Editing 1997 in American television (section)

===Debuts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Date
! Show
! Network
|-
!January 1
| ''[[Cooking Live]]''
|[[Food Network]]
|-
!January 4
| ''[[Lost on Earth]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
!January 6
| ''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!January 7
| ''[[Orleans (TV series)|Orleans]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!January 8
| ''[[Chicago Sons]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!January 9
| ''[[Antiques Roadshow (American TV program)|Antiques Roadshow]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
!January 12
| ''[[King of the Hill]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|January 13
| ''[[La Femme Nikita (TV series)|La Femme Nikita]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
| ''[[The New Adventures of Robin Hood]]''
|[[TNT (American TV channel)|TNT]]
|-
!January 19
| ''[[Emeril Live]]''
|[[Food Network]]
|-
!February 7
| ''[[The Chris Rock Show]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!February 28
| ''[[Crisis Center]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!March 2
| ''[[The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!rowspan="3"|March 3
| ''[[Daria]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| ''[[Pauly]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Spy Game (TV series)|Spy Game]]''
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|March 4
| ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[The Practice]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
!rowspan="2"|March 5
|''[[Arsenio (TV series)|Arsenio]]''
|-
|''[[Temporarily Yours]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!March 6
|''[[Prince Street (TV series)|Prince Street]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!March 10
| ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
|[[The WB]]
|-
!March 18
| ''[[Social Studies (TV series)|Social Studies]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
!March 22
| ''[[Lawless (American TV series)|Lawless]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|April 1
| ''[[Religion & Ethics Newsweekly]]''
|[[PBS]]
|-
| ''[[Viva Variety]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
!April 2
| ''[[Smart Guy]]''
|[[The WB]]
|-
!April 9
| ''[[Pacific Palisades (TV series)|Pacific Palisades]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!April 10
| ''[[Fired Up (TV series)|Fired Up]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|April 12
| ''[[Gun (TV series)|Gun]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
| ''[[Leaving L.A.]]''
|-
!April 14
| ''[[¡Despierta América!]]''
|[[Univision]]
|-
!April 15
| ''[[Soul Man (TV series)|Soul Man]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
!rowspan="3"|April 19
| ''[[Nightmare Ned]]''
|-
| ''[[The Angry Beavers]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
| ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
!May 16
| ''[[Todd McFarlane's Spawn]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!May 25
| ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!June 2
| ''[[Port Charles]]''
|ABC
|-
!June 6
| ''[[Life... and Stuff]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|June 7
| ''[[CNN NewsStand]]''
|[[CNN]]
|-
| ''[[Perversions of Science]]''
|[[HBO]]
|-
!July 7
| ''[[Figure It Out]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
!July 11
| ''[[Spicy City]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[HBO]]
|-
!July 12
| ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|July 14
| ''[[Roar (1997 TV series)|Roar]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Johnny Bravo]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Cartoon Network]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|July 15
| ''[[Cow and Chicken]]''
|-
| ''[[I Am Weasel]]''
|-
!July 21
| ''[[Deepwater Black|Mission Genesis]]''
|[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]
|-
!July 27
| ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
|[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|-
!July 28
| ''[[Win Ben Stein's Money]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
!August 4
| ''[[USA High]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
!August 11
| ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]''
|ABC
|-
!August 13
| ''[[South Park]]''
|[[Comedy Central]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|August 17
| ''[[Behind the Music]]''
|[[VH1]]
|-
| ''[[The World's Funniest!]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!August 25
| ''[[Good News (TV series)|Good News]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[UPN]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|August 26
| ''[[Head over Heels (American TV series)|Head over Heels]]''
|-
| ''[[Hitz]]''
|-
!rowspan="5"|September 1
| ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[Fox News Watch]]''
|[[Fox News Channel]]
|-
| ''[[MTV Live (TV series)|MTV Live]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| ''[[Pensacola: Wings of Gold]]''
|[[USA Network]]
|-
| ''[[Extreme Dinosaurs]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 6
| ''[[Click (game show)|Click]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[City Guys]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="3"|September 7
| ''[[Alright Already (TV series)|Alright Already]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[The WB]]
|-
| ''[[The Tom Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Popular Mechanics for Kids]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!September 8
| ''[[Ally McBeal]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 11
| ''[[Between Brothers]]''
|-
| ''[[413 Hope St.]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 12
| ''[[Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
| ''[[Police Academy: The Series]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="11"|September 13
| ''[[Pepper Ann]]''
|rowspan="3"|ABC
|-
|''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]''
|-
| ''[[Science Court]]''
|-
| ''[[The Crayon Box]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Calamity Jane]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
| ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]''
|-
| ''[[The New Batman/Superman Adventures]]''
|-
| ''[[The Weird Al Show]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Wheel 2000]]''
|-
| ''[[Fudge (TV series)|Fudge]]''
|-
| ''[[The New Ghostwriter Mysteries]]''
|-
!September 14
| ''[[Going Wild with Jeff Corwin]]''
|[[Disney Channel]]
|-
!rowspan="5"|September 15
| ''[[Breaker High]]''
|[[UPN]]
|-
| ''[[George & Leo]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[The Gregory Hines Show]]''
|-
| ''[[Michael Hayes (TV series)|Michael Hayes]]''
|-
| ''[[The Mr. Men Show (1997)|The Mr. Men Show]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 18
| ''[[Cracker (American TV series)|Cracker]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
| ''[[Nothing Sacred (TV series)|Nothing Sacred]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 19
| ''[[The Visitor (TV series)|The Visitor]]''
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
| ''[[Meego (TV series)|Meego]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
!September 20
|''[[The New Adventures of Zorro (1997 TV series)|The New Adventures of Zorro]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="3"|September 22
| ''[[Timecop (TV series)|Timecop]]''
|ABC
|-
| ''[[The Ink and Paint Club (TV series)|The Ink and Paint Club]]''
| [[Disney Channel]]
|-
| ''[[Brooklyn South]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[CBS]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 23
| ''[[Dellaventura]]''
|-
| ''[[Hiller and Diller]]''
|ABC
|-
!rowspan="4"|September 24
| ''[[Bryant Gumbel|Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel]]''
|[[CBS]]
|-
| ''[[Dharma & Greg]]''
|ABC
|-
| ''[[Built to Last (TV series)|Built to Last]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[The Tony Danza Show (1997 TV series)|The Tony Danza Show]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 25
| ''[[Veronica's Closet]]''
|-
| ''[[Union Square (TV series)|Union Square]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 26
| ''[[Teen Angel (1997 TV series)|Teen Angel]]''
|rowspan="2"|ABC
|-
| ''[[You Wish (TV series)|You Wish]]''
|-
!rowspan="2"|September 27
| ''[[Soldier of Fortune, Inc.]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''Total Security''
|NBC
|-
!September 28
| ''[[Jenny (TV series)|Jenny]]''
|NBC
|-
!September 29
| ''The Big Garage''
|[[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]]
|-
!rowspan="6"|October 1
| ''[[Amp (TV series)|Amp]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| ''[[Daily News Live (Comcast SportsNet)|Daily News Live]]''
|rowspan="4"|[[NBC Sports Philadelphia|CSN Philadelphia]]
|-
| ''SportsDay''
|-
| ''[[SportsNite]]''
|-
| ''SportsRise''
|-
| ''[[Wimzie's House]]''
|[[PBS Kids|PTV]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|October 4
| ''[[The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police]]''
|[[Fox Kids]]
|-
| ''[[Fame L.A.]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
!rowspan="3"|October 6
| ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]''
|-
| ''[[Team Knight Rider]]''
|-
| ''The Edge''
|[[CNBC]]
|-
!October 8
| ''[[Working (TV series)|Working]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!October 10
| ''[[Raging Planet]]''
|[[Discovery Channel]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|October 11
| ''[[C-16: FBI]]''
|ABC
|-
| ''[[Men in Black: The Series]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|October 17
| ''[[Players (1997 TV series)|Players]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
| ''[[Cartoon Sushi]]''
| [[MTV]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|October 20
| ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]''
|[[Playhouse Disney]]
|-
| ''[[Channel Umptee-3]]''
|[[Kids' WB]]
|-
!October 21
| ''[[Over the Top (TV series)|Over the Top]]''
|ABC
|-
!November 1
| ''[[Sleepwalkers (TV series)|Sleepwalkers]]''
|[[NBC]]
|-
!rowspan="4"|November 4
| ''[[Autoline Detroit]]''
|[[WTVS]]
|-
| ''[[Cartoon Sushi]]''
|[[MTV]]
|-
| ''[[Enjoying Everyday Life]]''
|[[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
|-
| ''[[My Classic Car]]''
|[[The Nashville Network|TNN]]
|-
!November 8
| ''[[The Journey of Allen Strange]]''
|[[Nickelodeon]]
|-
!November 28
| ''[[Tenacious D (TV series)|Tenacious D]]''
|[[HBO]]
|}