Editing 1989 in American television (section)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date || Title || Debut
|-
|January 7
|''[[ALF: The Animated Series]]''
|1987
|-
|January 13
|''[[Ryan's Hope]]''
|1975
|-
|January 14
|''[[Snorks]]''
|1984
|-
|January 19
|''[[Knightwatch]]''
|rowspan="2"|1988
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 21
|''[[Dirty Dancing (1988 TV series)|Dirty Dancing]]''
|-
|''[[Simon & Simon]]''
|1981
|-
|February 20
|''[[Almost Grown (TV series)|Almost Grown]]''
|1988
|-
|March 2
|''[[A Fine Romance (1989 TV series)|A Fine Romance]]''
|1989
|-
|March 9
|''[[Webster (TV series)|Webster]]''
|1983
|-
|March 10
|''[[Finders Keepers (American game show)|Finders Keepers]]''
|1987
|-
|March 11
|''[[Dolphin Cove (TV series)|Dolphin Cove]]''
|1989
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 18
|''[[Good Morning, Miss Bliss]]''
|rowspan="2"|1988
|-
|''[[Murphy's Law (American TV series)|Murphy's Law]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 24
|''[[Sale of the Century]]''
|1969
|-
|''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Super Password]]''
|1984
|-
|March 25
|''[[TV 101]]''
|1988
|-
|March 31
|''[[Card Sharks]]'' (returned in 2001)
|1978
|-
|April 1
|''[[She's the Sheriff]]''
|1987
|-
|April 8
|''[[It's a Living]]''
|1980
|-
|April 14
|''[[Unsub (TV series)|Unsub]]''
|rowspan="2"|1989
|-
|April 26
|''[[Nightingales (American TV series)|Nightingales]]''
|-
|May 5
|''[[Brothers (1984 TV series)|Brothers]]''
|1984
|-
|May 7
|''[[Duet (TV series)|Duet]]''
|1989
|-
|May 11
|''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''
|1981
|-
|May 13
|''[[A Man Called Hawk]]''
|1989
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 14
|''[[Family Ties]]''
|1982
|-
|''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]''
|1985
|-
|May 19
|''[[The Gong Show]]'' (returned in 2017)
|1976
|-
|May 20
|''[[Small Wonder (TV series)|Small Wonder]]''
|1985
|-
|May 21
|''[[Miami Vice]]''
|rowspan="2"|1984
|-
|May 22
|''[[Kate & Allie]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 9
|''[[Wipeout (1988 American game show)|Wipeout]]''
|1988
|-
|''[[Couch Potatoes (game show)|Couch Potatoes]]''
|1989
|-
|June 16
|''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' (returned in 1998)
|1966
|-
|June 21
|''[[Hard Time on Planet Earth]]''
|1989
|-
|June 23
|''[[Relatively Speaking (game show)|Relatively Speaking]]''
|rowspan="2"|1988
|-
|June 25
|''[[Day by Day (American TV series)|Day by Day]]''
|-
|July 14
|''[[Now You See It (American game show)|Now You See It]]''
|1974
|-
|July 27
|''[[The Cavanaughs (TV series)|The Cavanaughs]]''
|1986
|-
|July 30
|''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]''
|1989
|-
|August 4
|''[[Highway to Heaven]]''
|1984
|-
|August 22
|''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]''
|1987
|-
|August 24
|''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]''
|1985
|-
|September 2
|''[[Police Academy (TV series)|Police Academy]]''
|1988
|-
|September 8
|''[[The Dating Game]]'' (returned in 1996)
|1965
|-
|September 9
|''[[West 57th (TV program)|West 57th]]''
|rowspan="2"|1985
|-
|September 29
|''[[ThunderCats (1985 TV series)|ThunderCats]]''
|-
|October 7
|''[[American Bandstand]]''
|1952
|-
|October 9
|''[[Major League Baseball on NBC]]'' (returned in 1994)
|1947
|-
|October 16
|''[[The People Next Door (American TV series)|The People Next Door]]''
|rowspan="2"|1989
|-
|October 25
|''[[The Nutt House]]''
|-
|October 28
|''[[Major League Baseball on ABC]]'' (returned in 1994)
|1976
|-
|November 7
|''[[Chicken Soup (TV series)|Chicken Soup]]''
|rowspan="5"|1989
|-
|November 15
|''[[A Peaceable Kingdom]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|November 30
|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
|-
|''[[Top of the Hill]]''
|-
|December 1
|''[[The Legend of Zelda (TV series)|The Legend of Zelda]]''
|-
|December 2
|''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]''
|1981
|-
|December 9
|''[[The California Raisin Show]]''
|rowspan="3"|1989
|-
|rowspan="2"| December 16
|''[[The Karate Kid (TV series)|The Karate Kid]]''
|-
|''[[Rude Dog & the Dweebs]]''
|-
|December 17
|''[[Homeroom (TV series)|Homeroom]]''
|1989
|-
|}