1988 in Australian television
- 1988 in Australian television
Events
*January 1 - "Australia Live", a four-hour celebration welcoming a year of celebrations for Australia's bicentennial of European settlement airs on the ABC, SBS, the Nine Network & regional solus stations.
*January 2 - Imparja starts broadcasting to remote Central Australia via satellite It would have its official launch on January 15.
*January 17 - The first episode of Home and Away one of the longest running Australian TV soaps since "Neighbours"
*January 18 - The very first episode of A Current Affair debuts on Channel Nine and then-hosted by Jana Wendt.
*January 24 - Network Ten unveils new logo, the "X" logo.
*April 29 - QSTV (now Seven Central) starts broadcasting to remote Eastern Australia via satellite.
*May 20 - Perth's third commercial television station NEW-10 opens, giving Perth the same number of stations as the eastern states.
*September 10 - Brisbane's TVQ-0 becomes TVQ-10. On the same day, Toowoomba's DDQ-10 became DDQ-0.
*Christopher Skase buys Perth's TVW-7 & SAS-7 from Alan Bond's Bell Group for $130 million, meaning that all stations in the Seven Network were owned by the one company for the first time.
*"The Comedy Company" starring Mark Mitchell, Glenn Robbins, Maryanne Fahey, Ian McFayden, Chris Keogh, Russell Gilbert, Shoiban Tuke, Paula Gardener and Peter Rowsthorn debuts on Network 10 (1988-1990)
Debuts
* "Home & Away" (Seven Network)
* "A Current Affair" (Seven Local TV, Nine Network, Nine Network)
* "The Comedy Company" (Network Ten, 1988 – 1990)
* "Family Feud" (Seven Network, 1988 – 1996)
Television shows
1950s
1960s
1970s
* "Hey Hey It's Saturday" (1971-1999)
1980s
* "Wheel of Fortune" (1981-1996, 1996-2003, 2004 – present)
* "Neighbours" (1985 – present)
* "Sunday" (1981 – 2008)
* "Today" (1982 – present)
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