Editing 1958 in television (section)

===Debuts===
*January 4 – ''[[Sea Hunt]]'' in syndication (1958–1961)
*January 20 – ''[[Love That Jill]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1958)
* March 14 – ''[[Stahlnetz]]'' on West Germany's [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]  (1958–1968)
* April 19 – ''[[The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' on Italy's [[RAI 1]] (1958)
*June 16 – ''[[Variety View]]'' (1958–1959) (Melbourne, Australia)
*June 19 – ''[[Confession (American TV series)|Confession]]'', hosted by Jack Wyatt, on ABC (1958–1959)
*June 23 – ''[[Polka Go-Round]]'' on ABC (1958–1959)
*August 25  – ''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'' on [[NBC]] (1958–1973)
*September 6 – ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]'' on [[CBS]] (1958–1961)
*September 22 – ''[[Peter Gunn]]'' on NBC (1958–1961)
*September 24 – ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' on ABC (1958–1966)
*September 29 – ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'', [[Hanna Barbera]]'s second series, in syndication (1958–1962)
*September 30 – ''[[The Rifleman]]'' on ABC (1958–1963)
*October 2 
** ''[[Behind Closed Doors (1958 TV series)|Behind Closed Doors]]'' on NBC (1958–1959)
** ''[[The Unforeseen]]'' on CBC (1958–1960)
*October 5 
**''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1958–1962)
**''[[Encounter (1958 TV series)|Encounter]]'', an [[anthology series]] originating from [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], began a five-week run on ABC, having been cancelled after the November 2 episode
*October 8 – ''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]'' on NBC (1958–1961)
*October 10 
**''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' on ABC (1958–1964)
**''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' on [[BBC Television]] (1958–2007)
**[[Man with a Camera]] on ABC (1958-1960)
*October 15 – ''[[Mole's Adventure]]'' (Japan), the oldest surviving [[anime]] television show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-19/oldest-tv-anime-color-screenshots-posted|title=Oldest TV Anime's Color Screenshots Posted|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref>
*October 16 – ''[[Blue Peter]]'', the world's longest-running children's TV programme, debuts on BBC Television (1958–present)
*October 17 – ''[[An Evening With Fred Astaire]]'' on NBC; first show prerecorded on color videotape, wins nine [[Emmy Award]]s
*November 4 – ''[[Flight (1958 TV show)|Flight]]'' (1958–1959) syndicated premiere on NBC NYC; produced by California National Presentation
*November 7 – ''[[Our Mutual Friend (1958 TV serial)|Our Mutual Friend]]'' on BBC Television (1958–1959)
*December 22 – ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' on BBC Television (1958–1959)
*''[[Autumn Affair]]'' (1958–1959), the first Australian-produced television soap opera (on ATN-7 in Sydney, starting 1959 also shown on GTV-9 in Melbourne)
*''[[Cafe Continental (Australian TV series)|Café Continental]]'' (1958–1961) (Sydney and Melbourne Australia)
*''[[Don Messer's Jubilee]]'' (1958–1969)
*''[[The Friendly Giant]]'' (1958–1985)
*''[[The Shirley Abicair Show]]'' (1958) (Sydney and Melbourne Australia)
*''[[Your Life in Their Hands]]'' on BBC Television (1958–1964 and many revivals)
*Unknown – ''[[This is Alice]]'' in [[Broadcast syndication|first-run syndication]] (1958–1959)