1990 in German television

Events

• 29 March - Chris Kempers & Daniel Kovac are selected to represent Germany at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Frei zu leben". They are selected to be the thirty-fifth German Eurovision entry during Ein Lied für Zagreb held at the German Theatre in Munich.
• 8 July - West Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to win the 1990 World Cup at Rome, Italy.
• 3 October - German reunification: All FTA channels broadcast reunification themed events in Berlin and other major cities.

Debuts

Domestic

• 7 January - Talk im Turm
• 19 January - Zeil um Zehn
• 21 January - Tutti Frutti
• 23 August - Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen
• 17 October - Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
• 27 December - ''''

International

• 9 January - Hey Dad..!
• 21 March - Moonlighting
• 21 July - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• 8 September - Count Duckula
• 13 October - / Alfred J. Kwak
• 10 November - / Pingu
• 13 November - / Babar
• December - / ''My Pet Monster''

Armed Forces Network

• / Beetlejuice
• ''Garfield and Friends''

BFBS

• 24 September - Emlyn's Moon
• 1 October - The Brollys
• 10 October - The Dreamstone
• 12 October - Rosie and Jim
• 2 November - How 2
• 3 December - Keeping Up Appearances
• 12 December - Uncle Jack Nellie the Elephant Round the Twist Alfonso Bonzo Tales of Aesop Kappatoo The Gift
• // ''The Further Adventures of SuperTed''

Television shows

1950s

• ''Tagesschau''

1960s

• ''heute''

1970s

• ''Tagesthemen''

1980s

• Wetten, dass..?
• ''Lindenstraße''

Ending this year

• 22 December - ''Formel Eins''