1989 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1989.

Events

January
7 January – BBC Scotland launches an extended Saturday teatime results programme. Rather than opting out of the last few minutes of Grandstand, the programme, called Afternoon Sportscene, runs for the entire duration of the time allocated for the day's results, starting at some point between 1 and 5 minutes before the network aired English counterpart Final Score.
January – Scottish Television launches a new set of idents.

February
5 February – The world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television, goes on air in the United Kingdom.

March
15 March – BBC1 airs John's Not Mad, an edition of the QED documentary strand which shadowed John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, with severe Tourette syndrome. The film explores John's life in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all cope with a misunderstood condition.

April
20 April – John Leslie becomes the first Scottish presenter of Blue Peter.

May
20 May – Arthur Montford presents his final edition of Scotsport after 32 years with live coverage of the Scottish Cup final.

June
No events.

July
No events.

August
6 August – After being a co-host on the show last season, Jim White takes on the main presenting role on Scotsport replacing the now-retired Arthur Montford.
25 August – Rupert Murdoch delivers the MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in which he launches an attack on the narrow elitism within the British television industry.

September
1 September - The first ITV generic look is introduced. Border and Grampian adopt the look but Scottish does not.

October
No events.

November
No events.

December
December – The controversial Broadcasting Bill is introduced into Parliament by the Government. It will pave the way for the deregulation of commercial television.

Debuts

BBC
Unknown - The Singing Kettle (1989-1993)

ITV
11 February -  Home and Away (1988-present)
24 February - Fun House (1989–1999)

Television series
Scotsport (1957–2008)
Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
Top Club (1971–1998)
Scotland Today (1972–2009)
Sportscene (1975–present)
Public Account (1976–present)
The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
Grampian Today (1980–2009)
Take the High Road (1980–2003)
Taggart (1983–present)
James the Cat (1984–1992)
Crossfire (1984–2004)
City Lights (1984–1991)
The Campbells (1986–1990)
Naked Video (1986–1991)
Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)

Births
Unknown - Jordan Smith, actor

Deaths
17 December - Edward Boyd, 73, radio and television writer