Editing 1985 in American television (section)

==Programs==

===Debuting this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Title
! Network
|-
| January 4
| ''[[Street Hawk]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| January 5
| ''[[Berrenger's]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| January 7
| ''[[Time Machine (game show)|Time Machine]]'' 
|-
| January 20
| ''[[MacGruder and Loud]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|January 23
| ''[[Sara (1985 TV series)|Sara]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[ThunderCats (1985 TV series)|ThunderCats]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| January 26
| ''[[Otherworld (TV series)|Otherworld]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| January 27
| ''[[Code Name: Foxfire]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 1
| ''[[Television Parts|Michael Nesmith in Television Parts]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 3
| ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| March 4
| ''[[Robotech (TV series)|Robotech]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 15
| ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Off the Rack]]''
|-
| March 18
| ''[[Safe at Home (TV series)|Safe at Home]]''
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|WTBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 21
| ''[[Eye to Eye (American TV series)|Eye to Eye]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Wildside (American TV series)|Wildside]]''
|-
| March 24
| ''[[Half Nelson (TV series)|Half Nelson]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 30
| ''[[CBS Storybreak]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|-
| April 5
| ''[[Me and Mom]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| April 7
| ''[[National Geographic Explorer]]'' 
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| April 9
| ''[[Hail to the Chief (TV series)|Hail to the Chief]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| April 10
| ''[[Double Dare (TV series)|Double Dare]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| April 15
| ''[[Lady Blue (TV series)|Lady Blue]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| April 19
| ''[[The Best Times (TV series)|The Best Times]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| May 6
| ''[[Dumbo's Circus]]''
|[[The Disney Channel]]
|-
| May 11
| ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| June 3
| ''[[Larry King Live]]'' 
|[[CNN]]
|-
| ''[[Turkey Television]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| June 30
| ''[[Code of Vengeance]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| July 4
| ''[[The Raccoons]]''
|[[The Disney Channel]]
|-
| July 14
| ''[[Stingray (1985 TV series)|Stingray]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| August 13
| ''[[West 57th (TV program)|West 57th]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| August 22
| ''[[Hometown (American TV series)|Hometown]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 2
| ''[[Attitudes (TV series)|Attitudes]]''
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
| ''[[Rocky Road (TV series)|Rocky Road]]''
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|WTBS]]
|-
| September 4
| ''[[Hell Town (TV series)|Hell Town]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="5"| September 7
| ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: Droids]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Ewoks (TV series)|Ewoks]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[What's Happening Now!!]]''
|-
|rowspan="9"| September 14
| ''[[227 (sitcom)|227]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]''
|-
| ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' 
|-
| ''[[It's Punky Brewster]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)|The Berenstain Bears]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Wuzzles]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Care Bears (TV series)|The Care Bears]]''
|rowspan="5"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 16
| ''[[America (American TV series)|America]]''
|-
| ''[[Break the Bank (1985 game show)|Break the Bank]]''
|-
| ''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 18
| ''[[Charlie & Co.]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'' 
|-
| ''[[George Burns Comedy Week]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Stir Crazy (TV series)|Stir Crazy]]'' 
|-
| September 20
| ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]'' 
|rowspan="6"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 21
| ''[[Hollywood Beat]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Lime Street (TV series)|Lime Street]]'' 
|-
| September 24
| ''[[Growing Pains]]''
|-
| September 25
| ''[[The Insiders (TV series)|The Insiders]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 29
| ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| September 30
| ''[[M.A.S.K. (TV series)|M.A.S.K.]]'' 
||[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| October 4
| ''[[Misfits of Science]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| October 6
| ''[[Jem (TV series)|Jem]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| October 20
| ''[[Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| November 20
| ''[[The Colbys]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| November 21
| ''[[Shadow Chasers]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 11
| ''[[Foley Square (TV series)|Foley Square]]''  
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Mary (1985 TV series)|Mary]]''
|}

===Resuming this year===
{| class="wikitable"
|- "
! Title || Final aired || Previous network || New title || Returning network || Date of return
|-
|''[[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]''
|1983
|[[CBS]]
|Same
|Same
|September 14
|-
|''[[The Jetsons]]''
|1963
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|rowspan="2"|Same
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|WTBS]]
|September 16
|-
|''[[The Twilight Zone]]''
|1964
|[[CBS]]
|Same
|September 27
|-
|''[[It's a Living (1980 TV series)|Making a Living]]''
|1982
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|''It's a Living''
|[[Syndication (television)|Syndication]]
|September 28
|-
|''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV series)|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
|1965
|[[NBC]]
|Same
|Same
|September 29
|}

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! Date 
! Title
! Debut
|-
|January 21
|''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
|1960
|-
|February 1
|''[[Call to Glory]]''
|1984
|-
|February 8
|''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
|1979
|-
|February 23
|''[[It's Your Move]]''
|rowspan="3"|1984
|-
|February 26
|''[[Pink Panther and Sons]]''
|-
|February 27
|''[[E/R]]''
|-
|March 19
|''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]''
|1976
|-
|March 22
|''[[V (1984 TV series)|V]]''
|rowspan="4"|1984
|-
|April 3
|''[[Charles in Charge]]'' (returned in 1987)
|-
|April 9
|''[[Three's a Crowd]]''
|-
|April 13
|''[[Finder of Lost Loves]]''
|-
|April 19
|''[[Off the Rack (TV series)|Off the Rack]]''
|1985
|-
|May 1
|''[[Out of Control (TV series)|Out of Control]]''
|1984
|-
|May 8
|''[[Sara (1985 TV series)|Sara]]''
|rowspan="3"|1985
|-
|May 16
|''[[Street Hawk]]''
|-
| May 22
| ''[[Double Dare (TV series)|Double Dare]]''
|-
|June 14
|''[[Family Feud]]'' (returned in 1988)
|1976
|-
|June 25
|''[[The Jeffersons]]''
|1975
|-
|June 28
|''[[Robotech (TV series)|Robotech]]''
|1985
|-
|July 6
|''[[Cover Up (TV series)|Cover Up]]''
|1984
|-
|July 19
|''[[Matt Houston]]''
|1982
|-
|July 20
|''[[Hail to the Chief (TV series)|Hail to the Chief]]''
|1985
|-
|August 1
|''[[Battle of the Planets]]''
|1978
|-
|August 10
|''[[Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids]]''
|1972
|-
|September 28
|''[[Little Muppet Monsters]]''
|1985
|-
|October 12
|''[[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]''
|1983
|-
|October 26
|''[[Lime Street (TV series)|Lime Street]]''
|1985
|-
|November 2
|''[[The Littles (TV series)|The Littles]]''
|1983
|-
|November 9
|''[[Super Friends]]''
|1973
|-
|November 16
|''[[Snorks]]'' (returned in 1987)
|rowspan="2"|1984
|-
|November 18
|''[[Voltron (1984 TV series)|Voltron]]'' 
|-
|November 21
|''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''
|1983
|-
|November 23
|''[[Hollywood Beat]]''
|rowspan="3"|1985
|-
|rowspan="3"|December 7
|''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]''
|-
|''[[The Wuzzles]]''
|-
|''[[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]]''
|1983
|-
|December 27
|''[[Glitter (American TV series)|Glitter]]''
|1984
|}

===Entering syndication===

===Changing networks===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Show
! Moved from 
! Moved to
|-
|''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'' 
|CBS
|-
|''[[The Jetsons]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Television syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|''[[It's a Living (1980 TV series)|It's a Living]]''
|-
|''[[T.J. Hooker]]''
|[[CBS]]
|}

===Made-for-TV movies and miniseries===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Title || Network || Date of airing
|-
| ''[[Poison Ivy (1985 film)|Poison Ivy]]''
| NBC
| February 10<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-10-tv-3685-story.html|title=Movies of the Week|last=Thomas|first=Kevin|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 10, 1985|access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Space (miniseries)|Space]]'' 
| CBS 
| April 14–18
|-
| ''[[The Midnight Hour]]''
| ABC 
| November 1<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/137140312/|title=Today's Television|page=14|via=Newspapers.com|location=Rochester, New York}}</ref>
|-
|''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]'' 
| ABC 
| November 3–10
|-
|''[[Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' 
| CBS 
| December 9–10
|}