Editing 1960 in television (section)

==Programs/programmes==
===Debuts===
*January 9 – [[Baseball]] competition ''[[Home Run Derby (TV series)|Home Run Derby]]'' from [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)]] begins a six-month run in syndication.
*January 25 – Series ''[[The Kate Smith Show]]'' begins a six-month run on CBS.
*February 7 – Series ''[[Overland Trail (TV series)|Overland Trail]]'' begins a four-month run on NBC. 
*June 1 – [[TV One (New Zealand)|TV One]] is initiated in [[Auckland]]. This is the first television transmission in New Zealand.
*June 8 – Series ''[[Happy (1960 TV series)|Happy]]'' ('''1960'''–1961) and ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]'' ('''1960''') both premiere on [[NBC]].
*June 13 – Series ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' premieres on ITV (1960–1961).
*June 28 –  Series ''[[Mess Mates]]'' premieres on ITV in UK (1960–1962).
*September 6 – Series ''[[Coronado 9]]'' begins a six-month run on NBC (1960–1961).
*September 11 – Series ''[[Danger Man]]'' premieres on ITV in UK; broadcast also by CBS in USA ('''1960'''–1961, 1964–1966).
*September 17 – Series ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1962).
*September 18 – Series ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]'' premieres on NBC ('''1960'''–1961).
*September 23 – Series ''[[Dan Raven]]'' premieres on NBC ('''1960'''–1961).
*September 27 – Series ''[[The Tom Ewell Show]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1961).
*September 29 – Series ''[[My Three Sons]]'' premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ('''1960'''–1972).
*September 29 – Series ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]'' premieres on [[NBC]] ('''1960'''–1962).
*September 30 – [[Hanna Barbera]]'s series ''[[The Flintstones]]'' debuts on ABC ('''1960'''–1966).
*October 1 – [[NBC]] commences airings of ''[[The Shari Lewis Show]]'' and ''[[Popeye the Sailor (TV series)|Popeye the Sailor]]'' (Both '''1960'''–1963)
*October 3 – Series ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1968).
*October 4 – Series ''[[Stagecoach West (TV series)|Stagecoach West]]'' premieres on ABC ('''1960'''–1961).
*October 5 – Series ''[[My Sister Eileen (TV series)|My Sister Eileen]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1961).
*October 7 – Series ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1964).
*October 10
**Series ''[[Bringing Up Buddy]]'' premieres on CBS (1960–1961).
**Series ''[[Klondike (TV series)|Klondike]]'' premieres on NBC (1960–1961).
*October 11 – ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'', Looney Tunes' first television series (1960–2000).
*October 12 – Series ''[[Peter Loves Mary]]'' premieres on NBC ('''1960'''–1961).
*December 9 – Soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' premieres on [[Granada Television]] in UK ('''1960'''-present).
*Comedy show ''[[Radio Rochela]]'' (previously the ''La Cruzada del Buen Humor'' segment of ''[[El Show de las Doce]]'') debuts on [[RCTV]] in Venezuela ('''1960'''–2010).

===Television shows===

====1940s====
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present).
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960).
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present).
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971).
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present).
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995).
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963).

====1950s====
*''[[The Jack Benny Show]]'' (1950–1965).
*''[[Men into Space]]'' (1959–1960).
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988).
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967).
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980).
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1960)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986).
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present).
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989).
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966).
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009).
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present).
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' (US) (1952–1961).
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present).
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983).
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present).
*''[[The Brighter Day]]'' (1954–1962).
*''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967).
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974).
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present).
*''[[Zoo Quest]]'' (UK) (1954–1964).
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1955–1962).
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984).
*''[[Cheyenne (television)|Cheyenne]]'' (1955–1962).
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976).
*''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–1975).
*''[[Ozark Jubilee|Jubilee USA]]'' (1955–1960).
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982).
*''This Is Your Life'' (UK) (1955–2003).
*''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' (UK) (1956–1968).
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010).
*''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1956–1962).
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (UK) (1956–1978).
*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984).
*''[[The Ford Show|The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford]]'' (1956–1961).
*''[[The Price Is Right (1956 American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (1956–1965).
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–2008).
*''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' (1957–1963).
*''[[The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom]]'' (1957–1960).
*''[[The Army Game]]'' (UK) (1957–1961).
*''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' (1957–1966).
*''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) (1957–present).
*''[[Blue Peter]]'' (UK) (1958–present).
*''[[General Motors Theatre|General Motors Presents]]'' (Can) (1953–1956, '''1958–1961''')
*''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' (UK) (1958–2007).
*''[[Peter Gunn]]'' (1958–1961).
*''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' (1958–1966).
*''[[Huckleberry Hound|The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'' (1958–1962).
*''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Walt Disney Presents]]'' (1958–1961).
*''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'' (1958–1960)
*''[[Bonanza]]'' (1959–1973).
*''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'' (1959–1963).
*''[[Juke Box Jury]]'' (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990).
*''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]'' (1959–1968).
*''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' ('''1959'''-'''1964''', 1985–1988, 2002).
*''[[This Man Dawson]]'' (1959–1960).
*''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]'' (1959–1961).

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
| January 25 
| ''[[Love and Marriage (1959 TV series)|Love and Marriage]]'' 
| rowspan="3" |1959
|-
| April 1
| ''[[The Troubleshooters (1959 TV series)|The Troubleshooters]]''
|-
| June 11 
| ''[[The Man and the Challenge]]''
|-
| September 14 
| ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]'' 
| 1960
|-
| Unknown date 
| ''[[This Man Dawson]]'' 
| 1959
|}