Universal TV

Broadcast on: DStv
Active from: 24 Mar 2010
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Shows

Cape Town

Genre: Drama, Miniseries
Channel: Universal TV, eExtra
Summary: Follows burnt-out detective Mat Joubert as he tries to deal with a major serial killer case whilst dealing with the mess that is his personal life.

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

Bosch

Genre: Drama
Channel: Universal TV
Summary: A relentless LAPD homicide detective pursues the killer of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial on accusations that he murdered a suspected killer.
Starring: Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino

Dark Matter

Genre: Science Fiction
Channel: Universal TV
Summary: The crew of a derelict spaceship awaken with no memories of who they are or how they got there and have to work together to survive the voyage.

NCIS: New Orleans

Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: M-Net, Universal TV, M-Net City
Summary: Drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in the Big Easy, a city known for its decadence.
Starring: Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan

CSI: Cyber

Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Edge, M-Net City, Universal TV
Summary: The FBI's team of cyber crime investigators, headed by Special Agent Avery Ryan, works to solve cases involving the darknet and deep web.
Starring: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Peter MacNicol

The Librarians

Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Channel: Universal TV, eExtra
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

Chicago P.D.

Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Edge, M-Net City, e.tv, Universal TV
Summary: From the team behind Chicago Fire comes a drama about the men and women of District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect.
Starring: Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Sophia Bush

Last Man Standing

Genre: Comedy
Channel: M-Net, Universal TV, M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Series Zone, M-Net City, Vuzu
Summary: Mike Baxter is a world voyager and one daredevil of a marketing director who is about to face his greatest challenge yet... his own family.
Starring: Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, Alexandra Krosney