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.

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)

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)