to be in Perth later that year and did go to the winning restaurant, Room 19. I can’t remember much of it now but I think it was a good meal. I souvenired a business card from there before I left. I have a feeling it may not survived a recent clean-out 
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