1997 in German television

Events

• 15 February - Tammy Eckhardt, performing as Alanis Morissette wins the second and final season of Soundmix Show.
• 27 February - Bianca Shomburg is selected to represent Germany at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Zeit". She is selected to be the forty-second German Eurovision entry during Der Countdown läuft held at the Musik-und-Kongresshalle in Lübeck.

Debuts

International

• 20 January - L.A. Heat
• 4 February - / The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
• 17 March - // Billy the Cat
• 5 April - Little Bear
• 4 October - / Tabaluga
• 17 October - // Magic Adventures of Mumfie
• / ''Potsworth & Co''

BFBS

• 7 June - / The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
• 10 June - // Gadget Boy & Heather
• 11 June - / Arthur
• 6 September - Plasmo
• 26 November - Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands
• 1 December - // The Adventures of Paddington Bear The Prince of Atlantis Sooty's Amazing Adventures The Wild House Zot the Dog Teletubbies
• ''Dr. Xargle''

Television shows

1950s

• ''Tagesschau''

1960s

• ''heute''

1970s

• ''Tagesthemen''

1980s

• Wetten, dass..?
• ''Lindenstraße''

1990s

• Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
• Marienhof
• Unter uns
• ''Verbotene Liebe''

Ending this year

• Gottschalks Hausparty
• ''Soundmix Show''