Top One

Broadcast on: Defunct
Active from: 05 Jan 2010
Active until: 30 Nov 2013

Shows

MTV Shuga

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

Hair Battle Spectacular

Genre: Reality Competition
Channel: Top One, SABC3
Summary: This reality competition pits America's hottest stylists against each other to see who can deliver the biggest and best in fantasy hair design.
Starring: Brooke Burns, Eva Marcille

Love & Hip Hop

Genre: Music, Reality, Docu-Reality
Channel: Top One, e.tv, eKasi+, Vuzu, M-Net Family, Vuzu Amp, eExtra, eReality, 1Magic
Summary: Love & Hip Hop follows a number of women who share one common bond: their connection to the hip-hop world through their famous men and their careers.
Starring: Chrissy Lampkin, Olivia Longott, Somaya Reece

The Bernie Mac Show

Genre: Comedy
Channel: SABC1, Top One, Mzansi Magic, Sony Channel, eExtra
Summary: Sitcom featuring Bernie Mac based on his stand-up comedy acts, exploring his parenting style as he attempts to raise his sister's three children.
Starring: Bernie Mac, Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez

Top Chef Masters

Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Channel: M-Net Series, Top One, StarTimes One, M-Net Series Reality
Summary: Top Chef Masters pits 24 established chefs against each other to see how they fare in the tried and true format of Top Chef, winning money for charities of their choice.
Starring: Cara Castronuova, Gail Simmons, Gael Greene

The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Genre: Reality, Docu-Reality
Channel: Mzansi Magic, Top One, FOX Life, eReality, Vuzu, Vuzu Amp, 1Magic, E! Africa, Me
Summary: The series is an up-close and personal look at a group of women from Atlanta's social elite – from aspiring singers to power brokers and super models.
Starring: Shereé Whitfield, Kim Zolciak, NeNe Leakes

The Fashion Show

Genre: Reality Competition
Channel: Top One, SABC3
Summary: Professional designers compete in this fashion competition series for a chance to have their designs sold in the retail market and win $125,000.
Starring: Isaac Mizrahi, Kelly Rowland, Iman

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Series, Top One, Mzansi Magic, SABC2
Summary: Shot in Botswana, a woman starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency to help townspeople solve mysteries in their lives.
Starring: Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Genre: Comedy
Channel: M-Net, Top One, SABC3, Vuzu, M-Net City, Disney+
Summary: Comedy which follows the exploits of a group of self-centered friends who run Paddy's Pub, an unsuccessful Irish bar in South Philadelphia.
Starring: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney

True Blood

Genre: Drama, Horror, Supernatural
Channel: M-Net, Top One, M-Net Edge, M-Net Action, M-Net Series, M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Series Zone
Summary: Based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels, this series details the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional small Louisiana town.
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell