1976 in television

	… 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; ; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; ; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986 …;
	In home video In film 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 In radio 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science +...;

The year 1976 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1976.

Global television events[]

The Olympics, broadcast from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, draw an estimated one billion viewers worldwide.
Matsushita introduces the VHS home video cassette recorder to compete with Sony's Betamax system.
South Africa finally introduces television with the launch of SABC 1, after many years of criticism of television.