| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 1955 | The Paul Winchell Show | Guest | Episode: "Episode #6.19" |
| 1956 | Stanley | Celia | Episode: "The New Year's Party" |
| Omnibus | Singer | Episode: "The American Musical Comedy" |
| 1958–1964, 1966 | The Garry Moore Show | Herself | Contract role |
| 1962 | Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall | Herself | TV special [31] |
| The Jack Benny Program | Herself / Jane | Episode: "Jack Plays Tarzan" |
| The Twilight Zone | Agnes Grep | Episode: "Cavender Is Coming" |
| 1963 | An Evening with Carol Burnett | Herself | TV special |
| The Jack Benny Program | Herself / Cindy Lou Wilson | Episode: "Riverboat Sketch" |
| Calamity Jane | Calamity Jane | Made-for-TV movie |
| 1964 | Once Upon a Mattress | Princess Winnifred [36] | Made-for-TV movie |
| 1964–1965 | The Entertainers | Herself | 7 episodes |
| 1966–1967 | The Lucy Show | Carol Bradford | 4 episodes |
| 1966 | Password | Herself | Celebrity guest star |
| Carol + 2 | Herself | Variety/sketch comedy [37] [38] |
| 1967 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Corporal Carol Barnes | Episode: "Corporal Carol" |
| Get Smart | "Ozark" Annie Jones | Episode: "One of Our Olives Is Missing" |
| Our Place | Herself | Episode: "Carol Burnett" |
| 1967–1978 | The Carol Burnett Show | Herself / Skit characters | Variety/sketch comedy television series. |
| 1969–1971 | Here's Lucy | Herself / Carol Krausmeyer | 3 episodes |
| 1969 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Sergeant Carol Barnes | Episode: "Showtime with Sgt. Carol" |
| 1969–1971, 1974 | Sesame Street | Herself | 8 episodes |
| 1971 | Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center | Herself | TV special [39] |
| 1972 | Once Upon a Mattress | Princess Winifred the Woebegone | Made-for-TV movie [40] |
| 1974 | 6 Rms Riv Vu | Anne Miller | Made-for-TV movie [41] |
| Out to Lunch | Herself | TV special directed by Bill Davis. |
| 1975 | Twigs | Emily / Celia / Dorothy / Ma | Made-for-TV movie |
| 1976 | The Sonny & Cher Show | Herself / Various Characters | 2 episodes |
| Van Dyke and Company | Herself | Episode: "Episode #1.5" |
| Sills and Burnett at the Met | Herself | Music special [43] |
| 1977 | Insight | Eve | Episode: "This Side of Eden" |
| 3 Girls 3 | Guest | Pilot |
| 1978 | The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank | Dorothy Benson | Made-for-TV movie [44] |
| 1979 | Dolly & Carol in Nashville | Herself/Marcy | TV special |
| Password Plus | Herself | Celebrity Guest Star |
| Friendly Fire | Peg Mullen | Made-for-TV movie [45] |
| Carol Burnett & Company | Skit characters | Variety/sketch comedy television series. |
| The Tenth Month | Dori Grey | Made-for-TV movie [46] |
| 1980 | The Wild Wacky Wonderful World of Winter | Stripper | HBO special [47] |
| The Muppet Show | Herself | Episode: "Carol Burnett" |
| 1981, 1986–1987, 1995 | Great Performances | Herself / Carlotta Campion | 4 episodes |
| 1982 | Eunice | Eunice Harper Higgins | Made-for-TV movie [48] |
| Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice | Beatrice O'Reilly | Made-for-TV movie |
| 1983, 1995, 2005, 2011 | All My Children | Verla Grubbs | 6 episodes |
| 1983 | Between Friends | Mary Catherine Castelli | Made-for-TV movie [50] |
| 1983–1984 | Mama's Family | Eunice Higgins | 6 episodes |
| 1984 | Burnett Discovers Domingo | Herself | TV special directed [51] [52] [53] |
| 1984, 1988 | Magnum, P.I. | Susan Johnson | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | The Laundromat | Alberta Johnson | Made-for-TV movie [54] |
| Happily Ever After | Narrator | Made-for-TV movie [55] |
| 1986 | Fresno | Charlotte Kensington | Miniseries [56] |
| 1987 | Plaza Suite [57] | Karen Nash / Muriel Tate / Norma Hubley | Made-for-TV movie [58] |
| Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin | Herself | Comedy special [59] |
| Fame | Rose | Episode: "Reggie and Rose" |
| 1988 | Hostage [60] | Martha | Made-for-TV movie [61] |
| 1989 | Julie & Carol: Together Again | Herself | TV special [62] |
| 1990–1991 | Carol & Company | Skit characters | Comedy anthology series. [63] |
| 1991 | The Carol Burnett Show | Skit characters | Variety/sketch comedy television series. |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Various | TV special [64] |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion | Herself | TV special directed by Dave Powers. [65] |
| 1994 | Carol Burnett: The Special Years | Archival footage of herself | TV special [66] |
| Seasons of the Heart | Vivian Levinson | Made-for-TV movie [67] |
| Men, Movies & Carol | Herself | TV special directed by Paul Miller. [68] |
| 1995 | Women of the House | Herself | Episode: "Women in Film" |
| 1996–1999, 2019 | Mad About You | Theresa Stemple, Jamie's mother | 11 episodes |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel | Lillian Bennett | Episode: "The Comeback" |
| 1998 | The Marriage Fool | Florence | Made-for-TV movie [69] |
| 2000 | Putting It Together | The Wife | TV special [70] |
| 2001 | The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers | Herself | Also executive producer |
| 2004 | The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights! | Herself | Also executive producer |
| 2005 | Once Upon a Mattress | Queen Aggravain | Made-for-TV movie |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives | Eleanor Mason | Episode: "Don't Look at Me" |
| 2007 | American Masters: Tribute to Carol Burnett | Archival footage of herself | TV special |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Birdie Sulloway | Episode: "Ballerina" |
| 2010, 2015 | Glee | Doris Sylvester [71] | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Curious George | Great Aunt Sylvia (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2013, 2015 | Hot in Cleveland | Penny | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2014, 2016 | Hawaii Five-0 | Aunt Deb McGarrett [72] [73] | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Ardis Paine | Episode: "A Hope and a Future" |
| 2017 | Julie's Greenroom | Mrs. Edna Brightful | Episode: "Mash-Up: The Musical" [74] |
| Household Name | Vivian Valmont | TV pilot |
| The Carol Burnett Show: 50th Anniversary Special | Herself | TV special directed by Paul Miller. |
| 2018 | A Little Help with Carol Burnett | Herself (host) | 12 episodes |
| Angie Tribeca | President Priscilla Filcox | Episode: "Air Force Two" |
| 2019 | Forky Asks a Question | Chairol Burnett | Episode: "What is Love?" |
| 2021 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Herself (voice) | Episode: "The Movieland Monsters" |
| Trolls: Holiday in Harmony | Wind Breeze (voice) | TV special |
| 2022 | AFI Life Achievement Award: Julie Andrews | Herself | TV special |
| Better Call Saul | Marion | 4 episodes |
| 2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Herself | TV special |
| 2024–present | Palm Royale | Norma Dellacorte | 10 episodes |
| 2024 | Frasier | Jennifer (voice) | Episode: "Thank You, Dr. Crane" |
| 2025 | Hacks | Herself | Episode: "I Love LA" |