Editing 1987 in American television (section)

===Debuting this year===
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|-
! Date
! Title
! Network
|-
| January 3
| ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| January 8
| ''[[Shell Game (TV series)|Shell Game]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| January 17
| ''[[Ohara (TV series)|Ohara]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| January 22
| ''[[The Tortellis]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| January 25
| ''Hard Copy''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97653809/hard-copy-doesnt-get-the-facts-straig/ |title='Hard Copy' doesn't get the facts straight |first=Tom |last=Jicha |agency=[[Cox News Service]] |newspaper=[[Dayton Daily News]] |location=[[Dayton, Ohio]] |page=2-D |date=January 25, 1987 |accessdate=March 14, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
|[[CBS]]
|-
| January 26
| ''[[Square One TV]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[PBS]]
|-
| February 2
| ''[[Eyes on the Prize]]''
|-
| March 4
| ''[[Harry (1987 TV series)|Harry]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| March 9
| ''[[Rags to Riches (TV series)|Rags to Riches]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| March 11
| ''[[Houston Knights]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 19
| ''[[The Bronx Zoo (TV series)|The Bronx Zoo]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Roomies (TV series)|Roomies]]'' 
|-
| March 20
| ''[[The Charmings]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 23
| ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Popcorn Kid]]''
|-
| March 31
| ''[[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 1
| ''Mariah''
|-
| ''[[Roxie (TV series)|Roxie]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Take Five (TV series)|Take Five]]''
|-
| April 2
| ''[[Nothing in Common (TV series)|Nothing in Common]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 5
| ''[[Married... with Children]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' 
|-
| April 12
| ''[[21 Jump Street]]'' 
|-
| April 18
| ''[[Sweet Surrender (TV series)|Sweet Surrender]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| April 19
| ''[[Bionic Six]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Duet (TV series)|Duet]]'' 
||[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| April 20
| ''[[Hard Knocks (1987 TV series)|Hard Knocks]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
| April 26
| ''[[Down and Out in Beverly Hills (TV series)|Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]''
|rowspan="2"| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| May 3
| ''[[Mr. President (TV series)|Mr. President]]'' 
|-
| May 21
| ''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| June 1
| ''[[Adventures of the Little Koala]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| June 12
| ''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| June 15
| ''Home Shopping Game''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| July 11
| ''[[Good Morning, Miss Bliss]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Werewolf (TV series)|Werewolf]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| July 18
| ''[[Karen's Song]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The New Adventures of Beans Baxter]]'' 
|-
| August 8
| ''[[Animal Crack-Ups]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| August 27
| ''[[First Impressions (TV series)|First Impressions]]''
| [[CBS]]
|-
| August 30
| ''[[Crossbow (TV series)|Crossbow]]''
|[[Freeform (TV channel)|CBN Cable Network]]
|-
| September
| ''[[Maple Town]]''
| [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="4"| September 12
| ''[[Showtime at the Apollo]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[I'm Telling!]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[The New Archies]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Popeye and Son]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|-
| September 13
| ''[[Private Eye (TV series)|Private Eye]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
|rowspan="6"| September 14
| ''[[Dinosaucers]]''
|rowspan="5"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[BraveStarr]]''
|-
| ''[[Maxie's World]]''
|-
| ''[[New Monkees]]''
|-
| ''[[Wil Shriner|The Wil Shriner Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Frank's Place]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 16
| ''[[The Oldest Rookie]]''
|-
| ''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'' 
|-
| September 17
| ''[[Out of This World (American TV series)|Out of This World]]'' 
|rowspan="5"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| September 18
| ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' (Original series)
|-
|rowspan="5"| September 19
| ''[[Kidsongs|The Kidsongs TV Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Marblehead Manor]]'' 
|-
| ''[[She's the Sheriff]]''
|-
| ''[[Once a Hero]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| September 20
| ''[[The Highwayman (TV series)|The Highwayman]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]] 
|-
| ''[[My Two Dads]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 21
| ''[[Beverly Hills Teens]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Spiral Zone]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 22
| ''[[Full House]]'' 
|rowspan="4"|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[I Married Dora]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 23
| ''[[Hooperman]]'' 
|-
| ''[[The Slap Maxwell Story]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 24
| ''[[A Different World]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'' 
|rowspan="3"|[[CBS]]
|-
| September 25
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' 
|-
|rowspan="5"| September 26
| ''[[Jake and the Fatman]]'' 
|-
| ''[[ALF: The Animated Series]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[J.J. Starbuck]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Second Chance (1987 TV series)|Second Chance]]'' (aka ''Boys Will Be Boys'') 
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''You Can't Take It With You''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 27
| ''[[Dolly (1987 TV series)|Dolly]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| ''[[The Law & Harry McGraw]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| September 28
| ''[[Lingo (American game show)|Lingo]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
|-
| September 29
| ''[[thirtysomething (TV series)|thirtysomething]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| October 3
| ''[[Everything's Relative (1987 TV series)|Everything's Relative]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Leg Work]]'' 
|-
| ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| October 11
| ''[[Women in Prison (TV series)|Women in Prison]]'' 
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| November 2
| ''[[Finders Keepers (American game show)|Finders Keepers]]'' 
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| November 5
| ''[[Beverly Hills Buntz]]'' 
|[[NBC]]
|-
| November 7
| ''[[Sable (TV series)|Sable]]'' 
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
| November 30
| ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' 
|[[CBS]]
|-
| December 7
| ''[[Remote Control (game show)|Remote Control]]'' 
|[[MTV]]
|-
| December 11
| ''[[The Wilton North Report]]'' 
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| December 14
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|}