Coming up on
M-Net Series this August, 2010:
Sheer Genius 3Premiere date: Friday, 6 August 2010 at 21h30
Shear Genius returns for a third season, this time with a new look.
International model and handbag designer Camila Alves makes her hosting debut alongside new series judge Jonathan Antin, celebrity stylist and former star of Bravo's series Blow Out.
Famed stylist Kim Vo returns as a judge for his second season and also new to the series: stylist Orlando Pita adds his voice of expertise as mentor to the contestants.
The show has also gone international for the first time and after combing the world in search of top stylists, the series has assembled 12 individuals who should raise the level of competition.
For more about the season, see:
TVSA's Shear Genius 3 Show Page.
Eastwick 1Premiere date: Wednesday 11 August 2010 at 19h30
A fantasy drama series, adapted from the John Updike novel, The Witches of Eastwick - which the film was also based on.
The series follows the lives of three strangers, Roxanne, Joanna and Kat, who meet at a wishing fountain and soon become friends.
A mysterious man named Darryl Van Horne moves to Eastwick and, following an unknown plan, befriends the women and unleashes their supernatural powers.
For more about the series, see:
TVSA's Eastwick Mini-Site.
Baywatch 8Premiere date: Tuesday 17 August 2010 at 22h30
Yet
another season about the cheesy Hasselhoff lifeguards who patrol the busty California beaches.
For more about the show, see:
TVSA's Baywatch Mini-Site.
Men Of A Certain AgePremiere date: Monday, 23 August 2010 at 20h30
Ray Romano (of Everybody Loves Loves Raymond) makes his TV comeback in this series that follows three men: Joe, Owen and Terry - who have been best friends since college.
Now in their 40s, the three men struggle to make their way through modern life.
Joe is a friendly, 40-something, slightly neurotic, divorced father of two who once had dreams of being a professional golfer. Instead: he owns and runs a party store.
Owen is an overstressed husband and father who is a car salesman at his own father's dealership, and Terry is an offbeat, handsome, intelligent and still-struggling-to-make-it actor.
Final season!Girlfriends 8Premiere date: Thursday 26 August 2010 at 21h30
Please note: A rebroadcast of Season 7 was originally scheduled for this timeslot but we've confirmed that a first broadcast of Season 8 will be airing instead: the final season - which will take the show to 172 episodes in total.
In the season premiere: Joan causes a dispute between herself and Aaron when she purchases an expensive kitchen range for their new house without discussing it with him first.
For more (including rebroadcast times), see:
TVSA's Girlfriends 8 Show Page.
Rita Rocks 2
Premiere date: Thursday 26 August 2010 at 22h00
A comedy series about Rita an extraordinary multi-tasking woman who takes on marriage, motherhood and music and still finds the time to manage a newly formed rock band.
For more about the show, see:
TVSA's Rita Rocks Mini-Site.
Who's The Boss? 4
Premiere date: Saturday 28 August 2010 at 17h30
A comedy series about widower and a single father Tony Micelli (played by Tony Danza) who lands a job as a housekeeper, cook and nanny to Ad Executive Angela Bower.
Angela Bower, a busy executive who has little time to look after her home or her young son, Jonathan. Tony and his daughter Samantha move into the Bowers household and together they form a close bond.
For more about the show, see:
TVSA's Who's The Boss? Mini-Site.
Madmen 3
Premiere date: Sunday 29 August 2010 at 22h30
In the Season 3 premiere: Pete and Ken are affected by the changes at the firm; Sal accompanies Don on a business trip to Baltimore, where both succumb to the powers of persuasive seduction.
For more about the season, see:
TVSA's Mad Men 3 Show Page.
Parenthood
Premiere date: Monday, 30 August 2010 at 19h30
A comedy-drama based on the 1989 Steve Martin film of the same name. The series addresses the modern challenges of raising kids in our post-technological world. The story centres round four very different siblings in the Braverman family, all of whom are going through different versions of the job of parenting.
The show stars
Peter Krause, who played Nate Fisher on
Six Feet Under; and Nick George on
Dirty Sexy Money.
Fast fact: this is the second show to re-make the movie - the first ran in 1990/1991.
M-Net Series is on DStv Channel 110.