1965 in Brazilian television

This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 1965.

Events

26 April – TV Globo begins broadcasting in Rio de Janeiro.
26 April – At 11 am, the children's program Úni Dúni Tê, inspired by the American children's program Romper Room, premieres on the TV Globo's inauguration day.^[1]^[2] This is the network's first program.^[3]
26 April – At 11:30 pm, the daily news program, Se a Cidade Contasse, debuts on TV Globo until 27 August 1965. It is inspired by a column of the same name published in the Brazilian newspaper O Globo between 1961 and 1966.^[4]
26 April – Tele Globo, the first news program on TV Globo, premieres on the station's inauguration day. It is a half-hour news program with national and international coverage.^[5]
26 April – The interview program Show da Noite, hosted by actor Gláucio Gill, premieres on the station's inauguration day.^[6]
28 April – A fire broke out at TV Cultura's studio A.^[7]^{: 423–424}

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
TV Globo (Rio)	Terrestrial	26 April
TV Morena	Terrestrial	25 December

^ "Atração para crianças inaugura programação da TV Globo". O Globo (in Portuguese). 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
^ "Uni–Duni–Tê". Memória Globo (in Portuguese). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
^ "UniDuniTê: veja imagens e vídeos inéditos do primeiro programa da TV Globo; espectadores revivem memórias". G1 (in Portuguese). 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
^ "Se a Cidade Contasse". Memória Globo (in Portuguese). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
^ "75 anos da televisão no Brasil: uma viagem pela história da TV no país". EP Negócios (in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 September 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
^ "TV Globo". Grupo Globo História (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
^ TV Tupi: Do Tamanho do Brasil [TV Tupi: As Big as Brazil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ABERT. 2020. ISBN 9786500464719.