1972 in German television

Events

• 19 February - Mary Roos is selected to represent Germany at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben". She is selected to be the seventeenth German Eurovision entry during Ein Lied für Edinburgh held at the SFB Studios in Berlin.

Debuts

ARD

• 16 January –
• 4 April – Privatdetektiv Frank Kross
• 9 April – Die rote Kapelle
• 4 July – Butler Parker
• 21 July – Die Schöngrubers
• 25 October – Sonderdezernat K1
• 27 October – Fußballtrainer Wulff
• 29 October – Eight Hours Don't Make a Day
• 29 November – Alexander Zwo
• 13 December - Musikladen
• Unknown – ''Clochemerle''

ZDF

• 26 January – Semesterferien
• 6 February – Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk
• 6 December – '' Im Auftrag von Madame''

Television shows

1950s

• ''Tagesschau''

1960s

• heute

Ending this year

• ''Beat-Club''

Births

• 25 September - Steven Gätjen, American-born TV host