Editing 1955 in television (section)

===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)