The 20 best TV series of 2012

Ranked by weighted audience rating: among 114 series with at least 60 votes on TMDb, the formula balances the score with the vote count, so a barely-rated title cannot leap past a classic. Gravity Falls: Um Verão de Mistérios leads, rated 8.6 (2012). The average release year on the list is 2012. The list is recalculated weekly; each title links to its full page, including where to watch in Brazil.

Page updated on 09/20/2026.

1

Gravity Falls (2012)

2 seasons · 8.6 3,603 votes
2

Chicago Fire (2012)

15 seasons · 8.4 2,437 votes
3

Slugterra (2012)

4 seasons · 8.4 918 votes
4

The Legend of Korra (2012)

4 seasons · 8.2 2,424 votes
5

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

5 seasons · 8.3 804 votes
6

Ben 10: Omniverse (2012)

8 seasons · 8.3 543 votes
7

Brazil Avenue (2012)

1 season · 8.1 1,327 votes
8

Line of Duty (2012)

7 seasons · 8.2 496 votes
9

The Newsroom (2012)

3 seasons · 8.1 767 votes
10

Porque el Amor Manda (2012)

1 season · 8.1 448 votes
11

Violetta (2012)

3 seasons · 8.1 318 votes
12

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (2012)

16 seasons · 8.0 793 votes
13

La CQ (2012)

5 seasons · 8.2 264 votes
14

Wolfblood (2012)

5 seasons · 8.0 255 votes
15

The Men Who Built America (2012)

1 season · 8.0 194 votes
16

Lab Rats (2012)

4 seasons · 8.1 176 votes
17

Miss XV (2012)

1 season · 8.0 222 votes
18

DreamWorks Dragons (2012)

2 seasons · 7.8 766 votes
19

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012)

2 seasons · 8.2 81 votes
20

Amores verdaderos (2012)

1 season · 7.7 753 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.