New Series Alert: The Prequel To Popular Franchises Trolls And Boss Baby As Well As A Duplicate Mega Movies Stunt On DreamWorks Africa - August 2022 Highlights

NEW SHOW
BOSS BABY: BACK IN BUSINESS

With the help of his big brother and partner-in-crime, Tim, Boss Baby continues to navigate the cutthroat corporate jungle gym of Baby Corps, while angling to achieve the near- impossible: a work-life balance.

HERO SLOT: FROM MONDAY 1ST AUGUST
WEEKDAYS AT 8.15 AM, 6.05 PM, 9.25 PM
WEEKENDS AT 8.40 AM, 3 PM, 9 PM

NEW SHOW
TROLLS: THE BEAT GOES ON

Trolls: The Beat Goes On is another chapter in the hair-raising adventures of DreamWorks' Trolls, as Poppy, Branch and all of Troll Village keep the dance party raving in their fantastical forest home. Picking up where the blockbuster film left off, the Trolls are settling into a new era with Poppy as Queen. Bursting with their signature positivity, irreverence and a whole lotta original music, Trolls: The Beat Goes On opens up the colourful world of Trolls for new adventures and a dance party around every corner.

HERO SLOT: FROM MONDAY 1ST AUGUST
WEEKDAYS AT 8.40 AM, 5.15 PM, 8.35 PM
WEEKENDS AT 7.50 PM, 5.15 PM

 

NEW EPISODES
DINOTRUX

Welcome to a world of giant creatures that are half dinosaur, half construction vehicle and all awesome in DREAMWORKS DINOTRUX! Meet Ty Rux, a massive Tyrannosaurus Trux, and his best friend Revvit, a razor-sharp Reptool. Together, the Dinotrux and Reptools join forces for the first time ever to build a bigger, better world and battle back against the biggest and baddest of them all: D- Structs, who threatens to wreck everything they’ve built.

HERO SLOT: FROM MONDAY 1ST AUGUST
WEEKDAYS AT 6.30 AM, 1.30 PM AND WEEKENDS AT 7 AM

NEW SHOW
3-2-1 PENGUINS

Get ready to meet four of the wackiest space cowboys ever to leave our solar system! Blast off with "3-2-1 Penguins" from the creators of "VeggieTales." "3-2-1 Penguins" tells the story of two young kids (Jason and Michelle) and four out-of-this-world penguins, as they explore the galaxy -- and learn important, Bible-based lessons and values along the way.

HERO SLOT: FROM MONDAY 1ST AUGUST, EVERYDAY AT 5.30 AM

STUNT
MEGA MOVIE STARS

This month on DreamWorks join your favourite ‘Super Specials', Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, and the Dragons gang starring in these special shorts!

• Kung Fu Panda: 6th-7th August
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
Tigress, Viper, Monkey, Crane and Mantis transform from complete strangers into the legendary Furious Five Warriors of Kung Fu.

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Po and the Furious Five face Shifu's biggest challenge yet as they discover it takes a lot more than fast feet and fists to become a kung fu master.

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Po and the Furious Five go back in time to uncover the origin stories of Gongmen City's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox and Master Croc.

Kung Fu Panda: Holiday Special
Po prepares for his favourite holiday, the Winter Feast and learns the true meaning of tradition, community and family.

 

• Shrek 13th-14th August
Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
Babysitting has never been more dangerous. Will our hero Puss in Boots tame the Three Diablos?

Far Far Away Idol
Join Shrek and the rest of the Far Far Away characters in this hilarious spoof as they battle it out in a singers’ showdown.

Shrek the Halls
Shrek's plans for a cosy family celebration spirals into one truly unforgettable Christmas.

Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular
Deck the halls with Donkey's laughter in this all-new crazy and colourful collection of animated Christmas goodies and hilarious holiday surprises.

The Pig Who Cried Werewolf
A conspiracy minded Heimlich has cried wolf before, so Horst and Dieter ignore his warnings when a wolf moves in next door to The Three Pigs.

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
Princess Fiona is ambushed by Lord Farquaad’s henchman, Thelonius. A crazy and hilarious chase ensues with Shrekand Donkey hot on the trail!

Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure
Welcome to RJ's Wild World of Nature, a nature show brought to you by RJ and the young porcupines Bucky, Quillo and Spike. There are loads of laughs as the gang films Hammy playing with a boomerang that simply won't go away. In the end, Hammy discovers that the nature show was just an excuse for RJ and the porcupine kids to play some pranks on him.

• Madagascar: 20th-21st August
Madly Madagascar
Romance is in the air for Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman after King Julien discovers a magical perfume and takes on the role as “King of Love.”

Merry Madagascar
When Santa unexpectedly crash lands on the island,giving the jolly gentleman a case of amnesia - it's up to those zany zoosters to save Christmas!

All Hail King Julien – King Me (S1, Ep.1)
When King Julien learns that Clover may marry Sage, he sets out to prepare the kingdom for post‐Clover attacks!

All Hail King Julien – Poll Position (S1, Ep. 2)
When King Julien and the gang bury Sage for his bachelor party, things don't go according to plan, and they must deal with Franken‐Sage!

 

• Dragons: 27th-28th August
Legend Of The Boneknapper Dragon
Hiccup and the gang join Gobber on a quest to finda legendary boneknapper dragon.

Gift Of The Night Fury
As the village of Berk prepares for its winter holiday,the resident dragons all inexplicably flyaway.

Book Of Dragons
Join Hiccup and his friends as they explore and add to their primary reference about dragons.

Dawn Of The Dragon Racers
The ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ adventure continues when a hunt for lost sheep turns into a fierce, fun-filled competition.

SATURDAYS AT 6:05PM
SUNDAYS AT 10AM AND 4PM

e.tv Consumers Bid Farewell To More International Series On Weeknights

There 10pm weekday slot on e.tv has been around for a couple of years competing or better yet giving consumers access to a world of premium dramas from various DStv channels including The Fixer, Kingdom, Zoo, Queen Sugar, Claws, Empire, Ray Donovan and Power.

Over the years, e.tv had been reshuffling the offering to a point where various 8:30pm series like Castle and The Blacklist would move an hour and 30 minutes timeslot with the later halved for either Checkpoint, The Devi Show or Forsenic Files.

 

April proved to be the biggest blow as consumers lost out on more content like the soap opera Days Of Our Lives and various dramas like S.W.A.T., Hawaii Five-O, New Amsterdam, 9-1-1 and Chicago PD which led to speculation about the discontinuation of 10pm international series.

Let's face it, 10pm was just an extension to the current 8:30pm slot but for "edgier" shows and when eMedia mentioned cutting out the earlier slot who said that the 10pm slot wouldn't be unscathed from these changes as the slot had a shortage of stock for a while now.

The Blacklist will be the last international series as the 10pm slot becomes more of a waste with forgettable local content. For those on Openview, you can still tune into the defunct offering on eXposed while those using DStv in the mid to lower mass packages have Me, Universal or S3.

Could The Rumoured SABC Children's Channel Replace eToonz On MultiChoice's DStv?

The public broadcaster is set to unveil a batch new channels before the end of the current financial year. These new channels are said to be bundled on their long anticipated streaming service SABC+ alongside the existing SABC 1-3, Sport and Education.

For several months, there's been rumours going around about the supposed channels set to be unveiled soon. One of which happened to be SABC Children.

SABC Children is a brand name for the public broadcaster children's division serving up a mixture of multilingual animation and live-action both local and international currently seen on SABC 1-3's kids blocks.

 

For nearly a decade, the channel had only been exclusive to the Tuluntulu app. As seen in 2021, the public broadcaster had begun testing out the channel alongside SABC Encore and SABC Parliament.

From what was analysed, SABC Children could be one of the two entertainment channels that failed to launch on the Openview platform in 2021. As the public broadcaster had stated the two channels would have content viewed on SABC 1-3.

Last month, MultiChoice revealed in the court proceedings with eMedia Investments that they were phasing out their 4 channels in order to make room for 3 new SABC channels one of which are SABC Education.

 

As seen with eMedia's 4 channels, there was a lot of existing content or at least at launch. After 5 years on DStv, there has been improvements despite not much original productions going on there.

These 3 channels coming to DStv will likely start out the same way as the e.tv channels - existing. From what was stated by MultiChoice, the e.tv channels failed to reduce the level of repetition and lacked local content which you might gain with SABC Children.

From what was seen with SABC Children on Tuluntulu, some of YoTV's content was added to this channel and selected content from SABC Education. The international offering had been dubbed to various local languages aside from English.

SA TV Ratings: Dragonball Super Enters The Top 10 Most Watched Shows On SABC 2 And Sarafina Continues To Dominate e.tv's Lineup From June 2022

SABC 1:

Uzalo - 6 103 846
Generations the Legacy - 4 959 896
Skeem Saam - 4 279 734
Zulu News - 2 769 385
Xhosa News - 2 763 049
Roxic - 2 746 803
Ngomusa Documentary - 2 512 938
Clover Classic Celebrations - 2 439 703
Soccer Build-up - 2 312 060
Selimathunzi - 2 231 776
Uzalo Repeat - 2 197 121
Skeem Saam Repeat - 2 172 571
#Issa Vibe - 2 124 700
My First Documentary - 2 091 668
Makoti - 1 940 645 18.6
Ses Top La - 1 937 804
Siswati/Ndebele News - 1 918 286
Uzalo Omnibus - 1 848 364
Identity (Religion) - 1 845 267
Muvhango Repeat - 1 653 227

SABC 2:

Muvhango - 1 885 401
7De Laan - 990 032
Hlala Kwabafileyo - 933 299
Kwa Mamazala - 719 792
Nuus - 716 185
Ses/Tsw/Sep News - 655 202
Ubettina Wethu Repeat - 608 537
Bophelo Ke Semphekgo - 594 424
Dragon Ball Super Repeat - 585 319
Voetspore - 569 773
Dragon Ball Super - 563 609
Muvhango Omnibus - 549 904
Morning Live News - 487 763
Music - 486 955
Murder She Wrote - 452 865
Venda/Tsonga News - 439 191
Fokus - 427 742
Batman Returns Movie - 419 451
Muvhango Repeat - 399 561
Skeem Saam Repeat - 399 844

 

SABC 3:

Twilight - 596 374
Serengeti Documentary
News - 539 067
Twilight Saga: Eclipse - 536 388
Maze Runner: The Death Cure - 504 531
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions - 500 847
Birthplace of the Giants Documentary - 457 203
My Super Ex-Girlfriend - 444 322
Juno Movie - 344 666
Spiderwick Chronicles Movie - 319 132
Norin's Ark - 305 718
Inside the Bat Cave Documentary - 292 498
The Lost World (Drama) - 290 049
On Point News - 281 207
Unpacked with Relebogile Repeat - 244 703
Unpacked with Relebogile - 241 283
Meerkat Manor:Rise of Dynasty Documentary - 241 061
7De Laan Repeat - 234 814 5
The View - 231 647
Morning Glory Movie - 229 175

 

e.tv:

Scandal - 5 152 960
House of Zwide - 4 653 752
Sarafina Movie - 3 968 144
Durban Gen - 2 947 572
Just for Laughs Gags Filler - 2 693 328
Imbewu - 2 522 840
Isono - 2 322 415
The Powerball Draw Quiz - 2 301 328
The Black Door - 2 292 277
White Wedding Movie - 2 117 780
E.TV News - 1 907 831
Is'phindiselo - 1 849 328
Date My Family - 1 817 186
Imbewu Repeat - 1 789 464
The Millennium Menace - 1 776 638
Transporter 3 Movie - 1 754 599
Droomverlore - 1 746 976
Transporter 2 Movie - 1 670 417
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Movie - 1 620 936
Durban Gen Repeat - 1 561 737

DStv:

MZAN Gomora - 1 189 324 & 1 486 970
MZAN Gomora Repeat - 1 032 714 & 1 233 343
MZAN The Queen - 785 625 & 938 326
MZAN The River Repeat - 683 860 & 838 260
MZAN Our Perfect Wedding - 614 625 & 801 200
MZAN Epk:Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice Documentary - 613 302 & 795 639
MOJA Umndeni Documentary - 605 374 & 734 455
MZAN The River - 605 555 & 780 669
MZAN Diep City - 572 881 & 725 835
MZAN Umbuso - 555 404 & 697 882
MWET Lingashoni Repeat - 535 886 & 598 371
MZAN Date My Family - 532 628 & 658 772
MWET Sengkhathele - 520 208 & 595 737
MBIO Ubukhosi Namakhosana - 503 317 & 648 679
MOJA Mamazala - 501 804 & 608 672
MOJA Isencane Lengane - 488 679 & 566 975
MBIO Indodakazi Yami - 484 555 & 564 059
MBIO Istina Dram - 481 313 & 622 314
MBIO One Time Pin - 468 871 & 623 483
MBIO Bonus - 457 070 & 579 832
MZAN Twice as Bold - 450 935 & 549 622
MWET Mnakwethu Happily Ever After - 448 892 & 544 445
MOJA Ukungenwa - 442 347 & 546 464
MWET The Queen Repeat - 430 345 & 491 084
MBIO Tshenyeho Masisa Pelo - 427 014 & 498 121
MZAN Abandoned Movie - 423 705 & 501 206
MBIO Idlozi - 416 740 & 495 085
MZAN Housekeepers - 412 898 & 488 221
MWET The Queen Repeat - 408 068 & 499 714
MBIO Gwababa - 400 192 & 528 475

New Series Alert: Powerbirds And Robin Hood Currently Airing On eToonz

eToonz is a fun destination for children aged 2 - 12 where they can discover and spend some time with their favourite characters whether you're playing in muddy puddles with Peppa Pig or fighting Nihloks on Power Rangers. eToonz has got so much to keep the little ones at bay.

For preschoolers Powerbirds follows pet parakeets Ace and Polly that transform into the superhero Powerbirds to save the neighbourhood from animal villains.

 

The show was picked by NBCUniversal back in 2015/6 under the banner Sprout and went through development hell before

For kids Robin Hood is back for more adventures as a teenage Robin of Locksley and his outlaw friends fight back against the tyrannical plots of a young Prince John.

 

The show ran originally ran for 2 seasons before being revived for more seasons in 2021. Reruns of the first 2 seasons have since then been viewable amongst eMedia's brands.

Powerbirds airs daily at 2:30pm while Robin Hood comes an hour later at 3:30pm on eToonz.