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RENEWED! Days of Our Lives survives another Day. It has the green light for Season 61. Now streaming exclusively on Peacock in the US and not on NBC anymore - it aired there for 57 years. Last seen in South Africa in April 2022.
3 Comments | 06 Nov 2024 14:54
RENEWED! Apple TV+ greenlights Season 2 of the Colin Farrell-led Sugar - a contemporary take on the private investigator genre, described as a neo-noir thriller. Centres round PI John Sugar.
Comments | 14 Oct 2024 16:18
RENEWED! Netflix orders Season 3 of political thriller The Diplomat ahead of its Season 2 premiere. Season 1 aired on M-Net and Me in South Africa, moves to Netflix for Season 2. Premieres 31 October. The situation: When a London bombing shatters her world, US diplomat Kate Wyler faces the ultimate test as her suspicions reach the top levels of the British government. Keri Russell reprises her role as Kate.
Comments | 11 Oct 2024 17:51
RENEWED! On your marks, get set... it's a go for Season 3 of kykNET telenovela Diepe Waters. Premieres Monday 30 September 2024.
Comments | 20 Sep 2024 10:29
RENEWED! kykNET orders Season 2 of tearjerker Een Keer om die Son (Once Around the Sun) in the wake of the Season 1 finale on 10 September. Each of the 12 episodes depicts a month in the lives of van Wyk family who suffer a tragedy. Season 1 characters will return for Season 2, with newcomers. Only premieres in 2026.
Comments | 17 Sep 2024 16:45
RENEWED! Video game turned TV series Fallout has the green light for Season 2. Prime Video renewed it in its premiere month in April 2024. Will sweet Lucy ever forgive her lying, mother-killing father? Should she? NEVER.
Comments | 11 Sep 2024 10:31
RENEWED! More delight on the way once Season 4 ends. Hulu orders Season 5 of Only Murders in the Building in the wake of Season 4's premiere on 27 August. Currently streaming on Disney+ in South Africa.
Comments | 05 Sep 2024 13:52
RENEWED! Unsuccessful man manipulator Dudu returns for Season 2 of Mzansi Magic's How to Manifest a Man. In Season 1 she tried to reshape Simphiwe into her ideal man when he lost his memory but it returned, he remembered her (argh!) and ran, but couldn't get away when she shot him and his mistress. In Season 2 she claims she's a changed woman, who wants him back. Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa and Mnqobi Kunene reprise their roles. Premieres Monday 16 September at 20h00. >>
1 Comment | 23 Aug 2024 16:47
RENEWED! National Geographic gives a woof! to Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog with a Season 5 order of 12 episodes. Premieres in the US on 16 August. Season 4 premiered in South Africa on Nat Geo Wild on Monday 12 August at 18h00.
Comments | 13 Aug 2024 16:58
RENEWED! After the fuss and to do about Muvhango ending, it isn't. SABC has announced that it's returning for Season 26, premiering on Monday 5 August 2024.
Comments | 26 Jul 2024 11:02
RENEWED! TVSA can reveal that House of Zwide continues once Season 3 ends. Obvs. It's now e.tv's No. 1 show since Scandal! got Skeem Saam'd. Season 4 of HoZ premieres Monday 15 July 2024.
Comments | 21 Jun 2024 15:32
RENEWED! Apple TV+ orders Season 2 of high society underdog comedy Palm Royale. Season 1 premiered in March this year. Follows Maxine Simons (Kristen Wiig) in her attempts to cross the line between the haves and the have-nots.
Comments | 10 Jun 2024 16:04
RENEWED! Mzansi Magic to premiere new seasons of three reality lows in July/August: Kings of Maskandi 2 (with old and new rivalries), Short & Sweet 2 (Vovo wants to fixit with her aunt) and more untrustworthy couples air their dirty underwear in Suxoka 3, hosted by Motlatsi Mafatshe. Dates: 2 July at 20h00, 25 July at 20h00 and 4 August at 19h30 respectively.
Comments | 06 Jun 2024 14:16
RENEWED! HISTORY greenlights second season of Great African Mysteries. Host John Robbie returns to uncover how South Africa’s economy has been shaped by a cataclysmic event from two billion years ago. He also looks into the return of the extinct quagga and explores the secrets of Thulamela, a pre-colonial African Kingdom. Premieres 3 August at 19h25.
Comments | 05 Jun 2024 18:15
RENEWED! TVSA can reveal that the 20th season of Binnelanders premieres on 1 June 2024, almost 19 years after its 2005 kykNET debut as a weekly medical drama. It became a soapie in 2006 and morphed into Binneland Sub Judice for Season 6 in 2010 with the addition of the RPK law firm. In 2011 it changed name and concept again to Binneland, when the law firm was written out while key legal characters remained. It reverted to its original name Binnelanders in 2014.
Comments | 16 May 2024 12:35
RENEWED! Isitha: The Enemy continues for Season 2 once Season 1 ends, starting from 29 April, for 260 episodes.
Comments | 24 Apr 2024 10:46
RENEWED! 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.
Comments | 22 Apr 2024 13:24
RENEWED! 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.
Comments | 04 Apr 2024 11:06
RENEWED! 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.
Comments | 25 Mar 2024 11:47
RENEWED! HBO anthology series True Detective green lit for Season 5 in the wake of Season 4's finale in America. Seasons 1 to 3 aired on M-Net and are on Showmax but no sign of S4 here yet. It's subtitled Night Country, stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives who investigate the disappearance of eight researchers in Alaska on the day the Alaska darkness starts. Cue the movie Insomnia.
Comments | 27 Feb 2024 17:27
RENEWED! DStv's most watched show Umkhokha: The Curse lives on. Obvs. Season 2 premieres on Monday 4 March 2024.
1 Comment | 21 Feb 2024 10:20
RENEWED! HGTV orders 10-episode fifth season of home reno series Bargain Block, still set in Detroit. Also gives green light to five eps spin-off Bargain Block New Orleans. Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas return to restore rundown and abandoned homes. Both premiere later in 2024.
1 Comment | 15 Feb 2024 16:55
RENEWED! ABC rings the bell on Season 4 of mockumentary comedy Abbott Elementary. Seasons 1 and 2 available in SA on Disney+.
Comments | 12 Feb 2024 14:57
RENEWED! TVSA can confirm that Uzalo has the green light for Season 10. Premieres Monday 4 March 2024.
Comments | 11 Jan 2024 12:50
RENEWED! Muvhango lives on. TVSA can confirm that Season 25 is a go. Premieres Wednesday 3 January 2024.
1 Comment | 19 Dec 2023 16:25
RENEWED! TVSA can confirm that Gqeberha: The Empire has the green light for Season 2. Casting change: Oros Mampofu replaces Phila Madlingozi as Ntando Mxenge. Premieres Monday 15 January 2024.
1 Comment | 13 Dec 2023 17:13
RENEWED! kykNET crime drama Die Byl returns for Season 5 on Tuesday 16 January 2024 at 20h00. The Wild star Tyrone Keogh and Suidooster stalwart Marcel van Heerden join the show as Captain William Miller, a new profiler who joins the team, and pathologist Dr Anton Fourie. Waldemar Schultz reprises his role as titular character Colonel Piet van der Bijl.
Comments | 30 Nov 2023 15:11
RENEWED! More children (older and younger) to be reunited with their parents in Season 3 of Abandoned. Phumeza Mdabe returns to help those who were left on park benches, commuter stations or at orphanages as they search to reconnect with those who abandoned them - their mothers or fathers. Premieres on Mzansi Magic, Tuesday 9 January 2024 at 20h00.
Comments | 17 Nov 2023 13:29
RENEWED! Small town whodunnit Recipes for Love and Murder has the greenlight for Season 2. 10-episode Season 1 aired on M-Net in 2022, starring Maria Doyle Kennedy as intrepid sleuth and recipe advice columnist Tannie Maria. Filming begins in South Africa in 2024.
Comments | 14 Nov 2023 15:04
RENEWED! TVSA can confirm that Generations: The Legacy has the green light for Season 10, which wasn't a given this year considering what's happened to cancelled 7de Laan. Premieres Monday 20 November.
Comments | 08 Nov 2023 11:25
RENEWED! FX renews brilliant comedy-drama The Bear for Season 3, available on Disney+ in South Africa. Seasons 1 and 2 currently streaming. Highly recommended because EVERY SECOND COUNTS.
Comments | 06 Nov 2023 20:12
RENEWED! BET schleb talker Behind the Story returns for Season 6 on 10 November at 19h00. Guests include Dineo Ranaka, Tumisho Masha, Celeste Ntuli, Motlatsi Mafatshe, Mome Mahlangu, Happy Simelane, Phelo Bala and Theo Kgosinkwe. Nomalanga Shozi returns to host and is now presenting two celebrity shows. (See below)
Comments | 23 Oct 2023 16:57
RENEWED! Comedy-drama Entangled returns to 1Magic with a new Sizwe. Sisanda Henna replaces Vuyo Ngcukana who's currently playing Zuko on 1802: Love Defies Time. That's the only thing that's changed because Sizwe remains Entangled with Sharon, reprised by Phuti Khomo. They can't get over each other despite their shenanigans with others. Premieres Thursday 2 November, 20h30.
4 Comments | 10 Oct 2023 18:35
RENEWED! Disney+ orders Season 4 of comedy-drama Only Murders in the Building in the wake of Season 3's finale.
Comments | 06 Oct 2023 11:06
RENEWED! BBC orders second season of property porn reality low Listing Cape Town. Premieres in 2024.
Comments | 02 Oct 2023 15:36
RENEWED! TVSA can confirm that Arendsvlei ain't going nowhere. Season 6 premieres on Monday 25 September.
Comments | 15 Sep 2023 11:46
RENEWED! Netflix announces new seasons of Blood & Water (Season 4), Savage Beauty (S2) and Young, Famous & African (S3) for 2023/24, also at MIP Africa (see above).
Comments | 05 Sep 2023 11:29
RENEWED! Shaka iLembe has the green light for Season 2. MultiChoice has announced it in the wake of Sunday's Season 1 finale. Season 2 will pick up the story as Shaka begins his prophesized reign, writing himself into history, accompanied by current and new characters.
Comments | 04 Sep 2023 10:21
RENEWED! TVSA can reveal that uBettina Wethu has the green light for Season 4. It premieres on e.tv on Monday 4 September at 20h30. It won't be on SABC1 anymore, meaning the SABC's lost it to e.tv.
Comments | 28 Aug 2023 10:38
RENEWED! Dark frenemy comedy Am I Being Unreasonable? has the green light for Season 2. Six episode Season 1 currently streaming on BritBox. The moral of the story: if you ask yourself "Am I being unreasonable?" the answer is very likely NO.
Comments | 15 Aug 2023 13:38
RENEWED! More belly laughs and escapism to look forward to. HBO renews The Righteous Gemstones for Season 4.
Comments | 28 Jul 2023 17:14
RENEWED! TVSA can confirm a green light for Season 3 of House of Zwide. Premieres Monday 17 July. But first, Shoki and Nkosi must marry.
Comments | 29 Jun 2023 17:11
RENEWED! Is there another season of Silo beyond the Silo? Yip! Apple TV+ gives the green light for Season 2 of the steampunk sci-fi.
Comments | 14 Jun 2023 18:03
RENEWED! The CW orders 13-episode third season of sports drama All American: Homecoming (on 1Magic) and 10-eps fourth season of Superman & Lois for 2023/24.
Comments | 13 Jun 2023 19:08
RENEWED! TVSA can confirm that Afternoon Express has the green light for a new season on S3. It's currently on a production break and returns in July. Music documentary This is Pop airs in its timeslot.
Comments | 07 Jun 2023 17:44
RENEWED! 18 seasons later and Binnelanders lives on. TVSA can confirm that it's been renewed for Season 19. Premieres 5 June.
Comments | 16 May 2023 16:57
RENEWED! FOX green lights new seasons of 9-1-1: Lone Star (Season 5), The Cleaning Lady (S3), Bob's Burgers (S14), Family Guy (S22), Farmer Wants a Wife (S2), Hell's Kitchen (S22), The Masked Singer (S10 - US version), Next Level Chef (S3) and The Simpsons (S35!).
Comments | 15 May 2023 15:33
RENEWED! Missing persons procedural Projek Dina returns to kykNET on Tuesday 9 May at 20h00 for 10-episode Season 3. Each eps features stories inspired by real life South African cases. Team leader Deon Visagie (Tim Theron) is out of the action and hires new character Zander (Laudo Liebenberg) to take charge. Ronel (Chanelle de Jager), Lux (Chumani Pan) and Charlie (Kay Smith) are back. >>
1 Comment | 02 May 2023 15:20
RENEWED! BBC Lifestyle's one-percenter reality low Listing Jozi returns for Season 2 on Wednesday 31 May at 20h00, with the same five real estate agents, and a new one. Produced once again by AlternaTV, the same production house who did Season 1 and Listing Cape Town.
Comments | 18 Apr 2023 10:39
RENEWED! Tom Sellick proves a bad moustache can have staying power. Lands 14th season as Frank Reagan in police procedural Blue Bloods for 2023/24.
Comments | 11 Apr 2023 18:39

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