• 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.
• 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.

Domestic edit

• 3 April - Let's Dance (2006–present) (RTL)
• 29 October - Blackout – Die Erinnerung ist tödlich [de] (2006) (Sat.1)

International edit

• 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)

BFBS edit

•   Muffin the Mule (2005)

1950s edit

• Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s edit

• heute (1963–present)

1970s edit

• heute-journal (1978–present)
• Tagesthemen (1978–present)

1980s edit

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

1990s edit

• 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 edit

• Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015–present)
• Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)

Launches edit

Conversions and rebrandings edit

Closures edit

• 2006 in Germany