2012 in German television

Events

• 10 February - Ivy Quainoo wins the first season of The Voice of Germany.
• 16 February - Roman Lob is selected to represent Germany at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Standing Still". He is selected to be the fifty-seventh German Eurovision entry during Unser Star für Baku held at the Brainpool Studios in Cologne.
• 28 April - Luca Hänni wins the ninth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
• 23 May - Rhythmic gymnast Magdalena Brzeska and her partner Erich Klann win the fifth season of Let's Dance.
• 25 November - Mrs. Greenbird win the third season of X Factor.
• 14 December - Nick Howard wins the second season of The Voice of Germany.
• 16 December - 20-year-old singer and pianist Jean-Michel Aweh wins the sixth season of Das Supertalent.

Debuts

International

• 28 August - 2 Broke Girls
• 19 September - ''Alcatraz''

BFBS

• ''Fleabag Monkeyface''

Television shows

1950s

• ''Tagesschau''

1960s

• ''heute''

1970s

• ''Tagesthemen''

1980s

• Wetten, dass..?
• ''Lindenstraße''

1990s

• Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
• Unter uns
• Verbotene Liebe
• Schloss Einstein
• In aller Freundschaft
• ''Wer wird Millionär?''

2000s

• Deutschland sucht den Superstar
• Let's Dance
• ''Das Supertalent''

2010s

• ''The Voice of Germany''

Ending this year

• ''X Factor''