1966 in Television - Debuts

Debuts

• January 2 – Ultra Q premieres on TBS in Japan (1966).
• January 3 - Eye Guess debuts on NBC-TV Daytime (1966–1969)
• January 12 – Batman debuts on ABC (1966–1968).
• April 5 – The Money Programme debuts on BBC2 (1966–present).
• June 6 – Till Death Do Us Part debuts on BBC1.
• June 27 – Dark Shadows premieres on ABC (1966–1971).
• July 4 - Showdown & Chain Letter both debuted on NBC Daytime (Canceled on October 14)
• July 11 – The Newlywed Game premieres on ABC (1966–1974).
• July 17 – Ultraman premieres on TBS in Japan (1966–1967).
• September 8 – Star Trek premieres on NBC (1966–1969); That Girl premieres on ABC (1966–1971); Tarzan premieres on NBC (1966–1968).
• September 9 – The Green Hornet premieres on ABC (1966–1967); The Time Tunnel premieres on ABC (1966–1967)
• September 12 – The Monkees premieres on NBC (1966–1968); Family Affair premieres on CBS (1966–1971); The Iron Horse and The Rat Patrol premiere on ABC (both 1966–1968).
• September 13 - The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. premieres on NBC (1966–1967).
• September 17 – Mission: Impossible premieres on CBS (1966–1973).
• September 20 – Rue des Pignons premieres on SRC (1966–1977).
• October 9 – Rocket Robin Hood premieres (1966–1969).
• October 11 – SRC launches its first made-in-Quebec sitcom, Moi et l'autre (1966–1971).
• October 17 – The Hollywood Squares premieres on NBC daytime (1966–1980).
• December 23 – Hoolihan & Big Chuck premieres on WJW-TV, Cleveland, Ohio, United States (1966–1979)
• July 18 – The Australian version of Play School premieres on that country's ABC (1966–present).
• The 700 Club premieres (1966–present).
• W-FIVE premieres (1966–present).
• Wojeck premieres (1966–1968).