1991 In Australian Television

Events

January

* 2 January – British sitcom ''Mr. Bean'' starring Rowan Atkinson premieres on the ABC.
* 13 January – Network Ten undergoes a major rebrand, launching as "The Entertainment Network" and introducing a new logo, which remained in use until October 2018.
* 17 January – Seven Network's long running breakfast program ''Sunrise'' makes its first broadcast.
* 22 January – Australian sitcom '' All Together Now'' premieres on Nine Network.

February

* 8 February – French-American-Canadian animated series ''Inspector Gadget'' ends its afternoon run on ABC. The series will later shift to air on Sunday mornings on 22 December of that year.
* 10 February – ''The Simpsons'' debuts on Network Ten at with the first season episode, 'Bart the Genius'.
* 11 February – The ABC premieres the sitcom '' Eggshells'' starring Garry McDonald.

March

* March – Tony Barber and Alyce Platt announced that they will quit hosting the quiz show ''Sale of the Century''.
* 15 March – Steve Vizard wins the 1991 Gold Logie.
* 16 March – The producers of soap opera '' Neighbours'' have reported that star Beth Buchanan (sister of ex-''Hey Dad'' star Simone) is going to leave the series when her contract expires in June.
* 17 March – ABC debuts a new Sunday morning children's wrapper programme called ''Couch Potato'' presented by Australian actor Grant Piro.
* 19 March – Australian children's series ''Johnson and Friends'' premieres in New Zealand on TVNZ's Channel 2 as part of the '' After 2'' children's block.

April

* April – Glenn Ridge and Jo Bailey replace Tony Barber and Alyce Platt on ''Sale of the Century''.
* 6 April – Network Ten's troubled soap opera '' Neighbours'' is set to lose a record number of cast members as many of them have contract renewals coming up. Ian Williams, who plays medical student Adam Willis, is confirmed to be leaving, while co-star Lucinda Cowden who plays Melanie Pearson is also believed to be quitting when their contracts expire.
* 30 April – ABC's live comedy series ''The Big Gig'' returns with a new series.
* 6 April – Network Ten's disgraced soap opera '' Neighbours'' is set to lose never more than 25 actors along with 200 crew people, being terminated from their roles as part of the severe revamp. The names were Ian Smith (Harold Bishop), Lucinda Cowden (Melanie Pearson), Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson), Gayle and Gillian Blakeney (Caroline & Christina Aleesi), Mark Little (Joe Mangel), Kristian Schimid (Todd Landers), Jeremy Angerson (Josh Anderson), Beth Buchanan (Gemma Ramsay), Amelia Frid (Cody Willis), Ben Guerens (Toby Mangel), Miranda Fryer (Sky Bishop) and Ian Williams (Adam Willis). Joining the shamed series will be former Cleo covergirl of the year Rachel Blakely and former models Scott Michaelson and Andrew Williams.

May

* 13 May – Triple J presenter and radio announcer Michael Tunn takes over as presenter of the Australian weekday magazine series ''The Afternoon Show''.
* 15 May – Canadian teen drama series ''Degrassi High'', the third in the Degrassi trilogy series makes its debut on ABC.
* 30 May – Australian sitcom ''All Together Now'' premieres in New Zealand, screening on Channel 2.
* 30 May – A spinoff of the Australian comedy series '' Hey Dad...!'' called ''Hampton Court'' airs on Seven Network running for only one season and a total of thirteen episodes. It was later axed after the final episode on 22 August.

June

* 1 June – Reruns of the classic ABC drama series ''Patrol Boat'' are now airing on Network Ten.
* 3 June – '' Neighbours'' premieres in America, airing on KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, CA. Two weeks later, the series debuts on WWOR-TV, New York.
* 10 June – British children's animated series ''Postman Pat'' and '' Tugs'' premiere on ABC.
* 15 June – '' Hey Hey It's Saturday'' begins airing on Channel 2 in New Zealand.
* 24 June – ABC debuts its new children's game show '' Big Square Eye'' hosted by ex-''Neighbours'' star Bob La Castra.

July

* 4 July – British long running soap opera series '' EastEnders'' airs on ABC for the very last time due to the show not getting any more episodes from the UK where it originally came from, although it was later repeated on UKTV on cable television.
* 16 July – Australian live comedy series ''The Big Gig'' airs its final episode on ABC.
* 19 July – Ron Casey and Normie Rowe receive a massive punch-up live on '' Midday with Ray Martin''. In '' Neighbours'', Harold Bishop has had a massive heart attack in the Coffee Shop.
* 30 July – ''Johnson and Friends'' makes it debut in the UK on the BBC
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