Editing 1971 in television (section)

==Programs==
*''[[60 Minutes]]'' (1968–present)
*''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' (1965–present, aired annually)
*''[[All in the Family]]'' (1971–1979)
*''[[Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)|ABC's Wide World of Sports]]'' (1961–1998)
*''[[All My Children]]'' (1970–2011)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (1964–1999)
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
*''[[Bewitched]]'' (1964–1972)
*''[[Blue Peter]]'' (UK) (1958–present)
*''[[Bonanza]]'' (1959–1973)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Bright Promise]]'' (1969–1972)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–2014)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
*''[[Charlie Brown's All-Stars]]'' (1966–1972, aired annually)
*''[[Clangers]]'' (UK) (1969–1972)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[Coronation Street]]'', UK (1960–present)
*''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'' (UK) (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
*''[[Dad's Army]]'' (UK) (1968–1977)
*''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1965–present)
*''[[Death Valley Days]]'' (1952–1975)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976)
*''[[Doctor Who]]'', UK (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
*''[[Doomwatch]]'' (UK) (1970–1972)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Famous Jury Trials]]'' (1971–1972)
*''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'' (Australia) (1961–present)
*''[[General Hospital]]'' (1963–present)
*''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' (UK) (1958–2007)
*''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–1975)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (1968–1980)
*''[[Hee Haw]]'' (1969–1993)
*''[[Here's Lucy]]'' (1968–1974)
*''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[Ironside (TV series)|Ironside]]'' (1967–1975)
*''[[It's Academic]]'' (1961–present)
*''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]'' (1966–present, aired annually)
*''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (1964–1975, 1984–present)
*''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' (1966–1967), re-runs
*''[[Laugh-In]]'' (1968–1973)
*''[[Love is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)|Love is a Many Splendored Thing]]'' (1967–1973)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Love, American Style]]'' (1969–1974)
*''[[Magpie (TV series)|Magpie]]'' (UK) (1968–1980)
*''[[Mannix]]'' (1967–1975)
*''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' (1969–1976)
*''[[Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)|Mary Tyler Moore]]'' (1970–1977)
*''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]'' (1970–1977)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
* ''[[The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder]]'' (UK) (1969-1971)
*''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' (1966–1973)
*''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' (1968–2001)
*''[[Monday Night Football]]'' (1970–present)
*''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' (UK) (1969–1974)
*''[[Wild Kingdom|Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom]]'' (1963–1988, 2002–present)
*''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1960–1972)
*''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1968–2012)
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'', UK (1956–1978)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'', UK (1953–present)
*''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'' (1962–1967, 1971–1975, 1979–1982, 1984–1989, 2008–)
*''[[Play for Today]]'' (UK) (1970–1984)
*''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'' (1966–present)
*''[[Professional Bowlers Tour]]'' (1962–1997)
*''[[Room 222]]'' (1969–1974)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Sesame Street]]'' (1969–present)
*''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' (1969–1989)
*''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' (1969–1974)
*''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' (1967–1978)
*''[[The Courtship of Eddie’s Father]]'' (1969-1972)
*''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' (1965–1974)
*''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'' (1969–1974)
*''[[The Doctors (soap opera)|The Doctors]]'' (1963–1982)
*''[[The Doris Day Show]]'' (1968–1973)
*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
*''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]'' (1970–1974)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'', UK (1953–1983)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'', [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] (1962–present)
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982)
*''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' (1961–1981)
*''[[The Mod Squad]]'' (1968–1973)
*''[[The Money Programme]]'' (UK) (1966–present)
*''[[The Newlywed Game]]'' (1966–1974)
*''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1970–1975)
*''[[The Partridge Family]]'' (1970–1974)
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
*''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) (1957–present)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present; 1962–92 as ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'')
*''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (1969–79 under this title)
*''[[The World Tonight (ABS-CBN)|The World Tonight]]'', Philippines (1962–present)
*''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'', UK (1955–2003)
*''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' (1965–1972, 1975–1977, 1980–1982)
*''[[Top of the Pops]]'' (UK) (1964–2006)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–2008)
*''[[What's My Line?]]'' (1968–1975, syndicated version)
*''[[Where the Heart Is (1969 TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]'' (1969–1973)
*''[[World of Sport (UK TV series)|World of Sport]]'' (UK) (1965–1985)
*''[[Z-Cars]]'', UK (1962–1978)

===Debuts===
*January 10 – ''[[Masterpiece (TV series)|Masterpiece Theatre]]'' on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] (1971–)
*January 12 – ''[[All in the Family]]'' on CBS (1971–79)
*April 2 – ''[[The Return of Ultraman]]'' on ''[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]'' in Japan (1971–72)
*April 3 – ''[[Kamen Rider (1971 TV series)|Kamen Rider]]'' on [[MBS TV]] and [[TV Asahi|NET]] in Japan (1971–73)
*April 10 – ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' on [[BBC One|BBC1]] in the UK (1971–87)
*June 19 - ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'' on [[BBC One|BBC1]] (1971–82, 1987–88, 1998–2004, then on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 2004 to 2007)
* July 4 - ''[[The Cat in the Hat (TV special)]]'' on [[CBS]] (1971)
*August 1 – ''[[The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour]]'' on CBS (1971–74)
*September 11 –
**''[[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]'' (1971–72) and ''[[Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch]]'' (1971–74) both on CBS Saturday Morning.
**''[[The Jackson 5ive]]'' (1971–73), ''[[The Funky Phantom]]'' (1971–72), and ''[[Lidsville]]'' (1971–73), all on ABC Saturday Morning.
*September 15 - ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]'' (1971–78) as part of a rotation of detective shows on the ''[[NBC Mystery Movie]]''
*September 17 –
**''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' on NBC (1971–77)
**''[[O'Hara, U.S. Treasury]]'' on CBS (1971–72)
*September 18 – ''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' on CBS (1971–74)
*September 19 – ''[[The Jimmy Stewart Show]]'' on NBC (1971–72)
*September 21 – ''The [[Old Grey Whistle Test]]'' on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] (1971–87)
*October 2 – ''[[Soul Train]]'', the [[African-American]] equivalent to ''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1971–2006)
*October 10 – ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' in the UK on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] (1971–75, 2010–)
*October 25 – ''[[The Electric Company]]'', a skit-based children's program aimed at teaching reading skills, on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] (1971–77)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
| January 1
| ''[[Headmaster (TV series)|Headmaster]]''
| 1970
|-
| January 7 
| ''[[Nancy (TV series)|Nancy]]'' 
| 1970
|-
| February 24
| ''[[To Rome with Love (TV series)|To Rome with Love]]''
| 1969
|-
| March 4
| ''[[Family Affair]]'' 
| 1966
|-
| March 19
| ''[[That Girl]]'' 
| 1966
|-
| rowspan="2"| March 23 
| ''[[Julia (1968 TV series)|Julia]]''
| 1968
|-
| ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' 
| 1962
|-
| March 28
| ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' 
| 1965
|-
| March 29 
| ''[[Mayberry R.F.D.]]'' 
| 1968
|-
| April 2 
| ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' 
| 1966
|-
| April 27 
| ''[[Green Acres]]'' 
| 1965
|-
| May 5 
| ''[[The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)|The Johnny Cash Show]]'' 
| 1969
|-
| June 6 
| ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' 
| 1948
|-
| July 24 
| ''[[UFO (British TV series)|UFO]]'' (UK) 
| 1970
|-
|October 22 
|''[[What's New? (U.S. TV series)|What's New]]'' 
|1959
|}

===Changes of network affiliation===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from 
! Moved to
|-
|''[[Hee Haw]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]  
|rowspan="4"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]''
|-
|''[[Let's Make a Deal]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]''
|-
|''[[The Road Runner Show]]''
|CBS
|}