1992 in television

For the American network television schedule, please see 1992-93 American network television schedule.

Debuts

• March 31- Dateline NBC premieres on NBC (1992-present).
• April 6- Barney & Friends, a children's educational television show starring a giant purple dinosaur, premieres (1992-2002).
• May 21- The Real World premieres on MTV (1992-present). The show is one of the first popular "reality television" series.
• August 15- The Larry Sanders Show premieres on cable television (1992-1998).
• September 23- Mad About You premieres on NBC (1992-1999).
• November 2- Prime Time News replaces The National and The Journal on CBC television (1992-1995).
• November 12- Absolutely Fabulous premieres on BBC (1992-1996, 2001-2003).
• The soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten debuts on RTL Television in Germany.
• Sailor Moon premieres on TV Asahi in Japan.