2017 in Scottish television

Events

January

• No events.

  February

• 22 February – The BBC's director general Lord Hall announced a new dedicated TV channel for Scotland with a £30million budget.

  March

• No events.

  April

• 23 April – Local channels STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh close and are replaced by a single channel STV2 which acts as a sister channel to STV. STV2 also launches in Aberdeen, Dundee and Ayr, the three areas which STV had also been awarded a local TV licence. A single networked schedule is broadcast in all five areas.
• 27 April – STV announce the first Scottish live televised leaders debate of the General election 2017 on 24 May, chaired by the broadcaster's political editor Bernard Ponsonby, with the leaders of four parties invited: SNP, Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats.

  May

• 5 May – BBC announces a 90-minute televised debate for the General election 2017 on 21 May chaired by Sarah Smith, with the leaders of the five main Scottish parties: SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats.

  June to October

• No events.

  November

• 5 November – 2017 Scotland BAFTA Awards were held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow.

  December

• No events.

  Debuts

• 22 January – Timeline

  Television series

• Reporting Scotland
• Sportscene
• Landward
• The Beechgrove Garden
• Eòrpa
• Only an Excuse?
• River City
• The Adventure Show
• An Là
• Trusadh
• STV Rugby
• STV News at Six
• Limmy's Show
• The Nightshift
• Scotland Tonight
• Shetland
• Scot Squad
• Still Game
• Two Doors Down