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This page is devoted to the showing of Rugrats in Australia.
(all times Sydney time (GMT + 10; ET - 9 hours + 1 day; PT - 6 hours + 1 day))
Color: PAL, System "B" (625 lines)
Seen on 3 Channels (as of September 2002):
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Nickelodeon (Cable / Satellite) Available on the Austar, East Coast Television & Foxtel cable systems. Weekdays, 5PM Weekends, 7AM & 7:30AM (For the latest Rugrats schedule, click here.) |
Nick AU is on the air around the clock with the same programming that generally
airs in the US, plus Aussie-made programs, as well as imports from Britain and
Canada. As with the US, features include Nick Jr. and Snick. Until early
2001, Nick was seen from 6AM to 8PM (10PM Saturdays), with the balance
being "Nick-At-Nite" (Sunday to Friday from 8PM to 1AM and Saturdays
from 10PM to 1AM). The Australian Nick-At-Nite featured "Gilligan's Island",
"Get Smart", "Sanford & Son", "Courtship Of Eddie's Father", "The Fugitive"
and "Bonanza", plus British ITC fare like "The Prisoner", "The
Saint" & "Thunderbirds", as well as US Nick-At-Nite stand-bys
like "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Bob Newhart". The Aussie Nick-At-Nite was
discontinued in early 2001, due to competition from a similar Viacom-owned channel,
TV1, as well as the fact that the main portion of Nick wanted to expand around-the-clock,
though most of its audience will be sleeping in the wee hours of the morning.
Briefly (at least), the main Nick block was on the air around the clock
after Nick-At-Nite's demise, but they later cut back its hours to 6AM to 12
Midnight every day.
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ABC (Australia) (Over-The-Air)
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(Currently on hiatus.)
The Australia Broadcasting Corporation, or ABC, is Australia's public broadcaster,
which presents local and foreign programming around-the-clock. Rugrats is part
of ABC's children's TV block called The
Playground, which features various Nicktoons, along with other Australian
and foreign programming for children, the most notable being Bananas in Pajamas.
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Zee TV (Satellite, and maybe cable) Weekdays at 6PM |
Zee TV is a Hindi & English channel from India that also includes Nickelodeon programming in its feeds to India, Australia and New Zealand. For more on Zee TV, click here.
Initial Airdates For "Rugrats" In Australia
The following is a lists of dates when each episode was first seen on Nick in Australia. The original 65 episodes were televised in almost the same order as the order shown in the US; the new episodes were presented in order of production.
1991 Episodes:
| Title: | First Air date on Nick Australia: |
| Tommy's First Birthday | 10/23/1995 |
| Barbecue Story / Waiter, There's A Baby In My Soup | 10/24/1995 |
| At The Movies / Slumber Party | 10/25/1995 |
| Baby Commercial / Little Dude | 10/26/1995 |
| Beauty Contest / Baseball | 10/27/1995 |
| Ruthless Tommy / Moose Country | 10/29/1995 |
| Grandpa's Teeth / Momma Trauma | 10/30/1995 |
| Real Or Robots / Special Delivery | 10/31/1995 |
| Candy Bar Creep Show / Monster In The Garage | 10/31/1995 |
| Weaning Tommy / Incident In Aisle 7 | 11/1/1995 |
| Touchdown Tommy / The Trial | 11/2/1995 |
| Fluffy vs. Spike / Reptar's Revenge | 11/3/1995 |
| Graham Canyon / Stu-Maker's Elves | 11/5/1995 |
1992 Episodes:
| Title: | First Air date on Nick Australia: |
| Toy Palace / Sand Ho | 11/6/1995 |
| Chuckie vs. The Potty / Together At Last | 11/7/1995 |
| The Big House / The Shot | 11/8/1995 |
| Showdown At Teeter-Totter Gulch / Mirrorland | 11/199/1995 |
| Angelica's In Love / Ice Cream Mountain | 11/10/1995 |
| Regarding Stuie / Garage Sale | 11/12/1995 |
| Let There Be Light / The Bank Trick | 11/13/1995 |
| Family Reunion / Grandpa's Date | 11/14/1995 |
| No Bones About It / Beach Blanket Babies | 11/15/1995 |
| Reptar On Ice / Family Feud | 11/16/1995 |
| Superhero Chuckie / The Dog Broomer | 11/17/1995 |
| Aunt Miriam / The Inside Story | 11/19/1995 |
| A Visit With Lipschitz / What The Big People Do | 11/20/1995 |
| The Santa Experience | 12/16/1995 |
| Visitors From Outer Space / The Case Of The Missing Rugrat | 11/21/1995 |
| Chuckie Loses His Galsses / Chuckie Gets Skunked | 11/22/1995 |
| Rebel Without A Teddy Bear / Angelica The Magnificent | 11/23/1995 |
| Meet The Carmichaels / The Box | 11/24/1995 |
| Down The Drain / Let Them Eat Cake | 11/25/1995 |
| The 7 Voyages Of Cynthia / My Friend Barney | 11/26/1995 |
| Feeding Hubert / Spike The Wonder Dog | 11/26/1995 |
| The Slide / The Big Flush | 11/27/1995 |
| King Ten Pin / Runaway Angelica | 11/28/1995 |
| Game Show Didi / Toys In The Attic | 11/29/1995 |
| Driving Miss Angelica / Susie vs. Angelica | 11/30/1995 |
| Tooth Or Dare / Party Animals | 12/1/1995 |
1993 Episodes:
| Title: | First Air date on Nick Australia: |
| Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster / Twins Pique | 12/3/1995 |
| Chuckie's First Haircut / Cool-Hand Angelica | 12/4/1995 |
| Tricycle Thief / Rhinoceritis | 12/5/1995 |
| Grandpa Moves Out / The Legend Of Satchmo | 12/6/1995 |
| Circus Angelicus / The Stork | 12/7/1995 |
| The Baby Vanishes / Farewell, My Friend | 12/8/1995 |
| When Wishes Come True / Angelica Breaks A Leg | 5/21/1996 |
| The Last Babysitter / Sour Pickles | 12/10/1995 |
| Reptar 2010 / Stu Gets A Job | 12/11/1995 |
| Give And Take / The Gold Rush | 12/12/1995 |
| Home Movies / The Mysterious Mr. Fiend | 12/13/1995 |
| Cuffed / The Blizzard | 12/14/1995 |
| Destination: Moon / Angelica's Birthday | 12/15/1995 |
| Princess Angelica / The Odd Couple | 12/17/1995 |
| Naked Tommy / Tommy & The Secret Club | 12/18/1995 |
| Under Chuckie's Bed / Chuckie Is Rich | 12/19/1995 |
| Mommy's Little Assets / Chuckie's Wonderful Life | 12/20/1995 |
| In The Dreamtime / The Unfair Pair | 12/21/1995 |
| Chuckie's Red Hair / Spike Runs Away | 12/22/1995 |
| The Alien / Mr. Clean | 12/23/1995 |
| Angelica's Worst Nightmare / The Mega Diaper Babies | 12/24/1995 |
| New Kid In Town / Pickles vs. Pickles | 12/26/1995 |
| Kid TV / The Sky Is Falling | 12/27/1995 |
| I Remember Melville / No More Cookies | 12/28/1995 |
| Cradle Attraction / Moving Away | 12/29/1995 |
| Passover | 6/13/1996 |
1996-97 Episodes:
| Title: | First Air date on Nick Australia: |
| Chanukah | ??? |
| Mother's Day | ??? |
| Vacation | 1/14/1998 |
| Spike's Babies / Chicken Pops | 10/12/1997 |
| Radio Daze / Psycho Angelica | 10/12/1997 |
| America's Wackiest Home Movies / The 'Lympics | 10/19/1997 |
| The Carwash / Heatwave | 10/26/1997 |
| Faire Play / The Smell Of Success | 11/199/1997 |
| Dust Bunnies / Educating Angelica | 12/21/1997 |
| Angelica's Last Stand / Clan Of The Duck | 11/2/1997 |
| Potty Training Spike / Art Fair | 11/23/1997 |
| Send In The Clouds / In The Navel | 11/30/1997 |
| The Turkey Who Came To Dinner | 11/16/1997 |
| The Mattress / Looking For Jack | 12/7/1997 |
| Ransom Of Cynthia / Turtle Recall | 12/28/1997 |
| Angelica Orders Out / Let It Snow | 4/19/1998 |
| Angelica Nose Best / Pirate Light | 7/5/1998 |
1998 Episodes:
| Title: | First Air date on Nick Australia: |
| Hiccups / Autumn Leaves | 12/14/1997 (sold to Nick AU as part of the 1997 package) |
| Grandpa's Bad Bug / Lady Luck | 4/26/1998 |
| Crime & Punishment / Baby Maybe | 5/3/1998 (World Premiere) |
| The Word Of The Day / Jonathan Babysits | 5/10/1998 |
| He Saw, She Saw / Piggy's Pizza Place | 5/17/1998 |
| Fugitive Tommy / Visiting Aunt Miriam | 5/24/1998 |
| The First Cut / Chuckie Grows | 5/31/1998 |
| Uneasy Rider / Where's Grandpa? | 6/7/1998 |
| The Wild Wild West / Angelica For A Day | 6/14/1998 |
| Babysitting Fluffy / Sleep Trouble | 6/21/1998 |
| Journey To The Center Of The Basement / A Very McNulty Birthday | 6/28/1998 |
| The Family Tree | 3/20/1999 |
| The Making Of The Rugrats Movie Special | 4/11/1999 |
1999 Episodes (to date):
| Title: | First Air date on Nick Australia: |
| Chuckie's Duckling / A Dog's Life | 4/11/1999 |
| Chuckerfly / Angelica's Twin | 4/11/1999 |
| Raising Dil / No Naps | 4/12/1999 |
| A Whole New Stu / man Of The House | 4/25/1999 |
(Source: Nick Australia)
Promos
Some interesting promos now being seen on Nick AU to promote Rugrats and Nick's Nicktoon block, Mish Mash Toonfeast:
1. One promo features an "interview" with Tommy, composed of clips from the Classic 65.
2. Another promo is based on the ones used to promote soap operas, featuring examples of "greed", "deceit" & "revenge". Clips came from:
| Tooth Or Dare | Angelica says, "It's mine! All mine!" |
| Tricycle Thief | Susie says "Whoever did this is going to have to pay!" |
| (unknown episode) | Angelica says "I'll never do it again. I promise." |
3. In a promo for Mish Mash, Chuckie plays "host" through more clips.
(Special thanks to Paul Melville)
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