List of 2022 American television debuts
These American television shows premiered in 2022.
Television films and specials
These television films and specials premiered in 2022.| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
| January 4 | Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip: Greek Vacation | Fox | |
| January 14 | The House | Netflix | |
| January 14 | Ray Donovan: The Movie | Showtime | |
| January 27 | Truth and Lies: The Last Gangster | ABC | |
| January 29 | Undeniable: The Truth to Remember | CBS | |
| January 31 | Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl | NBC | |
| March 20 | An Audience with Adele | NBC | |
| March 20 | Step Into...The Movies With Derek and Julianne Hough | ABC | |
| April 2 | Whitney, A Look Back | CBS | |
| April 15 | Bill Maher: Adulting | HBO | |
| April 18 | Elinor Wonders Why: A Wonderful Journey | PBS Kids | |
| May 25 | The American Rescue Dog Show | ABC | |
| May 25 | The Great American Tag Sale with Martha Stewart | ABC | |
| June 1 | South Park The Streaming Wars | Paramount+ | |
| June 7 | TMZ Presents Johnny vs. Amber: From Love to Hate | Fox | |
| June 16 | Martin: The Reunion | BET+ | |
| June 23 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Paramount+ | |
| July 3 | Ukraine: Answering The Call | NBC | |
| July 13 | South Park The Streaming Wars Part 2 | Paramount+ | |
| July 15 | Zombies 3 | Disney+ | |
| September 5 | Out of Office | Comedy Central | |
| September 8 | Queen Elizabeth II: The Legacy, The Life | ABC | |
| September 22 | Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter | ABC | |
| September 30 | Entergalactic | Netflix | |
| October 3 | A Sinister Halloween Scary Opposites Solar Special | Hulu | |
| October 6 | Monster High: The Movie | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | |
| October 7 | Werewolf by Night | Disney+ | |
| November 17 | Pickled | CBS | |
| November 18 | Best in Snow | Disney+ | |
| November 18 | Blue's Big City Adventure | Paramount+ | |
| November 20 | A Waltons Thanksgiving | The CW | |
| November 25 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Disney+ | |
| November 27 | Mickey Saves Christmas | ABC/Disney Channel/Disney Junior/Disney XD | |
| November 27 | Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen | CNN | |
| November 27 | The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration | ABC | |
| November 27 | The Howard Stern Interview: Bruce Springsteen | HBO | |
| November 29 | Reindeer in Here | CBS | |
| November 29 | Love, Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer/ABC News Special | ABC | |
| December 1 | Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas | NBC | |
| December 1 | Sesame Street: The Nutcracker | HBO Max | |
| December 2 | Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays | Disney+ | |
| December 2 | Christmas With the Campbells | AMC+ | |
| December 2 | The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday | The Roku Channel | |
| December 2 | Hotel for the Holidays | Amazon Freevee | |
| December 3 | Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist | Comedy Central | |
| December 4 | Fit for Christmas | CBS | |
| December 5 | That's My Jam | NBC | |
| December 6 | Sebastian Maniscalco: Is It Me? | Netflix | |
| December 7 | The Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown | The CW | |
| December 8 | CMA Country Christmas | ABC | |
| December 8 | Superstar: Reba McEntire | ABC | |
| December 9 | All I Didn't Want For Christmas | VH1 | |
| December 11 | Must Love Christmas | CBS | |
| December 11 | The Fireplace | Adult Swim | |
| December 15 | Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration | ABC | |
| December 18 | When Christmas Was Young | CBS | |
| December 20 | Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All! | CBS | |
| December 26 | Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair | Peacock | |
| December 30 | This Place Rules | HBO |