Starting on
M-Net in February, 2009:
NEW SHOWS
OutnumberedPremiere date: Sunday 1 February 2009 at 17h00
Outnumbered is a British comedy about a couple, Pete (Hugh Dennis) and Sue (Clair Skinner) and their three children.
Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Ben (Daniel Roche) and Karen (Ramona Marquez) overwhelm them with responsibility - leaving Pete and Sue to come up with unique ways of coping.
Secret Diary Of A Call GirlPremiere date: Sunday 1 February 2009 at 23h00
Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a Showtime series that centres round the diary of the anonymous sex worker known only as ‘Belle de Jour’.
Belle de Jour introduces herself directly to camera (as she will throughout the series), explaining that she is a call-girl, working through an agent - partly for safety reasons but also because she does not come cheap.
Her real name is Hannah and her family believes that she is a legal secretary, which she told them as she imagined they would find it too boring to ask her about.
She explains the need to keep her two lives separate, even to the point that her apartment is split into two halves, depending on who she is for which visitor. However, she does break the rules when entertaining a shy young man called Daniel, revealing her true name to give him encouragement.
It stars Billie Piper - The Doctor's Rose in Seasons 1 and 2 of Doctor Who.
TVSA Recommends!True BloodPremiere date: Tuesday 10 February 2009 at 21h30
Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humour, True Blood follows Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a waitress who can read people's minds.
Her life is turned upside down when a vampire, Bill, walks into her diner. Although the vampires can still only come out at night, they no longer need humans for their fix and can walk around freely among their living counterparts.
True Blood was nominated at this year’s 66th Golden Globes for Best Television Drama, and also picked up a nomination for Anna Paquin for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama
Sneak Peak! (includes trailer)
RETURNING SHOWS
Idols 5Premiere date: Sunday, 1 February 2009 at 17h30 and Monday, 2 February 2009 at 19h00.
The fifth season of Idols kicks off with coverage of the Cape Town auditions before moving on to Durban on Monday night's show.
The Monday night "Results Show" begins at the start of the season this time round. Before the show gets to the competition stage and results, the show will feature auditions as well as extra footage filmed on location in each city.
Idols Extra also launches on DStv Channel 198 on Sunday, 1 February 2009 at 19h00. The channel runs 24/7 for the full run of the show and features all the audition footage filmed.
For more about the season check out TVSA's
Idols 5 Updates.
Prison Break 4Premiere date: Tuesday 10 February 2009 at 20h30
Michael Scofield and his brother Lincoln continue to evade the police and their enemies on the outside in a new season of Prison Break.
At the end of Season 3, Michael and Linc found a mysterious case under the bed at Sofia's apartment and Michael opened it with a crowbar. It contained a dossier on a man named Jonathan Lief from Scottsdale, Arizona.
Michael decides instantly to investigate and can't be talked out of it - this is about getting back at those responsible for killing Sara. The brothers hugged and bid each other farewell, before Michael drove off over the horizon, clutching the origami rose in one hand. Who is the mysterious Jonathan Lief?
TVSA's Prison Break Mini Site
Saving Grace 2Continues: Sunday 15 February 2009 at 22h00
Please note: these are the 8 remaining episodes that didn't air during 2008.
TVSA's Saving Grace Mini Site
Desperate Housewives 5Premiere date: Thursday 26 February 2009 at 20h30
It’s been five years since Katherine shot her ex-husband as Susan, Lynette, Bree and Gabrielle stood together in solidarity to protect her.
Susan tries to hide her relationship with a new man. Gaby questions her abilities as a mother. Bree is on the verge of publishing her own cookbook as business partner Katherine grows envious. Lynette catches her teenaged twins spearheading illegal activities. And finally, Edie returns to Wisteria Lane in jaw-dropping fashion with a new man in tow - her new husband Dave.
TVSA's Desperate Housewives Mini Site
SPECIALS
51st Annual Grammy AwardsOn: Monday 9 February 2009 at 20h30
The 2009 Grammy Awards. The nominees in the main categories:
RECORD OF THE YEARChasing Pavements - Adele
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
Paper Planes - M.I.A
Please Read The Letter - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
ALBUM OF THE YEARViva La Vida - Coldplay
Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
Year Of The Gentleman - Ne-Yo (LOL)
Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
In Rainsbows - Radiohead
SONG OF THE YEARAmerican Boy - William Adams, Keith Harris, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, John Stephens, Estelle Swaray & Kanye West, songwriters
Chasing Pavements - Adele Adkins, songwriter
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz, songwriter
Love Song - Sara Bareilles, songwriter
Viva La Vida - Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters
BEST NEW ARTISTAdele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan
BEST FEMAILE POP PERFORMANCEChasing Pavements - Adele
Love Song - Sara Bareilles
Mercy - Duffy
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
So What - P!nk
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP VOCALSRock And Roll Train - AC/DC
Violet Hill - Coldplay
Long Road Out Of Eden - The Eagles
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
House of Cards - Radiohead
BEST ROCK ALBUMViva La Vida - Coldplay
Rock n Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
Only By The Night - Kings of Leon
Death Magnetic - Metallica
Consolers of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUMIn Rainbows - Radiohead
Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
Modern Guilt - Beck
Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie
The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
other big cateogires are coming in right now and I will upade this post with them
BEST R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALEBeyonce - Me Myself and I
Heaven Sent 0 Keyshia COle
Spotlight - JHud
Superwoman - Alicia Keys
Need U Bad 0 Jazmine Sullivan
BEST CONTEMPORARY R&B PERFORMANCEGrowing Pains - Mary J Blidge
Back of my lac - J Holiday
First Love - Karina
Year Of The Gentleman - Ne-Yo
Fearless -Jazmine Sullivan
BEST RAP PERFORMANCEAmerican Gangster - Jay Z
Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
Nas - Nas
Paper Trail - T.I.
BEST COUNTRY ALBUMThat Lonesome Song - Jamey Johnson
Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless
Troubador - George Strait
Around The Bend - Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache And the Power Of Love - Trisha Yearwood
81st Annual Academy AwardsOn: Monday, 23 February at 20h30
The 2009 Oscars. Hosted by Australian actor Hugh Jackman, the nominees were announced today - Thursday, 22 January 2009.
The nominees in the main categories:
BEST PICTUREThe Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLERichard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLEAnne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEJosh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger -The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLEAmy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P Henson - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
BEST DIRECTORDavid Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
BEST FOREIGN FILMThe Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYEric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button;
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYCourtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - WALL-E
BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Down To Earth from WALL-E - Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman and Gulzar
O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire - AR Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
BEST COSTUME
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
BEST FILM EDITING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST MAKE-UP
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man