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New On M-Net Series In March 2008

Written by TVSA Team from the blog MNet Series on 29 Feb 2008
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New on M-net Series this March:

October Road 1
Premiere date: Wednesday 5 March at 19h00.

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October Road tells the story of popular author Nick Garrett, who for the past ten years has avoided going back to his small hometown in Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. He now has to go back to get over his writer’s block and face the unknown.

Waiting for him is his ex-girlfriend, Hannah, who has a nine year old son who Nick suspects could be his, as well as his best friend Eddie who can’t get over the fact that Nick disappointed them.

The role of Nick Garret is portrayed by former One Tree Hill star Bryan Greenberg.

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Project Runway 4
Premiere date: Friday 7 March at 20h00

The fourth season crowd begins with the new crowd of Project Runway contestants gathering in New York City’s Bryant Park - the place where the season’s finalists will showcase their final fashion collection at the end of the Project Runway journey.

The designers head to the workroom to start creating their first design immediately. Who will wow the judges with their design? Who will stay and who will buckle under the pressure first?

Supermodel Heidi Klum returns as host and Tim Gunn returns as the design mentor.

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30 Rock 1
Premiere date: Saturday 8 March at 21h00.
(Season 2 premieres on M-Net on Friday, 14 March at 19h00.)

30 Rock is a comedy that takes viewers behind the scenes of a live variety show. The madcap story is told through the comedic voice of Saturday Night Live star Tina Fey and features Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, the brash network executive who has turned the show upside down with his meddling ways.

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Heartland 1
Premiere date: Monday 10 March at 23h00.

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In the high-tension world of the organ donor and transplant business, where second chances are the order of the day, one doctor has the passion and courage to perform the most cutting-edge procedures in the world.

Dr. Nathaniel Grant (Treat Williams) is a pioneering organ-transplant surgeon who takes risks that other doctors would never take, in order to save the lives of his patients. Nathaniel's arrogance and willingness to perform risky procedures often cause him to butt heads with the hospital administration.

His ex-wife, Kate Armstrong, works as an organ-donor coordinator for the local donation centere, charged with the difficult job of convincing grieving families to donate their departed loved ones' organs.

Nathaniel and Kate's volatile relationship demands a delicate balance as they raise their daughter, Thea, amidst the ever-present demands of saving lives.

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American Idol Season 7
Premiere date: Tuesday 11 March at 19h00
The show's going out out twice weekly - on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 19h00. The first Thursday episode premieres on 13 March at 19h00.

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America’s number one reality show returns for a seventh season. Who will impress the judges and voting public this time round and who will follow in the footsteps of previous American Idol winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks and Jordan Sparks?

Before all the voting starts, all the wannabees first have to face fierce judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul at the auditions. This time round auditions were held in seven cities.

Ryan Seacrest returns to host the show.

Life Season 1
Premiere date: Sunday 30 March at 19h00
(Premieres on M-Net on Thursday, 27 March)

Life is about an offbeat cop who is given a second chance. A year ago detective Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) was sent to jail for a crime he didn’t commit.

After his release a good friend and attorney, Constance Giffiths (Brooke Langton) helps him to return to the force. Alongside his partner Dani Reese (Sarah Shahi) he does whatever is necessary to solve crimes and in between the action, he tries to find out who framed him for the triple homicide.

RETURNING SHOWS

Golden Girls 6
Premiere date: Saturday 1 March at 18h30

Golden Girls Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia share a house, where they constantsly bicker, but remain the best of friends.

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Everybody Loves Raymond 8 (Final season)
Premiere date:  Friday 8 March at 20h30

Successful sportswriter Ray Barone lives on Long Island with his wife, Debra, their 12-year-old daughter, Ally and 8-year-old twin sons, Michael and Geoffrey. That's the good news.

The bad news is Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, live directly across the street and manage to infiltrate their son's home to an extent unparalleled in television history.

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Six Feet Under 5
Premiere date: Wednesday 12 March at 22h00

Six Feet Under takes a darkly comic look at life and death from the perspective of the dysfunctional Fisher family, which co-owns and operates an independent funeral home in California.

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Wife Swap 8
Premiere date: Friday 14 March at 23h00

Wife Swap returns for an eighth season of wife and mother- swaping for two weeks.

During the first week of the swap, the new wife must follow the exact same rules and lifestyle of the wife they are replacing. A house manual which explains the wives’ role in their family is left at the home of each wife and includes the duties they need to perform in the house. In the second week, everything changes and the new wives get the opportunity to change all the rules.

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Designing Women 4
Premiere date: Thursday 27 March at 23h00

Designing Women is a sitcom centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia.

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker all work together at Sugarbaker and Associates.

The outspoken and strong-willed Julia Sugarbaker is the owner of Sugarbaker and Associates. Mary Jo Shively is a divorced single-parent who, just like Julia, is strong-willed but lacks self confidence. Charlene is a naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne Sugarbaker is the conceited ex-beauty queen with a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

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Beverly Hills 90210 9
Premiere date: Sunday 30 March at 23h00

This long-running drama deals with the experiences of a group of young people in Beverly Hills as they navigate high school, college and ultimately the real world. The series focused on their travails as they triy to maintain their friendship while dealing with romances, family and personal crises, tragedies and countless drug addictions.

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