List of international television series premieres on Australian television in 2012 explained

This is a list of international television programs which first aired on Australian television in 2012. The list is arranged chronological order. Where more than one program premiered on the same date, those programs are listed alphabetically.

Premieres

Free-to-air television

Program! scope="col"

Original airdate	Network	Country of origin	Ref
Traffic Light		Network Ten	United States
Luke Gamble's Vet Adventures		SBS One	United Kingdom	^[1]
		SBS One	United Kingdom	^[2]
		Seven Network	United States
Accused		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
Homeland		Network Ten	United States	^[7] ^[8]
New Girl		Network Ten	United States
Zen		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[9]
A Gifted Man		Network Ten	United States	^[10]
		Go!	United States
		Seven Network	United States	^[11]
Suburgatory		Go!	United States	^[12]
Alcatraz		Nine Network	United States	^[13]
Revenge		Seven Network	United States	^[14]
2 Broke Girls		Nine Network	United States	^[15]
Genius		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[16]
YooHoo & Friends		ABC3	United States
Earthflight		Nine Network	United Kingdom	^[17]
Young Justice		Go!	United States
ThunderCats		Nine Network	United States Japan
Mike the Knight		ABC2	Canada United Kingdom United States
Portlandia		ABC2	United States	^[18]
James May's Man Lab		SBS One	United Kingdom	^[19]
Redakai: Conquer the Kairu		Eleven	Canada France
Snog Marry Avoid?		Eleven	United Kingdom	^[20]
Jake and the Never Land Pirates		Seven Network	United States
Fry's Planet Word		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[21]
Jim Henson's Pajanimals		ABC2	United States United Kingdom
Regular Show		Go!	United States
Bachelor Pad		Go!	United States
Property Ladder		Seven Network	United Kingdom	^[22]
Team Umizoomi		Nine Network	United States
Voltron Force		ABC3	United States Canada
Flash and Dash		Go!	China
Touch		Network Ten	United States	^[23]
Mouk		ABC2	France
Missing		Seven Network	United States	^[24]
Silk		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[25]
The Woodlies		Seven Network	Australia Belgium Germany
Detentionaire		ABC3	Canada
Once Upon a Time		Seven Network	United States	^[26]
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures		ABC2	Canada United States France
		ABC3	Canada
Fashion Star		Eleven	United States	^[27]
Archer		ABC2	United States
Monsuno		Go!	United States Japan
Life's Too Short		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[28]
Vera	(QLD, NSW)	Seven Network	United Kingdom	^[29]
Billy Connolly's Route 66		Seven Network	United Kingdom	^[30]
		Network Ten	United States	^[31]
Mrs. Brown's Boys		Seven Network	Ireland United Kingdom	^[32]
Brainiacs		Go!	United Kingdom
The Gees		ABC3	France
Episodes		Nine Network	United Kingdom United States	^[33]
Smugglers		Seven Network	United Kingdom	^[34]
Masha and the Bear		ABC3	Russia
Fruits Basket		ABC3	Japan
		ABC3	United Kingdom
Fairly Legal		Seven Network	United States	^[35]
Kioka		ABC2	France
Ouran High School Host Club		ABC3	Japan
Up All Night		Seven Network	United States	^[36]
Melrose Place		Eleven	United States	^[37]
Countdown		SBS One	United Kingdom	^[38]
		Network Ten	United States	^[39]
		Go!	New Zealand	^[40]
		ABC3	France Italy Germany Switzerland
GCB		Seven Network	United States	^[41]
Gordon Behind Bars		Nine Network	United Kingdom	^[42]
House of Lies		Network Ten	United States	^[43]
Call the Midwife		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[44]
Fish Hooks		Seven Network	United States
Fleabag Monkeyface		ABC3	United Kingdom
Oreimo		C31 Melbourne	Japan
Star Driver		C31 Melbourne	Japan
		SBS Two	Denmark Sweden	^[45]
Excused		Eleven	United States	^[46]
Sinbad		ABC1	United Kingdom	^[47]
		Eleven	Italy
Trollied		Network Ten	United Kingdom	^[48]
Bubble Guppies		Nine Network	United States Canada
Tilly and Friends		ABC2	Ireland United Kingdom
		Nine Network	United States
Ben and Kate		Network Ten	United States	^[49]
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea		Nine Network	United States	^[50]
Whitney		Seven Network	United States
Scandal		Seven Network	United States	^[51]
I Hate My Teenage Daughter	October	Nine Network	United States
Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures		Eleven	France United States Canada
The Adventures of Abney & Teal		ABC2	United Kingdom Canada
Shangri-La		C31 Melbourne	Japan
Wedding Band		Network Ten	United States	^[52]
Maya the Bee		ABC2	France Germany
Peter Rabbit's Christmas Tale		ABC2	United Kingdom United States Ireland Canada
Teenage Fairytale Dropouts		Seven Network	Australia Mexico

Subscription television

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Original airdate	Network	Country of origin	Ref
		Boomerang	United States Canada	^[53]
		Cartoon Network	United States
Dance Moms		LifeStyle You	United States	^[54]
Grimm		Fox8	United States	^[55]
Hart of Dixie		Fox8	United States	^[56]
On the Record		MTV Classic	United States	^[57]
Injustice		W	United Kingdom	^[58]
My Extreme Animal Phobia		Animal Planet	United States	^[59]
Enlightened		Showcase	United States
Pawn Queens		TLC	United States	^[60]
Fashion Hunters		Arena	United States	^[61]
Last Man Standing		Fox8	United States
Death Valley		MTV Australia	United States	^[62]
Alphas		Sci Fi Channel	United States	^[63]
Disney Art Attack		Disney Junior	United Kingdom	^[64]
ThunderCats		Cartoon Network	United States Japan	^[65]
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show			United States
Smash		W	United States	^[66] ^[67]
		FX	United States	^[68] ^[69]
Hell on Wheels		FX	United States	^[70]
Justified		FX	United States	^[71]
Lonely Planet's Year of Adventures		BBC Knowledge	United Kingdom	^[72]
Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$ Girl		LifeStyle You	United Kingdom	^[73]
Call Me Fitz		FX	Canada	^[74]
Vietnam: Lost Films			United States	^[75]
		STVDIO	United States	^[76] ^[77]
		BBC Knowledge	United Kingdom	^[78]
Luck		Showcase	United States	^[79] ^[80]
Austin & Ally		Disney Channel	United States	^[81]
Big Law: Deputy Butterbean		Crime & Investigation Network	United States
Mad Dogs		FX	United Kingdom
Finding Sarah		Style	United States	^[82]
Awake		W	United States	^[83]
Beavis and Butt-head		MTV	United States	^[84]
Tanked		Animal Planet	United States	^[85]
Girls		Showcase	United States	^[86]
Twenty Twelve		UKTV	United Kingdom	^[87]
Veep		Showcase	United States	^[88]
Betty White's Off Their Rockers			United States	^[89]
Boss		W	United States	^[90]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks		UKTV	United Kingdom	^[91]
Stella		UKTV	United Kingdom	^[92]
		SoHo	United States	^[93]
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23		Arena	United States	^[94]
666 Park Avenue		Fox8	United States	^[95]
Allen Gregory	November	The Comedy Channel	United States
Napoleon Dynamite	November	The Comedy Channel	United States
Bunheads		Fox8	United States	^[96]
Lab Rats		Disney Channel	United States
		Cartoon Network	United States
		Cartoon Network	Japan
Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures		Nickelodeon	United States
Gok’s Clothes Roadshow		LifeStyle You	United Kingdom	^[97]
Gordon the Garden Gnome		CBeebies	United Kingdom
How to Rock		Nickelodeon	United States
		LifeStyle You	United Kingdom	^[98]
Jo Malone’s High Street Dreams			United Kingdom
		Nickelodeon	United States
		Fox8	United States
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent			United Kingdom
		Fox8	United States
Shipwrecked: The Island		LifeStyle You	United Kingdom
Show Me the Monet			United Kingdom
Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen			United Kingdom
Switched at Birth		Fox8	United States
Tickety Toc		Nick Jr.	United States United Kingdom South Korea

Notes and References

1. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Luke Gamble's Vet Adventures. 6 January 2012. 23 March 2012.
2. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: From Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means. 1 January 2012. 4 January 2012.
3. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. ABC picks up Accused. 28 January 2011. 29 January 2011.
4. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Accused. 10 August 2011. 27 August 2011.
5. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. ABC1: Accused, Monroe, Kingdom update.. 15 August 2011. 4 January 2012.
6. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Accused. 27 December 2011. 4 January 2011.
7. Web site: Debbie. Schipp. Revamped Ten gets jump on its rivals. Herald Sun. 8 January 2012. 8 January 2012.
8. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Sunday shake-up on TEN. 8 January 2012. 8 January 2012.
9. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Zen. 9 January 2012. 23 March 2012.
10. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: A Gifted Man. 13 January 2012. 27 January 2012.
11. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: The Marriage Ref. 24 January 2012. 27 January 2012.
12. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Suburgatory. 24 January 2012. 27 January 2012.
13. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Alcatraz. 3 February 2012. 7 February 2012.
14. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Revenge. 6 February 2012. 7 February 2012.
15. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Two Broke Girls. Update: The Big Bang Theory. 8 February 2012. 8 February 2012.
16. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Genius. 3 February 2012. 23 February 2012.
17. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Earth Flight. 8 February 2012. 8 February 2012.
18. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Portlandia. 1 February 2012. 1 February 2012.
19. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: James May's Man Lab. 22 February 2012. 23 February 2012.
20. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Snog, Marry, Avoid?. 26 February 2012. 21 March 2012.
21. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Fry's Planet Word. 29 February 2012. 21 March 2012.
22. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Pictures of You, Property Ladder.. 20 March 2012. 23 March 2012.
23. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Touch. 15 April 2012. 20 June 2012.
24. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Missing. 24 April 2012. 2 July 2012.
25. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Silk. 2 May 2012. 2 July 2012.
26. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Once Upon a Time. 5 May 2012. 2 July 2012.
27. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Fashion Star. 22 May 2012. 2 July 2012.
28. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Life's Too Short. 28 May 2012. 2 July 2012.
29. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. [Airdate: Vera Airdate: Vera]. 14 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
30. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Billy Connolly's Route 66. Returning: Sunday Night.. 18 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
31. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: The Finder. 17 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
32. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Mrs. Brown's Boys. Bumped: The Amazing Race Australia.. 19 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
33. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Episodes. 23 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
34. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Smugglers. 28 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
35. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Fairly Legal. 3 July 2012. 4 December 2012.
36. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Up All Night. 17 July 2012. 26 November 2012.
37. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Oops. Melrose Place remake back on ELEVEN. 11 July 2012. 14 July 2012.
38. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Countdown. 23 July 2012. 23 July 2012.
39. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Axed: The Circle. 30 July 2012. 14 August 2012.
40. Web site: Here's one for our New Zealand friends: The All Blocks coming to GO!. Throng Media. 14 August 2012. 10 August 2012.
41. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: GCB. 13 August 2012. 14 August 2012.
42. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Gordon Behind Bars. 14 August 2012. 31 August 2012.
43. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: House of Lie$. 8 August 2012. 14 August 2012.
44. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Call the Midwife. 22 August 2012. 31 August 2012.
45. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: The Bridge. 23 August 2012. 31 August 2012.
46. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Excused. 31 August 2012. 31 August 2012.
47. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Sinbad. 30 August 2012. 31 August 2012.
48. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Trollied. 18 September 2012. 8 December 2012.
49. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Ben and Kate. 2 October 2012. 4 December 2012.
50. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. 2 October 2012. 26 November 2012.
51. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Scandal. 9 October 2012. 26 November 2012.
52. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Wedding Band. 26 November 2012. 26 November 2012.
53. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Foxtel: summer highlights. 4 November 2011. 4 January 2012.
54. Cheung. Kevin. January 2012. Centre stage. Foxtel Magazine. January 2012. 46. ACP Magazines.
55. Hiblen. Carolyn. January 2012. Unusual suspects. Foxtel Magazine. January 2012. 50–51. ACP Magazines.
56. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Hart of Dixie. 26 December 2011. 23 March 2012.
57. January 2012. Music Must See. Foxtel Magazine. January 2012. 55. ACP Magazines.
58. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Injustice. 28 December 2011. 4 January 2012.
59. Hui. Jo-Anne. January 2012. Fear and loathing. Foxtel Magazine. January 2012. 25. ACP Magazines.
60. Chan. Aimee. January 2012. Trash and treasure. Foxtel Magazine. January 2012. 22. ACP Magazines.
61. Chan. Aimee. January 2012. Pick of the bunch. Foxtel Magazine. January 2012. 19. ACP Magazines.
62. McKenzie. Hamish. January 2012. Monsters, inc.. Foxtel Magazine. January 2012. 51. ACP Magazines.
63. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Alphas. 27 January 2012. 27 January 2012.
64. Rozenberg-Clarke. Josephine. February 2012. Canvassing creation. Foxtel Magazine. February 2012. 31. ACP Magazines.
65. Stead. Chris. February 2012. The lair. Foxtel Magazine. February 2012. 29. ACP Magazines.
66. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Smash. 5 December 2011. 30 January 2012.
67. Darby. Debra. February 2012. She's no understudy. Foxtel Magazine. February 2012. 54–55. ACP Magazines.
68. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. The Walking Dead to launch FX channel. 18 January 2012. 23 January 2012.
69. Cheung. Kevin. February 2012. The hunted. Foxtel Magazine. February 2012. 16–18. ACP Magazines.
70. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. FX channel to launch -with day and date series. 9 October 2011. 4 January 2012.
71. Duggan. Peita. February 2012. Poetic justice. Foxtel Magazine. February 2012. 63. ACP Magazines.
72. Zamiatin. Lara. February 2012. Living on the edge. Foxtel Magazine. February 2012. 37. ACP Magazines.
73. Cheung. Kevin. March 2012. What a girl wants. Foxtel Magazine. March 2012. 24. ACP Magazines.
74. Helderman. Michelle. March 2012. Fighting Fitz. Foxtel Magazine. March 2012. 62. ACP Magazines.
75. Francis. Damian. March 2012. History's heroes. Foxtel Magazine. March 2012. 42. ACP Magazines.
76. Chan. Aimee. March 2012. Art attack!. Foxtel Magazine. March 2012. 25. ACP Magazines.
77. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.. 12 March 2012. 21 March 2012.
78. Wakelin. Kathryn. March 2012. Fit for a queen. Foxtel Magazine. March 2012. 45. ACP Magazines.
79. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Luck. 20 February 2012. 23 February 2012.
80. Hiblen. Carolyn. March 2012. Risky races. Foxtel Magazine. March 2012. 60. ACP Magazines.
81. Rozenberg-Clarke. Josephine. March 2012. Music masterminds. Foxtel Magazine. March 2012. 35. ACP Magazines.
82. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Finding Sarah. 16 March 2012. 21 March 2012.
83. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Awake. 9 March 2012. 21 March 2012.
84. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Beavis and Butthead are back. 16 March 2012. 21 March 2012.
85. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Tanked. 14 May 2012. 20 June 2012.
86. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Girls. 23 April 2012. 20 June 2012.
87. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Twenty-Twelve. 21 May 2012. 8 December 2012.
88. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Veep. 9 May 2012. 2 July 2012.
89. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Betty White's Off Their Rockers. 19 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
90. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Boss. 21 May 2012. 7 July 2012.
91. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Never Mind the Buzzcocks. 20 June 2012. 2 July 2012.
92. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Stella. 23 July 2012. 23 July 2012.
93. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. SoHo to launch with The Newsroom on Foxtel. 20 July 2012. 31 August 2012.
94. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Foxtel channels: 2012 highlights. 25 October 2011. 4 January 2012.
95. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: 666 Park Avenue. 10 September 2012. 4 December 2012.
96. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Airdate: Bunheads. 27 November 2012. 4 December 2012.
97. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. Foxtel programming in 2012. 15 December 2011. 4 January 2012.
98. Web site: TV Tonight. David. Knox. LifeStyle Channels: 2012 highlights. 16 December 2011. 4 January 2012.