MultiChoice is ending 2022 with a bang - and will continue to mesmerise its customers in 2023 and beyond - by bringing the best of international shows across its DStv channels, including evergreen BBC Earth, the stylish E! Entertainment, to the gritty Discovery Channel and the innovative Curiosity Channel, HGTV, Universal TV, TLC, ID and a whole lot more.
Currently on M-Net - off the back of one of the most successful shows in the history of television - comes the highly anticipated House of the Dragon. Set two hundred years before the events in Game of Thrones, this new series chronicles the beginning of the end of House Targaryen. We promised you quality international shows Express from the US - and just like a Lannister - we always pay our debts. This is a promise we have kept. We’re thrilled to have the series simulcast with the US, with each episode airing at 03:00, and available immediately on DStv Catch Up - and then broadcast on linear TV at 21:30 the same day.
The best international shows continue to return to M-Net, including Chicago: PD, Fire & Med; FBI: FBI (OG), FBI Most Wanted & FBI International; NCIS: NCIS (OG), NCIS LA, NCIS Hawaii, popular procedurals like Blue Bloods; The Rookie; Law & Order and The Blacklist. Returning most-loved sitcoms include Young Sheldon S6 and Young Rock S3, alongside the best international reality shows, including America’s Got Talent S17; Britain’s Got Talent S15; Survivor US S43 & Australia S9; The Block S16 and MasterChef Australia S14 & 15.
Sunday night blockbusters remain a staple on M-Net. Highlights for the rest of 2022 include Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2 October); The Suicide Squad (9 October); The Lost City (23 October); The 355 (30 October); Uncharted (6 November); Dune (20 November); Moonfall (11 December) and, in January 2023, Jurassic World: Dominion.
On Curiosity Channel, headliner Evolve will be leading the pack of exciting new shows. Evolve will change the way wildlife TV is made. Exploring nature, science, and tech like never before, Evolve dives deep into the emerging world of biomimicry. Biologist and host Patrick Aryee explores how evolution could hold the key to unlocking some of the world’s biggest challenges. Jam-packed with wildlife, stunning locations across four continents and mind-bending futuristic science, this Curiosity original series showcases the best of human ingenuity. Patrick gains exclusive access alongside some of the world’s leading explorers, inventors and scientists who are working wonders in areas from revolutionizing healthcare to transforming transportation.
Narrated by David Attenborough, Frozen Planet II will take audiences back to the wilderness of the Arctic and Antarctica. Ten years on from the original Frozen Planet, the series tells the complete story of the entire frozen quarter of our planet that’s locked in ice and blanketed in snow - on BBC Earth.
Life In Colour with David Attenborough will also air on BBC, giving viewers a front-row seat as he travels from the rainforests of Costa Rica to the snowy Scottish Highlands to reveal the extraordinary ways that animals use colour.
Viewers’ favourites are set to make a welcome return and keep the whole family glued to their screens.
On Discovery Channel, fan favourite Gold Rush returns for a 13th season. Tales From the Explorers’ Club, hosted by Expedition Unknown’s Josh Gates, takes viewers inside the headquarters of the Explorers’ Club to ‘relive the epic adventures of members who have pushed the boundaries of human possibility venturing to Earth’s highest peaks, deepest ocean trenches, the North and South poles and even into outer space’. It will detail the accomplishments of legendary figures such as Ernest Shackleton; Gertrude Bell; Sir Edmund Hillary; Jim Lovell; and even Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
On TLC, 90 Day Fiancé: UK is a new spin-off of the original franchise, which sees couples from diverse backgrounds trying to defy the odds in their quest for true love.
On Universal TV, high-octane conspiracy series, Departure returns for a third season. After the disappearance of Flight 716 in Season 1 and a devastating train crash in Season 2, Kendra Malley (Archie Panjabi) and Dominic Heyes (Kris Holden-Ried) must once again take up the investigation in Season 3, as a ferry sinks on its way to Newfoundland, presenting the duo with a series of mysterious puzzles.
Viewers can also enjoy new seasons of other popular procedurals like Diggstown S3 and Transplant S3 on the same channel.
National Geographic’s offering gets meatier with Appetite For Adventure with Big Moe Cason returning, as ‘Big Moe’ takes his grilling mitts on the road to seek out the planet’s most mouthwatering mythical dishes, cooked over an open flame.
Crime docuseries Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller returns, with the titular award-winning journalist continuing to explore the inner workings of the global underworld's most dangerous black markets. In each episode, she journeys inside a different black market or trafficking network - from drugs and stolen cars to outlaw bikers and Amazon mafias - to meet the players, learn the business and better understand the world’s multi-trillion-dollar shadow economy
HGTV offers exquisite lifestyle shows with celebrity hosts. Brand new show The Great Giveback with Melissa McCarthy will make its debut. McCarthy partners with design-savvy Jenna Perusich to give back to those who give selflessly to others, with surprise home makeovers.
BBC has a string of returning favourites, including popular dance show Strictly Come Dancing, general knowledge gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? With Jeremy Clarkson and a new instalment of The Weakest Link with Romesh Ranganathan. Ghosts is set to amuse viewers with sharp British humour as the young couple who inherited a grand country house, continue to meet the ghosts of its former inhabitants.
All Creatures Great and Small S2, Midsomer Murders S22 and Miss Scarlet and The Duke S2 all return to BBC Brit as well.
On BBC Lifestyle, Listing Jozi S2 and Come Dine With Me South Africa S8 will also be airing.
This Body Works For Me, a show where empowered women openly talk about how their erotic work earns them an income, will also be available on Honey TV.
MultiChoice is always seeking new ways to deliver content that is specifically tailored for customers, by adding new channels to its platforms.
QWEST TV, a Soul and Jazz channel co-owned by Quincy Jones, will launch later this year. Featuring legends such as Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong and Roberta Flack, the channel preserves the richness of history, while reflecting the present-day beauty and reality of culturally and racially diverse people.
Universal+ will give customers high-quality international full box sets, current and back seasons to binge - with the addition of approximately 1 400 titles from E! Entertainment, Telemundo, Studio Universal, Universal TV, Dreamworks, available for longer periods of time on a Connected Explora and the DStv App.
Kids’ content forms an integral part of our DStv offering and we have the best brands to entertain our young audiences.
Kids can look forward to Moonbug, a new channel that will bring joy to the little ones. The channel is home to premium quality kids’ shows like CocoMelon, Blippi and Little Baby Bum.
Cartoon Network is set to dazzle with new shows like Lego’s Monkie Kid; Ivandoe; Jane Armor and fan favourite ratings driver Dragon Ball Super, which will be returning after a 3-year break.
On Boomerang, animated new shows include BatWheels from the DC Universe and Interstellar Ella, a show about a girl who is gleefully testing her limits in a star-filled playground called ‘The Milky Way.’ Ella is a bright-eyed girl propelled by curiosity and ambition who discovers exciting new worlds alongside her best friends.
Kids can look forward to new animated and live action shows on Disney channel, including Hamster and Gretel and The Villains of Family View, which follows a family of raucous supervillains who must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town.
Zombies returns for part 3 and the little ones can look forward to new seasons of Gigantosaurus and Spidey and his Amazing Friends, on Disney Junior.
The biggest event on the Nickelodeon calendar, the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, will also be airing in 2023.
“We are extremely proud of how our intentional slate has grown over the years, allowing us to deliver even more world-class entertainment for our customers. We have a diverse audience with different needs and preferences, which is why we continually challenge ourselves to deliver the latest, innovative content in a quest to cater for all our customers,” says Georginah Machiridza, Executive Head of Content Strategy and Third-party Channels at MultiChoice.
