2005 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 2005.

Events

 * 1 March - Sascha Sirtl wins the fifth season of Big Brother Germany.
 * 7 March - Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 1 participant Gracia Baur is selected to represent Germany at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Run & Hide". She is selected to be the fiftieth German Eurovision entry during Germany 12 Points! held at the Arena Berlin in Berlin.

Domestic

 * 3 January - Die Patriarchin (2005) (ZDF)
 * 9 May - Speer und Er (2005) (ARD)

International

 * 12 March - 🇺🇸 Two and a Half Men (2003-2015) (Prosieben, ORF 1)
 * 15 August - Gordon the Garden Gnome (2005–2006) (KiKA)
 * 3 September - 🇺🇸 X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003) (Kabel eins)
 * 21 November - 🇨🇦 Being Ian (2005–2008) (KiKA)

BFBS

 * Diamond Geezer (2005–2007)
 * King Arthur's Disasters (2005–2006)
 * The Secret of Eel Island (2005)

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)
 * Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
 * In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
 * Wer wird Millionär? (1999–present)

2000s

 * Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015–present)
 * Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)