1998 in German television
This is a list of German television related events from 1998.
Events
- 5 January - British children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends begins airing on German television for the first time ever after only being released on home video since 1995. The series will begin airing on RTL II.
- 27 February - Guildo Horn is selected to represent Germany at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Guildo hat euch lieb!". He is selected to be the forty-third German Eurovision entry during Countdown Grand Prix held at the Stadthalle in Bremen.
Debuts
Free for air
Domestic
- 13 January -
- 21 April - Der Clown
- 4 September - Schloss Einstein
- 26 October - In aller Freundschaft
- 20 November - ''''
International
- 5 January - Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
- 28 March - / Beast Wars: Transformers
- 14 April - Extreme Dinosaurs
- 23 June - PB Bear and Friends
- 9 October - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 28 November - Moesha
- 10 December - The Adventures of Spot
- 21 December - / Animal Crackers
- 24 December - ''Percy the Park Keeper''
Cable
International
- 2 May - ''The Angry Beavers''
American Forces Network
Bananas in PajamasBFBS
- 31 March - The Wombles
- 12 August - Whizziwig
- 29 November - Dinnerladies
- / Archibald the Koala
- ''Animal Stories''
Television shows
1950s
- ''Tagesschau''
1960s
- ''heute''
1970s
heute-journal- ''Tagesthemen''