1969 in Television - Debuts

Debuts

• January 3 – Der Kommissar premieres on ZDF in Germany (1969–1976).
• February 7 – This Is Tom Jones premieres on ABC (1969–1971).
• June 7 – The Johnny Cash Show premieres on ABC (1969–1971).
• June 15 – Hee Haw premieres on CBS (1969–1993).
• June 18 - The Main Chance premieres on ITV (1969–1975)
• September 6- H.R. Pufnstuf premieres on NBC (1969–1971)
• September 8 – Where the Heart Is premieres on CBS daytime (1969–1973).
• September 11 - Time for Living premieres on CBC Television (1969)
• September 13 – Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1972) premieres on CBS Saturday Morning. The animated show, about a cowardly Great Dane and his four teenage friends who travel around the country in a multi-colored van solving mysteries, would go on to become a major pop cultural icon, with numerous spin-offs, direct to video movies, and two live action films.
• September 13 – The Archie Comedy Hour (1969–1970) premieres on CBS Saturday Morning. America's favorite teenager, Archie and his gang are back, this time they have new friends: Sabrina, the magical teenage witch, and Big Moose, Riverdale High's all-muscles but no brains jock who hangs out with the gang. The show features musical numbers such as the #1 hit song of 1969 "Sugar, Sugar" performed by the gang, and variety skits modeled after Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. This formula continues with Archie's Funhouse.
• September 17 –
  • Room 222 (high school drama series) premieres on ABC (1969–1974).
  • The Courtship of Eddie's Father premieres on ABC (1969–1972).
• September 20 - Warner Brothers releases the final Looney Tunes animated short of the classic (1929-1969) era.
• September 21 – Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) premieres ITV in the UK
• September 23 – Marcus Welby, M.D. premieres on ABC (1969–1976).
• September 24 – Medical Center premieres on CBS (1969–1976)
• September 26 – The Brady Bunch premieres on ABC (1969–1974).
• September 29
  • Bright Promise, the latter of the soap operas created by Frank and Doris Hursley, debuts on NBC daytime (1969–1972).
  • Love, American Style debuts on ABC (1969–1974).
• October 5
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus premieres on BBC1 (1969–1974).
  • Sazae-san premieres as a kids' comedy on Fuji Television in Japan. The show is still airing as of 2011.
• November 8 - NBC airs the pilot episode of Rod Serling's science fiction anthology series Night Gallery, which would be picked up as a regular series for the 1970-71 television season.
• November 10 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street (1969–present).
• November 16 – The first episode of Clangers (a British stop motion animated television program for children) is broadcast by the BBC (1969–1972).
• November 19 – The Benny Hill Show premieres on Thames Television (1969–1989) (UK).
• November 23 - Paul Temple premieres on the BBC (1969–1971)