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2013 In South African Television
This is a list of South African television related events from 2012. Events *11 September - ''The Wild'' actress Zakeeya Patel and her partner Ryan Hammond win the sixth season of ''Strictly Come Dancing (South African TV series), Strictly Come Dancing''. *17 October - 16-year-old singer Johnny Apple wins SA's Got Talent (season 4), the fourth season of ''SA's Got Talent''. *26 November - Musa Sekwene wins Idols South Africa (season 9), the ninth season of ''Idols South Africa''. Debuts Domestic *2 March - ''Isibaya'' (Mzansi Magic) (2013–present) *10 April - ''Million Rand Money Drop'' (2013) *10 July - ''Strictly Come Dancing (South African TV series), Strictly Come Dancing'' (SABC2) (2006-2008, 2013–2015) International *4 January - ''The Secret Circle (TV series), The Secret Circle'' (M-Net Series) *5 January - ''Let's Stay Together (TV series), Let's Stay Together'' (e.tv) *14 January - ''Unforgettable (American TV series), Unforgettable'' (M-Net Series) *15 January - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Television
Television in South Africa was introduced in 1976. South Africa was relatively late in introducing television broadcasting to its population. History Opposition to introduction The first proposal to introduce television in South Africa was made by The Rank Organisation in 1953, but this was rejected by the National Party (South Africa), National Party government.South Africa Enters the Electronic Age: The Decision to Introduce Television Edward C. Corrigan, ''Africa Today'', Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1974), page 15 Even though the state-controlled South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) had a virtual monopoly on radio broadcasting, it also saw the new medium as a threat to Afrikaans and the Afrikaner ''volk'', giving undue prominence to English language, English, and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saving Hope
''Saving Hope'' is a Canadian supernatural medical drama television series set in Toronto in the fictional hospital Hope Zion. The series stars Erica Durance and Michael Shanks. The show's premise originated with Malcolm MacRury and Morwyn Brebner, who are both credited as creators and executive producers. ''Saving Hope'' aired on CTV for five seasons from June 7, 2012 to August 3, 2017, with the first season airing on NBC. Plot The protagonist of the show is Dr. Alex Reid (Erica Durance), a doctor whose fiancé, Dr. Charles Harris (Michael Shanks), is in a coma after a car accident while on his way to their wedding. The show follows the life of Charlie in his comatose state and Alex dealing with her patients, all the while hoping that he will survive. Dr. Reid is the Chief Surgical Resident while Dr. Harris was the Chief of Surgery until his accident. Dr. Harris recovers at the end of season 1, but in subsequent seasons he continues to be able to see the spirits of comatose an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fosters (American TV Series)
''The Fosters'' is an American family drama television series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. It premiered in the United States on June 3, 2013, on the ABC Family (later Freeform) television network and concluded on June 6, 2018. It followed the lives of the Adams-Foster family led by a lesbian couple, Stef Foster, a police officer, and Lena Adams, a school vice principal, who raise one biological son and four adopted teenagers in San Diego, California. The first season received generally favorable reviews and particular acclaim for its portrayal of LGBT themes. It also earned two GLAAD Media Awards and one Teen Choice Award. On January 3, 2018, Freeform announced that ''The Fosters'' would end after five seasons. It concluded with a three-episode finale, which also acted as an introduction to '' Good Trouble'', the spin-off series starring Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez. Plot The series follows the lives of police officer Stef Foster and her life partner Lena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Donovan
''Ray Donovan'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ann Biderman for Showtime. The twelve-episode first season premiered on June 30, 2013. The pilot episode broke viewership records, becoming the biggest premiere of all time on Showtime. In February 2020, the series was cancelled after seven seasons. The show's storyline concluded with the feature-length '' Ray Donovan: The Movie'', which premiered on January 14, 2022, on Showtime. The drama, starring Liev Schreiber in the title role, is set primarily in Los Angeles (during seasons 1–5) and in New York City (during seasons 6–7). The main character, Ray Donovan, is a professional " fixer" who arranges bribes, payoffs, threats, crime-scene clean-up, and other illegal activities to protect his (usually) celebrity clients. Good at his job, he is also normally devoted to his children and brothers but has a complicated relationship with his wife. He encounters problems when his menacing father, Mickey Donova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Junior (Southern Africa)
Disney Junior, officially Disney Junior Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is a British-managed preschool pay television channel targeting younger viewers aged 2–7, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company Limited, the international division of the Walt Disney Company serving Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Launched on 1 June 2011 as a replacement for Playhouse Disney outside Africa and headquartered at Hammersmith, West London, it broadcasts in 11 languages. it is available through Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Turkey with the Middle East (except, Iran, Israel, and Syria), most of Africa, the Baltics, the Nordics, and the Balkan countries (Including Albania). Disney Junior is partially available in the Czech Republic through some satellite services, but does not air through its native language (Czech), unlike the former block on Disney Channel. It was previously available in Hungary between 2015 and 2017 in a Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hugglemonster
''Henry Hugglemonster'' is a CGI children's animated television series produced by Brown Bag Films. The show is designed for children aged 2–7. It is based on the 2005 book ''I'm a Happy Hugglewug'' written and illustrated by Niamh Sharkey. The series premiered on Disney Junior in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2013 and in the United States on April 15. It aired in 2015 on the afternoon Disney Junior segment on Disney Channel in United States and Canada. It ended on November 30, 2015. Premise The series revolves around the daily life of a yellow monster named Henry Hugglemonster and his family, living in a village called Roarsville. Other places characters come from include Growlsberg and Growltown. Henry has a best friend named Denzel Dugglemonster and a monsterette friend named Gertie Growlerstein, who he spends time with. Henry's experiences with his family and friends often lead to problems, so Henry must use his problem-solving skills to try to find a way to solve the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carrie Diaries (TV Series)
''The Carrie Diaries'' is an American teen drama, teen comedy-drama television series that aired for two seasons on The CW from January 14, 2013, to January 31, 2014. It is a prequel to the HBO television series ''Sex and the City'' and based on the The Carrie Diaries, 2010 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell. The first season focuses on Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) during her junior year of high school in 1984 as she explores life in New York City while interning at a law firm office, and also secretly working at a magazine company, while the second season focuses more on her expanding life in the city as well as the lives of her friends and boyfriend. The pilot was picked up by The CW to a series order of 13 episodes in May 2012. Four months into the first season, the network renewed ''The Carrie Diaries'' for a second season, which premiered in October 2013. In May 2014, The CW canceled the series after two seasons. Cast and characters Main * AnnaSophia Robb as Carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motive (TV Series)
''Motive'' is a Canadian police procedural crime drama television series that aired for four seasons on CTV from February 3, 2013, to August 30, 2016. The series premiere had 1.23 million viewers, making it the number one Canadian series premiere of the 2012–13 season. Premise ''Motive'' is a police procedural crime drama set in Vancouver, British Columbia, following the investigations of working class single mother Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman). Each episode reveals the killer and the victim at the beginning; and the rest of the episode details the ongoing investigation, the killer's efforts to cover up the crime, and, via flashbacks, the events leading to the crime. This format is similar to that of the TV series ''Columbo''. Cast and characters Main * Kristin Lehman as Detective Angelika "Angie" Flynn, a feisty Vancouver detective who investigates the motives of killers. * Louis Ferreira as Detective and later Staff Sergeant Oscar Vega, Flynn's former partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World
The "New World" is a term for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of ''Americus'', the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). The name ''America'' first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural ''Americas'' and more or less synonymous with ''the New World''. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English: ... However, the term is open to uncertainties: ..." The term gained prominence in the early 16th century, during Europe's Age of Discovery, shortly after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci concluded that America represented a new continent, and subsequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimm (TV Series)
''Grimm'' is an American fantasy police procedural drama television series created by Stephen Carpenter and Jim Kouf & David Greenwalt and produced by Universal Television for NBC. The series aired from October 28, 2011, to March 31, 2017, for 123 episodes, over six seasons. The series' narrative follows Portland homicide detective Nicholas Burkhardt (played by David Giuntoli), who discovers he is a Grimm, the latest in a line of guardians who is sworn to keep the balance between humanity and mythological creatures, known as Wesen. The series features a supporting cast with Russell Hornsby, Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz, Reggie Lee, Bree Turner, and Claire Coffee. ''Grimm'' was originally developed for CBS, but did not end up moving forward due to the 2007–08 writers' strike. In January 2011, the series moved to NBC. It has been described as "a cop drama—with a twist ... a dark and fantastical project about a world in which characters inspired by ''Grimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunted (2012 TV Series)
''Hunted'' is a 2012 British television drama series created and written by Frank Spotnitz and produced by Kudos and Big Light Productions for British broadcaster BBC, for its main channel BBC One and American premium cable broadcaster Cinemax. The series premiered on Thursday 4 October 2012 on BBC One and on Friday 19 October 2012 on Cinemax. Overview Samantha (Melissa George) is an espionage operative for "Byzantium", a private intelligence agency. She survives an attempt on her life, which she strongly suspects was orchestrated by members of the company she works for. After recovering and returning to active duty, she goes back to work undercover as a nanny, not knowing who tried to kill her or whom to trust. It becomes evident that the attempt on her life is tied into a horrific event from her childhood. Main cast *Melissa George as Samantha "Sam" Hunter/Alex Kent *Adam Rayner as Aidan Marsh *Stephen Dillane as Rupert Keel *Stephen Campbell Moore as Stephen Turner *Adewale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longmire (TV Series)
''Longmire'' is an American modern Western crime drama television series that premiered on June 3, 2012 on the A&E network, developed by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin. The series is based on the ''Walt Longmire Mysteries'' series of novels by Craig Johnson. It centers on Walt Longmire, a sheriff in fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming. He is assisted by staff, friends, and his daughter in investigating major crimes within his jurisdiction. ''Longmire'' became the "highest-rated original drama series" on A&E; however, the network announced in August 2014 that it would not renew the series after the third season. Warner Horizon Television offered it to other networks and Netflix picked it up, starting with season four. Netflix released the sixth and final season on November 17, 2017. All episodes are available for streaming via Netflix in the United States. Plot Walt Longmire ( Robert Taylor) is the sheriff of fictional Absaroka County. Sheriff Longmire's longtime friend Henry Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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