1975 in Television - Debuts

Debuts

• January 2 – The Sweeney on ITV in the UK (1975–78)
• January 6 – Wheel of Fortune on NBC's daytime lineup (1975–89)
  • Blank Check the same day, and lasts 26 weeks
• January 17 – Baretta, starring Robert Blake, on ABC (1975–78)
• January 18 – The Jeffersons, a spinoff of All in the Family, on CBS (1975–85)
• January 23 – Barney Miller on ABC (1975–82)
• April 4 – The Good Life on BBC1 in the UK (1975–78)
• April 5 – Himitsu Sentai Gorenger on TV-Asahi (formerly NET) in Japan (1975–77)
• May – The Don Lane Show on the Nine Network in Australia (1975–83)
• May 31 – Jim'll Fix It on BBC1 (1975–94)
• June 16 – Spin-Off and Musical Chairs on CBS's daytime lineup
• July 7 – Ryan's Hope on ABC's daytime lineup (1975–89)
• September 2 – Runaround on ITV (1975–81)
• September 4 – "The Bobby Vinton Show" on CTV in Canada and across the U.S. in syndication (1975–78)
  • Space: 1999 (syndicated 1975–77)
• September 6 – Hanna-Barbera's The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show on ABC Saturday Morning (1975–76)
  • Supersonic, a pop music program, on London Weekend Television (1975–77)
  • Funny Farm – (CTV, 1975–80)
• September 8 – Phyllis, a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show on CBS (1975–77)
  • Match Game PM (1975–82)
• September 9 – Welcome Back, Kotter on ABC (1975–79)
  • Shades of Greene on Thames Television in the UK (1975–76)
• September 14 – Three for the Road on CBS and ends promptly on November 30
• September 19 – Fawlty Towers on BBC Two in the UK (1975, 1979)
• September 25 – King of Kensington on CBC (1975–80)
• September – The Fifth Estate on CBC (1975–present)
• October 1 – Arena on BBC2 in the UK (1975–present)
• October 11 – NBC's Saturday Night (later changed to Saturday Night Live) with host George Carlin and guest Andy Kaufman (1975–present)
• November 3 – Good Morning America on ABC with co-anchors David Hartman and Nancy Dussault (1975–present)
• November 30 – McCoy on NBC (1975–76)
• December 16 – One Day at a Time, produced by Norman Lear, on CBS (1975–84)