Editing 1982 in American television (section)

===Debuting this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Show
! Network
|-
| January 7
| ''[[Fame (1982 TV series)|Fame]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| January 12
| ''[[American Playhouse]]'' 
|[[PBS]]
|-
| January 16
| ''[[King's Crossing]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| January 23
| ''[[One of the Boys (American TV series)|One of the Boys]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[NBC]]
|-
| February 1
| ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' 
|-
| March 6
| ''[[Chicago Story]]'' 
|-
| March 3
| ''[[The Kids of Degrassi Street]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
| March 12
| ''[[T.J. Hooker]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| March 17
| ''[[Herbie the Matchmaker]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|-
| March 19
| ''[[The Phoenix (1982 TV series)|The Phoenix]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
|rowspan="2"| March 23
| ''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Q.E.D. (American TV series)|Q.E.D.]]''
|rowspan="4"|CBS
|-
| March 25
| ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'' 
|-
| March 29
| ''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]'' 
|-
| April 5
| ''[[Report to Murphy]]'' 
|-
| April 14
| ''[[Teachers Only]]'' 
|NBC
|-
| May 4
| ''[[The Book of Lists]]'' 
|CBS
|-
| July 5
| ''[[America This Morning]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| July 21
| ''[[Cass Malloy]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|CBS
|-
| August 9
| ''[[Filthy Rich (1982 TV series)|Filthy Rich]]'' 
|-
| September 1
| ''[[Sewing with Nancy]]''
|Syndication
|-
| September 12
| ''[[Blackstar (TV series)|Blackstar]]''
|CBS
|-
| September 17
| ''[[The Powers of Matthew Star]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|NBC
|-
|rowspan="5"| September 18
| ''[[The Gary Coleman Show]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1982 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''  
|-
| ''[[Gilligan's Planet]]'' 
|rowspan="5"|CBS
|-
| ''[[Meatballs & Spaghetti]]''
|-
| ''[[Pandamonium (TV series)|Pandamonium]]'' 
|-
| September 19
| ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV series)|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' 
|-
| September 20
| ''[[Child's Play (game show)|Child's Play]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 22
| ''[[Family Ties]]'' 
|NBC
|-
| ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| September 24
| ''[[Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series)|Bring 'Em Back Alive]]'' 
|CBS
|-
|rowspan="5"| September 25
| ''[[The Little Rascals (animated TV series)|The Little Rascals]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|ABC
|-
| ''[[Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Pac-Man (TV series)|Pac-Man]]''
|-
| ''[[The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Silver Spoons]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|NBC
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 26
| ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' 
|-
| ''[[At the Movies (1982–1990 TV series)|At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert]]''
|[[Syndication (television)|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Matt Houston]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| ''[[Gloria (American TV series)|Gloria]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|CBS
|-
| September 27
| ''[[Square Pegs]]'' 
|-
| September 30
| ''[[Cheers]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|NBC
|-
| October 1
| ''[[Remington Steele]]'' 
|-
| October 2
| ''[[The Devlin Connection]]''
|-
| October 3
| ''[[Voyagers!]]'' 
|-
| October 4
| ''[[CBS Morning News]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|CBS
|-
| October 6
| ''[[Tucker's Witch]]'' 
|-
| October 10
| ''[[Nature (TV series)|Nature]]'' 
|PBS
|-
| October 14
| ''[[It Takes Two (American TV series)|It Takes Two]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| October 22
| ''[[The Quest (1982 TV series)|The Quest]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| October 25
| ''[[Newhart]]'' 
|CBS
|-
| October 26
| ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' 
|NBC
|-
| October 26
| ''[[Gavilan (TV series)|Gavilan]]'' 
|NBC
|-
| October 29
| ''[[The New Odd Couple]]'' 
|ABC
|-
| December 12
| ''[[Powerhouse (TV series)|Powerhouse]]'' 
|PBS
|-
| December 27
| ''[[Starcade]]'' 
|TBS
|}