1999 in German television

Events

• 12 March - Corinna May is selected to represent Germany at the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Hör den Kindern einfach zu". She is selected to be the forty-fourth German Eurovision entry during Countdown Grand Prix held at the Stadthalle in Bremen.
• 16 March - Corinna May was disqualified from the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest when it was discovered that the winning song "Hor den Kindern einfach zu" was released in 1997 by another act, since entering a cover song was contrary to the rules. Sürpriz, who were the runners-up performing "Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat" were therefore promoted and announced as the forty-fourth German Eurovision entry.

  Debuts

Domestic

• 1 November - Simsala Grimm
• Wer wird Millionär?

  International

• 4 January -
• 29 March - Teletubbies
• 18 September - / Ned's Newt
• 21 September - Bimble's Bucket
• 2 October - Flipper and Lopaka
• 23 October - Bob the Builder
• Bruno the Kid

  BFBS

• 22 April - Home Farm Twins
• 8 May - Bob the Builder
• 26 May - Pump It Up
• 27 May - Polterguests
• 28 May - Butterfly Collectors
• 30 May - Dream Street
• 15 June - // Anthony Ant
• 4 July - Misery Guts
• 11 October - Tweenies
• 16 October - Barmy Aunt Boomerang
• 26 October - Angelmouse
• Maisy
• / Starhill Ponies
• Mopatop's Shop

  Changes of network affiliation

Military broadcasting

Television shows

1950s

• Tagesschau

  1960s

• heute

  1970s

• heute-journal
• Tagesthemen

  1980s

• Wetten, dass..?
• Lindenstraße

  1990s

• Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
• Marienhof
• Unter Uns
• Verbotene Liebe
• Schloss Einstein
• In aller Freundschaft
• Wer wird Millionär?

  Ending this year

Births

Deaths