FX Africa

Broadcast on: Defunct
Active from: 01 May 2010
Active until: 03 Oct 2016

About

FX (also known as FX Africa or FOX FX) was a digital satellite television channel on the StarSat (formerly TopTV) platform as part of the stable of Fox International Channels which featured unconventional dramas, comedy and reality series, African documentary series and the cage fighting series EFC Africa.

AVAILABILITY

StarSat: Channel 132
Bouquet: StarSat Super

Formerly

TopTV: Channel 110

PICTURE FORMAT

576i (SDTV)

ABOUT

FX positioned itself as "fearless entertainment that celebrates unique creative voices". With a mix of quality, character-driven and often unconventional drama and comedy, FX attracted men and women alike.

Shows such as The Americans, Entourage, Bones, Copper, Burn Notice and Seinfeld became cornerstones of the FX Africa schedule.

Other series carried on the channel included American Dad!, Fringe, Hell on Wheels, Lie to Me, Peep Show, Rexcue Me, Sons of Anarchy, The Cleveland Show and The Office.

FX Africa was discontinued in South Africa at 16h00 on Monday 3 October, 2016.

Latest Updated Shows

All Shows

Hell on Wheels

Genre: Drama, Period Drama, Western
Channel: FX Africa, FOX Africa
Summary: Set in the 1860s this western centres on former soldier Cullen Bohannan, whose quest for vengeance has led him to the first Transcontinental railroad.
Starring: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common

MTV Shuga

Genre: Drama, Education
Channel: MTV Base, FX Africa, Top One, eKasi+, e.tv, BET International, SABC1, StarTimes One, MTV Africa
Summary: Drama designed to empower and motivate youth and young adults to modify their sexual behaviour and to embrace positive HIV prevention strategies.

The Walking Dead

Genre: Drama, Horror, Supernatural
Channel: FX Africa, FOX Africa
Summary: The story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse which follows a group of survivors traveling across the United States in search of a new home.
Starring: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies