Editing 1955 in television (section)

==Programs/programmes==
*''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' (1952–1958)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[Annie Oakley (TV series)|Annie Oakley]]'' (1954–1957)
*''[[Aubrey and Gus]]'' (1955–1956)
*''[[Beau temps, mauvais temps]]'' (1955–1958)
*''[[Bim Bam Boom]]'' (1955–1956)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
*''Cap-aux-sorciers'' (1955–1958)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
*''[[Cisco Kid]]'' (1950–1956)
*''[[Climax!]]'' (1954–1958)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[CBC News: Country Canada|Country Canada]]'' (1955–2007)
*''[[Cross-Canada Hit Parade]]'' (1955–1960)
*''[[Death Valley Days]]'' (1952–1975)
*''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Disneyland]]'' (1954–1958)
*''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]'' (1951–1959)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Father Knows Best]]'' (1954-1960)
*''[[General Motors Theatre]]'' (Can) (1953–1956, 1958–1961)
*''[[Fury (American TV series)|Fury]]'' (1955-1960)
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960)
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1960)
*''[[Junior Magazine]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'' (1947–1958)
*''[[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]'' (1947–1957)
*''[[Life is Worth Living]]'' (1952–1957)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Maggie Muggins]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Musical Chairs (1955 TV series)|Musical Chairs]]'' (1955) – game show hosted by [[Bill Leyden]]
*''[[Our Miss Brooks]]''  (1952-1956)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)|Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]'' (1955-1958)
*''[[Talent Varieties]]'' (1955) – country music variety show
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966)
*''[[The Brighter Day]]'' (1954–1962)
*''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' (1950-1955)
*''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'' (1953-1964)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971)
*''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' (1950–1958)
*''[[The Goldbergs (broadcast series)|The Goldbergs]]'' (1949–1956)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
*''[[The Grove Family]]'' (UK) (1954–1957)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show, Fireside Theatre]]'' (1949-1958)
*''The Jimmy Durante Show'' (1954–1956)
*''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967)
*''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]'' (1951–1957)
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963)
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' (US) (1952–1961)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)
*''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' (1950–1959)
*''[[Zoo Quest]]'' (UK) (1954–1964)

===Debuts===
*January 2 – ''[[The Bob Cummings Show]]'' (also known as ''Love That Bob'') on NBC (1955–1959)<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 497|edition=4th}}</ref>
*January 3 – ''[[Hollywood Today]]'' on NBC (1955)
*January 5 – ''[[Norby (TV series)|Norby]]'' on NBC (1955), first regular weekly series broadcast by NBC in its new all-electronic compatible color system
*January 15 – ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' (UK) on [[BBC Television]] (later moving to [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]; 1955–1989)
*January 22 – ''[[Ozark Jubilee]]'', the first popular country music series on American network television, on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1955–1960), featuring [[Red Foley]]
*April 9 – ''[[Science Fiction Theater]]'' also known as ''Beyond the Limits'' during syndication in the 1960s (1955–1957)
*May 9 – Jim Henson's First Muppet Series: ''Sam and Friends''  on WRC-TV (1955–1961)
*May 10 – ''[[Schipper naast Mathilde]]'' (Belgium) on [[VRT (broadcaster)|N.I.R.]] (1955–1963)
*June 25 – ''The Soldiers'', an 11-episode live military comedy, aired on NBC through September 3.
*June 28 – ''[[Talent Varieties]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] through November 1
*June 29 – ''[[Life With The Lyons]]'' (UK), one of the first successful British [[sitcom]]s (though starring an American, [[Ben Lyon]]), on [[BBC]] Television (1955–1960)
*July 2 – ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' on ABC (1955–1982)
*July 9 – ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) on BBC Television (1955–1976)
*July 20 – ''[[Frankie Laine Time]]'' on CBS (1955–1956)
*July 29 – ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) on BBC Television (1955–2003)
*September 10 
** ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' on [[CBS]] (1955–1975)
** ''[[It's Always Jan]]'', starring [[Janis Paige]], on CBS (1955–1956)
*September 12 – ''[[Medical Horizons]]'' on ABC (1955–1956)
*September 20
** ''[[Cheyenne (TV western)|Cheyenne]]'' on ABC (1955–1962)
** ''[[Joe and Mabel#Television|Joe and Mabel]]'' on CBS (1955–1956)
*September 26 – ''[[Jungle Jim (TV series)|Jungle Jim]]'' in syndication (1955–1956)
*September 28 – ''[[Brave Eagle]]'' on CBS (1955–1956)
*September 29 – ''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]'' on CBS (1955-1958)
*October 1 – ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' on CBS, starring [[Jackie Gleason]] (1955–1956)
*October 2 –  ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' on CBS (1955–1962)
*October 3 
** ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' on CBS (1955–1984)
** ''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]'' on ABC, featuring "Mouseketeer" [[Annette Funicello]] (1955–1959)
*October 20 – ''[[Wanted (1955 TV series)|Wanted]]'', a crime documentary on CBS (only ran for three months) (1955–1956)
*October 22 – ''[[Quatermass II]]'' (UK), sequel to 1953's ''[[The Quatermass Experiment]]'', on BBC Television (ends on November 26)
*October 31 – ''[[Matinee Theatre]]'' on NBC, a five-days-a-week live dramatic anthology, with most of the plays in the series broadcast in color (lasted until 1958)

===Programs ending===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Show || Debut
|-
| January 27 
| ''[[So You Want to Lead a Band]]'' 
| rowspan="2"| 1954
|-
| March 11 
| ''[[The Jack Carson Show#Television|The Jack Carson Show]]''<br>''[[Stories of the Century]]'' 
|-
| April 6
| ''[[Norby (TV series)|Norby]]''
| 1955
|-
| April 8 
| ''[[Dear Phoebe]]''
| 1954
|-
| April 22 
| ''[[Where's Raymond?|The Ray Bolger Show]]'' 
| 1953
|-
| June 4 
| ''The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan''
| rowspan="4"| 1954
|-
| June 16 
| ''[[Willy (TV series)|Willy]]'' 
|-
| June 23 
| ''[[The Public Defender (TV series)|The Public Defender]]'' 
|-
| June 25 
| ''The Imogene Coca Show''
|-
| June 26
| ''[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]'' 
| 1953
|-
| July 1 
| ''[[Hawkins Falls]]'' 
| 1951
|-
| July 15 
| ''[[Flash Gordon (1954 TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' 
| 1954
|-
| July 26 
| ''[[Who Said That?]]'' 
| 1948
|-
| August 24 
| ''[[My Little Margie]]'' 
| rowspan="2"| 1952
|-
| September 1 
| ''[[Life with Elizabeth]]'' 
|-
| September 13
| ''Place the Face''
| 1953
|-
| September 17 
| ''[[Musical Chairs (1955 TV series)|Musical Chairs]]'' 
| rowspan="2"| 1955
|-
| rowspan="4"| Unknown
| ''[[Frankie Laine Time]]''
|- 
| ''[[Muffin the Mule]]'' (UK) 
| 1946
|-
| ''[[The Jo Stafford Show (1954 TV series)|The Jo Stafford Show]]'' 
| rowspan="2"| 1954
|-
| ''[[That's My Boy (1954 TV series)|That's My Boy]]''
|}