Oh! was an Australian cable TV channel owned by Optus Television.[2] It served as the services's premier general entertainment channel until it was replaced by FOX8 in 2002. Programming was mostly sourced from Warner Brothers Television. After the channel's closure, the content was given to Foxtel and XYZnetworks channels, with most of the Warner Brothers shows moving to Arena.
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| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 4:3 576i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Optus Television |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 October 1999[1] |
| Closed | 30 November 2002 |
| Replaced by | FOX8 |
Programming
edit- 77 Sunset Strip[3]
- Action[4]
- ALF
- Behind the Music (TV Series VH-1)
- Baby Blues[3]
- Babylon 5[5]
- Batman: The Animated Series
- The Client[6]
- The Crocodile Hunter[3]
- The Drew Carey Show
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- Family Matters[7]
- Friends
- Full House[7]
- Gloria's House
- Growing Pains[7]
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
- Head of the Class[7]
- Here's Lucy[3]
- WCW Thunder
- WCW Saturday Night
- I'll Fly Away[6]
- La Femme Nikita[5]
- Lawless[8]
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman[6]
- The Jenny Jones Show[9]
- Maverick[3]
- Men in Black: The Series
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith[6]
- The Oblongs[3]
- The Road Runner Show
- Oz
- SeaChange[3][6]
- The Secret Life of Us[3]
- The Sopranos
- Suddenly Susan
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Trinity[6]
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
- Static Shock
- The Zeta Project
- Wicked!
References
edit- ^ Melloy, Neil (9 September 1999). "Oh! We had better name the show". Courier Mail. p. 24.
- ^ "New Channels for Optus Television - 2001" (Press release). 22 February 2001. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.astra.org.au/content/pdf/ASTRA_PayTVTrends_2001.pdf Archived 16 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine Australian Pay TV Trends 2001
- ^ Graeme Blundell (19 October 2000). "ScreenWatch / Satire too hot for Hollywood". The Australian. Australia.
- ^ a b Oh! (was Re: OZ is coming) (Archive] - Aussie Phorums) Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f It's About Drama (Television Advertisement). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d FOX Classics ??? (Archive] - Aussie Phorums) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706111247/http://phorums.com.au/archive/index.php/t-36302.html Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shane Danielsen (12 December 2000). "HIGHLIGHTS - The week ahead in TV and Radio". The Australian. Australia.
- ^ Jim Schembri; Paul Kalina (30 September 1999). "Pick of the day". The Age. Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax.