Universal TV

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Active from: 24 Mar 2010
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Shows

Unforgettable

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Police Procedural
Channel: M-Net Series, M-Net Series Zone, eExtra, eBella, Universal TV, M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Edge, M-Net Family
Summary: Detective Carrie Wells has a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything she has ever seen or heard.
Starring: Poppy Montgomery, Dylan Walsh, Michael Gaston

Two and a Half Men

Genre: Comedy
Channel: M-Net, SABC3, Universal TV, Comedy Central Africa, eExtra, M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Series Zone, Vuzu
Summary: Sitcom about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, single parenthood, sibling relations, surrogate families, money and, most importantly, love.
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones

The Mentalist

Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Series, Universal TV, SABC3, CBS Action, M-Net Series Zone, M-Net Edge, M-Net City
Summary: Patrick Jane is a former television psychic who, after being exposed as a fraud, uses his real abilities as a mentalist to help the CBI solve crimes.
Starring: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Channel: Universal TV, eExtra, e.tv
Summary: A series based on the Librarian telefilms which follows four new characters who work for The Library and do battle with the Serpent Brotherhood.
Starring: Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth

Taxi Brooklyn

Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy-Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: Universal TV
Summary: Taxi Brooklyn is a French-American action-comedy police procedural television series based on the film Taxi written by Luc Besson and developed for television by Gary Scott Thompson, Stephen Tolkin and Franck Ollivier centered on the fractious, closely bonded partnership between a streetwise Marseilles-born New York City taxi driver and an intensely driven NYPD detective for whom this immigrant cabbie becomes chauffeur, insider on the streets and unofficial partner.
Starring: Chyler Leigh, Jacky Ido, James Colby

Second Chance

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Channel: Universal TV
Summary: Inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, in which a billionaire and his bioengineer twin bring a dead police officer back to life.
Starring: Robert Kazinsky, Dilshad Vadsaria, Adhir Kalyan

Rookie Blue

Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: Universal TV, SABC1, SABC3
Summary: Fresh out of the Police Academy a group of rookie cops must learn the ropes as they hit the streets and come face-to-face with life-or-death.
Starring: Missy Peregrym, Gregory Smith, Enuka Okuma

Rizzoli & Isles

Genre: Police Procedural
Channel: M-Net Series, Universal TV, M-Net Series Zone, M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Edge, M-Net City, M-Net, M-Net Family
Summary: Based on the novels by Tess Gerritsen, the show centres around a Boston detective and medical examiner who combine their skills to solve murders.
Starring: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges

Psych

Genre: Drama, Comedy-Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: SABC3, StarTimes One, eExtra, Universal TV
Summary: Shawn Spencer is a young crime consultant whose "heightened observational skills" and instincts allow him to convince people that he is psychic.
Starring: James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson

Numb3rs

Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: Hallmark Channel, Top One, SABC3, SABC2, CBS Action, FOX Africa, Universal TV
Summary: Numb3rs is a drama about an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical-genius brother to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes.
Starring: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch