Editing 1985 in American television (section)

===Debuting this year===
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|-
! Date
! Title
! Network
|-
| January 4
| ''[[Street Hawk]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| January 5
| ''[[Berrenger's]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| January 7
| ''[[Time Machine (game show)|Time Machine]]'' 
|-
| January 20
| ''[[MacGruder and Loud]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|January 23
| ''[[Sara (1985 TV series)|Sara]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[ThunderCats (1985 TV series)|ThunderCats]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| January 26
| ''[[Otherworld (TV series)|Otherworld]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| January 27
| ''[[Code Name: Foxfire]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 1
| ''[[Television Parts|Michael Nesmith in Television Parts]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 3
| ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| March 4
| ''[[Robotech (TV series)|Robotech]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 15
| ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Off the Rack]]''
|-
| March 18
| ''[[Safe at Home (TV series)|Safe at Home]]''
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|WTBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 21
| ''[[Eye to Eye (American TV series)|Eye to Eye]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Wildside (American TV series)|Wildside]]''
|-
| March 24
| ''[[Half Nelson (TV series)|Half Nelson]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 30
| ''[[CBS Storybreak]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|-
| April 5
| ''[[Me and Mom]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| April 7
| ''[[National Geographic Explorer]]'' 
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| April 9
| ''[[Hail to the Chief (TV series)|Hail to the Chief]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| April 10
| ''[[Double Dare (TV series)|Double Dare]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| April 15
| ''[[Lady Blue (TV series)|Lady Blue]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| April 19
| ''[[The Best Times (TV series)|The Best Times]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| May 6
| ''[[Dumbo's Circus]]''
|[[The Disney Channel]]
|-
| May 11
| ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| June 3
| ''[[Larry King Live]]'' 
|[[CNN]]
|-
| ''[[Turkey Television]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| June 30
| ''[[Code of Vengeance]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| July 4
| ''[[The Raccoons]]''
|[[The Disney Channel]]
|-
| July 14
| ''[[Stingray (1985 TV series)|Stingray]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| August 13
| ''[[West 57th (TV program)|West 57th]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| August 22
| ''[[Hometown (American TV series)|Hometown]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 2
| ''[[Attitudes (TV series)|Attitudes]]''
|[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]
|-
| ''[[Rocky Road (TV series)|Rocky Road]]''
|[[TBS (American TV channel)|WTBS]]
|-
| September 4
| ''[[Hell Town (TV series)|Hell Town]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="5"| September 7
| ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: Droids]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Ewoks (TV series)|Ewoks]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[What's Happening Now!!]]''
|-
|rowspan="9"| September 14
| ''[[227 (sitcom)|227]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]''
|-
| ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' 
|-
| ''[[It's Punky Brewster]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)|The Berenstain Bears]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Wuzzles]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Care Bears (TV series)|The Care Bears]]''
|rowspan="5"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 16
| ''[[America (American TV series)|America]]''
|-
| ''[[Break the Bank (1985 game show)|Break the Bank]]''
|-
| ''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 18
| ''[[Charlie & Co.]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'' 
|-
| ''[[George Burns Comedy Week]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Stir Crazy (TV series)|Stir Crazy]]'' 
|-
| September 20
| ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]'' 
|rowspan="6"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 21
| ''[[Hollywood Beat]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Lime Street (TV series)|Lime Street]]'' 
|-
| September 24
| ''[[Growing Pains]]''
|-
| September 25
| ''[[The Insiders (TV series)|The Insiders]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 29
| ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| September 30
| ''[[M.A.S.K. (TV series)|M.A.S.K.]]'' 
||[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| October 4
| ''[[Misfits of Science]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| October 6
| ''[[Jem (TV series)|Jem]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| October 20
| ''[[Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| November 20
| ''[[The Colbys]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| November 21
| ''[[Shadow Chasers]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 11
| ''[[Foley Square (TV series)|Foley Square]]''  
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Mary (1985 TV series)|Mary]]''
|}