History Main / AustralianTelevisionShows

* ''{{Rake}}''

* ''{{Satisfaction}}'', a drama centered around the staff of a high-class brothel.

* ''TalkinBoutYourGeneration'' (A pop-culture celebrity quiz show in the style of SpicksAndSpecks and GoodNewsWeek).

* ''[[SpicksAndSpecks Spicks & Specks]]'' (A music quiz show, which has lately gotten reliant on the antics of the various guest stars (many of them comedians). This may be evidence of SeasonalRot.)

* ''FunkySquad''

* ''Series/GoodNewsWeek'' - the news of the week, dissected through fat jokes. Ran from 1996 to 2000 on two different channels (1996-1998 on the ABC, 1999-2000 on Network Ten), returned to Network Ten in 2008.

* ''Series/TheGruenTransfer'', a panel show about advertising and SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/TheGlassHouse''. Cheerfully breaks down ad psychology along the way. Highlight is the "Pitch" segment, where two leading ad agencies compete to make an ad for something unsellable (Such as: Whale Meat, War on New Zealand, Holidays to Baghdad, Global Warming and Making People Stop Coming to Australia.)

* ''GoodNewsWeek'' - the news of the week, dissected through fat jokes. Ran from 1996 to 2000 on two different channels (1996-1998 on the ABC, 1999-2000 on Network Ten), returned to Network Ten in 2008.

* ''McLeodsDaughters''

* ''TheUpsideDownShow'' with Shane Dundas and David Collins of ''TheUmbilicalBrothers''.

* ''TheSlap''

* ''TheGlassHouse'', a panel show in which comedians and their guests discuss recent news. Dropped by Creator/TheABC in 2006.
* ''Series/TheGruenTransfer'', a panel show about advertising and SpiritualSuccessor to TheGlassHouse. Cheerfully breaks down ad psychology along the way. Highlight is the "Pitch" segment, where two leading ad agencies compete to make an ad for something unsellable (Such as: Whale Meat, War on New Zealand, Holidays to Baghdad, Global Warming and Making People Stop Coming to Australia.)

* ''FastForward'' and ''FullFrontal'', pair of popular SketchComedy series, ''Full Frontal'' is a 90s SpiritualSuccessor to the late 80s ''Fast Forward'' which was on a different network. Notable for launching the careers of Eric Bana, Shaun Micallef, and the stars of ''KathAndKim'', among others.

* ''The Late Show''. Not to be confused with the American show of the same name, this was a highly popular Saturday night TV show from 1992-1993 that ran closer to [[/index]]''Series/SaturdayNightLive''[[index]] in content, but with far lower production values, deliberately less professionalism and a chattier delivery from the actors to the audience. Featured several comedians from ''FastForward'', despite the ''Late Show'''s intense (yet tongue in cheek) hatred of its producer Steve Vizard; Vizard had hand picked the stars he felt were most likely to succeed from a very well regarded UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}} comedy school and ''The Late Show'' was formed from the 'leftovers'. Ironically, they'd go on to form Working Dog Productions, whose films ''TheCastle'' and ''TheDish'', along with TV shows like ''ThePanel'', ''Series/ThankGodYoureHere'' and ''Series/{{Frontline}}'' would arguably be more successful than anything Vizard produced.

* ''Series/TheWorstYearOfMyLifeAgain''

* ''MicroNation'' - A comedy about a fictional micronation and its quirky inhabitants.

* ''WickedScience''

* ''MirrorMirror''

* ''Series/LockieLeonard''

In terms of childrens' tv, the most prolific producers are Creator/JonathanMShiff Productions (of ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'', ''OceanGirl'', and ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' fame), and the [[Creator/{{ACTF}} Australian Children's Television Foundation]] (a government-funded organisation behind shows such as ''{{Spellbinder}}'', ''DanceAcademy'', and the beloved ''RoundTheTwist'').

* ''OceanGirl'', a children's show about a [[WildChild girl living on an island]]. She's discovered by some children who live on a nearby underwater colony/

* ''All Aussie Adventures'', a spoof on other travel-adventure series such as ''The Crocodile Hunter'', starring Glenn Robbins as Russell Coight, an accident-prone and extremely misinformed "outback man".

* ''EscapeOfTheArtfulDodger'' -- a sequel series to the novel ''Literature/OliverTwist,'' centering around the Artful Dodger's adventures after he's been sent to a penal colony in Australia. Oliver Twist and Fagin also had large roles in the series.

* ''SalamCafe'' One of the first Islamic comedy programs.

* ''{{Bodyline}}'' - Dramatisation of the 1932-33 cricket tour. Stars Hugo Weaving.

* ''BridesOfChrist''