The following is a list of events affecting
American television
Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. , household ownership of television sets in the country is 96.7%, with approximately 114,200,000 American households owning at least one television set as of August 2013. ...
in 2012. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and rebrandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and
carriage dispute
A carriage dispute is a disagreement over the right to "carry", that is, retransmit, a broadcaster's signal. Carriage disputes first occurred between broadcasters and cable companies and now include direct broadcast satellite and other multicha ...
s.
Events
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Programs
Debuts
The following is a list of shows that premiered in 2012.
Due to the economic slowdown, there were notably fewer television pilots in 2012 than in the years immediately prior to that, which reduced the number of roles available for actors.
The fall of 2012 also mirrored
1992 in the volume of new daytime
talk show
A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Sh ...
s. The new talk roster will include shows hosted by first-timers
Katie Couric
Katherine Anne Couric ( ; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, ''Wake Up Call''. From 2013 to 2017, ...
,
Steve Harvey
Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr. Also aired August 16, 2015. (born January 17, 1957) is an American television host, producer, actor, and comedian. He hosts '' The Steve Harvey Morning Show'', '' Family Feud'', ''Celebrity Family Feud,'' the Miss ...
,
Jeff Probst
Jeff Probst (; born November 4, 1961) is an American reality show host and executive producer. He is best known as the Emmy Award-winning host of the U.S. version of the reality television show '' Survivor'' since 2000. He was also the host of ...
, and
Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel (born November 4, 1970) is an American businesswoman, television personality, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. She starred in the Bravo television series ''The Real Housewives of New York City'', having appeared in eigh ...
(Frankel's show had a Summer trial run on six
Fox Television Stations
Fox Television Stations, LLC (FTS; alternately Fox Television Stations Group, LLC), is a group of television stations located within the United States, which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the Fox Co ...
after an earlier effort to gain a wider fall clearance failed, and will launch nationwide next fall).
["Bethenny Frankel Talk Show Premiering in June on Six Fox Affiliates,"]
from ''The Hollywood Reporter'', April 25, 2012 New talk shows will also feature
Trisha Goddard
Patricia Gloria Goddard (born 23 December 1957) is an English television presenter and actress. She is best known for her television talk show '' Trisha'' (1998–2010), which was broadcast on a mid-morning slot on ITV before later being move ...
(who hosted a talk show in her native United Kingdom) and
Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American television host and actress. She is known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film ''Hairspray'', for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for B ...
(whose
new show will take a more mature tone compared to her
1993–2004 series).
The first ever television series to be produced in English and Spanish simultaneously, ''
Justice for All with Judge Cristina Pérez
''Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez'' is an American nontraditional/dramatized court show that debuted in first-run syndication on September 17, 2012. The series, which is created by Byron Allen through his production company, Entertai ...
'', which is being produced by
Entertainment Studios
Entertainment Studios, Inc., also known as Allen Media Group, is an American media and entertainment company based in Los Angeles. Owned and founded in 1993 by businessman Byron Allen, the company was initially involved in the production and ...
, began to air on both English and Spanish language broadcasting outlets starting in September.
["Entertainment Studios to Launch 'Justice for All' in Fall 2012"]
from Broadcasting & Cable (September 21, 2011)
Changes of network affiliation
The following shows will air new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes:
Returning this year
The following shows will return with new episodes after being canceled previously:
Milestone episodes and anniversaries
Ending this year
Movies and miniseries
Television stations
Launches
Closures
Stations changing network affiliation
The following is a list of television stations that have made or will make noteworthy network affiliation changes in 2012. In addition to the changes listed below, other stations were affected by the move of
Universal Sports
Universal Sports was an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network. It was owned as a joint venture between InterMedia Partners (which owned a controlling 92% interest) and NBCUniversal (which owned the remaining 8%). ...
from an over-the-air to cable/satellite network,
Universal Sports Dropping Multicast Outlets
''TVNewsCheck'', September 12, 2011 with affiliated stations either moving to other services (including some NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...
O&O stations, which added the network's ''Nonstop''-branded information channel) or letting the channel go dark.
Deaths
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December
See also
* 2012 in the United States
* List of American films of 2012
This is a list of American films released in 2012.
Box office
The highest-grossing American films released in 2012, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
January–March
April–June
July–September
October†...
*
References
External links
"NBC Announces 2011–2012 TV Schedule."
fro
Aoltv.com
(May 15, 2011.)
List of 2012 American television series
at IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
{{Years in television
2012