Bollywood Updates: Zee One Abruptly Scraps The Vow And Replaces It With Melodramatic This Is Fate And Dayan, Destructive Beauty In Development Hell On eExtra

The never ending Fate is coming to Zee One

Another one of Zee World's programs The Vow was made available to the duplicate Zee One earlier in the year and before they could wrap up the story it was abruptly removed and replaced by another drama/disaster This Is Fate (Kundali Bhagya).

Preeta's serene life turns chaotic when Karan marries her under unconventional circumstances. However, as a dutiful wife, she vows to nurture and protect her new family from those out to destroy them.

 

Interesting to note, Zee One avoided the first instalment luckily those with eExtra can view it but the timeline in these shows will get a lot confusing as Twist Of Fate might rehash scene that haven't aired on eExtra but when it comes to free-to-air television viewers have to get used to that reality.

Dayan lost her venom

In other fronts, eVOD appears as disorganised as most of the Bollywood dramas that have either aired or left eExtra are still not added to the platform while aspects of the channel are available to stream in case viewers miss out the first time.

Dayan, Destructive Beauty is the first and only exclusive Bollywood series to not air on eExtra and for some weird reason they only had 44 out of 66 episodes probably a typo but point being made it was expected to air earlier in the year but got scrapped last minute.

Naagin which aired in its place has been airing back-to-back seasons making it the first Bollywood show on the channel to do so with the fifth season ending in September it's possible that the series might air by then but questions still remain on the delay.

Angel Of The Poor Or Narco Saint, A Look Into Jesùs Malverde

In Mexico's northwest, between the Sierra Madre mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the state of Sinaloa has been called the "cradle of the biggest [drug] traffickers Mexico as ever known." Its state capital, Culiacán, is the drug capital of the entire country. An average of two to three drug-related deaths are reported daily, and the drug violence between police and rival drug gangs is commonplace in the city. The children idolize either Culiacán native Julio César Chávez or the macho traffickers. However, just around the corner of the statehouse, on the wrong side of the railway tracks, a shrine exists as an amalgamation of the region's narcocultura and its Catholicism. There, homage is paid to Jesús Malverde, also called the narco-saint. A constant stream of people can usually be found there, placing candles near busts, leaving framed photographs of loved ones they wish healing or protection upon. One can pay for music to be played in thanks for bountiful harvests of marijuana and poppy, in hopes for a safe drug run up north, or for a timely cure for someone's illness.

According to one legend, Jesús Malverde was a Robin Hood figure of the early 1900's who was hanged by the governor. He himself did not traffic drugs, but after his death his reputation for working miracles drew faith strongest among Sinaloa's poor and highland residents, the classes from which narco-traffickers emerged. Malverde has become the patron saint for many drug smugglers, though the local diocese says the Malverde chapel is an embarrassment. The priests lament the glorification of a man who robbed and killed, though citizens of Sinaloa have found it harder to have faith in a political system that enforces a drug war responsible for the many deaths of their own people. Historians cannot seem to find documentation of his existence, but even still miracles such as the healing of the blind and crippled, the returning of lost cattle, and the saving of a drowning man have been attributed to him. One theory is that the governor who wanted him arrested actually invented the Malverde legend to keep in check the abuses by his more brutal hacienda owners. If that is true, it is highly doubtful the governor could have envisioned the cultural iconography he inspired.

 

Today at Malverde shrine, visitors rub concrete busts with his fabled image; dark eyes, black hair, thick mustache, square jaw, and ever-expressionless face. People from Southwest America and all over Mexico come to visit the shrine and pray. Sometimes they are housewives having taken an 11-hour bus ride solely for the purpose of grateful prayer and sometimes they are drug runners on a detour, asking not to be shot again. The poor and those made wealthy in the drug smuggling industry come together at this place to be blessed by Jesús Malverde. Corridos dedicated to his memory can be bought on cassette tape, and velvet paintings and busts are sold to bring his likeness home, along with trinkets, medallions, and cards. The many ballads written in his honor portray him to be a contemporary Heraclio Bernal, a nineteenth century bandit often sung about in corridos, also from Sinaloa.

When the statehouse was being built during the 1970s over the original site of the shrine, opposition was so fierce that Sinaloan officials had to provide land for a larger, roofed chapel. Ethnographer Sam Quiñones writes:

They say all of Culiacán turned out to see the demolition of the pile of pebbles that supposedly marked the place where Malverde was buried. They say, too, that the pebbles began to jump like popcorn and that the bulldozer operator had to get drunk to have the guts to roll over it and that finally the machine broke down when it touched the grave.

DreamWorks Africa Schedule For August 2022

WEEKDAYS

06:00 VeggieTales In The House
06:30 Dinotrux
07:00 Dragons: Race To The Edge
07:25 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
07:50 All Hail King Julien
08:15 Boss Baby: Back In Business
08:40 Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
09:05 Home: The Adventures Of Tip And Oh
09:30 Dragons: Rescue Riders
10:00 Noddy Toyland Detective
10:30 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion
11:00 Little Charley Bear
11:30 Dragons: Rescue Riders
12:00 Noddy Toyland Detective
12:30 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion
13:00 George Of The Jungle
13:30 Dinotrux
14:00 Dragons: Rescue Riders
14:30 All Hail King Julien
15:00 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
15:30 Turbo F.A.S.T.
16:00 The Mr. Peabody And Sherman Show
16:25 Dawn Of The Croods
16:50 Home: The Adventures Of Tip And Oh
17:15 Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
17:40 All Hail King Julien
18:05 Boss Baby: Back In Business
18:30 Turbo F.A.S.T.
18:55 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
19:20 Dawn Of The Croods
19:45 Dragons: Race To The Edge
20:10 Home: The Adventures Of Tip And Oh
20:35 Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
21:00 All Hail King Julien
21:25 Boss Baby: Back In Business
21:50 Turbo F.A.S.T.
22:15 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
22:40 Dawn Of The Croods
23:05 Dragons: Race To The Edge
23:30 All Hail King Julien
23:55 The Mr. Peabody And Sherman Show
00:20 Dragons: Race To The Edge
00:45 Dinotrux
01:10 George Of The Jungle
01:35 Casper Scare School
02:00 Olivia
02:30 Tinga Tinga Tales
03:00 Noddy In Toyland
03:30 Little Charley Bear
04:00 VeggieTales In The House
04:30 My Life Me
05:00 My Life Me
05:30 3,2,1...Penguins

 

Schedule allocations

• 9,53% of the schedule goes to All Hail King Julien making it the most aired show - 5 slots.
• 7,55% of the schedule goes to Dragons: Race To The Edge and The Adventures Of Puss In Boots making it the second most aired show - 4 slots each.
• 5,66% of the schedule goes to Dinotrux, Boss Baby: Back In Business, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Home: The Adventures Of Tip And Oh, Dragons: Rescue Riders, Turbo F.A.S.T. and Dawn Of The Croods - 3 slots each.
• 3,77% of the schedule goes to VeggieTales In The House, Noddy Toyland Detective, Ras Raa The Noisy Lion, Little Charley Bear, George Of The Jungle, The Mr. Peabody And Sherman Show and My Life Me - 2 slots each.
• 1,89% of the schedule goes to 3,2,1...Penguin, Casper Scare School, Noddy In Toyland, Olivia and Tinga Tinga Tales making them the least aired shows - 1 slot each.

WEEKENDS

06:00 Tinga Tinga Tales
06:30 George Of The Jungle
07:00 Dinotrux
07:25 Dinotrux
07:50 Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
08:15 Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
08:40 Boss Baby: Back In Business
09:05 Boss Baby: Back In Business
09:30 Turbo F.A.S.T.
10:00 Dragons: Race To The Edge/Movie Stars
10:30 Dragons: Race To The Edge/Movie Stars
11:00 Voltron: Legendary Defenders/Movie Stars
11:30 Voltron: Legendary Defenders/Movie Stars
12:00 Dawn Of The Croods
12:30 Dawn Of The Croods
13:00 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
13:30 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
14:00 All Hail King Julien
14:30 All Hail King Julien
15:00 Boss Baby: Back In Business
15:30 Boss Baby: Back In Business
16:00 The Mr. Peabody And Sherman Show/Movie Stars
16:25 Dawn Of The Croods/Movie Stars
16:50 Home: The Adventures Of Tip And Oh/Movie Stars
17:15 Trolls: The Beat Goes On!/Movie Stars
17:40 All Hail King Julien/Movie Stars
18:05 Movie Stars/Turbo F.A.S.T.
18:30 Movie Stars/Home: The Adventures Of Tip & Oh
18:55 Movie Stars/The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
19:20 Movie Stars/Dragons: Race To The Edge
19:45 Movie Stars/Dragons: Race To The Edge
20:10 Voltron: Legendary Defenders
20:35 Voltron: Legendary Defenders
21:00 Boss Baby: Back In Business
21:25 Boss Baby: Back In Business
21:50 Dawn Of The Croods
22:15 Dawn Of The Croods
22:40 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
23:05 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots
23:30 All Hail King Julien
23:55 The Mr. Peabody And Sherman Show
00:20 Dragons: Race To The Edge
00:45 Dinotrux
01:10 George Of The Jungle
01:35 Casper Scare School
02:00 Olivia
02:30 Tinga Tinga Tales
03:00 Noddy In Toyland
03:30 Little Charley Bear
04:00 VeggieTales In The House
04:30 My Life Me
05:00 My Life Me
05:30 3,2,1...Penguins

 

Schedule allocations
• 16,98% of the schedule goes to Movie Stars making it the most aired slot on weekends primarily Sunday - 9 slots.
• 11,32% of the schedule goes to Movie Stars, Boss Baby: Back In Business making it the second most aired slot and most aired show - 6 slots.
• 9,53% of the schedule goes to Dragons: Race To The Edge, The Adventures Of Puss In Boots and Dawn Of The Croods - 5 slots each.
• 7,55% of the schedule goes to Voltron: Legendary Defenders and All Hail King Julien - 4 slots.
• 5,66 % of the schedule goes to Trolls: The Beat Goes On! - 3 slots each.
- 3,77% of the schedule goes to Home: The Adventures Of Tip And Oh, George Of The Jungle, Turbo F.A.S.T., My Life Me, Tinga Tinga Tales and The Mr. Peabody And Sherman Show - 2 slots each.
- 1,89% of the schedule goes to VeggieTales In The House, Little Charley Bear, 3,2,1...Penguin, Casper Scare School, Noddy In Toyland and Olivia - 1 slot each.

• VeggieTales In The House 1,89%
• Dinotrux 5,66%
• Dragons: Race To The Edge 9,53%
• The Adventures Of Puss In Boots 9,53%
• All Hail King Julien 7,55%
• Boss Baby: Back In Business 11,32%6
• Trolls: The Beat Goes On! 5,66%
• Home: The Adventures Of Tip And Oh 3,77%
• Voltron: Legendary Defenders 7,55%
• Movie Stars 9,53% 16,98%9
• Little Charley Bear 1,89%
• George Of The Jungle 3,77%
• Turbo F.A.S.T. 3,77%
• Dawn Of The Croods 9,53%
• The Mr. Peabody And Sherman Show 3,77%
• My Life Me 3,77%
• 3,2,1...Penguin 1,89%
• Casper Scare School 1,89%
• Noddy In Toyland 1,89%
• Olivia 1,89%
• Tinga Tinga Tales 3,77%

Viewership Stats For 7 - 14 July: I'm On The Edge Makes Its Debut With Close To 2 Million Viewers While My Golden Home Continues To Sink On Zee One

Check here: previous results

Zee World
Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.0 unchanged
Once There Was A King - 1.4
Age Is Just A Number (Rerun) - 0.9
My Heart Knows - 2.1
Meet In Love - 1.9
I Do - 1.4
I'm On The Edge Launch - 1.8
Bridal Material Finale - 1.8
Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- My Heart Knows viewership skyrockets by 0.9 million retaining its status as the most viewed show.
- Meet In Love gets a small increase with 0.4 million.
- I Do sees a major decline losing over a million viewers.
- The season finale of Bridal Material saw the drama perform at its best pulling over a million viewers.

Star Life
Unspoken Bond - 0.9
Lost In Love - 1.8
My Desire - 2.1
Anupama - 2.0
Never Say Goodbye - 0.1

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Lost In Love sees a small decrease of 0.3 million.
- Anupama sees a decline in viewership after losing over a million viewers.
- Never Say Goodbye remains as the least watched show losing a further 0.4 million viewers.

 

Zee One
Guddan - 1.7
Sacred Ties - 1.2
Mehek - 1.0
The Vow - 1.4
My Golden Home - 0.0

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Guddan remains as the most watched show on the channel with viewership dropping by 0.6 million.
- Sacred Ties also sees a decline by 0.4 million viewers.
- Mehek loses more than half of their viewers.
- My Golden Home the least watched show continues to sink with the show pulling less than 0.1 viewers.

Glow TV
This Is Love (Rerun) - 2.9 20:00
True Love (Rerun) - 1.0 unchanged
Young Love - 0.6
A Touch Of Love - 1.0
Emperor Ashoka - 1.2

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- A Touch Of Love and Emperor Ashoka lose 0.2 million viewers.

A Ray Of Animal Documentaries Launch On Curiosity Africa And Watch As The Channel Dwells Into The Mind Of A Serial Killer On Forensic Thursdays - August 2022 Highlights

SUPER SCIENCE MONDAYS

SUPPRESSED SCIENCE
Brand New Series - premieres 15 August 2022 CAT: 20:00
Episodes: 8x 30 mins – ends 05 September 2022
A series that mixes mind blowing real science, with unsolved mysteries, global conspiracies and true stories.

HISTORY LOVER TUESDAYS

HISTORY BY THE NUMBERS
Brand New Episodes - premieres 02 August 2022 CAT: 21:00 and 22h00
Episodes: 12 x60 mins – ends 06 September 2022
This series is loaded with mind-blowing factoids and stats, entertaining expert interviews, and infographics injected with cheeky humor.

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAYS

ANIMAL ARMOUR
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 03 August 2022 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1 x 60 mins
There are many ways to defend yourself -you can run, fly, fight, but some animals have changed their entire body plans so they don't have to. Tortoises carry a fortress with them, armadillos can roll into a ball, sunfish have bulletproof thick skin, and echidnas are covered in spines.

 

SUPER SLIME
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 10 August 2022 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1 x 60 mins
Slime's a funny thing, weird and wonderful. It can help salamanders to wet so they can breathe through their skin, provide a life-support bubble for developing frogs and even get snails from A to B.

RETURN OF THE BUFFALO – Restoring The Great American Prairie
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 17 August 2022 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1 x 60 mins
The vast area of the American prairie tells the story of a 150-year experiment: the settlement of the American midwest. Nowadays, ghost towns define the appearance of deserted swathes of land.

ASIA’S DEADLIEST SNAKES
Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 24 August 2022 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 1 x 60 mins
Snakes are one of the most feared creatures on the planet and Asia is a hotspot for bites! But which is the deadliest? And should we be truly afraid?

 

FORENSIC THURSDAYS

INSIDE THE MIND OF A SERIAL KILLER (S2)
Brand New Episodes –premieres 04 August 2022 CAT: 22:00
Episodes: 6x 30 mins –ends 08 September 2022
This series features chilling real life video and audio footage of people who murdered over-and-over again.

TRAVEL & ADVENTURE FRIDAYS

EAT ME (or try not to)
Brand New Episodes - premieres 05 August 2022 CAT: 22:00
Episodes: 3 x 60 mins – ends 19 August 2022
EAT ME (or try not to) explores how global iconic food brands shape our world and where we’re headed.

HUMAN STORY SATURDAYS

MY GREEK ODYSSEY
Brand New Episodes - premieres 06 August 2022 CAT: 22:00
Episodes: 2x 60 mins –ends 13 August 2022
My Greek Odyssey takes viewers to some of the most spectacular and unique islands in Greece.

CLASSICAL DESTINATIONS: THE GREAT COMPOSERS
Brand New Series - premieres 20 August 2022 CAT: 20:00
Episodes: 6x 60 mins –ends 17 September 2022
The great cities and towns of Europe and the UK, form the backdrops for the stories of the world’s greatest classical composers.