2020 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2020.

January to June

 * No events.

July

 * 31 July – Steve Carson named as new director of BBC Scotland, to replace Donalda MacKinnon later in the year.

August

 * 25 August – Filming recommences on BBC Scotland's soap River City after it was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

September

 * No events.

October

 * 19 October – Steve Carson starts as director of BBC Scotland. Around twenty staff departures, including some long-serving correspondents, are announced, as attempts are made to reduce the budget of the organisation by around £6.2 million by April.

November

 * 4 November – Amazon announces that its supernatural thriller series The Rig is to be filmed in Scotland.
 * 7 November – Sky Sports announces that the Scotland and Northern Ireland Euro 2020 play-off finals will be made free-to-air on UK television.

December

 * 1 December – BBC Scotland announces that Susan Calman will front their Hogmanay Live programme for a second time, with Deacon Blue, Amy Macdonald and Blazin' Fiddles. Jackie Bird is to host an hour-long programme celebrating Scotland's heroes of the coronavirus pandemic.
 * 19 December – Nicola Walker will take on the role of DI Annika Strandhed in a UKTV drama series around murders that are discovered in the waterways of Scotland.
 * 27 December – Details of the cast for BBC Scotland's Hogmanay programme for 2020, are released.
 * 31 December – Hogmanay Live with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers.

BBC
The Scotts, Group and the Daly Grind.

1960s

 * Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)

1970s

 * Sportscene (1975–present)
 * Landward (1976–present)
 * The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)

1990s

 * Eòrpa (1993–present)

2000s

 * River City (2002–present)
 * The Adventure Show (2005–present)
 * An Là (2008–present)
 * Trusadh (2008–present)
 * STV Rugby (2009–2010; 2011–present)
 * STV News at Six (2009–present)

2010s

 * Scotland Tonight (2011–present)
 * Shetland (2013–present)
 * Scot Squad (2014–present)
 * Two Doors Down (2016–present)
 * Molly and Mack (2018–2022)
 * The Nine (2019–present)
 * Debate Night (2019–present)
 * A View from the Terrace (2019–present)

Ending this year

 * Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)

Deaths

 * 9 July – Johnny Beattie, 93, actor
 * 15 July – Maurice Roëves, 83, actor