Top 20 New Shows of 2012: #6

My annual TV Awards, the AFT Television Awards, are given out during the summer. But this year, during both the spring and the fall, produced many impressive new television series. As 2012 closes out and 2013 begins, here’s a look back at the best new shows of the year.

#6: Longmire
After an uncertain pilot, this A & E series got good quickly, using its rural Wyoming setting to marvelous effect. It doesn’t hurt that this show managed to positively use Katee Sackhoff of “Battlestar Galactica” fame, and that it does a marvelous job of showcasing the tension between the white and Native American populations in Sheriff Longmire’s jurisdiction.

Best Episode: “Unfinished Business”
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