The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2012, were presented on January 27, 2013, at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles for the seventeenth consecutive year.[1][2][3][4] It was broadcast simultaneously by TNT and TBS, which collectively gained 5.2 million viewers, leading the two networks to sign a three-year television contract with SAG-AFTRA.[5] The nominees were announced on December 12, 2012.[6][7][8]
Dick Van Dyke was announced as the 2012 SAG Life Achievement Award honoree on August 21, 2012.[9]