Editing 1979 in American television (section)

===Debuting this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Show
! Network
|-
|rowspan="2"| January 8
| ''[[All Star Secrets]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Password Plus]]''
|-
| January 18
| ''[[Delta House]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| January 20
| ''[[Salvage 1]]''
|-
| January 21
| ''[[Brothers and Sisters (1979 TV series)|Brothers and Sisters]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| January 22
| ''[[Nightly Business Report]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | January 26
|''[[Hello, Larry]]''
| rowspan="3" |[[NBC]]
|-
|''[[Sweepstakes (TV series)|$weepstake$]]''
|-
|''[[Turnabout (TV series)|Turnabout]]''
|-
| ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| January 28
| ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]''
|-
| February 1
| ''[[Makin' It (TV series)|Makin' It]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| February 3
| ''[[The New Fred and Barney Show]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| February 7
| ''[[Supertrain]]''
|-
| February 8
| ''[[Angie (TV series)|Angie]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| February 20
| ''[[This Old House]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| February 26
| ''[[Billy (1979 TV series)|Billy]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Flatbush (TV series)|Flatbush]]''
|-
| February 27
| ''[[Cliffhangers (TV series)|Cliffhangers]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 4
| ''[[Stockard Channing in Just Friends]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| March 13
| ''[[The Ropers]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| March 15
| ''[[Harris and Company]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 24
| ''[[The Bad News Bears (TV series)|The Bad News Bears]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| March 28
| ''Dear Detective''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| April 6
| ''[[The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 12
| ''[[Highcliffe Manor]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Whodunnit? (American game show)|Whodunnit?]]''
|-
| April 18
| ''[[Real People (TV program)|Real People]]''
|-
| April 23
| ''[[Whew!]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| May 10
| ''[[Hizzonner]]''
|rowspan=2 |[[NBC]]
|-
| May 24
| ''[[Comedy Theatre (TV series)|Comedy Theatre]]'' (returning from 1976)
|-
| July 31
| ''[[Detective School]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| August 24
| ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| August 25
| ''[[Hart to Hart]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| August 28
| ''[[240-Robert]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 1
| ''[[Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[PBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Woodwright's Shop]]''
|-
| September 7
| ''[[SportsCenter]]''
|[[ESPN]]
|-
| September 8
| ''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Thing]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 9
| ''[[Jason of Star Command]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Out of the Blue (1979 TV series)|Out of the Blue]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| September 13
| ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]''
|-
| September 15
| ''[[Working Stiffs (TV series)|Working Stiffs]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| September 16
| ''[[A New Kind of Family]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| September 17
| ''[[Three's a Crowd (game show)|Three's a Crowd]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| September 18
| ''[[The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 19
| ''[[The Last Resort (1979 TV series)|The Last Resort]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Struck by Lightning (TV series)|Struck by Lightning]]''
|-
| September 20
| ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]''
|rowspan="7"|[[NBC]]
|-
| September 21
| ''[[Eischied]]''
|-
|rowspan="7"| September 22
| ''[[Casper and the Angels]]''
|-
| ''[[A Man Called Sloane]]''
|-
| ''[[The New Adventures of Flash Gordon]]''
|-
| ''[[The New Shmoo]]''
|-
| ''[[The Super Globetrotters]]''
|-
| ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Spider-Woman (TV series)|Spider-Woman]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 23
| ''[[The Associates (American TV series)|The Associates]]''
|-
| ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]''
|rowspan="5"|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 25
| ''[[California Fever (TV series)|California Fever]]''
|-
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 29
| ''[[Big Shamus, Little Shamus]]''
|-
| ''[[Paris (1979 TV series)|Paris]]''
|-
| October 26
| ''[[Shirley (TV series)|Shirley]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| October 29
| ''[[Freedom Road]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| November 8
| ''[[Nightline]]'' (debuting as ''The Iran Crisis–America Held Hostage'')
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| November 28
| ''[[Young Maverick]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[CBS]]
|-
| December 17
| ''[[House Calls (TV series)|House Calls]]''
|-
| December 27
| ''[[Knots Landing]]''
|}