The Best Dramas from 2012

Below is our top ten list of the best Dramas which first started broadcasting in 2012.

First Aired: 27 September, 2012

Elementary is a TV series starring Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, and Aidan Quinn. A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City.

First Aired: 05 April, 2012

Scandal is a TV series starring Kerry Washington, Darby Stanchfield, and Katie Lowes. A former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets.

First Aired: 14 April, 2012

The Legend of Korra is a TV series starring Janet Varney, P.J. Byrne, and David Faustino. Avatar Korra fights to keep Republic City safe from the evil forces of both the physical and spiritual worlds.

First Aired: 24 June, 2012

The Newsroom is a TV series starring Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and John Gallagher Jr.. A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news…

First Aired: 07 July, 2012

Sword Art Online is a TV series starring Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, and Bryce Papenbrook. In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.

First Aired: 27 September, 2012

Chicago Fire is a TV series starring Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, and Christian Stolte. The story of firefighters in Chicago, both on a personal and professional level

First Aired: 12 April, 2012

Derek is a TV series starring Ricky Gervais, Kerry Godliman, and David Earl. Derek is a loyal nursing home care assistant who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to…

First Aired: 15 June, 2012

Gravity Falls is a TV series starring Jason Ritter, Alex Hirsch, and Kristen Schaal. Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle’s tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.

First Aired: 03 June, 2012

Longmire is a TV series starring Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, and Lou Diamond Phillips. Walt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but…

First Aired: 26 June, 2012

Line of Duty is a TV series starring Adrian Dunbar, Martin Compston, and Vicky McClure. Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.