1998 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 1998.

Events

 * 5 January - British children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends begins airing on German television for the first time ever after only being released on home video since 1995. The series will begin airing on RTL II.
 * 27 February - Guildo Horn is selected to represent Germany at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Guildo hat euch lieb!". He is selected to be the forty-third German Eurovision entry during Countdown Grand Prix held at the Stadthalle in Bremen.

Domestic

 * 13 January - The King of St. Pauli (1998) (Sat.1)
 * 21 April - Der Clown (1998–2001) (RTL)
 * 4 September - Schloss Einstein (1998–present) (KiKA)
 * 26 October - In aller Freundschaft (1998–present) (Das Erste)
 * 20 November - Der Laden (1998) (Arte)

International

 * 5 January - Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984–present) (RTL II)
 * 28 March - 🇺🇸/🇨🇦 Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999) (RTL II)
 * 14 April - 🇺🇸 Extreme Dinosaurs (1997) (Super RTL)
 * 23 June - PB Bear and Friends (1998) (KiKA)
 * 9 October - 🇺🇸 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) (ProSieben)
 * 28 November - 🇺🇸 Moesha (1996–2001) (RTL)
 * 10 December - The Adventures of Spot (1987–1993) (KiKA)
 * 21 December - 🇨🇦/🇫🇷 Animal Crackers (1997–1999) (KiKA)
 * 24 December - Percy the Park Keeper (1996–1999) (Das Erste)

International

 * 2 May - 🇺🇸 The Angry Beavers (1997-2001) (Nickelodeon)

American Forces Network

 * 🇦🇺 Bananas in Pajamas (1992-2001)
 * 🇺🇸 The Journey of Allen Strange (1997-2000)

BFBS

 * 31 March - The Wombles (1998-2001)
 * 12 August - Whizziwig (1998-2000)
 * 29 November - Dinnerladies (1998-2000)
 * 🇫🇷/ Archibald the Koala (1998-2000)
 * Animal Stories (1998-2002)

1950s

 * Tagesschau (1952-present)

1960s

 * heute (1963-present)

1970s

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

1980s

 * Wetten, dass..? (1981-2014)
 * Lindenstraße (1985-present)

1990s

 * Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992-present)
 * Marienhof (1992-2011)
 * Unter uns (1994-present)
 * Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015)