ShowMax

Broadcast on: Online
Active from: 19 Aug 2015

Shows

Arsenaal

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Channel: SABC2, kykNET, SABC3, kykNET & kie, ShowMax
Summary: Action thriller which tells the story of Jack Degenaar, a former professor and publisher who suddenly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case.
Starring: Ian Roberts, Elzette Maarschalk, Dirk Stoltz

Boardwalk Empire

Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Edge, ShowMax, M-Net Series, M-Net Series Zone, M-Net Series Showcase
Summary: From Martin Scorsese comes Boardwalk Empire, set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal in the US.
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald

Damages

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Series, ShowMax
Summary: Legal thriller revolving around the brilliant yet ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes, her protégée Ellen Parsons and the law firm Hewes runs in New York.
Starring: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne, Željko Ivanek

It's for Life (2011)

Genre: Comedy
Channel: Mzansi Magic, Mzansi Wethu, ShowMax
Summary: Three friends move into a house to find a squatter living there and as the law doesn't allow them to evict her, it looks like she is there to stay.
Starring: Gugulethu Zuma, Thuli Zuma, Nkuli Sibeko-Botman

Jekyll and Hyde

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Supernatural, Period Drama
Channel: ShowMax
Summary: Based on the novel and set in 1930's London at a time of glamour, cars and monster movies, this drama focuses on the grandson of the original doctor.

Kidnapped

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Channel: actionX, SABC1, ShowMax, e.tv
Summary: Kidnapped is a high-stakes serialised thriller in which the teen son of a wealthy Upper East Side family is kidnapped and everyone is a suspect.
Starring: Jeremy Sisto, Carmen Ejogo, Delroy Lindo

Mad Men

Genre: Drama, Period Drama
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Series, ShowMax, M-Net Series Zone, M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Edge
Summary: Set in one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies in the 1960s, this drama focuses on the firm's mysterious but talented executive Don Draper.
Starring: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser

Make It or Break It

Genre: Drama, Teen Drama
Channel: Vuzu, ShowMax, M-Net Series
Summary: Set in the world of competitive gymnastics, this drama follows a group of teen Olympic hopefuls as they prepare for their day in the spotlight.
Starring: Zachary Burr Abel, Chelsea Hobbs, Ayla Kell

Mshika-shika

Genre: Drama
Channel: Mzansi Magic, Mzansi Wethu, ShowMax
Summary: Crime drama exploring both sides of the law after a carjacking of a BMW in Mayfair, Jozi, examining how separating the good from the bad is not easy.
Starring: Richard Lukunku, Zuluboy, Terri Ann Eckstein

My Boys

Genre: Comedy
Channel: go, e.tv, ShowMax, Vuzu
Summary: Follows a female sports columnist and the men in her life including her brother, her ex, her best friend and a writer for a rival publication.
Starring: Jordana Spiro, Kyle Howard, Reid Scott