Editing 1959 in television (section)

===Debuts===

*January 9 – ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', [[CBS]] (1959–[[1966 in television|1966]])
*January 12 – ''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]'' on [[NBC]] (1959–1968)
*February 4 – ''[[Face to Face (British TV series)|Face to Face]]'' on [[BBC Television]] (1959–1962)
*February 12 – ''[[As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (TV series)|As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me]]'' on West Germany's [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] (1959)
*February 16 – ''[[Emergency (1959 TV series)|Emergency]]'' (1959) (Australia), one of the earliest Australian dramatic TV series
*April 4 
** ''[[Charlesworth (TV series)|Charlesworth]]'' on [[BBC Television]] (1959) 
** ''[[Shell Presents]]'' (1959–1960) (Sydney and Melbourne Australia), Australian dramatic anthology series
*May 2 – ''[[Markham (TV series)|Markham]]'', featuring [[Ray Milland]], on CBS (1959–1960)
*June 1 – ''[[Juke Box Jury]]'' on BBC Television (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990)
*September 11 – ''[[The Troubleshooters (1959 TV series)|The Troubleshooters]]'' on NBC (1959–1960)
*September 12 – ''[[Bonanza]]'' on NBC, the first weekly television series broadcast completely in color (1959–1973)
*September 12 – ''[[The Man and the Challenge]]'' on NBC (1959–1960)
*September 15 – ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'' on NBC (1959–1963)
*September 20 – ''[[NBC Sunday Showcase]]'' on NBC (1959–1960)
*September 21 – ''[[Love and Marriage (1959 TV series)|Love and Marriage]]'' on NBC (1959–1960)
*September 30 – ''[[Men into Space|Men Into Space]]'' on CBS (1959–1960)
*October 2 – [[Rod Serling]]'s ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' debuts on CBS (1959–1964)
*October 4 
**''[[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]'' on CBS (1959–1963)
**''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1959–1961)
*October 5 – ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'' on ABC (1959–1960)
*October 7 – ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'' on ABC (1959–1963)
*October 15 - ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' on ABC (1959–1963)
*November 19 - ''[[The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends|Rocky & His Friends]]'' on ABC (1959–61)
*Unknown date
**''[[Adelaide Tonight]]'' – 1959–1973 ([[Adelaide]], [[Australia]])
**''[[Bandwagon (Australian TV series)|Bandwagon]]'' (1959–1960) ([[Melbourne]], Australia, on HSV-7)
**''[[The Bert Newton Show]]'' (1959–1960) (Melbourne, Australia, on GTV-9)
**''[[The Bobby Limb Show]]'' (1959–1964) (Australia) (title changed in 1961 to ''The Mobil-Limb Show'')
**''[[Club Seven (Australian TV series)|Club Seven]]'' (1959–1961) (Melbourne, Australia)
**''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' in [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] (1959–1962)
**''[[Tales of the Riverbank]]'' (1959–1963).                                      
**''[[This Man Dawson]]'' in syndication (1959–1960)