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M-Net Series in November 2011:
$#*! My Dad SaysPremiere date: Saturday, 5 November 2011 at 18h30
A comedy series based on the the Twitter feed *bleep!* My Dad Says, created by Justin Halpern and consisting of quotes from his father, Sam. here's a link to it:
@shitmydadsays The series stars William Shatner as Ed Goodson, a forthright and opinionated 72-year-old with the pressure of a fire hose who will express his unsolicited and often wildly politically incorrect observations to anyone within earshot.
Nobody is safe from Ed's rants, including his sons, Henry, a twentysomething struggling writer/unpaid blogger, and Vince, the meek half of a husband/wife real estate duo the other half being the domineering Bonnie.
When Henry finds he can no longer afford to pay rent, Ed reveals a soft spot and invites Henry to move in with him. Henry agrees, all the while knowing that the verbal assault will not abate and now there will be no escape.
Describing their father/son relationship is tricky, but Ed will easily come up with a few choice words.
Top Chef 7Premiere date: Saturday, 5 November 2011 at 19h30
Top Chef returns for its seventh season. This time round the competition takes place in Washington D.C.
In the season premiere: the 17 new chef'testants team up for their first elimination challenge in which they must create a dish that represents their own constituency, where they are from and what they represent. The chefs serve their dishes at the famous National Cherry Blossom festival in Washington D.C.
Padma Lakshmi returns as host alonsgide judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. World-renowned chef Eric Ripert joins the series as a new regular guest judge.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Top Chef Mini-Site
CSI: New York 7Premiere date: Sunday, 6 November 2011 at 19h30
In the season premiere: The newest member of the CSI team, Jo Danville, is welcomed to her job by stumbling upon the body of a young woman murdered in the building that houses the NYPD Crime Lab.
For more about the season, see:
TVSA's CSI: New York 7 Show Page
Law & Order: LAPremiere date: Sunday, 6 November 2011 at 22h30
Another spin-off of Law & Order, the series follows follows Detectives Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich) and Tomas TJ Jarusalski (Corey Stoll) as they pursue cases through the diverse City of Angels.
For more about the show - and characters, see:
TVSA's Law & Order: LA Mini-Site
Rizzoli & Isles 2Premiere date: Tuesday, 8 November 2011 at 20h30
Boston detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles return for Season 2.
In the season premiere: Jane Rizzoli is honoured as a hero at a public event. The celebration is short-lived, however, when disaster strikes. The ensuing case reunites Jane with an old high-school flame, Sgt. Major Casey Jones.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Rizzoli & Isles 2 Show Page
Stargate Universe 2Premiere date: Tuesday, 8 November 2011 at 21h30
Season 2 of the sci-fi series that follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team. They're unable to return to Earth after an evacuation to the ancient spaceship Destiny, which is travelling in a distant corner of the universe.
For more about the series, please see:
TVSA's Stargate Universe Mini-Site
Memphis Beat 2Premiere date: Wednesday, 9 November 2011 at 20h30
Dwight Hendricks, "the keeper of Memphis" returns for season 2. In the season premiere:
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Memphis Beat Mini-Site
UndercoversPremiere date: Wednesday, 16 November 2011 at 21h30
Best described as a mix between Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Hart to Hart, the series centres round an impossibly hot couple, the Blooms (Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw).
They were two of the best spies the CIA had ever known, until they fell in love on the job five years ago and retired.
When fellow spy and good friend Leo Nash goes missing while on the trail of a Russian arms dealer, the Blooms are reinstated by boss and agency liaison, Carlton Shaw, to locate and rescue Nash.
For more about it, see this TVSA story:
M-Net Bags New J.J. Abrams Spy Thriller (It was originally lined up to be on M-Net and has subseuqently moved to Series.)
Royal Pains 2Premiere date: Sunday, 20 November 2011 at 17h30
In the Season 2 premiere: Hank and Divya treat the heir of an inventor who wants to distance himself from his father which puts him in harm's way. Jill's job at Hamptons Heritage is threatened.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Royal Pains 2 Show Page
M-Net Series is on DStv, channel 110.