2012 in South African television

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This is a list of South African television related events from 2012.

Events

• 2 October - Khaya Mthethwa wins the eighth season of Idols South Africa, becoming the show's first South African black person to have won.
• 18 October - 11-year-old poet Botlhale Boikanyo wins the third season of SA's Got Talent.

Debuts

International

• 18 January - Lights Out (M-Net Series)
• 19 January - Person of Interest (M-Net Series)
• 10 February - Hart of Dixie (M-Net Series)
• 25 February - Once Upon a Time (M-Net Series)
• 14 March - 2 Broke Girls (M-Net)
• 6 April - Jane by Design (M-Net Series)
• 7 April - Missing (2012) (M-Net)
• 29 May - Alcatraz (M-Net)
• 16 June - Common Law (2012) (M-Net)
• 28 June - The Finder (M-Net Series)
• 13 July - Little Mosque on the Prairie (SABC 3)
• 17 July - Life with Boys (SABC 1)
• 17 July - Baggage (Sony Channel)
• 24 August - Luck (M-Net)
• 28 August - Dallas (2012) (M-Net)
• 30 August - King (Sony Channel)
• 4 September - Necessary Roughness (M-Net Series)
• 18 September - Suits (M-Net)
• 19 October - Arrow (M-Net)
• 6 November - Chicago Fire (M-Net)
• 27 November - / Combat Hospital (M-Net Series)
• 3 December - / XIII: The Series (M-Net Series)
• 3 December - The Exes (SABC 3)
• 3 December - Are We There Yet? (Mzansi Magic)
• Jake and the Neverland Pirates (SABC 3)
• 13 December - No Kitchen Required (SABC 3)
• / Power Rangers Samurai (E.tv)
• Bananas in Pyjamas (CGI) (E.tv)
• / Voltron Force (SABC 1)

Changes of network affiliation

Shows	Moved from	Moved to
Raising Hope	M-Net	M-Net Series
Common Law (2012)
Franklin & Bash
Missing (2012)
2 Broke Girls		Vuzu
Everything's Rosie	CBeebies	E.tv
Modern Family	Vuzu
The Unit	SABC 1	SABC 2
Justified	M-Net Series	SABC 1
Rizzoli & Isles		M-Net Series Zone
The Glades	M-Net Action	M-Net Series

Television shows

1980s

• Good Morning South Africa (1985–present)
• Carte Blanche (1988–present)

1990s

• Top Billing (1992–present)
• Generations (1994–present)
• Isidingo (1998–present)

2000s

• Idols South Africa (2002–present)
• Rhythm City (2007–present)
• SA's Got Talent (2009–present)

See also

• 2012 in South Africa