2012 in South African television
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
- 19 January - Person of Interest
- 10 February - Hart of Dixie
- 25 February - Once Upon a Time
- 14 March - 2 Broke Girls
- 6 April - Jane by Design
- 7 April - Missing (2012)
- 29 May - Alcatraz
- 16 June - Common Law (2012)
- 28 June - The Finder
- 13 July - Little Mosque on the Prairie
- 17 July - Life with Boys
- 17 July - Baggage
- 24 August - Luck
- 28 August - Dallas (2012)
- 30 August - King
- 4 September - Necessary Roughness
- 18 September - Suits
- 19 October - Arrow
- 6 November - Chicago Fire
- 27 November - / Combat Hospital
- 3 December - / XIII: The Series
- 3 December - The Exes
- 3 December - Are We There Yet? Jake and the Neverland Pirates
- 13 December - No Kitchen Required
- / Power Rangers Samurai
- Bananas in Pyjamas (CGI)
- / ''Voltron Force''
Television shows
1980s
- Good Morning South Africa
- ''Carte Blanche''