Editing 1962 in television (section)

===Debuts===
*January 2 – ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (UK) on [[BBC One|BBC Television]] (1962–1978)
*March 8 – ''[[Oh! Those Bells]]'' on [[CBS]] (1962)
*April 6 – ''[[Little Blue Light]]'' (Голубой огонёк, ''Goluboy ogonyok'') in the Soviet Union (1962–present)
*April 17 – ''[[Brothers in Law (TV series)|Brothers in Law]]'' (UK) on [[BBC One|BBC Television]] (1962)
*July 6 – ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'' (Ireland) on [[RTÉ]] (1962–present)
*July 26 - ''[[The Lively Ones (TV series)|The Lively Ones]]'' on NBC (1962-1963)<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 487|edition=4th}}</ref>
*September 3 – ''The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series'' on Syndication (1962–1963) 
*September 19 – ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'' on NBC, beginning a nine-year run, and is the first [[Western (genre)|western]] to air in 90-minute installments (1962–1971)
*September 21 – ''[[Don't Call Me Charlie!]]'' on NBC (1962–1963)
*September 23 – ''[[Ensign O'Toole]]'' on NBC (1962–1963); ''[[The Jetsons]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], the first program to air in color on the network (1962–1963, 1984–1985, 1987)
*September 26 – ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' premieres on CBS (1962–1971)
*October 1 – ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' on CBS (1962–1968); ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' on NBC (1962–1992); ''[[Discovery (1960s TV series)|Discovery]]'' on ABC  (1962–1971)
*October 2 – ''[[Combat!]]'' on ABC (1962–1967)
*October 4 – ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' (UK) on ITV (1962–1969)
*October 11 – ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' on ABC (1962–1966)
*December 10- ''Bonne Nuit les Petits'' on [[Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française|RTF]] (France) and [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]] (Canada) 
*December 31 – ''[[Match Game]]'' on NBC (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999, 2016–present)
*''[[To Tell the Truth (Canada)|To Tell the Truth]]'' on [[CTV television network|CTV]] (1962–1964)