[Submitted via press release]
M-Net and M-Net HD July 2012 Highlights
New, Returning and Ending Series in July 2012:
2 July: A Gifted Man
Series Premiere3 July: Girls I
Series Premiere4 July: Crimes Uncovered SA
Series Premiere6 July: Raising Hope II
Season Finale Wipeout (Usa) IV
Season Finale11 July: Homeland I
Season Finale13 July: Cougar Town III
Season PremiereTake The Money and Run I
Series Premiere16 July: Minute To Win It II
Season Finale17 July: Million Dollar Drop I
Series Premiere18 July: Mentalist The IV
Season Premiere24 July: MasterChef SA I
Season Finale30 July: Good Wife The III
Season Finale Private Practice V
Season Finale
Sunday Night Blockbusters:
1 July: X-Men: First Class 13VSL Science Fiction Action
8 July: Transformers: Dark of The Moon 13VL Action Adventure
15 July: Lincoln Lawyer Drama Thriller
22 July: The Adjustment Bureau, PG13VL
29 July: The Help PG13VL Drama
Highlights:
Sunday 1 July 201217:30 Idols Yr 8 005
Idols SA season 8 makes the journey to Sun City for the first phase of theatre week, the most incredible and harrowing experience for the countries hopefuls. It’s gruesome as they get whittled down in quick time, but this is where South Africa’s favourites will start to shine. @IdolsSA
Monday 2 July 201219:30 A Gifted Man I 001 PG13VL
After the ghost of Michael's ex-wife visits him from the afterlife and asks him to help continue running her low income clinic, he finds himself rushing back and forth between taking care of his own patients at Holt Neuro and her less fortunate patients at the clinic.
Tuesday 3 July 201222:30 Girls I 001 18
Hannah (Lena Dunham), a 24-year-old aspiring writer living in New York City, is blindsided when her parents (Becky Ann Baker, Peter Scolari) cut her off financially. Subsequently fired from her unpaid internship, she seeks comfort in Adam (Adam Driver), the eccentric actor she sometimes sleeps with when she can get him to respond to her texts.
Meanwhile, Hannah’s best friend and Type-A roommate, Marnie (Allison Williams), hosts a dinner party for their bohemian British friend Jessa (Jemima Kirke), who’s returned from god-knows-where to move in with Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet), Jessa’s younger, “Sex and the City”-obsessed cousin.
Wednesday 4 July 201221:30 Crimes Uncovered SA 001 13VL
Crimes Uncovered is a powerful, emotional and thought provoking 13-part docu-drama crime series, based on true-life South African crimes that have captured the hearts and minds of South Africans and have resulted in the successful capture and prosecution of the perpetrators.
Thursday 5 July 201219:00 Wild, The Yr 2 0264
Itumeleng and Maxine broker an uneasy deal and Marang believes she has won this round against Maxine. Modise organises a cottage for Cindy at Go-Tladi, but Lelo is suspicious of Cindy’s motives. @TheWildMNet
Friday 6 July 201219:00 Raising Hope II 0022
“I Want My Baby Back, Baby Back, Baby Back”
Following the revelations of the "Inside Probe" exposé of their family history, the Chances are put on trial in a fight to retain custody of Hope.
19:30 Wipeout (Usa) IV 0032
Jill Wagner, John Henson, and John Anderson host Wipeout, a show in which 24 contestants compete against each other and the clock in hopes of winning the $50,000 prize.
Wednesday 11 July 201220:30 Homeland I 0013 16VL
While Carrie is near catatonic and confined to bed, Saul investigates the unsettling implications of her timeline; Walker secures a perch for his mission; and Brody makes his final preparations for the Vice President's policy summit at the State Department.
Friday 13 July 201219:00 Cougar Town III 0001
Jules is miffed when Grayson (who has an ulterior motive) calls her "predictable"; Ellie frets that little Stan is turning into a "devil child," or even worse, could grow up to be like Laurie; and Travis likes his new off campus housing, until Bobby tries to convince him to take dog Travis in.
19:30 Take The Money and Run I 0001
In San Francisco, brothers look to hide a suitcase containing one hundred thousand dollars from local police detectives. If the detectives do not find the money in a set amount of time, the brothers get to keep the money.
Monday 16 July 201218:00 Minute To Win It II 0041
The ultimate battle of woman versus man compete for a chance to win a million dollar prize.
School teacher Shannon Johnson from Manhattan Beach, CA and construction worker Marc Sorkoram from Pasadena, CA go head-to-head to win the best of three in order to get a shot at the million dollar prize.
In their first head-to-head challenge, they take on the “Stack Attack” challenge where they must stack 36 plastic cups into a perfect triangle-shaped structure - and then deconstruct the pyramid and put the cups back into a single stack.
Later, a new game begins with Veronica Castro from Tuscon, AZ who tries to win the top prize. Up to the task, Veronica takes on the “Chocolate Unicorn” challenge where she must stack seven chocolate snack cakes on her forehead, one at a time, using only one hand forming a horn. Guy Fieri hosts.
Tuesday 17 July 201218:00 Million Dollar Drop I 0001
If you were handed a million dollars in cash and only had to answer a few simple questions to keep it, could you do it? Million Dollar Drop challenges contestants to do just that.
Wednesday 18 July 201220:30 Mentalist The IV 0001 13V
In the fourth season premiere, Jane, in prison for killing his nemesis, must prove that the man he shot really was Red John. And Lisbon urges Van Pelt to seek counseling.
Tuesday 24 July 201219:30 MasterChef SA I 0019
Only one MasterChef favourite will walk away as South Africa’s winner? It’s all come down to this moment and the biggest prize in SA’s television history is up for grabs to just one incredible, amateur chef. Who will it be? @MasterChef_SA
Monday 30 July 201220:30 Good Wife The III 0022
Will and Diane scramble when Louis Canning and Patti Nyholm team up to bankrupt the firm. Also, Alicia faces conflicted feelings regarding her relationship with Peter, and Kalinda’s past catches up to her.
21:30 Private Practice V 0022
When Amelia goes into labor, the Seaside doctors - even those she pushed away - come to her side as she faces the hardest decision of her life. Meanwhile, after Pete finds himself in life-changing trouble, he and Violet realize what they mean to one another, and Addison is faced with a choice, on the Season Finale.