This is a list of German television related events from 2011.

Events

• 7 May - Pietro Lombardi wins the eighth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
• 14 May - The 56th Eurovision Song Contest is held at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf. Azerbaijan wins the contest with the song "Running Sacred", performed by Eli & Nikki.
• 18 May - The Kelly Family singer Maite Kelly and her partner Christian Polanc win the fourth season of Let's Dance.
• 8 June - TV chef Horst Lichter and his wife Nada become the first contestants to win €1million on Rette die Million!.
• 12 September - Marc Sonnen wins the eleventh season of Big Brother Germany.
• 6 December - David Pfeffer wins the second season of X Factor.
• 17 December - 27-year-old panpipe player Leo Rojas wins the fifth season of Das Supertalent.

Debuts

Free for air

Domestic

• 24 November - The Voice of Germany (2011–present)

International

• 4 March - United States of Tara (2009–2011) (Das Erste)
• 23 April - The Jungle Book (2010–2015) (ZDF)

Cable

International

• 18 September - // The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019) (Cartoon Network)
• 19 September - / My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010–2019) (Nickelodeon)
• 8 November - / The Octonauts (2010–present) (Disney Junior)

Military Television

Military Television Debuts

BFBS

• Everything's Rosie (2010–2015)
• / Mrs Brown's Boys (2011–present)
• Driver Dan's Story Train (2010–2013)
• Sooty (2011–present)

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

• Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
• Let's Dance (2006–present)
• Das Supertalent (2007–present)

2010s

• X Factor (2010-2012)

Ending this year

• Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015–present)
• Marienhof (1992–2011)

Networks and services

Launches

Conversions and rebrandings

Closures

Births

Deaths