1969 in television

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Debuts

• June - Hee Haw premieres on CBS (1969-1993).
• September 8 - Where the Heart Is premieres on CBS daytime (1969-1973).
• September 13 - Scooby-Doo, Where are You! (1969-1972) premieres on CBS Saturday Morning. The animated show, about a cowardly Great Dane and his four teenage friends who travel around the country in a multi-colored van solving mysteries, would go on to become a major pop cultural icon, with numerous spin-offs, direct to video movies, and two live action films.
• September 29
• Bright Promise, the latter of the soap operas created by Frank and Doris Hursley, debuts on NBC daytime (1969-1972).
• Love, American Style debuts on ABC (1969-1974).
• October 5
• Monty Python's Flying Circus premieres on BBC1 (1969-1974).
• Sazae-san premieres as a kids' comedy on Fuji Television in Japan. The show is still airing as of 2004.
• November 10 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street (1969-present).
• November 16 - The first episode of The Clangers (a British stop motion animated television program for children) is broadcast by the BBC (1969-1972).
• Marcus Welby, M.D. premieres (1969-1976).
• Room 222 premieres (1969-1974).
• The Benny Hill Show premieres on Thames Television (1969-1989) (UK).
• The Brady Bunch premieres (1969-1974).
• The Johnny Cash Show premieres (1969-1971).