Starting on
Vuzu this May, 2011:
Top ShayelaPremiere date: Wednesday, 4 May 2011 at 19h30
A new docu-reality series that features the personal story of a featured celebrity, involving how they made it onto the A-list and what is required to stay there. A different celebrity is featured each week.
The series is hosted by Siyabonga Ngwekazi. Celebrities featured include Bonang Matheba, Da L.E.S, DJ Sbu, Uyanda Mbuli and Somizi.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Top Shayela Mini-Site.
New to Vuzu!America's Next Top Model 9Premiere date: Thursday, 5 May 2011 at 20h30
Vuzu has acquired the rights to America's Next Top Model and starts the series from Season 9.
For more about the season, including the line-up of models, see:
TVSA's America's Next Top Model 9 Show Page.
The Real Housewives of NYCPremiere date: Thursday, 12 May 2011 at 19h30
Another spin-off of the The Real Housewives of Orange County, this time featuring five "housewives".
In this series, the fivesome aren't all housewives though: one of them is unmarried with a business; and all the rest have jobs or their own businesses.
Brandy and Ray J: A Family BusinessPremiere date: Tuesday, 17 May 2011 at 19h30
A reality series starring Brandy and her younger brother Ray J. The series the follows Brandy and her family, showing how the family feel about each other and showbiz.
Futurama 6Premiere date: Monday, 23 May 2011 at 18h30
New episodes air Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 18h30
Season 6 of the Matt Groening animated sci-fi sitcom. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy who, after being cryogenically frozen for a thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the 31st century.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Futurama Mini-Site.
Project Runway 8Premiere date: Tuesday, 24 May 2011 at 20h30
Season 8 of Project Runway follows immediately after the Season 7 finale on Tuesday 17, May 2011.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Project Runway Mini-Site.
House of GlamPremiere date: Friday, 27 May 2011 at 20h30
A reality series made by Oxygen, that follows a group of stylists and image consultants who consult with big name celebs.
Flipping Out 3Premiere date: Monday, 30 May 2011 at 19h30
Season 3 of the reality series which follows which centres on Los Angeles real estate investor Jeff Lewis, his entourage and the houses that he works to buy and sell for profit.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Flipping Out Mini-Site.
Vuzu is on DStv, channel 123.