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Apple TV+ series The New Look delivers a unique, deeply moving account of World War II by telling the story of French fashion designers in occupied France. Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, Cristóbal Balenciaga. Reveals heart-wrenching, shocking and complicated details we didn't know. Sales of Miss Dior perfume must be on the rise!
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24 Apr 2024 16:11
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RENEWED!
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Isitha: The Enemy continues for Season 2 once Season 1 ends, starting from 29 April, for 260 episodes.
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24 Apr 2024 10:46
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ACTOR NEWS
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Ronnie Nyakale joins Muzi Mthabela on the Gen exit bandwagon. (See below). They're both on what the show is calling an "indefinite hiatus". Ronnie's character of Cosmo Diale will be seen until 28 August.
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23 Apr 2024 18:26
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Isono: The Sin star Didintle Khunou signed to Generations: The Legacy as Tumelo Gcabashe, a high-powered financial expert with links to business and criminal elites. She debuts in mid-June.
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23 Apr 2024 18:22
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Muzi Mthabela switches Generations: The Legacy for new season of My Brother's Keeper where he'll play Mshengu's estranged younger brother Mqondisi Shabalala. He's described as "the one person who can stand up to Mshengu and does not hold back on any opportunity to have one up on him." Muzi will be on Gen as Nkosi Cele until 5 June and first appears on My Brother's Keeper on 10 May.
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23 Apr 2024 18:11
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REALITY LOW
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Video footage emerges on ZiMoja of the fight between Real Gold Diggers Christall Kay and Gugu Khathi that resulted in the canning of Real Gold Diggers of Joziburg. Shows them swearing, slapping, screaming, crying. We're not sure why the show got cancelled for it. It's the whole point of the franchise - to portray women abusing and one-upping each other. >>
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23 Apr 2024 12:59
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SCARY
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New National Geographic three-parter The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth re-opens the 1950s Stanford Prison psychology experiment which put regular people into a mock prison as prisoners and wardens. Experiment had to be stopped on Day 6 because of the psychological abuse perpetrated on the "prisoners" by the "wardens". According to the new documentary, "We were never told the whole story of what happened in that "prison." Premiere date unconfirmed.
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22 Apr 2024 13:26
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RENEWED!
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John le Carré spy drama The Night Manager lands two season pick-up on BBC One and Prime Video (outside the UK). Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as former soldier turned intelligence operative who had to become a criminal in Season 1. Season 2 starts eight years later.
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22 Apr 2024 13:24
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Six South African couples become swingers under the guise of a "social experiment" in local edition of The Ultimatum on Netflix. One partner wants to marry, the other doesn't so they switch partners with another couple to determine the future of their relationship. Is it strong enough to survive lusty times with other people? Mr and Mrs Perfect relationship goals Howza and Salamina Mosese host. >>
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22 Apr 2024 13:18
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SCARY
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M-Net to air four part docu-series School Ties, about the grooming and sexual abuse of learners at some of South Africa’s most prominent, prestigious boys’ schools. Produced by IdeaCandy (Devilsdop, Steinheist, Convict Conman). Premieres Thursday 16 May at 21h00. >>
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19 Apr 2024 12:50
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BAH!
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Mzansi Wethu's announcement about Sibongile & The Dlamini's averaging over 2-million viewers in the past month with a high of 2,688,338 was misleading. It wasn't referring to a "per episode" viewership. Apparently it referred to what happened in one particular week, which is also very confusing. It's currently still under 2-million viewers per episode. We thought the jump from March was unrealistically extreme. We've removed the previous News Short so as to avoid misinformation.
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18 Apr 2024 10:42
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The score right now: 1 to eMedia, 0 to MultiChoice. Competition Tribunal grants interim relief to eMedia to lift all restrictions to broadcast sporting events of national interest on the SABC channels on OpenView, meaning MultiChoice can't repeat what they did with the Rugby Wold Cup. Case still in progress. Final decision still to be decided. >>
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16 Apr 2024 16:58
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Eventually. After all the fuss of first look pictures and other build-up stuff, Netflix releases official trailer for Bridgerton 3. Eight eps. Part I loads 16 May. Part II on 13 June. >>
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16 Apr 2024 16:40
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BORING
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Is it a ghost? Yes. A repeat of cancelled supernatural series Isipho: The Gift replaces Redemption in e.tv's 20h30 timeslot after it ends on 20 May.
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15 Apr 2024 12:04
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Blowing It turns out profitable for former Kaizer Chiefs footballer Junior Khanye who's scored himself his own Mzansi Wethu show Fixing the Game after featuring on I Blew It. Follows him as he makes a "comeback" as an author, entrepreneur, owner of a football academy and football analyst. Premieres Thursday 11 July at 18h30.
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10 Apr 2024 16:32
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RATINGS
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According to e.tv, the premiere episode of the channel's new 18h30 show Isiphetho: Destiny attracted 3.3-million on Monday 8 April, followed by 3.5-million viewers on Tuesday 9 April.
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10 Apr 2024 16:18
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The Kar'trashians invade BBC Lifestyle on 12 June at 20h00 in House of Kardashian, a three part series focusing on Kris, Kim and Kylie. Described as "confounding expectations and what we think about the Kardashians." Yeah, it's gonna take a LOT to do that. Not possible actually.
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10 Apr 2024 14:49
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REVIEW
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Speaking of Claire Danes... (see News Short below) - let's hope her new show is better than Full Circle. Aired on M-Net last year and what a joke - couldn't make it past 35-minutes, despite the cast that includes Timothy Olyphant and Dennis Quaid. Bad script, contrived plot, unconvincing acting.
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09 Apr 2024 17:12
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SHOW NEWS
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Oh happy days. NOT. New Mzansi Magic drama Ha Molefi deals with the relationship between a father and son who are grieving their wife and mother. Former Lithapo star TJ Mokhuane stars as queer teen Thabang Molefi who goes on a journey of discovery with his father Ntate after his mother dies. Dingaan Mokebe Khumalo plays Ntate. Premieres Monday 17 June at 20h00.
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09 Apr 2024 16:45
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French broadcaster Canal+ makes offer to buy all MultiChoice shares it doesn't already own for R125 per share in takeover deal. MultiChoice share price on Monday 8 April at 10h13: R116,50. Their previous offer was for R105 per share. Shares were R75 on 31 January 2024 when they first announced their intention to buy.
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08 Apr 2024 10:31
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CASTING
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Former YOTV and Mzansi Insider presenter Rorisang Thandekiso to host Wheel of Fortune South Africa when it starts on S3 on Monday 8 April at 19h30.
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07 Apr 2024 21:34
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Real Gold Digger of Pretoria Mel Viljoen to appear on Diepe Waters on 10 and 11 April, as herself. This is her answer when asked about the difference between playing herself on a reality show versus a telenovela: "I play myself as the head of Tammy Taylor. So, that was quite a natural role for me. I understand what I’m doing. The Diepe Waters team just had to help me make the words fit with my facial expressions." Expect stellar acting. NOT.
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05 Apr 2024 15:18
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REVIEW
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Murder mystery Poker Face redefines the concept of a procedural by using style, structure, language and theatricality in an excellent Season 1. The good news: there's going to be a Season 2. Premiere date still loading.
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04 Apr 2024 15:09
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Claire Danes reunites with Homeland showrunner & executive producer Howard Gordon for new Netflix series The Beast In Me. The premise: an author, who has writer's block after her young son's death, finds a new subject for a book when a real estate mogul moves in next door - years after being accused of his wife's disappearance. No premiere date confirmed yet.
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04 Apr 2024 11:31
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GOOD NEWS
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Production begins on Season 2 of giggle-fest Tulsa King, with Sly Stallone reprising his role as betrayed mobster Dwight "The General" Manfredi. Filming in Oklahoma and Atlanta. Tatiana Zappardino, who plays his daughter Tina, promoted from recurring to series regular, along with Annabella Sciorra who plays Dwight's Brooklyn-based sister Joanne.
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04 Apr 2024 11:19
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RENEWED!
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CBS orders Season 21 of Grey's Anatomy and we're as excited as a side-eye emoticon. Where do you rate it on the Annoying Scale in a no judgment zone? - with 10 being "As annoying as a TV news channel" and 1 being "Love it!". We give it 11.
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04 Apr 2024 11:06
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e.tv's new telenovela Isiphetho: Destiny was going to premiere on 15 April but it's starting sooner - on Monday 8 April at 18h30.
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03 Apr 2024 12:07
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Controversial docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV to air on Investigation Discovery from Sunday 7 April at 21h00, in double bills for two weeks. Described as uncovering "the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic American children's shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s," with a focus on the channel's producer at the time, Dan Schneider.
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02 Apr 2024 14:22
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Mr America McJunior Zondi won Big Brother Mzansi 4 on Sunday (30 March), beating Tshepo "Makheke" Tau by 0.7% of the votes. Finale exits were in the following order: PapaGhost, Mpumi, Zee and Sinaye, Makhekhe, McJunior. Thankfully the trainwreck is over and our sleepless nights of anger and concern about the show can end.
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02 Apr 2024 10:44
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S3 introduces English and Afrikaans-dubbed Turkish novelas on weekdays from Monday 1 April at 16h30. Isn't clear how the Afrikaans/English set-up will work - we're waiting to hear. Starts with Innocence: about 19-year-old Ela who suffers public scrutiny and social humiliation after being attacked - to the point where she doubts herself.
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28 Mar 2024 15:46
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DiepCity starts a run on Mzansi Wethu on Monday 29 April at 20h30. Follows small-time burglar Nox who returns to her troubled home circumstances after spending time behind bars with her younger brother's death on her conscience. Nozuko Ncayiyane stars as Nox.
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26 Mar 2024 15:39
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RENEWED!
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Procedurals aren't going nowhere soon. NBC orders new seasons of Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU for the 2024-25 season. Future of Law & Order: Organized Crime still undecided.
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25 Mar 2024 11:47
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REALITY LOW
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Big Brother Mzansi housemate and former Idols contestant Liyema "Liema" Phantsi leaves her fans in the lurch two weeks before Season 4 finale. She chose to be evicted on Monday 18 March when she was offered R250,000 to go after selecting the one-off red ball instead of the blues. Seven remain for the R2-million.
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20 Mar 2024 11:32
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SABC to introduce programming block of BBC shows on S3 in deal between the pubcasters. Titled BBC Primetime, Mondays to Fridays between 21h00 and 23h00. Launches in May 2024. (Updated) Shows include crime drama Luther, romantic comedy Cheaters, Top Gear, medical drama Critical and documentary series Louis Theroux: Forbidden America.
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20 Mar 2024 10:32
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CASTING
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Zolisa Xaluva headlines new Mzansi Magic crime drama series Code 13 as Jozi detective Bheki Ndlovu, tasked with recapturing six of the city's most dangerous criminals who've escaped prison. Lunathi Mampofu co-stars as Bongi Nkosi, a police detective and Bheki’s lurve interest. Premieres Sunday 14 April at 20h00.
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19 Mar 2024 16:40
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"I'm With Your Ex" returns to Mzansi Magic on Sunday 5 May at 19h30 for more sordid confessionals. Eugene Khoza pokes his nose into other people's business by accompanying them as they tell their family member or friend "I'm With Your Ex". Nice.
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19 Mar 2024 15:06
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Scandal! Season 22 premieres on Friday 29 March, 19 years after its premiere in January, 2005. It began with episodes from Mondays to Thursdays at 20h00 before moving to 19h30 and extended to Fridays on Friday 5 July, 2013.
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18 Mar 2024 17:23
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Apple TV+ releases first look at eight-part historical drama Franklin, starring Michael Douglas as overachiever Benjamin Franklin, who was an 18th century American writer, diplomat, scientist, inventor, publisher, philosopher and one of the founders of the United States. So not lazy then. >>
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18 Mar 2024 17:17
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e.tv's new Kelders van Geheime will air at 18h00, Mondays to Fridays - same time as 7de Laan used to air.
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15 Mar 2024 10:36
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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BET's new series Queendom confirmed to premiere on Monday 22 April at 18h30, with a repeat at 21h30, Mondays to Thursdays. Stars Linda Mtoba as a maverick community leader who discovers she's the heir to a kingdom.
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14 Mar 2024 10:59
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CASTING
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TV personality and foodie Moshe Ndiki to host cooking game show Ready Steady Cook South Africa, Mondays to Fridays at 19h00 on S3 from Monday 18 March. Produced by Primedia Studios and Rose and Oaks Media (The Masked Singer). Reruns will air on SABC1 at 15h30 and SABC2 at 17h30.
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13 Mar 2024 10:23
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Ha! Mzansi Wethu's Sibongile and the Dlamini's have a namesake in real life. Sibongile Dlamini is an extras actress on Umkhokha: The Curse in which she played "Church woman" on Monday 11 March.
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12 Mar 2024 12:33
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Oscar winners, losers and those who made "the invite list" show off their red carpet glad rags on E! on Monday 11 March at 17h00 and 23h00. It's called Live From E!: The Oscars but it isn't exactly live is it? Still, it aired live in the early hours, E! was actually there and everyone was alive - unless there was a vampire or two in attendance.
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11 Mar 2024 12:23
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COOL
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Former Survivor South Africa contestant and yogi Anesu Mbizvo to co-host new season of Top Travel on S3 from 23 March at 20h30. Her torch was snuffed in Episode 11 of Immunity Island (Season 8). She co-hosts with S3 favourite Fezile Mkhize who won the Top Billing presenter in 2018. He also plays paramedic Khensani on Gen.
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11 Mar 2024 12:15
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Annekan' Die Swa' Kry won't air on e.tv on Friday 29 March and Monday 1 April because of the Easter Weekend. Afternoon shows are replaced by movies: The House With a Clock in its Walls (29th) at 16h35 and Spider-man: Far From Home (1st) at 16h10.
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08 Mar 2024 12:00
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COOL
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Mr Machete and Tarantino signature actor Danny Trejo to host new History Channel series The Unxplored with Danny Trejo. Described as exploring "the fascinating stories surrounding buried artifacts and lost civilizations." Eight eps. No premiere date confirmed yet.
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07 Mar 2024 17:04
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Nickelodeon dubs animated preschool series PAW Patrol into isiZulu following SpongeBob SquarePants which was dubbed and aired last year. Premieres Monday 18 March at 15h00 on NickToons (Dstv 308).
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06 Mar 2024 17:16
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Deal or No Deal celeb spin-off series premieres on SABC1 on Saturday 9 March at 18h00. Schlebs play for charity with the addition of leggy schmodels who manage the money boxes. Same model set-up as when it used to be on M-Net.
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05 Mar 2024 17:38
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96th Oscars to air live on M-Net at 01h00 on Monday 11 March with a re-broadcast at 21h00. Nucelar bomb movie Oppenheimer leads with 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things with 11. Nominated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse airs on M-Net Movies 1 on 8 March at 14h25. Oppenheimer, Barbie, Past Lives, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - currently on Box Office.
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05 Mar 2024 14:26
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The free-to-air battle heats up as e.tv announces new telenovela Isiphetho - Destiny in Skeem Saam and uBettina Wethu's vacated timeslot at 18h30. Premieres 15 April 2024.
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04 Mar 2024 21:40
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