2012 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 2012.

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.

International

 * 28 August - 🇺🇸 2 Broke Girls (2011-2017) (ProSieben)
 * 19 September - 🇺🇸 Alcatraz (2012) (RTL Nitro)

BFBS

 * Fleabag Monkeyface (2011-2012)

1950s

 * Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s

 * heute (1963-present)

1970s

 * heute-journal (1978-present)
 * Tagesthemen (1978-present)

1980s

 * Wetten, dass..? (1981-2014)
 * Lindenstraße (1985–present)

1990s

 * Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992–present)
 * Unter uns (1994-present)
 * Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015)
 * Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
 * In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
 * Wer wird Millionär? (1999-present)

2000s

 * Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
 * Let's Dance (2006–present)
 * Das Supertalent (2007–present)

2010s

 * The Voice of Germany (2011–present)

Ending this year

 * X Factor (2010-2012)