2008 in Australian television

SBS TV

Nine Network

New international programming

ABC1

Seven Network

Network Ten

Other debuts

Telemovies

pecials

Pay-TV premieres

Below is a list programs which made their premiere on Australian Pay TV that had previously premiered on free-to-air television, a program may still air on the original network.

porting rights

* Seven and SBS will host the 2008 Summer Olympics [cite news|first=David|last=Knox|title=Seven and SBS in Olympic deal|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2007/04/seven-and-sbs-in-olympic-deal.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2007-04-04|accessdate=2008-07-09]
* ABC and SBS will host the 2008 Summer Paralympics [cite news|first=David|last=Knox|title=ABC launches Paralympic Games|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/abc-launches-paralympic-games.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2007-07-08|accessdate=2008-07-11]

Notes

* "Rapid Response" was originally scheduled to air on 7 February 2008 at nowrap|11:00 pm [cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Airdate: A Year with the Royal Family, Rapid Response|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/01/airdate-a-year-with-the-royal-family-rapid-response.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-01-24] , but scheduling changes saw "Kitchen Nightmares USA" premiere instead, causing "Rapid Response" to be pushed out of schedule.

* "Conviction" was originally scheduled to air on 23 January 2008 at nowrap|8:30 pm on Network Ten. [cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Airdate: Conviction|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/01/airdate-conviction.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2008-01-05|accessdate=2008-01-06] But it was pulled off schedule and instead premiered on March 11 at nowrap|11:30 pm on Ten HD.

* "Emerald Falls" was originally scheduled to air on 21 March 2008 (Good Friday) at nowrap|8:30 pm on Network Ten. [cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Airdate: Emerald Falls|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/03/airdate-emerald-falls.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2008-03-03|accessdate=2008-03-04] But this was later changed to 23 March (Easter Sunday) at nowrap|9:00 pm.

* "The 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards" was originally scheduled to air on 5 June 2008 at nowrap|9:30 pm on Arena. [cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Glad to see GLAAD|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/glad-to-see-glaad.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2008-04-30|accessdate=2008-05-03] This was then later changed to 17 July at nowrap|8:30 pm. [cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Better GLAAD than never|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/06/better-glaad-than-never.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2008-06-23|accessdate=2008-06-24] However, due to fact that the US production was unable to get international clearance for music rights, Arena was unable to broadcast the ceremony.

References