Editing 1960 in television (section)

===Debuts===
*January 9 – [[Baseball]] competition ''[[Home Run Derby (TV series)|Home Run Derby]]'' from [[Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)]] begins a six-month run in syndication.
*January 25 – Series ''[[The Kate Smith Show]]'' begins a six-month run on CBS.
*February 7 – Series ''[[Overland Trail (TV series)|Overland Trail]]'' begins a four-month run on NBC. 
*June 1 – [[TV One (New Zealand)|TV One]] is initiated in [[Auckland]]. This is the first television transmission in New Zealand.
*June 8 – Series ''[[Happy (1960 TV series)|Happy]]'' ('''1960'''–1961) and ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]'' ('''1960''') both premiere on [[NBC]].
*June 13 – Series ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' premieres on ITV (1960–1961).
*June 28 –  Series ''[[Mess Mates]]'' premieres on ITV in UK (1960–1962).
*September 6 – Series ''[[Coronado 9]]'' begins a six-month run on NBC (1960–1961).
*September 11 – Series ''[[Danger Man]]'' premieres on ITV in UK; broadcast also by CBS in USA ('''1960'''–1961, 1964–1966).
*September 17 – Series ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1962).
*September 18 – Series ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]'' premieres on NBC ('''1960'''–1961).
*September 23 – Series ''[[Dan Raven]]'' premieres on NBC ('''1960'''–1961).
*September 27 – Series ''[[The Tom Ewell Show]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1961).
*September 29 – Series ''[[My Three Sons]]'' premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ('''1960'''–1972).
*September 29 – Series ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]'' premieres on [[NBC]] ('''1960'''–1962).
*September 30 – [[Hanna Barbera]]'s series ''[[The Flintstones]]'' debuts on ABC ('''1960'''–1966).
*October 1 – [[NBC]] commences airings of ''[[The Shari Lewis Show]]'' and ''[[Popeye the Sailor (TV series)|Popeye the Sailor]]'' (Both '''1960'''–1963)
*October 3 – Series ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1968).
*October 4 – Series ''[[Stagecoach West (TV series)|Stagecoach West]]'' premieres on ABC ('''1960'''–1961).
*October 5 – Series ''[[My Sister Eileen (TV series)|My Sister Eileen]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1961).
*October 7 – Series ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'' premieres on CBS ('''1960'''–1964).
*October 10
**Series ''[[Bringing Up Buddy]]'' premieres on CBS (1960–1961).
**Series ''[[Klondike (TV series)|Klondike]]'' premieres on NBC (1960–1961).
*October 11 – ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'', Looney Tunes' first television series (1960–2000).
*October 12 – Series ''[[Peter Loves Mary]]'' premieres on NBC ('''1960'''–1961).
*December 9 – Soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' premieres on [[Granada Television]] in UK ('''1960'''-present).
*Comedy show ''[[Radio Rochela]]'' (previously the ''La Cruzada del Buen Humor'' segment of ''[[El Show de las Doce]]'') debuts on [[RCTV]] in Venezuela ('''1960'''–2010).