Contributed by Jennifer Andrews, Catalogs.com Top 10 Guru

TV is one of the most popular mediums of entertainment available to us today.

There are thousands of TV programs featured on the tube at any one time that range from comedies to dramas to thrillers to educational to musicals. Spice up your own TV viewing routine by checking out the following list of the top ten new TV programs hitting screens this year.

10. Smash

NBC’s Smash is one of the new TV programs of 2012. The hour-long series is a must-see for fans of musicals and Broadway and features American Idol alum Katherine McPhee and Debra Messing, best known for her role on Will and Grace.

9. The River

The River is a new TV program debuted by ABC which takes viewers on a thrilling, suspenseful ride through the Amazon. Catch this drama and discover the secrets a family unearths six months following the disappearance of a missing boat crew.

8. Touch

Kiefer Sutherland returns to TV in the new sure-to-be-hit series Touch on Fox about a father who has a son with special powers.

7. Alcatraz

Science-fiction fanatics can get their fix with Alcatraz, a mystery drama series that debuts in early 2012. The series is executive produced by J.J Abrams, the same man who brought the wildly popular Lost to the television screen.

6. Good Christian Belles

Good Christian Belles, or GCB, is a new TV series that delivers wit and laughs with the help of Southern charmer Kristin Chenoweth. Tune in to see Chenoweth, who plays a former high-school mean girl, move back home after a divorce and find her in the middle of girl drama all over again.

5. Rob

This half-hour sitcom on CBS features Rob Schneider, most-known from his movie role in Animal, who spontaneously marries a beautiful woman while on vacation. Have a few chuckles while watching Rob try to win over his bride’s dubious family.

4. Downton Abbey

Although Downton Abbey originally debuted in 2010, this series has been increasing in popularity ever since and has most recently been well-recognized as must-see TV.

3. The Voice

In its second season, The Voice debuts again in February 2012 and is sure to be another singing sensation hit amongst favorites such as American Idol and The X Factor. Catch judges Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton all compete to be mentor for a show winner.

2. Project Runway All-Stars

Project Runway has been a hit reality series since its debut under the direction of Supermodel Heidi Klum. In this All-Star spin-off, Model Angela Lindvall hosts the show along with fellow fashionable judges to find the best designer of all seasons thus far.

1. Fashion Star

Fashion Star is one of the most popular new TV programs set to debut in March of 2012. Watch fourteen wannabe designers compete for a multi-million dollar retail contract with stores across America under the help of mentors such as Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie.