In November 2016 On Boomerang Africa A Brand New Show Joins The Home Of The Cartoon Superstars Plus Theres Brand New Episodes Of Your Favourite Shows

BRAND NEW SHOW
GRIZZY AND THE LEMMINGS
A brand new show will be launching on Boomerang in November!

Prepare for Grizzy and the Lemmings! Grizzy the bear is the most evolved animal of the Canadian reserve (in his opinion). So naturally, the El Dorado that is the forest ranger’s house should be his to enjoy! Everyone knows contesting would be idiotic…  but that’s exactly what the lemmings are! This brand new show is the latest creation of Studio Hari, the production team behind The Jungle Bunch and will be launching exclusively on Boomerang in Africa.

Premiere date : Monday - Friday 07/11/2016
Tune-In : Monday - Friday @ 16:25 CAT
Repeat : Monday - Friday @ 18:05 CAT
Sat & Sun @ 11:20 & 16:15 CAT

BRAND NEW EPISODES
ODDBODS
How odd are the Oddbods?

They’re odd, but we love them! The Oddbods is a sketch-based series following the adventures of seven adorable characters as they laugh, fool, and trip their way through the most seemingly ordinary situations always resulting in the most hilarious, unexpected consequences. Tune-in and watch in eager anticipation as Zee grows into a giant over night after eating an experimental melon, or the episode where Jeff’s prized marrow comes to life, courtesy of a sprinkle of some radioactive waste – will Jeff do the right thing when he notices the other Oddbods begin disappearing?

Premiere date : Saturday 12/11/2016 Tune-in : Weekends @14:25 CAT
Repeat : Monday - Friday @ 11:30 CAT
Sat & Sun @ 17:25

BRAND NEW EPISODES
BE COOL, SCOOBY-DOO!
The Scooby Gang is back …. And they are ready to solve more mysteries!

Mysteries need solving, jokes need cracking and Scooby snacks need snacking … Scooby Doo, where are you – yes that’s right, your favourite ghoul-busting, crime-solving, food-eating pup is back on Boomerang  with more chilling adventures and fun! Join Scooby and the gang in their attempts to solve the mystery behind the creepy scarecrow ghost haunting a farm, as well as save their two close friends ‘perfect’ wedding day from a tragic ghost bride destroying the couple’s happily forever after.

Premiere date : Saturday 19/11/2016
Tune-in : Saturday - Sunday @ 19:10 CAT

Nick Jr Africa October 2016 Schedule Treats

06:00  Wanda and the Alien
06:10  Zack & Quack
06:20  Dora and Friends
06:45  Blaze and the Monster Machines
07:10  Paw Patrol
07:35  Shimmer and Shine
07:55  Dora the Explorer
08:20  Paw Patrol
08:45  Little Charmers
08:55  Bubble Guppies
09:20  Fresh Beat Band of Spies
09:40  Zack & Quack
09:50  Team Umizoomiz
10:15  Louie
10:30  Fresh Beat Band of Spies
10:50  Olive the Ostrich
11:00  Max & Ruby
11:25  Wanda and the Alien
11:35  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
12:00  Blaze and the Monster Machines
12:20  Blaze and the Monster Machines
12:45  Zack & Quack
13:05  Team Umizoomiz
13:25  Louie
13:40  Olive The Ostrich
13:50  Paw Patrol
14:00  Paw Patrol
14:25  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
14:35  Dora the Explorer
15:00  Max & Ruby
15:05  Bubble Guppies
15:30  Little Charmers
15:40  Shimmer and Shine
16:05  Dora and Friends
16:25  Zack & Quack
16:35  Blaze and the Monster Machines
17:00  Paw Patrol
17:10  Paw Patrol
17:35  Dora the Explorer
18:00  Wanda and the Alien
18:10  Zack & Quack
18:20  Dora and Friends
18:45  Blaze and the Monster Machines
19:10  Paw Patrol
19:35  Shimmer and Shine
19:55  Dora the Explorer
20:20  Paw Patrol
20:45  Little Charmers
20:55  Bubble Guppies
21:20  Fresh Beat Band of Spies
21:40  Zack & Quack
21:50  Team Umizoomiz
22:15  Louie
22:30  Fresh Beat Band of Spies
22:50  Olive the Ostrich
23:00  Max & Ruby
23:25  Wanda and the Alien
23:35  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
00:00  Blaze and the Monster Machines
00:20  Blaze and the Monster Machines
00:45  Zack & Quack
01:05  Team Umizoomiz
01:25  Louie
01:40  Olive The Ostrich
01:50  Paw Patrol
02:00  Paw Patrol
02:25  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
02:35  Dora the Explorer
03:00  Max & Ruby
03:05  Bubble Guppies
03:30  Little Charmers
03:40  Shimmer and Shine
04:05  Dora and Friends
04:25  Zack & Quack
04:35  Blaze and the Monster Machines
05:00  Paw Patrol
05:10  Paw Patrol
05:35  Dora the Explorer

Specials+Movies
-Blaze and the Monster Machines: #1 Blaze of Glory * Sunday Movie*
PREMIERE: Saturday, October 8 at 19:10 and Sunday, October 9 at 7:10.
-Dora the Explorer: #993 Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom *Sunday Movie*
PREMIERE: Saturday, October 15 at 19:10 and Sunday, October 16 at 7:10.
-Dora the Explorer: #2 Dora in Wonderland
PREMIERE: Saturday, October 29 at 19:10 and Sunday, October 30 at 7:10.

Stunt Marathon
Saturday, October 15
-Dora the Explorer: #999 Dora's Pirate Adventure at 08:00
-Team Umizoomi: #3 Umi Space Heroes! at 08:45
-Go Diego Go!: #998 Diego's African Safari! at 09:50
-Shimmer and Shine: #1 The First Wish at 10:15
-Paw Patrol: #206 The New Pup at 11:00
-Paw Patrol: #226 Pups Save The Dinosaur at 11:25
Sunday, October 16
-Paw Patrol: #303 Air Pups at 08:00
-Paw Patrol: #306 Pups Save Friendship Day at 08:20
-Ni Hao Kai Lan: #3 Princess Kai Lan at 08:45
-Bubble Guppies: #1 The Puppy and the Ring at 09:30
-Blaze and the Monster Machines: #2 Race to the Top of the World at 10:15
-Bubble Guppies: #404/405 Guppy Style! at 11:00

Nick Jr's Halloween Special+Stunt Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October at 20:00 and 08:00 respectively. Programming includes (in order from first to last):
-Dora the Explorer: #606 Halloween Parade
-Bubble Guppies: #115 Haunted House Party
-Ni Hao Kai Lan: #112 Ni Hao, Halloween
-Dora and Friends: #116 Trick or Treat
-Little Charmers: #108 Spooky Pumpkin Moon
-Olive the Ostrich: #37 Olive and the Spooky Castle
-Paw Patrol: #110 Pups and the Ghost Pirate
-Max and Ruby: #511 Ruby and the Beast/Max and Ruby's Halloween House/Max's Trick or Treat
-Wanda and the Alien: #103 Pumpkins
-Zack and Quack: #110 Pop-Up Pumpkin Patch/Up Popped a Spider
-Paw Patrol: #205 Pup Saves a Ghost
-Blaze and the Monster Machines: #203 Truck or Treat
-Bubble Guppies: #412 Trick-or-Treat Mr. Grumpyfish
-Shimmer and Shine: #113 A Very Genie Halloweenie

We Had Laughs And Epic Moments With Our Cartoon Network Superstars But Sadly Their Journey Ends Now

As viewers across the continent are aware, series are drawing to a conclusion on Cartoon Network. We had laughs and epic moments to remember but they will always be in our hearts.

The list of series comes as follows:

Regular Show
The news following the announcement of Regular Show ending, which ran for a successful eight seasons joining another show which also reached its milestone and that’s Adventure Time. Regular Show was the one show apart from other series (like The Amazing World Of Gumball) that made the most impact on people's lives and was one of the main reasons why viewers began watching Cartoon Network again, it had that Adult Swim Vibe. The show follows Mordecai (a blue jay) and Rigby (a raccoon) are two groundkeepers who work at the park with their boss Benson, they spend their times slacking of from work, playing videos and enjoying the good times along with their friends. It sad to see it come to this epic final moment.
Reported by Mark Hamill (Voice as Skips)
Get ready for Season 8 by J.G Quintel (Creator of Regular Show/Voices as Mordecai)

The Amazing World Of Gumball - Uncertain
Ben Bocquelet, creator of The Amazing World of Gumball announced that he will be leaving the show’s production team after Season Six to pursue other projects. The departure of Ben Bocquelet at the end of season six casts a shadow of doubt about the future of the show. The show will end at the end of season six, but there is still a chance that it can continue or be revived at a later stage. Gumball will always be remembered for its wide array of art styles, imaginative cast of characters and the cheeky mischievous antics of a blue cat named Gumball Watterson and his unusual (but at times normal) dysfunctional family.
A total of six seasons is an excellent run for an animated series, with most Cartoon Network classics in the late 1990’s to early 2000’s such as Dexter’s Laboratory and Cow and Chicken only had four seasons.

Adventure Time - Not yet
Follows the adventures of Finn the Human and his best friend Jake the Talking and Magic Dog, together they fight monsters, rescue princesses and protect the Land of Ooo from grave danger. From the beginning of the series it was the best show so far than Regular Show until the series viewership began decreasing and fading little by little in the schedule as time goes by in regions.

Teen Titans GO! - Maybe
A comedic educational animated series which follows the adventures of Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven are back wackier as ever as they juggle it out to save Jump City and get into some foolish and tricky situations. It ran for 3 Seasons with an NBA special and crossover special with The Powerpuff Girls. There is no confirmation of a fourth season being released.

Steven Universe - Not yet
Steven Universe is a member of an elite force known as the Crystal Gems whose main mission is to fight monsters and protect humanity. From the beginning I hardly watched but as flew by it became more fun to watch. It ran for two seasons.

Uncle Grandpa
The other show that will end is Uncle Grandpa, this show had four seasons, but never got a buzz. It didn't really get viewer's attention, hardly anyone understood its purpose. It has been underrated for a while (like Clarence). This show displayed the surreal, nonsensical and unexpected humour but sadly it didn’t reach the same level of interest as Adventure Time, Regular Show and The Amazing World Of Gumball.

Clarence - Theory
Even though I hardly pay much attention to the show from my understanding it is about a 10 year old boy who explores the wonder of the world with his close comrades. Ran for two seasons, this series is also underrated but worse than Uncle Grandpa. The series struggled to reach the spotlight and voted as number one underperforming show on Cartoon Network (along with Uncle Grandpa and Wimpy Kid). So many problems when the series began production.

Cartoon Network Studios have lots of ideas for the future, a whole list of shows have come and gone within the channel’s 24 year history and it continues to win Emmys and BAFTAs for producing excellent shows; it’s certain that the trend will continue. These shows will be gone but they won’t be forgotten.

Cartoon Network is currently premieres Ben 10 internationally in October (ahead with the U.S. while they premiere it in April 2017), Mighty Magiswords premieres 29 September on Cartoon Network USA later across Cartoon Network international along with Justice League Action while Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs: The Series Comes In 2017 On Cartoon Network USA and Boomerang Internationally (Latin America, CEE, APAC and EMEA).

So far Boomerang will be premiering Grizzly and The Lemmings with Mr Bean Live successfully launched and The Happos Family. Probably in 2017 Cartoon Network and Boomerang will make the necessary announcements for new programs and distribute programs which launched way back (Talking Tom and Friends) because there is still no news on programming slate for 2017 on Cartoon Network and Boomerang besides the launch of Cloudy With The Chance Of Meatballs: The Series.

Special thanks to entertainment kids blogs Regularcapital for your contribution which Cartoon Network channels in and out of the country.

Joburg's Brightest Young Sparks To Battle It Out For Title Of Nickelodeon Genius 2017

Joburg’s brightest kids are set to battle it out in the upcoming Gauteng South heat of Nickelodeon’s Genius brought to you by ABSA.

Ninety kids aged 11-16 from schools throughout the region will be joining in a 2 day interactive workshop and regional quiz at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, in Newtown, Johannesburg on 14-15 September as Nickelodeon and ABSA challenge kids to get in touch with their inner Genius.

Tasania Parsadh, Channel Director, Nickelodeon, Africa commented “We are very excited to kick off Nickelodeon’s Genius here in Gauteng South:  We are expecting a colourful, loud, exciting and fun-packed2 days with lots of future Einsteins and Hawkings taking part. To come this far, the contestants have already shown they are not short on grey matter, so the key conundrum is: do they have what it takes to go to the next level?”

All the participants will enjoy a challenging but fun two-day workshop where they will have to complete a variety of challenges including maths quizzes, experiments and problem solving tasks. Time will be their biggest enemy, as trios of bright young teens and pre-teens go head-to-head in mind bending battles of wits and smarts.

At the end of the 2 days, two teams from Gauteng South will make it through to the Nickelodeon Genius TV series, where they they will go up against teams from all over South Africa.

Nickelodeon’s Genius is powered by ABSA MegaU, and supported by the Government’s Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).  The winners will receive an amazing prize: a ZAR 100,000 ABSA MegaU account for each member of the winning team and an unforgettable visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA - where the winners will eat lunch with a real, live astronaut – and a trip to Universal Studios! The winning schools will receive books and educational material worth ZAR 50,000, courtesy of Cambridge Publishing.

Initial highlights of Nickelodeon’s Genius regional heats and workshops will air on NickToons (DStv 308) from December 2016, while the quiz show will air on NickToons from March 2017.

For more information on the GENIUS quiz show, please log on to www.nickelodeonafrica.com, like Nickelodeon on Facebook or follow Nickelodeon on Twitter @NickAfrica using the hashtag #NickGenius.

FOX Life To Launch On DStv In October

FOX Life, a bold and entertaining Pan African channel will offer an eclectic and exciting mix of US dramas, comedies, unscripted programming along with fresh local content.
FOX Networks Group Europe and Africa (FNG) today announced the launch of a bold new Pan African channel, FOX Life on 3 October 2016. Considered one of the world’s leading destinations for scripted and unscripted entertainment, FOX Life will be tailored for African audiences, and be available on DStv 126 in South Africa.
As part of the new channel, an additional 954 hours of fresh new programming will be added to the schedule over the coming months, focused on localised storytelling, created specifically for African viewers. New hit US shows to debut on FOX Life include Pitch and Atlanta.
“FOX Life is core to our global entertainment portfolio and its entry into this market signals FNG’S continued investment in Africa,” says Gary Alfonso, GM, FNG Africa. “From hit U.S. programming, to 954 hours of brand new hours which will be a mixture of locally developed and produced content and international content. Our new channels portfolio reflects the best in entertainment, factual and sports.”

The new channel will sit alongside FOX on DStv (126) and will replace FOX Crime, which will no longer be available on DStv from 28 September 2016. Select programming from this channel will be folded into the FOX daytime schedules. This is a win for DStv customers as FOX Crime was limited to only DStv Premium and DStv Extra, FOX Life will be available to DStv Premium, Extra, Compact, Family and Access customers in South Africa.
FOX Life now joins the extensive FNG portfolio in Africa, which includes FOX, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, National Geographic Gold, FOX Sports, FOX Sports 2 and Baby TV.