Top 20 New Shows of 2012: #8

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.

#8: The Finder
I’ve lamented the premature passing of this hugely entertaining show many times, and it’s especially frustrating considering that it’s just the kind of series that FOX usually loves. Geoff Stults, the late Michael Clarke Duncan, Mercedes Masohn, and Maddie Hasson were all terrific components of the marvelous ensemble in this offbeat show about an eccentric private detective of sorts.

Best Episode: “Bullets”
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