Most Popular TV Shows 2012

Most of us are couch potatoes. We have our favorite shows that we turn on the TV for, every week, without fail. There are some television shows though that become very popular amongst a large variety of people despite differences in tastes and preferences. Every year these shows top the list of the most popular TV shows and top ratings. So which are the most popular TV shows of 2012?

Popular TV Shows of 2012

There are those shows that have been on the list of favorites of television viewers for a while now, and there are some more shows that have started this year (or are going to premier later this year), that are already creating waves with their story lines and cast. Let us take a look at some of the most anticipated shows of 2012.

NEW TV SHOWS 2012
Angry Boys	HBO	Are You There, Chelsea?	NBC
Awake	NBC	Apartment 23	ABC
GCB	ABC	House of Lies	Showtime
Smash	NBC	The River	ABC
Touch	Fox	Comic Men	AMC
Veep	HBO	Alcatraz	Fox
Girls	HBO	The Newsroom	HBO
Eastbound & Down	HBO	Life's Too Short	HBO
Bent	NBC	Finder	Fox
Missing	ABC	Fashion Star	NBC

Other than these shows you also have the whole gamut of popular reality TV shows which include the ones in the table given below. These shows though seemingly simplistic and gong by some standards, even ludicrous, have somehow managed to top the popularity charts.

DID YOU KNOW?The first reality TV show started on the radio with Candid Microphone in 1947 which was the successor to the hugely popular Candid Camera.

POPULAR TELEVISION SHOWS (NON FICTION)
Celebrity Apprentice	NBC
American Idol	Fox
Dancing With the Stars	ABC
The Voice	NBC
The Bachelor	ABC
60 Minutes	CBS
Jersey Shore	MTV
Undercover Boss	CBS
Survivor: One World	CBS
The Amazing Race	CBS

There are shows that have been running for several seasons and refuse to die down in their popularity. They tickle our bones, engage us, make us get out our boxes of tissue paper, and force us to sit in front of the television week after week. The most popular TV shows of 2012 of the fiction category that top our list are given below.

DID YOU KNOW?The series finale of M*A*S*H in February 1983 had the highest number of viewers at 105.9 million viewers.

NEW SEASONS OF POPULAR TV SHOWS
Criminal Minds	CBS
NCIS	CBS
CSI	CBS
Glee	Fox
Community	NBC
Grey's Anatomy	ABC
Supernatural	CW
House M.D.	Fox
30 Rock	NBC
Mad Men	AMC

These are just some of the most popular TV shows on American television today. For every old show that is still popular, there are shows joining in to compete with them for the fame and adulation. The lists of popular shows given in this article is a compilation of those television shows that are a personal favorite and feature on most lists of popular television shows.