The Best TV Shows on Nine Network

Every Nine Network Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and Division 4 represent the pinnacle of Nine Network’s programming, launching in 1968 and 1969. From 1968 through to 2020, Nine Network has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from January 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Rove
    Rove (1999)8.0

    Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to Network Ten which aired the program from 2000 until November, 2009. The show was hosted by comedian Rove McManus, and featured an ensemble cast, who presented various segments throughout the course of the show. The show won the Logie Award for "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program" five times.

  • Farscape
    Farscape (1999)7.9

    A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.

  • Stingers
    Stingers (1998)7.8

    Stingers brings to light the life and work of an undercover police unit located in Melbourne. This dangerous work requires complete dedication, one slip can cost an operative their life.

  • LEGO Masters
    LEGO Masters (2019)7.7

    Eight pairs of Brick heads are pitted against each other in a quest to impress with their creativity, design and flair, driven by their unparalleled passion for the possibilities that will start with a single LEGO brick.

  • Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo
    Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo (2020)7.5

    Join us at Taronga Zoo in Sydney for a new documentary series narrated by Naomi Watts. The series provides a look behind the scenes at what it takes to run one of the world's most famous and magnificent zoos.

  • Married at First Sight
    Married at First Sight (2015)7.3

    Working with leading relationship experts, eight Australian singles are carefully match-made into four married couples, who each meet each other - for the very first time - at their wedding. We'll follow them as they marry, honeymoon, meet the in-laws and set up home, all the while getting to know one another more and more deeply, to see if the matchmakers have got it right and they will have a future together.

  • McLeod's Daughters
    McLeod's Daughters (2001)7.2

    When Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately, Tess and Claire decide to run the ranch together, with their housekeeper, Meg, her teenage daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky. Their lives are hard and the obstacles many, but the rewards are every bit as grand as the wild open land they've inherited.

  • Sea Patrol
    Sea Patrol (2007)7.2

    Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members.

  • Heidi
    Heidi (2015)7.2

    A plucky young orphan sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains discovers wonder and adventure around every corner.

  • Doctor Doctor
    Doctor Doctor (2016)7.2

    The story of Hugh Knight, a rising heart surgeon who is gifted, charming and infallible. He is a hedonist who, due to his sheer talent, believes he can live outside the rules. His "work hard, play harder" philosophy is about to come back and bite him.

  • The Man from Snowy River
    The Man from Snowy River (1994)6.8

    The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga. The television series has no relationship to the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River or the 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II. Instead, the series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor, a successful squatter, and his family. Matt is the hero immortalized in Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River", and the series is set 25 years after his famous ride.

  • The Flying Doctors
    The Flying Doctors (1986)6.6

    The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.

  • Underbelly
    Underbelly (2008)6.3

    Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.

  • Water Rats
    Water Rats (1996)6.0

    Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

  • Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968)5.6

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.

  • The Sullivans
    The Sullivans (1976)5.1

    The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives. It was a consistent ratings success in Australia, and also became popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Gibraltar and New Zealand.

  • The Block
    The Block (2003)5.1

    Couples compete against each other to renovate houses and sell them at auction for the highest price.

  • Division 4
    Division 4 (1969)5.0

    A police drama based on the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central.

  • Big Brother
    Big Brother (2001)3.9

    Big Brother is an Australian reality show based on the international Big Brother format created by John de Mol. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show features a group of contestants, known as "housemates" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, housemates are evicted from the house - eliminated from the competition. The last remaining housemate wins the competition and is awarded a cash prize.

  • 20 to 1
    20 to 1 (2005)2.7

    20 to 1 is an Australian television series, currently hosted by Bert Newton that counts down an undefined "top 20" of elements or events of popular culture, such as films, songs, sporting scandals. Previously the show was hosted by Bud Tingwell and narrated by David Reyne. The format mixes archival footage of the listed events with comments from various Australian celebrities.