1992 in Australian television
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Events
- 1 January – The Victorian television market is aggregated, with VIC TV (now WIN Television) becoming the Nine Network affiliate, Prime Television taking a Seven Network affiliation & Southern Cross Network (now Southern Cross Ten) taking the Network Ten affiliation.
- 3 January – The long running British science fiction series Doctor Who airs its finale broadcast on ABC with the fourth and final part of the seventh and final serial of Season 18 Logopolis. For the rest of 1992 there were no more broadcasts of Doctor Who until 8 March 1993 with the first serial of Season 19 Castrovalva. The show will finish airing on 3 March 1994.
- 6 January – Neighbours and Home and Away return for 1992 now both screening against each other in the 7:30 pm timeslot.
- 20 January – Network Ten launches weeknight "First at Five" news on its five capital city stations.
- 20 January – Bert Newton returns to television as host of a new talk show on Network Ten The Morning Show.
- 27 January – Australian evening current affairs program The 7.30 Report returns to ABC for the new year.
- February – Ex-Europe Correspondent Ian Henderson takes over as newsreader for the 7.00 pm ABC News in Victoria after Mary Delahunty left to replace John Jost for the Victoria Edition of The 7.30 Report.
- 8 February – Network Ten's troubled soap opera Neighbours is another attempt to bring back to its former 1980s ratings glory, producers are ramping up the show's storylines as well as writing out four cast members while signing up three new faces. Lorraine Bayly, Jeremy Angerson, Andrew Williams and Gillian being terminated and are all leaving the show in coming weeks – while Ben Mitchell and Felice Arena are joining the series, and former guest star Natalie Imbruglia is returning for an ongoing role. Producer Don Battye is confident of re-signing Melissa Bell when her contract expires mid-year, despite moves to have her swap over to Ten's other evening soap, E Street. Veteran actor Tom Oliver has been re-signed with Neighbours, with plans to romantically match up his character Lou Carpenter to now-widowed Madge Bishop (Anne Charleston). Producers are also casting for two teenagers to enter the series as Carpenter's children. Another romantic storyline being devised by writers is set to involve Lucy Robinson (Melissa Bell) and Brad Willis (Scott Michaelson).
- 9 February – Three of Nine Network's current affairs lineup programmes 60 Minutes, Sunday and Business Sunday return for another year.
- 10 February – Australian comedy series Mother and Son returns for a new series on ABC.
- 10 February – The Nine Network launches a new game show called Supermarket Sweep presented by Ian Turpie, making his last game show appearance before his passing in 2012.
- 14 February – Australian gardening and lifestyle series Burke's Backyard returns for another year. This time host Don Burke is joined by presenters Dr. Harry Cooper, Peter Harris and Densey Clyne.
- 14 March – Australian documentary series Foreign Correspondent debuts on the ABC.
- 8 May – Australian children's educational TV series Lift Off debuts on ABC at 2:00 pm every Friday. It later aired weekdays at 4:30 pm in June and on Saturdays at 6:00 pm in November.
- 8 June – Australian teen game show Vidiot presented by Eden Gaha debuts on ABC.
- 18 July – Australian comedy series The Late Show starring The D-Generation starts airing on the ABC running for two seasons.
- 20 July – ABC debuts children's TV series Bananas in Pyjamas.
- 4 September – Kerry Packer and Channel Nine pulls the plug on Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos midway through the show.
- 6 November – Final episode of the Australian children's game show Big Square Eye airs on the ABC.
- 26 November – Accident-prone comedy sketch show Fast forward airs its final episode on Seven Network. It returns in 1993 with the rebranded name Full Frontal, which is the same as FF. Fast Forward continued specials in 1993 and 1994.
- 21 December – Network Ten debuts a new weekday morning program for children called The Big Breakfast.
Debuts
| Program | Channel | Debut date |
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| Real Life | Seven Network | 20 January |
| The Morning Show | Network Ten | 20 January |
| Supermarket Sweep | Nine Network | 10 February |
| Phoenix | ABC TV | 13 February |
| Saturday at Rick's | Nine Network | 22 February |
| Sylvania Waters | ABC TV | 7 March |
| Foreign Correspondent | ABC TV | 14 March |
| Sunday Football | Nine Network | 22 March |
| Ferry Boat Fred | ABC TV | 30 March |
| Lift Off | ABC TV | 8 May |
| Getaway | Nine Network | 14 May |
| A Dog's Life | ABC TV | 29 May |
| Vidiot | ABC TV | 8 June |
| Totally Wild | Network Ten | 12 July |
| The Late Show | ABC TV | 18 July |
| Bananas in Pyjamas | ABC TV | 20 July |
| Bony | Seven Network | 15 August |
| My Two Wives | Nine Network | 8 September |
| The Big Breakfast | Network Ten | 21 December |
International programming
Television shows
- Mr. Squiggle and Friends (1959–1999)
- Four Corners (1961–present)
- Rage (1987-beyond)
- G.P. (1989–1996)
- Wheel of Fortune (1981–1996, 1996–2003, 2004-beyond)
- A Country Practice (1981–1994)
- Home and Away (1988–present)
- Family Feud (1988–1996)
- Fast forward (1989–1992)
- Sunday (1981–2008)
- Today (1982 – present)
- Sale of the Century (1980–2001)
- A Current Affair (1971–1978, 1988–2005, 2006–present)
- Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999)
- The Midday Show (1973–1998)
- 60 Minutes (1979–present)
- The Flying Doctors (1986–1991)
- Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (1990–present)
- Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971–1999)
- Neighbours (1985 – present)
- E Street (1989–1993)
- Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton (1991)
Ending this year
| Date | Show | Channel | Debut |
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| 6 November | Big Square Eye | ABC | 1991 |
| 26 November | Fast forward | Channel Seven | 1989 |
| Double Dare | Network Ten | 1989 | |
| The Bugs Bunny Show | Network Nine | 1990 | |
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