Editing 1982 in American television (section)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
|January 8
|''[[Behind the Screen (TV series)|Behind the Screen]]''
|rowspan="2"|1981
|-
|January 15
|''[[Darkroom (TV series)|Darkroom]]''
|-
|January 29
|''[[The Tomorrow Show|Late Night with Tom Snyder]]''
|1973
|-
|March 1
|''[[In Search of... (TV series)|In Search of...]]'' (returned in 2002)
|1977
|-
|March 6
|''[[Spider-Man (1981 TV series)|Spider-Man]]''
|rowspan="2"|1981
|-
|March 22
|''[[Mr. Merlin]]''
|-
|March 26
|''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Password Plus]]'' (returned in 1984)
|1979
|-
|April 7
|''[[Shannon (1981 TV series)|Shannon]]''
|1981
|-
|April 17
|''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]''
|1955
|-
|April 21
|''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''
|1978
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 23
|''[[Blockbusters (US game show)|Blockbusters]]''
|rowspan="2"|1980
|-
|''[[Fridays (TV series)|Fridays]]''
|-
|May 12
|''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
|1977
|-
|May 20
|''[[Barney Miller]]''
|1975
|-
|May 21
|''[[Strike Force (TV series)|Strike Force]]''
|1981
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 27
|''[[Mork & Mindy]]''
|1978
|-
|''[[Bosom Buddies]]''
|rowspan="2"|1980
|-
|June 11
|''[[It's a Living]]'' (returned in 1985)
|-
|July 21
|''[[Cass Malloy]]'' 
|1982
|-
|July 30
|''[[Lewis & Clark (TV series)|Lewis & Clark]]''
|rowspan="2"|1981
|-
|August 24
|''[[McClain's Law]]''
|-
|September 4
|''[[The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show]]''
|1980
|-
|September 5
|''[[Goldie Gold and Action Jack]]''
|1981
|-
|September 10
|''[[Match Game]]'' (returned in 1990)
|1962
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 11
|''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show]]''
|1980
|-
|''[[The Kwicky Koala Show]]''
|rowspan="2"|1981
|-
|September 12
|''[[Code Red (American TV series)|Code Red]]''
|-
|September 13
|''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
|1977
|-
|September 18
|''[[Laverne & Shirley (1981 TV series)|Laverne & Shirley]]''
|1981
|-
|October 1
|''[[Sunrise Semester]]''
|1957
|-
|December 18
|''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980 TV series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]''
|1980
|-
|December 25
|''[[The Devlin Connection]]''
|1982
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 31
|''[[Texas (TV series)|Texas]]''
|1980
|-
|''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
|1963
|}