1979 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 1979.

Events

 * 17 March - Dschinghis Khan are selected to represent Germany at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan". They are selected to be the twenty-fourth German Eurovision entry during Ein Lied für Jerusalem held at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich.

ARD

 * 8 January –
 * Heidi (1978 TV series) (1979)
 * Spaß muß sein (1979–1983)
 * 8 February – Erlesene Verbrechen und makellose Morde (1979)
 * 10 March – Die Koblanks (1979)
 * 1 April – Jerusalem, Jerusalem (1979)
 * 24 April – Zwei Mann um einen Herd (1979)
 * 14 May –
 * Theodor Chindler (miniseries) (1979)
 * Vorsicht! Frisch gewachst! (1979)
 * 30 June – Fast wia im richtigen Leben (1979–1988)
 * 11 July – Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger (1979–1982)
 * 24 July – Tochter des Schweigens (1979)
 * 20 August – Kümo Henriette (1979–1982)
 * 27 August – Iron Gustav (1979)
 * 17 September – Spaß beiseite - Herbert kommt! (1979–1981)
 * 20 September – Die Magermilchbande (1979)
 * 24 September – Parole Chicago (1979)
 * 30 September – The Great Runaway (1979)
 * 15 October – The Buddenbrooks (1979)
 * 18 October – Der Millionenbauer (1979–1988)
 * 30 October – Zimmer frei – UNO-Nähe (1979–1980)
 * 9 November – St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1979–1982)
 * 15 November – Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (1979–1980)
 * 16 November – Anna (1979–1981)
 * 18 December – Das verbotene Spiel (1979)
 * Unknown – Freundinnen (1979)

ZDF

 * 7 January – Pusteblume (1979–1980)
 * 8 January – Die Protokolle des Herrn M (1979)
 * 23 April – Achtung Kunstdiebe (1979)
 * 30 April – Union der festen Hand (1979)
 * 5 June – Der Sklave Calvisius (1979)
 * 27 July – Locker vom Hocker (1979–1987)
 * 6 September – Wie erziehe ich meinen Vater? (1979)
 * 2 December – Mathias Sandorf (1979)
 * 13 December – Der Bürgermeister (1979)
 * 25 December – Timm Thaler (1979–1980)
 * 26 December – Ein Kapitel für sich (1979–1980)

DFF

 * 1 January –  Spuk unterm Riesenrad (1979)
 * 20 July – Ein offenes Haus (1979)

Armed Forces Network

 * 🇺🇸 Dallas (1978–1991)

1950s

 * Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s

 * heute (1963–present)

1970s

 * heute-journal (1978–present)
 * Tagesthemen (1978–present)

Births

 * 29 January - Sarah Kuttner, TV host & author