A few weeks ago I started making notes about what I thought the best shows of the year were. Since then I've kept coming back and elaborating more and more and this is the end result.
Television is clearly experience a sort of golden age right now in terms of the quality of the shows and storylines in them. Further to this the calibre of actors being atracted to these shows is also the highest it has ever been. All together this makes picking the best of the year difficult if not imposible. I can't watch every single series currently airing, therfore this list ranks the best shows I've watched during 2012.