**Edit*** -- Inspired by Muggaz' Australia the 53rd (although he possibly meant 51st?) State article I wanted to update this blog an highlight just the programs that are still being screened in bold and the programs being repeated in bold italics.
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I was watching Rove Live last night and I fell asleep typing this blog in my head.
Anyone who knows me knows I'm like a total tv nut. My mother-in-law tells me I'm wasting my talents and should be an entertainment journalist because I'm always bombarding everyone with irrelevant trivial facts about people - mostly how they connect - like I said in Mugz blog "its a hobby of mine to watch American/Uk movies/tv and play "spot the Australian" " for example madpoet said he liked Olivia Newton John - one of her biggest hits was Honestly Love You - that song was written especially for her by ex pat Peter Allen who was married to Liza Minnelli who is Judy Garland's daughter (incidentally Judy's other daughter Lorna was in Grease 2!) The role of Peter is currently being played on Broadway by another well known Aussie Hugh Jackman in the Boy from Oz - That role was played by Todd McKinney in Australia and the UK and although he's been in just about every big budget theatrical production in Aus he wasn't well known enough for the Americans.
I digress - I Love Australian television in particular and I was thinking how cool it would be to have one or three channels entirely devoted to Australian movies, dramas & soaps and comedies.
There's so much quality that's being shown in so many other countries but not the USA.
The UK's had our soaps for years - Neighbours (1985) and Home & Away (1988) have been going strong here for 20 and 15 years respectively.
[this is another subject entirely but - You love The Wiggles right??? So why on Earth don't you like Hi-5? I mean you liked the concept and the songs!!! But rather then have the Australians and our accent on your tv's you made your own hi-5 - it's crazy!]
Anyway so like 3 channels with Aussie stuff (I should put this to Rupert Murdoch - he's an ex pat Aussie!)
COMEDY
SITCOMS
Acropolis Now (classic comedy with Effie and the Wog Boy himself Nick Gianopolous *sp?*)
All Together Now
Bullpitt (KC's Spinoff like 10years later wasn't as great but was still pretty funny)
CLUEDO
Colin Carpenter
Eggshells
Hey Dad
Kath & Kim
KINGSWOOD COUNTRY (my most favourite classic comedy - its up there with UK Keeping Up Appearences
MOTHER & SON
My two Wives
Newlyweds
Over the Hill (fantastic!!!)
Sit Down & Shutup
Us & Them
LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT/SKETCH COMEDY
Big Girls Blouse
Big Bite
Comedy Company (Kylie Mole *she goes she goes she goes* and Con the Fruiterer "beeyootiful")
Elle McFeast
Eric
Eric Bana Show Live
Fast Forward
Full Frontal
Greeks on the Roof
HAMISH & ANDY
Kitson Faye
Lano & Woodley
MERRICK & ROSSO
Micallef Tonight
Mondo Thingo
Rove
Shaun Micallef Show
Skithouse
Something Stupid
Standup
Totally Full Frontal
VARIETY
Blanety Blanks
Club Buggery
Countdown
Denton
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
Doug Anthony Allstars
Einstein Factor
Enough Rope
Glass House
GNW Debates
Good News Week
Hey Hey It's Saturday
In Melbourne Tonight
The Main Event
Midday with Ray Martin
Money or the Gun
Rage
Rove Live
Roy & HG
The Sandman
Strictly Dancing
Vizzard
DRAMA
SOAP
Breakers
E Street
Echo Point
Heartbreak High
Home & Away
Neighbours
Family & Friends
Number96
Pacific Drive
Paradise Beach
The Sullivans
Sylvania Waters
Sons & Daughters
Young Doctors
LIFE/RELATIONSHIPS
Always Greener
Babies
Brides of Christ
CrashBurn
Law of the Land
McLeods Daughters
Seachange
Secret Life of Us
Something in the Air
Queen Kat Carmel & St Jude
POLICE/LAW
Above the Law
Blue Heelers<BR>
Cop Shop
Halifax FP
Homicide
Marshall Law
Murder Call
Police Rescue
Raffertys Rules
Water Rats
State Coroner
Stingers
White Collar Blue
Wildside
Young Lions
FIRE
Fire
Fireflies
HOSPITAL
A Country Practice
All Saints
Flying Doctors
G.P
Medivac
CHILDRENS (preschool to preteen)
Agro's Cartoon Connection & AgroVation
Amazing
Banana's in Pyjamas
Butterfly Island
Chuck Finn
Clowning Around
CrashZone
Don't Blame Me
Elly & Jools
Fat Cat & Friends
The Ferals
Ferry Boat Fred
Finders Keepers
Genie from down under
The Gift
GladRags
Halfway Across the Galaxy & Turn Left
Henderson Kids
Hi-5
Highflyers
Horace & Tina
It's a Knockout
Little Elvis Jones & The Truckstoppers
Lizzies Library
Minty
Miraculous Mellops
Mirror Mirror
Mission Top Secret
More Than Words
Mr Squiggle
Mulligrubs
Now You See It
Ocean Girl
Outriders
Playschool (going stong for 30years -- ALOT of actors got their start here or moved to here to get more notice)
Pugwall
Round the Twist
The Saddle Club
Saturday Disney (original not the presenters they have now!)
Ship 2 Shore
The Sleepover Club
Snobs
Spellbinder (1 & 2 though 1 was better)
Sugar & Spice
Thunderstone
The Wayne Manifesto
The Wiggles
Wombat