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TNT Original Movie, Paper Spiders,  premiered on TNT Africa (DStv Channel 137) last Sunday, 14 May, at 20:00 CAT – with an important message about mental health. In the film, recently-widowed Dawn experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie plans to move away for college. An argument with a hostile new neighbour aggravates Dawn's mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Determined to help her mom, Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn's real feelings of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Melanie is forced to make the toughest choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path to recovery and healing — a bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness. “TNT Africa is joining the battle to raise awareness of and remove the stigma around mental health challenges,” says Guillaume Le Gros, Director, Programming and Acquisitions, WBD GE Networks France and Africa.

Whether or not you’re a pro-wrestling superfan, you’ve most likely heard of the name Ric Flair. And that’s because he’s a legend and is always featured in lists discussing the best wrestlers of all time. Flair has been in the WWE Hall of Fame for over a decade and has had the nickname of “Nature Boy” for quite a while now. So, what’s the deal with this guy? Rap fans have probably heard his famous line: “limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling, dealing,” and on it goes. But there’s so much more to learn about Ric Flair, like his 20-year boozing routine that he has somehow lived through, or his insane spending habits, or his multiple near-death experiences. Buckle up and prepare for take-off: This is the wild and crazy ride that is Ric Flair! He Might Have Been Abducted as a Baby It might intrigue you to know that the wrestling legend came from both humble and mysterious beginnings. While it has never been confirmed, given that his parents adopted him from the notorious Ten

The eighth season of “The Lord of the Skies” (El Señor De Los Cielos) is currently airing on Telemundo Internacional and later in the year across Africa but the superseries starring the Mexican actor, Rafael Amaya is far from coming to an end. As part of its multiplatform programming for the 2023/2024 season, Telemundo has confirmed a new season of the successful saga, which will be the ninth. The “longest-running and best-loved” franchise is set to return next year with “a riveting ninth season featuring fan-favorite leading man Rafael Amaya.” In the upcoming season of “The Lord of the Skies”, Aurelio will have no other option but to return to the violent nature that is in his blood, accepting that the Casillas will never live in peace. After being betrayed and his son Ismael is arrested, Aurelio will unleash a wave of violence in the country by wanting to take revenge and defend his family. With new and old enemies to neutralize, Aurelio will show no mercy and let out the beast that

Later in the month, most of eExtra's daytime offering is expected to resume primetime after halting new content for several months. Consumers can look forward to shows like Home For The Summer and Battle Through The Heavens and in June, Naagin Season 6. Here's the synopsis for the sixth season: It revolves around Pratha (aka Kiara) has a fake marriage with Rajesh while Rishbabh dies in a fire. Pratha learns that Rishbabh is innocent and it was Mahek and Urvashi who plotted everything so she tries reviving Rishbabh and plots her revenge against them. It stars Tejasswi Prakash as Pratha Rishabh Gujral, Prathna Raghuveer Ahlawat as Sarvashreshth Maha Shesh, Simba Nagpal as Rishabh Gujral, Mahek Chahal as Mahek and Shrey Mittal as Raghuveer Ahlawat. The sixth season premiered on 12 February 2022 on Colors TV with a 120+ episodes of which 106 will be made available on eExtra from 28 June 2023. Following the sixth instalment, it has garnered popularity in India that an end d

Sacred Relationship (Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke) is an Indian drama television series that aired from 18 March 2019 to 17 October 2020 on Star Plus. It is a spin-off of Not Without My family . Produced by Rajan Shahi’s Director’s Kut Productions, it starred Rhea Sharma and Shaheer Sheikh. Set in Rajkot, the story follows the journey of Mishti Aggarwal and Abir Rajvansh as they question age-old concepts of arranged marriages and relationships. Mishti is a kind and down-to-earth girl who believes in independence and compatibility in a relationship. Estranged from her parents – Naman and Karishma , she was raised by the Maheshwari family. Abir is a cheerful and positive boy who expresses his emotions through his art and poetry. The series airs daily from 26 May on Star Life replacing Eternal Love.

SABC 3 has been going through viewership woes for almost a decade so this isn't surprising to most parties who are following the case. As to whether, The Estate is cancelled not sure but we don't anticipate that it will run longer than Muvhango or 7de Laan. e.tv has axed most of their local dramas in a similar form to Mzansi Magic with Scandal remaining as their longest running soap on the channel. We assume The Estate will join the alley of Broken Vows and Isipho: The Gift series that will up and leave in a few years. But considering this is SABC 3, maybe the public broadcaster should consolidate the content on SABC 1 & 2 to help boost the viewership. It's not like the channel is not profitable at the moment. As for The Estate, if the plan is to keep it alive then the public broadcaster should get their affairs in order - ASAP. Considering that the show will undergo a never ending hiatus some of the crew will likely pursue other projects leaving less of an estate

Redemption is another short lived South African based drama that was co-produced by two of the most notable production companies; Seriti Films, who are known for their masterful storytelling and Burnt Onion Productions, who deliver world-class productions. Set in a mega church, centres on the Zikode family. After the disappearance of Pastor Simon Zikhode (Themba Ndaba), his daughter Faith (Kwanele Mthethwa), who is on the cusp of an international music career, drops everything to come to her family's rescue. The cast includes Tina Jaxa, Sthandiwe Kgoroge, Seputla Sebogodi, Yonda Thomas, Pearl Modiadie, Sparky Xulu and newcomers Nkone Mamejta and Toka Mtabane. Redemption debuted sometime in 2022 as replacement BET's first original soap, Isono and with luck the series managed to attract 80000 households following its expansion from the Compact bouquet over to Access with the latter expected to air on e.tv. Following the cutback of international programming on e.tv, eMedia

Love Nature is a Canadian based channel owned by Rock Media Holdings. It broadcasts documentaries and television series based on wildlife and nature. It features shows such as Amazing Animal Friends, Battle of the Alphas and Operation Maneater. Love Nature launched on StarSat in December 2019 alongside The Smithsonian Channel as a replacement to National Geographic and National Geographic Wild operated by The Walt Disney Company respectively amidst their carriage dispute with the brand. Few months later, both channels were reinstated on the platform and as of 2021 the replacements were axed with the latter expected to return on Paramount+ when it launches in South Africa later in the year while Love Nature remains with no outlet. In 2021, The Walt Disney Company unveiled plans to close 100 channels in the coming future and this included a range of Disney Channel and National Geographic channels with the brands currently seen on both DStv and StarSat anticipated to go dark in 202

Africa Magic Epic (DStv 152) is a West African movie channel operated by M-Net which broadcast films from Nigeria and Ghana and since last year supply a 1 hour segment to the first season of Ajoche and Riona currently on Africa Magic Showcase (DStv 150). Novela Magic was Africa's first attempt at a dedicated channel for local telenovelas or in this case a rip-off to the likes of Mzansi Wethu, kykNET Lekker and OneZed featuring a lot of rehashed programming such as Zuba, Suidooster, Isibaya and Battleground. As of May 2023, the channel no longer exists and from last year this was only applicable to South Africa and likely Lesotho with the last fragments of the brand confined to Magic Showcase (DStv 143). Of course, Riona and Ajoche formed part of Novela Magic's offering before being swapped away alongside the rest of the channel. It's kind of weird that M-Net would make this available on a brand more accustomed to movies as opposed to Africa Magic Family. Maybe this