1989 in New Zealand television

This is a list of New Zealand television-related events in 1989.

List of years in New Zealand television

Events

  • 3 April – Network News at Six was reduced in duration from an hour to 30 minutes; Holmes premiered on TV One and screened at 6.30pm (right after Network News at Six); and the regional news programmes – Top Half (Auckland), Today Tonight (Wellington), The Mainland Touch (Christchurch) and The South Tonight (Dunedin) – were transferred to Network Two at 5.45pm.
  • 3 April – New Zealand quiz show Sale of the Century premiered and screened weeknights at 7pm on Network Two (right after the Australian soap Neighbours). By the end of July, the show was transferred to TV One and Neighbours was moved to a 'double episode' format from 6.30-7.30pm.
  • August – Network Two was renamed as Channel 2. Despite the name being used as "Channel 2", it was seen on screen as just "Network Two" until October.
  • October – A new look for Channel 2 was unveiled.
  • 6 November – Breakfast television – weekdays from 6.30am and weekends from 7am – was introduced to Channel 2 with an early morning news service called Breakfast News with Tom Bradley as anchor and Penelope Barr as weather presenter. Breakfast News initially aired as a half hour bulletin on Channel 2 at 7am, with a five-minute news and weather update at 8am, before switching to five-minute news and weather bulletins at 7am, 7.30am, 8am and 8.30am by January 1990. Cartoons, Sesame Street and British sitcom reruns were shown throughout the morning, although Sesame Street was still shown on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons until December 1989, and Aerobics Oz Style and the US soaps Santa Barbara and Days of Our Lives were transferred from TV One to Channel 2.
  • 11 November – Saturday morning television was introduced to Channel 2 with a brand new wrapper programme called The Breakfast Club with Jason Gunn as host. What Now and other children's programmes on weekend mornings were transferred from TV One to Channel 2.
  • 26 November – TV3 commenced broadcasting with a two-hour Grand Preview from 8pm.
  • 27 November – TV3's regular programming began at 7am with The Early Bird Show and news updates on the half hour.
  • 5 December – Australian soap Home and Away premiered in New Zealand with the series initially transmitting on TV3 in a double episode format on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7.30-8.30pm.
  • 8 December – The final editions of Top Half (Auckland) and Today Tonight (Wellington) were broadcast on Channel 2 at 5.45pm.

Debuts

Domestic

International

New channels

  • 26 November – TV3

Changes to network affiliation

This is a list of programs which made their premiere on a New Zealand television network that had previously premiered on another New Zealand 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.

Domestic

Program New network(s) Previous network(s) Date
What Now Channel 2 TV One 11 November
Sale of the Century TV One Network Two 31 July

International

Program New network(s) Previous network(s) Date
Tales of the Wizard of Oz TV One Network Two 17 March
The Adventures of Spot TV One Network Two 16 May
Rainbow Brite TV One Network Two 5 June
Mother and Son Network Two TV One 25 June
Postman Pat TV One Network Two 15 August
The Adventures of Parsley TV One Network Two 15 August
Gumby TV One NZBC 20 August
Frank's Place Channel 2 TV One 22 October
Mike, Mop and the Moke Channel 2 TV One 6 November
/ The Smurfs Channel 2 TV One 6 November
Storytime Channel 2 TV One 7 November
The Sooty Show Channel 2 TV One 8 November
Two by Two Channel 2 TV One 8 November
Chigley Channel 2 TV One 9 November
/ Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater Channel 2 TV One 10 November
Ragdolly Anna Channel 2 TV One 10 November
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon Channel 2 TV One 11 November
Doctor Snuggles Channel 2 TV One 12 November
The Adventures of Snelgrove Snail Channel 2 TV One 12 November
Gumby Channel 2 TV One 12 November
Postman Pat Channel 2 TV One 14 November
TUGS Channel 2 TV One 18 November
DuckTales TV3 Channel 2 27 November
The Wuzzles TV3 TV One 27 November
Rainbow Channel 2 TV One 27 November
Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald TV3 TV One 2 December
Adventures of the Gummi Bears TV3 Channel 2 2 December
Rumpole of the Bailey TV3 TV One 5 December
Annie McGuire TV One Channel 2 11 December

Television shows

Ending this year

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