New on
Universal this September 2010:
Rookie BluePremiere date: Friday, 17 September at 21h00
New episodes air every Friday at the same time.
Described as the Grey's Anatomy of police shows, Rookie Blue is a new 2010 series that follows five rookie cops, freshly graduated from the Academy as they begin their crime fighting careers.
As they embark on their careers their lives serve up danger, sex and high-stakes as they realise that even the smallest mistake can have life-or-death consequences.
Each new recruit must face up to meeting the expectations of their superiors, handle the pressure of their new responsibilities, while also coping with the rigours of their private lives.
The series is a Canadian production and airs on ABC in the US. It premiered in Canada and the US on 24 June 2010 and was picked up for a second season after three episodes aired.
For more about the show, see:
TVSA's Rookie Blue Mini-Site.
The Mentalist Premiere date: Friday, 17 September 2010 at 21h50
New episodes air weekly at the same time.
The Mentalist stars Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation.
Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned.
Jane's role in cracking a series of tough high-profile cases is greatly valued by his fellow agents.
However, no-nonsense Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon openly resists having Jane in her unit and alternates between reluctantly acknowledging Jane's usefulness and blasting him for his theatrics, narcissism and dangerous lack of boundaries.
For more about the show, see:
TVSA's The Mentalist Mini-Site.
Law & Order Season 10Premiere date: Friday, 24 September 2010 at 19h10.
Law & Order returns for a 10th season. This season sees a new
detective, Ed Green introduced and includes episodes based on a real life murder spree at a Canadian school and the case of former Chilean President Pinochet as well as a cross-over episode with spin-off series, Law & Order Special Victims Unit.
For more about the season, see:
TVSA's Law & Order Season 10 Mini-Site.
THURSDAY NIGHT ACTION MOVIES AND MINI-SERIES
Lost City RaidersOn: Thursday 16 September at 21h00
A supernatural adventure starring James Brolin and Ian Somerhalder (Lost, Damon on The Vampire Diaries).
It is 2048 and global warming has flooded much of the Earth’s landmasses rendering them uninhabitable. A father and his two sons eek out an existence as treasure hunters, salvaging valuable artefacts from the depths of the Earth’s sunken cities.
Their latest assignment, which has come straight from the Vatican City, puts them in mortal peril and charges them with obtaining a powerful ancient relic that could save the world, but they’re not the only ones after it.
Impact (Two-part mini-series)On: Thursday, 23 September 2010 at 21h00; and 22h30.
A disaster mini-series starring Natasha Henstridge (Species) and James Cromwell (LA Confidential).
While the whole world watches in wonder at the largest meteor shower in 10,000 years, one huge space rock collides with the Moon, knocking its orbit off-kilter and setting it on a cataclysmic collision course with the Earth.
The leading scientists of the world now have 39 days to find a way to halt the disaster or all of mankind will perish.
Post ImpactOn: Thursday, 30 September 2010 at 21h00
An action adventure movie with ex-Superman Dean Cain. When a comet unexpectedly altered course and crashed into the Earth, it triggers all manner of natural disasters and plunges most of the Northern Hemisphere into a new Ice Age.
In the midst of the disaster Tom Parker, the head of security at the American Embassy in Berlin, is called away and forced to leave his wife
and daughter in what he knows will become a frozen wasteland devoid of life.
However, when evidence appears to suggest there is someone still alive in Berlin, Parker heads up an elite unit’s expedition to discover who has survived.
Universal Channel is on DStv Channel 108.