Starting on
M-Net in October. 2009:
GleePremiere date: Sunday, 4 October 2009 at 18h00
The brand new musical series, which premiered in the US three weeks ago. M-Net's using special technology to beam the episodes into South Africa instead of waiting for the show to be distributed by Fox - the network it's on in the US.
This is the same technique that they use when M-Net Series broadcasts American Idols so closely to the US broadcast times.
The scenario of the show: The series follows an optimistic teacher, Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), who - against all odds and a malicious cheerleading coach - attempts to save McKinley High's show choir called the Glee Club, while helping a group of aspiring underdogs realize their true star potential.
For about it, see:
TVSA's Glee Mini-Site
Mad Men 3Premiere date: Sunday, 4 October 2009 - after the 20h00 movie
Mad Men returns for it's third season: Pete and Ken are affected by the changes at the firm; Sal accompanies Don on a business trip to Baltimore, where both succumb to the powers of persuasive seduction.
TVSA's Mad Men 3 Show Page
True Blood 2Premiere date: Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 21h30
Sookie and Co. are back for Season 2. The action centres round the disappearance of a vampire who has been around for 2000 years and Sookie and Bill’s efforts to find him.
For more about the show (and Season 1), see:
TVSA's True Blood Mini-Site
Rita RocksPremiere date: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 19h00
A new sitcom is about a frazzled working mother who starts a garage band with her neighbour and a female postal worker.
Rita is used to multi-tasking and juggling her job, motherhood and marriage. If she could only get a few hours to herself it could bring back equilibrium but then she finds an old guitar in the garage and adds music to the mad mix.
She starts jamming with her neighbour and soon there are full-on rehearsals, also including the mail woman and her daughter’s boyfriend.
The show stars Nicole Sullivan as Rita.
The Bill Engvall Show 2Premiere date: Thursday 29 October 2009 at 19h00
Comedian Bill Engvall returns as Bill Pearson, a family counsellor whose own family is unpredictable, somewhat absurd and more than a little mixed up.
For more about the show, see: TVSA's
The Bill Engvall Show Mini-Site
SPECIALS
You Spectacular 2009
On: Saturday, 3 October 2009 at 20h00
A broadcast of this years YOU magazine annual awards.
SA Sports Illustrated
On: Saturday, 24 October 2009 at 21h40
The annual behind-the-bikinis special about the creation of the SA Sports Illustrated Swimwear Edition.