Editing 1961 in television (section)

==Debuts==
*January 5 – ''[[Mister Ed]]'' on [[CBS]] (1961–1966)
*January 7 – ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' on ITV in UK (1961–1969)
*January 23 – ''[[The Americans (1961 TV series)|The Americans]]'' on NBC
*January 30 – ''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]'' in syndication (1961-1962)
*February 27 – ''[[Acapulco (1961 TV series)|Acapulco]]'' on NBC (1961) 
*March 17 – ''[[Five Star Jubilee]]'' on NBC
*April 3 – ''[[Minna no Uta]]'' on [[NHK]]
*Mat 26 – ''[[Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes]]'' on West Germany's [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]]
*June 4 – ''[[Sportschau]]'' on [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
*April 29 – ABC's [[Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)|''Wide World of Sports'']] (1961–2006)
*August 19 – ''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'', Australia's first current affairs program (1961–present)
*September 9 – ''[[The Jo Stafford Show (1961 TV series)|The Jo Stafford Show]]'' on ITV (1961)
*September 17 – ''[[Car 54, Where Are You?]]'' on NBC (1961–1963)
*September 26 – ''[[Ichabod and Me]]'' on CBS (1961-1962)
*September 27 – ''[[Top Cat]]'' on ABC (1961-1962) 
*September 28 – ''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'' on NBC (1961–1966)
*October 1 – 
**''[[Bus Stop (TV series)|Bus Stop]]'' on ABC (1961–1962)
**''[[CTV National News]]'' (1961–present)
**''[[Songs of Praise]]'' on BBC (1961–present)
*October 2 –
**''[[Ben Casey]]'' on ABC (1961–1966)
**''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'' on CBS (1961–1967)
**''[[Window on Main Street]]'' on CBS (1961–1962)
*October 3 – ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' on CBS (1961–1966)
*October 4 –
**''[[The Alvin Show]]'' on CBS (1961–1962)
**''[[Playdate (Canadian TV series)|Playdate]]'' on CBC (Canada) (1961–1964)
*October 5
**''[[The Investigators (1961 TV series)|The Investigators]]'' (1961)
**''[[The New Bob Cummings Show]]'' (1961–1962)
*October 6 – ''[[Straightaway (TV series)|Straightaway]]'' (1961–1962)
*October 7 – ''[[It's Academic]]'' (1961–present)
*October 30 – ''[[The News with Uncle Bob]]'' (1961-1972)
*November 8 – ''[[KVN]]'' (Клуб, Весёлых и Находчивых, ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") on The First Channel in the Soviet Union (1961–1972, 1986–present)
*November 13 – ''[[Camera Canada]]'' on [[CBC Television]] (1961-1963)
*December 11 – ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' (1961–1981)
*December 31 – ''[[RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock]]'' on [[RTÉ One]]