Editing 1970 in television (section)

===Debuts===
*January 5 – [[Soap opera]] ''[[All My Children]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (–2011)
*January 6 – ''[[Kate (TV series)|Kate]]'' on ITV (–1972)
*January 30 – ''[[The Tim Conway Show (1970 TV series)|The Tim Conway Show]]'' on [[CBS]] (ending June 19)
*February 17 – ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]'' pilot on [[NBC]] (–1977); The series becomes a regular show the following fall as part of ''[[Four in One (TV series)|Four in One]]''
*March 30 – Soap opera ''[[Somerset (TV series)|Somerset]]'' on NBC (–1976), while fellow soaps ''[[A World Apart (TV series)|A World Apart]]'' (1970–1971) and ''The Best of Everything'' (1970) debut on ABC (It marks the last time multiple soaps premiere on the same day in the US)
*September 12 – ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (TV series)|Josie and the Pussycats]]'', on [[CBS]] Saturday morning (–1974)
*September 16 – ''[[UFO (British TV series)|UFO]]'' on ITV (–1971)
*September 17 – ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]'' (–1974) and ''[[Nancy (TV series)|Nancy]]'' (–1971) on NBC
*September 18 - ''[[Headmaster (TV series)|Headmaster]]'' (-1971) on CBS
*September 19 – ''[[Arnie (TV series)|Arnie]]'' (–1972) and ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' (–1977) both on CBS
*September 20 – ''[[The Tim Conway Comedy Hour]]'' on CBS (ending December 13)
*September 21 – ''[[Monday Night Football|NFL Monday Night Football]]'' on ABC (it moved to [[ESPN]] in 2006)
*September 24 – ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'' (–1975) and ''[[Barefoot in the Park (TV series)|Barefoot in the Park]]'' (–1971) both on ABC
*September 25 
**''[[The Partridge Family]]'' on ABC (–1974)
**''[[Adventures in Rainbow Country]]'' on CBC (–1971)
**''[[Doomwatch]]'' on [[BBC One|BBC1]] (–1972)
**''[[Party Game (game show)|Party Game]]'' (–1980)
**''[[Play for Today]]'' supersedes ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' on BBC1; the anthology drama series lasts until 1984
*November – ''[[Mr Benn]]'' on BBC in syndication
*November 8 - ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' on BBC2
*December – ''I racconti di padre Brown'' on [[RAI]] (–February 1971)