2016 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 2016.

Events

 * 25 February - The Voice of Germany season 5 winner Jamie-Lee Kriewitz is selected to represent Germany at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Ghost". She is selected to be the sixty-first German Eurovision entry during Unser Lied für Stockholm held at the Brainpool Studios in Cologne.
 * 25 March - 13-year-old Lukas Janisch wins the fourth season of The Voice Kids.
 * 7 May - Prince Damien Ritzinger wins the thirteenth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
 * 3 June - Austrian pop singer Victoria Swarovski and her partner Erich Klann win the ninth season of Let's Dance.

International

 * 7 August - 🇺🇸 The Cleveland Show (2009-2013) (Comedy Central)

American Forces Network

 * 🇺🇸 The Loud House (2016–present) (AFN Family)

1950s

 * Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s

 * heute (1963–present)

1970s

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

1980s

 * Lindenstraße (1985–present)

1990s

 * Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992–present)
 * Unter uns (1994–present)
 * Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
 * In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
 * Wer wird Millionär? (1999–present)

2000s

 * Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
 * Let's Dance (2006–present)
 * Das Supertalent (2007–present)

2010s

 * The Voice of Germany (2011–present)
 * Promi Big Brother (2013–present)