This is a list of German television related events from 2006.
Events 26 February - Michael Knopf wins the sixth season of Big Brother Germany. 9 March - Texas Lightning are selected to represent Germany at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "No No Never". They are selected to be the fifty-first German Eurovision entry during Der deutsche Vorentscheid 2006 – 50 Jahre Grand Prix held at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.https://web.archive.org/web/20201030144900/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5001448.stm 18 March - Tobias Regner wins the third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. 21 May - Unser Charly actor Wayne Carpendale and his partner Isabel Edvardsson win the first season of Let's Dance.
Debuts Domestic 3 April - Let's Dance (2006–present) (RTL) 29 October - (2006) (Sat.1)
International 10 February - Pet Alien (2005) (KiKA) 3 May - American Dad! (2005–present) (MTV) 8 May - Postman Pat (1981, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2004–2008) (ORF 1) 19 October - Bones (2005–2017) (RTL)
Military Television Military Television Debuts BFBS Muffin the Mule (2005)
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) Schloss Einstein (1998–present) In aller Freundschaft (1998–present) Wer wird Millionär? (1999–present)
2000s Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015–present) Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present) Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source Boomerang Cable television 1 June kabel eins classics Cable television 1 June Sat.1 Comedy Cable television 1 June DMAX Cable television 1 September RTL Crime Cable television 27 November RTL Living Cable television 27 November Passion Cable television 27 November Turner Classic Movies Cable television 4 December Cartoonito Cable television 12 October Cartoon Network Cable television 5 December
Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes SourceXXPDMAXCable television1 SeptemberPremiere 5Premiere FilmclassicsCable televisionUnknownPremiere 6Premiere FilmfestCable televisionUnknown
Closures NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSources Premiere 4 Cable television Unknown Premiere 7 Cable television Unknown
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See also 2006 in Germany
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