1998 in German television
# 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 - The King of St. Pauli [de] (1998) (Sat.1)
* 21 April - Der Clown (1998–2001) (RTL)
* 4 September - Schloss Einstein (1998–present) (KiKA)
* 26 October - In aller Freundschaft (1998–present) (Das Erste)
* 20 November - Der Laden [de] (1998) (Arte)

**International**

* 5 January - Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984–present) (RTL II)
* 28 March - / Beast Wars: Transformers (1996–1999) (RTL II)
* 14 April - Extreme Dinosaurs (1997) (Super RTL)
* 23 June - PB Bear and Friends (1998) (KiKA)
* 9 October - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) (ProSieben)
* 28 November - Moesha (1996–2001) (RTL)
* 10 December - The Adventures of Spot (1987–1993) (KiKA)
* 21 December - / Animal Crackers (1997–1999) (KiKA)
* 24 December - Percy the Park Keeper (1996–1999) (Das Erste)

### Cable

**International**

* 2 May - The Angry Beavers (1997-2001) (Nickelodeon)

### American Forces Network

* Bananas in Pajamas (1992-2001)
* The Journey of Allen Strange (1997-2000)

### BFBS

* 31 March - The Wombles (1998-2001)
* 12 August - Whizziwig (1998-2000)
* 29 November - Dinnerladies (1998-2000)
* / Archibald the Koala (1998-2000)
* Animal Stories (1998-2002)

## Television shows

### 1950s

* Tagesschau (1952-present)

### 1960s

* heute (1963-present)

### 1970s

* heute-journal (1978-present)
* Tagesthemen (1978-present)

### 1980s

* Wetten, dass..? (1981-2014)
* Lindenstraße (1985-present)

### 1990s

* Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992-present)
* Marienhof (1992-2011)
* Unter uns (1994-present)
* Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015)

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility |
| - | - | - | - |
| 19 March | Klaus Havenstein | 75 | German actor, cabaret artist & TV host |
| 14 August | Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff | 77 | German actor & TV host |
