The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2012. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
Events January January 27 – CCP Bobcats wins as Showtime Campus Clash Edition Grand Champion.
February February 4 – Koreen Medina emerged as HYY's My Girl Grand Winner held at the AFP Theater.
March March 5 – TV Patrol celebrated its 25 years of broadcasts. March 10 – In Manny Many Prizes Easy Manny Jackpot Round, Joey wins . March 31 Slater Young from Visayas wins season 4 of Pinoy Big Brother, became the show's first male winner. Panghulo National High School was hailed as EB's Pinoy Henyo High Alumni Edition Grand Champion by guessing three words in 2 minutes and 8.68 seconds.
April April 28 – Bacolod Masskara from Bacolod, Negros Occidental wins as Showtime's fifth grand champion (Showtime Inter-Town Edition grand champion) on the noontime TV program, It's Showtime.
May May 6 Raymart Santiago, along with Claudine Barretto and his 8-man entourage, assaulted a known journalist and senior citizen, Ramon Tulfo, due to Ramon purportedly using his mobile phone to take photos of Claudine screaming at and humiliating a ground attendant of Cebu Pacific concerning missing luggage which supposedly contained asthma medicine for their friend's children. This occurred within NAIA Terminal 3 in a location not covered by CCTV. Witnesses state that the brawl began when Raymart and his entourage surrounded Tulfo and demanded that he hand over his phone. Ramon refused and the assault commenced. A video of the brawl that was recorded and posted on YouTube clearly shows Raymart choking Tulfo while encouraging his friends to throw punches at him. Claudine can clearly be seen attacking Tulfo as well. The airport guards eventually stopped the attack and escorts Ramon away while Raymart follows alongside screaming obscenities at him. A few days after the incident, Claudine Barretto filed assault and child abuse charges on Ramon Tulfo as they claim that he (Tulfo) initiated the attack. Claudine also states that she has a witness to her claim. The name of the witness was not given and he has not given his account of the incident to anybody but Claudine. The rationale behind the child abuse charges, according to Claudine, comes from the fact(?) that Ramon (allegedly) begins the assault in front of her children, traumatizing them. Upon questioning the ground attendant Claudine was heckling, it was Raymart and their entourage who had initiated the assault. Astroboy was hailed as the Ultimate Talentado in Talentadong Pinoy Season 3, the Battle of the Champions of which were held at Quezon Memorial Circle. May 18: Episode of TV5's Sharon: Kasama Mo, Kapatid, Tulfo made an appearance in the Episode title Boys to Men with his brothers Raffy and Erwin. May 27 Episode of ABS-CBN's Gandang Gabi, Vice!, Tulfo made an appearance as Vice Ganda's guest for interview & sampling of his talent in dancing. After the dance, Ganda gave Tulfo a Gift a Video Camera. Miss Philippines Earth 2012 was held at the Center Stage of SM Mall of Asia in Pasay. Stephany Stefanowitz of Quezon City won the pageant.
June June 2: Paco Catholic School was hailed as EB's Junior Pinoy Henyo 2012 Grand Champion by guessing 8 words. June 6: Episode of ABS-CBN's Kris TV, Tulfo made an appearance as Kris Aquino's guest for interview, sampling of his Aikido where he is a Black belter. and a preview in his Eatery along with his son Ramon "Bon" Tulfo, III. June 7: Kapuso Network's 5th originating station is GMA Ilocos, which covers Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Abra following the establishments of GMA Cebu, GMA Davao and GMA Iloilo in 1999 and GMA Dagupan in 2008. On June 25, Balitang Ilokano was launched as its flagship local newscast. June 9: Ryzza Mae Dizon from Angeles City, Pampanga was crowned as Little Miss Philippines 2012 on the noontime show, Eat Bulaga!. June 23 ABS-CBN launched the Philippine version of The X Factor. University of Santo Tomas was hailed as EB's Pinoy Henyo Intercollegiate Edition 2012 Grand Champion by guessing 7 words.
July July 7: 17-year-old Myrtle Sarrosa emerged as the Teen Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4. July 16: Eat Bulaga! Indonesia is the first international franchise in Indonesia.
August August 10: The 6th originating station of Kapuso Network is GMA Bicol, which covers the Bicol Region and on September 17, it launched its flagship local newscast Baretang Bikol. August 18 – Kean Cipriano and Enchong Dee wins the 1 million pesos of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
September September 15 – John Edric Ulang from Binangonan, Rizal emerged as Eat Bulaga!'s Mr. Pogi 2012 grand winner. September 30 – Sandugo Guardline was hailed as the Ultimate Talentado Kids in Talentadong Pinoy Kids.
October October 11 The Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws clinched the UAAP Season 75 women's basketball title after defeating the De La Salle University Lady Archers 2–0 in game 2 of the best-of-three finals series held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. This was their 2nd consecutive basketball championship title and also the team to have a perfect 16-0 record. The Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles clinched the UAAP Season 75 men's basketball title after defeating the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers 2–0 in game 2 of the best-of-three finals series held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. This was their 5th consecutive basketball championship title. October 14: KZ Tandingan wins the first season of The X Factor Philippines. October 17: ABS-CBN launches the Christmas song Lumiliwanag ang Mundo sa Kwento ng Pasko, after the news program TV Patrol. October 20 CHASE is now known as Jack City; the first local general entertainment TV station. Its Jack TV's second counterpart channel Owned by Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. and Solar Television Network. Gollayan family of Santiago, Isabela was hailed as Bida Kapamilya Grand Champion on It's Showtime. October 21: Pedro Calungsod was canonized in Vatican City, and is the 2nd Filipino saint. October 22: Creative Programs launched Jeepney TV. October 27 Lauren Dyogi announced that there is a triple tie after the results. Anne Curtis/Karylle, Jugs Jugueta/Teddy Corpuz, and Billy Crawford/Vhong Navarro were hailed as the third anniversary champions on It's Showtime. Samaria was hailed as Eat Bulaga Battle of the Bands grand winner. October 29: After 42 years and 4 months of its broadcast programming run, NewsWatch aired its final episode with newscasts aired of all editions, making the longest-running newscasts on Philippine television. October 30: Talk TV is now known as Solar News Channel; the first local news TV station Owned by Southern Broadcasting Network and Solar Television Network. October 31: GEM TV is now known as INC TV; the first local TV station owned by Christian Era Broadcasting Service.
November November 10 – Cool Kids Crew and Michael V. hailed as the winner of Eat Bulaga Kids' Dance Showdown. November 15 – Destiny Cable launched AXN, BeTV and DZMM TeleRadyo on their channel line-up. November 24 – Melvin Tudtud from Cebu City emerged as Eat Bulaga!'s D'Kilabots: Mr. Pogi, Weh? grand winner.
December December 29 – Janice de Belen wins the 1 million pesos of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
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