Events
- February – Kim Kilbey starts hosting Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, replacing long-time host Jo Beth Taylor.
- 12 February – British Swiss children's animated TV series Pingu (which started off as a segment on the Seven Network's The Book Place) makes its debut on ABC, starting off with the first two episodes at 8:25 am. It will later broadcast several more episodes on 24 March at 3:55 pm and again in several months on weekdays at 10:25 am, 9:25 am, 7:25 am (for Sundays), 8:25 am (for a second time) and at 4:55 pm (until 1 January 1999 in all states and on 8 January 1999 in Western Australia).
- 16 February – The pink rabbit Mixy from The Ferals/Feral TV presents her own children's weekday morning block on ABC, starting from 7:30 am to 10:00 am.
- 16 February – British children's series Teletubbies debuts on ABC.
- 18 February – The talk show The Panel debuts on Network Ten.
- 24 February – The hospital drama series All Saints debuts on the Seven Network.
- 27 February – The British drama series Midsomer Murders premieres on the Nine Network.
- 1 March – The American comedy series Dharma and Greg premieres on the Seven Network.
- 27 March – Darwin finally gets a second commercial television station when TND-34 opens, taking a Seven Network affiliation.
- WIN Television WA is granted a licence to expand its broadcast into regional & remote Western Australia.
- 27 April - Network Ten launches game show Battle Of The Sexes, hosted by Ed Phillips. Also that night, Network Ten begins Fast Forward’s Funniest Moments, featuring sketch highlights from the former Seven Network comedy show for twelve episode run. Fast Forward’s Funniest Moments was digitised and was released on DVD in 2004 as part of the Fast Forward In Rewind collection.
- 10 May – Australian drama series SeaChange debuts on ABC.
- 24 June – Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher) has a massive fight with Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodbourne) about his feud with serial bombshell Sarah Beaumont (Nicola Charles), and slaps him in the face very hard on Neighbours.
- 29 June – British sitcom Father Ted premieres on the ABC, two years after its debut on the Nine Network.
- 7 July - GMA with Bert Newton celebrates its 1500th episode. The show began as The Morning Show in 1992 and took on the Good Morning Australia name the following year. That night, Network Ten screens the Kylie Minogue concert special Kylie — Intimate And Live, including behind-the-scenes footage of two months of preparation, planning and rehearsal for Minogue’s Australian tour.
- 20 July – Hey Hey It's Saturday launches its Red Faces documentary series and spin off Gonged But Not Forgotten, premieres at 8:30 pm, on the Nine Network.
- 31 July – The Wiggles' first self-titled television series debuts on the Seven Network.
- 22 August – British pop duo Lighthouse Family perform on the Nine Network variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday.
- 28 September – Pokémon makes its debut on Network Ten.
- 12 October – Nine Network debuts a brand new talk show called Strassman, presented by American ventriloquist and comedian David Strassman at 9:00 pm.
- 22 November – The 1995 film Babe premieres on the Seven Network.
- 27 November – After thirteen years, the final edition of Midday airs on the Nine Network, and Ray Martin leaves A Current Affair. He was replaced by Mike Munro. Martin would later return to the program five years later. On the same night, Brian Naylor retires from reading Melbourne's National Nine News after twenty years; he is replaced by Peter Hitchener.
- December – The remote Central & Eastern Australia markets are aggregated, with Imparja taking a Nine Network affiliation & Seven Central (formerly QSTV) taking a joint Seven & Network Ten affiliation.
- 20 December – The pay television station Disney Channel Australia introduced Foxtel to The Wiggles who debuted in a special taking place in Disneyland, California titled The Wiggles in Disneyland. This was later screened on the Seven Network. Future Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman hosts the 1998 Carols in the Domain, live on the Seven Network.
- 21 December – Network Ten debuts a brand new children's series aimed at pre-schoolers called In the Box, replacing The Music Shop.
- 24 December – The children's series Misery Guts which only ran for thirteen episodes, premieres on Nine Network.
Debuts
Subscription television
Domestic
| Program |
Channel |
Debut date |
| Funhouse |
Fox Kids |
January |
Specials
International
| Program |
Channel |
Debut date |
 Paul Reiser: Three and Half Blocks From Home[1] |
thecomedychannel |
18 January |
Changes to network affiliation
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on an Australian television network that had previously premiered on another Australian television network. The networks involved in the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs that have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the opposite platform (free-to air to subscription/subscription to free-to air) are not included. In some cases, programs may still air on the original television network. This occurs predominantly with programs shared between subscription television networks.
Subscription premieres
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian subscription television that had previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air on the original free-to-air television network.
Ending / resting this year
References
- 1 2 "thecomedychannel Highlights". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 17 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 "arena Highlights". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 17 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "Discovery Channel Highlights". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 17 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "FOX Soap Highlights". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 17 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ Shaw, Meaghan; Harris, Paul; Kalina, Paul; Farrant, Darrin (26 March 1998). "Programs – Wednesday". The Age Green Guide. Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 44. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- 1 2 Nickelodeon (Australia) (1998). Nick Nooze. 1.
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- ↑ Schembri, Jim; Harris, Paul; Kalina, Paul (30 July 1998). "Programs – Monday". The Age Green Guide. Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 32. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 Nickelodeon (Australia) (1998). Nick Nooze. 2.
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- 1 2 "What's New On Nick? – December 1998". Nickelodeon (Australia). 1998. Archived from the original on 6 December 1998. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- 1 2 "Cartoon Network Highlights". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 17 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 "UKTV Highlights". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 17 January 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ Shaw, Meaghan; Harris, Paul; Kalina, Paul (2 April 1998). "Programs – Thursday". The Age Green Guide. Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 42. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ↑ Freeman, Jane (11 May 1998). "A high-flier takes a walk". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
And thecomedychannel on Foxtel has already snapped up the show for pay television from June 2.
- ↑ Elder, Bruce (30 March 1997). "The new MUSIC WARS". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 13. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ TIPPET, GARY; HARRIS, PAUL; KALINA, PAUL; FARRANT, DARRIN (2 July 1998). "Programs – Wednesday". The Age. Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 32. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
For those who tuned in to this re-run of the sitcom – which kicked off on Monday with the rarely-seen pilot
- ↑ Joyce, James (11 July 1998). "Prime skips Heartbeat". Newcastle Herald. Newcastle, Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
TV1 has picked up the rerun rights to Shaun Cassidy's short-lived American terror series American Gothic (originally screened on Ten) and will air the twisted drama from December 5.
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