50 Years 50 Shows was a television special to mark 50 years of television in Australia. Broadcast on Sunday 25 September 2005 on the Nine Network and hosted by Eddie McGuire, the special counted down the top 50 greatest Australian television programmes. September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... Eddie McGuire Edward Joseph Eddie McGuire AM (born 14 October 1964) is the CEO of the Nine Network, and president of the Collingwood Football Club. ...

The list of programs to be included in the top fifty was based on a poll of television writers, producers, directors, actors and critics. Once the top 50 was collated, their running order was decreed by the ratings the programs had achieved when broadcast: with the highest rating program in number one spot.

1. In Melbourne Tonight/The Graham Kennedy Show
2. The Paul Hogan Show
3. The Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
4. The Mavis Bramston Show
5. Brides of Christ
6. Kath & Kim
7. The Don Lane Show
8. 60 Minutes
9. Number 96
10. The Sullivans
11. A Town Like Alice
12. Homicide
13. Bandstand
14. A Country Practice
15. Power Without Glory
16. The Mike Walsh Show
17. Australian Story
18. Four Corners
19. The Dismissal
20. Blankety Blanks
21. Bangkok Hilton
22. Frontline
23. Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
24. My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?
25. Hey Hey It's Saturday
26. Parkinson in Australia
27. The Norman Gunston Show
28. Anzacs
29. SeaChange
30. Fast Forward
31. This Is Your Life
32. Young Talent Time
33. Mother and Son
34. Bobby Limb's Sound of Music
35. Blue Murder
36. Burke's Backyard
37. Blue Heelers
38. Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
39. Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals
40. Countdown
41. Sylvania Waters
42. Graham Kennedy's Coast to Coast
43. Media Watch
44. The Naked Vicar Show
45. The Aunty Jack Show
46. Neighbours
47. Play School
48. Foreign Correspondent
49. Sunday
50. The D-Generation

In Melbourne Tonight, otherwise known as IMT, was a variety and interview television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 1957 to 1970. ... Kennedy finally quit IMT on December 23, 1969, exhausted, and retired from TV for two years; in spite of his fame and fortune, he later described the period as years of misery. After a special on 2 March 1972 he returned with The Graham Kennedy Show on 19 September 1972... The Paul Hogan Show aired on Australian television in a the 1970s. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular satirical sketch comedy TV series broadcast on Australian television. ... In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave the world and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ... Kath & Kim is an Australian television comedy series shown on the ABC network. ... Don Lane is an Australian entertainer and talk show host. ... 60 Minutes premiered February 11, 1979. ... Number 96 was a revolutionary Australian daily soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. ... The Sullivans The Sullivans was an Australian made drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. ... A Town Like Alice is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute. ... -1... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs ... A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. ... Power Without Glory is a 1950 novel written by left-wing Australian writer Frank Hardy. ... Australian Story is a weekly biography programme, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, that portrays the lives of significant Australians. ... Four Corners is Australias longest-running and most respected investigative journalism/current affairs television program. ... The Dismissal was a Australian television mini series, broadcast in 1993 by Network Ten. ... Blankety Blanks was a popular Australian game show hosted by Graham Kennedy on Network Ten. ... Bangkok Hilton is a six-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by director Ken Cameron. ... Frontline is an Australian comedy television series which satirised Australian television current affairs programs and reporting. ... Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (or simply Enough Rope) is a television talk show broadcast on the ABC network in Australia. ... My Names McGooley, Whats Yours? was a popular Australian situation comedy series produced by ATN7 from 1967 to 1968. ... Hey Hey Its Saturday was a long running variety television program on Australian television. ... Michael Parkinson CBE (born March 28, 1935) is a British comedian, journalist and television presenter. ... Norman Gunston was a satirical character created by the Australian comic actor Garry McDonald. ... Seachange may refer to: Look up seachange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fast Forward was an Australian commercial television sketch comedy show that ran for 95 episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. ... This Is Your Life was a television show hosted by Ralph Edwards, first broadcast in the United States from 1952 to 1961 on NBC. It originated as a radio show airing from 1948 to 1952. ... Young Talent Time was an Australian television variety program screened on Network Ten. ... Maggie Beare (Ruth Cracknell) and son Arthur (Garry McDonald) Mother and Son was an Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 1984 until 1994. ... Blue Murder is a Canadian police drama television series. ... Burkes Backyard was an Australian gardening and lifestyle television programme that broadcast on the Nine Network from 12 September 1987 to 26 November 2004. ... Blue Heelers was a long-running Australian police series set in the fictional small town Mt. ... (DVD cover) Skippy the Bush Kangaroo was a popular Australian television series for children produced from 1966 to 1968. ... Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late 1974 until July 19 1987. ... Sylvania Waters was an Australian reality television series which followed the lives of an Australian family. ... Media Watch is an Australian television series screening on the ABC. It currently screens from 9. ... The Naked Vicar Show was a satirical Australian television series. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera, which began on-air in March 1985. ... Play School is an educational television programme for pre-school aged children. ... Foreign Correspondent is a weekly news-documentary programme screned on ABC TV. External links Official Website Categories: | | ... Sunday is a public affairs program on Australian television. ... The Best & Second Best of the D-Generation (DVD) The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV sketch comedy show, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for two series, in 1986 (10 x 30mins) and 1987 (6 x 30mins). ...

See also

• List of Australian television series
• 50 Years 50 Stars

This is a list of Australian television series and television programs. ... 50 Years 50 Stars was a television special to mark 50 years of television in Australia. ...

External links

• Nine Network press release as published on the Australian TV Guide.
• ninemsn video