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NEW EPISODES

BOSS BABY: BACK IN BUSINESS

Season 1 ended with Boss Baby on a career high. He had taken down Frederick Estes and the Consortium of Ancients and was summoned to the Board of Directors for what could only be the culmination of his journey at Baby Corp – to be named CEO. But Season 2 starts off with him being dragged back down to earth when he’s blamed for every bad thing that’s ever happened to Baby Corp and fired. Now surrounded by regular babies Boss Baby must get his mojo back in order to return to Baby Corp. To do he assembles a new field team of regular babies, which he’s determined to whip into shape. Meanwhile the Bubbeezzee corporation - a company dedicated to making babies easy – emerges and Boss soon realizes they are not about increasing baby love but destroying it.,

From Monday 2nd October

Weekdays at 6am, 4pm, 9pm. Weekends at 8am, 1pm, 4pm,9pm

NEW EPISODES

DAWN OF THE CROODS

The world's first family is back and funnier than ever in this all-new family sitcom! Eep, Grug, Thunk, Ugga, Sandy and Gran are taking the prehistoric Croodacious era by storm as they deal with modern-day problems for the first time ever in history. School, slumber parties and elections are some of the hilarious wonders of the modern life The Croods are discovering!

From Monday 2nd October

Everyday at 2pm, 7pm

NEW EPISODES

THE MR PEABODY & SHERMAN SHOW

"The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show" is back and funnier than ever! After last season's cliffhanger, this season opens with Peabody and Sherman teaming up with alter-ego versions of themselves to defeat an evil cyborg version of Mrs. Hughes and fix the course of history! The zaniness continues when the Penthouse is invaded by neighbors, a slippery mouse, a radioactive meteor, a massive storm flood and a full-blown forest with woodland creatures. And you won't want to miss when Peabody and Sherman switch bodies, turn into hideous monsters, and discover a rival late-night talk show.

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From Monday 2nd October

Everyday at 12pm

NEW EPISODES

THE SPOOKY TALE OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS

‘HACK-A-WEEN’

When Melvin and Krupp conspire to cancel Halloween, George and Harold need to remind their parents why Halloween was fun in the first place. But Melvin catches wind of their plan and uses his Inaniaminator2000 to turn the kids’ haunted house into real horrors! After summoning Captain Underpants to fight the monsters off, the boys find that Krupp and Melvin have gone one step further. Halloween isn't just cancelled - it's now ILLEGAL! George and Harold team up with their friends and hack their favorite holiday, creating Hack- A-Ween! They’ll wear disguises instead of costumes, carve cabbages instead of pumpkins,

and get snacks instead of candy. The new holiday is a hit! But when Melvin fights back, George and Harold realize that in order to beat him, they may ultimately have to make peace with him.

From Monday 30th October at 7pm Tuesday 31st October at 1pm, 5pm

MOVIES

Fridays and Saturdays

Fridays at 5.15pm

Saturdays at 9am

WEEKEND MOVIES

THE BOSS BABY

From the studio that brought you "Shrek," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Madagascar" comes DreamWorks Animation's "The Boss Baby," a hilarious family comedy about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator – a wildly imaginative 7-year old named Tim.The most unusual Boss Baby arrives to Tim's home in a taxi, wearing a suit, carrying a brief case and speaking with the voice and wit of Alec Baldwin. The sibling rivalry between the two brothers is reluctantly cast aside when Tim discovers that Boss Baby is actually a spy on a secret undercover mission, and only he can help. An outrageous adventure ensues as the pint-sizedpartners prepare to thwart a dastardly plot involving an epic battle between puppies and babies. Inspired by the best-selling picture book by Marla Frazee, thisriotouscomedy for all ages features the voices ofAlec Baldwin as Boss Baby, Steve Buscemi as the villainous Francis E. Francis, Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow as Tim and Boss Baby's unsuspecting parents, Miles Bakshi as Tim, and Tobey Maguire as the film’s narrator.

Friday 13th at 5.15pm and Saturday 14th at 9am

WEEKEND MOVIES

SING

Academy Award®-winner Matthew McConaughey lends his voice to this animated comedy from Illumination Entertainment, the creative team behind the "Despicable Me" franchise. Written and directed by Garth Jennings, "Sing" follows a koala named Buster (McConaughey) who decides to host a singing competition to attract more customers to his theater business. Sing also features the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlet Johansson, John C. Reilly, Tori Kelly and Taron Egerton.

Friday 20th at 5.15pm, Saturday 21st at 9am

SPECIALS

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: SCARED SHREKLESS

Halloween is Shrek's favorite holiday - and this year he's planning a night of frights, ogre style. Instead of the usual tricks and treats, Shrek ups the ante and challenges Fiona, Donkey,

Puss in Boots and the other fairy tale characters to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's castle, telling scary stories. One by one, they compete through the night, putting their own fairytale spin on infamous spine-tingling tales that everyone knows and loves! The last one to be scared-Shrekless wins. "Scared Shrekless" is a half-hour animated special delivering fun for the whole family.

From Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st October

Monday 30th at 8pm Tuesday 31st at 2pm, 5pm

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: THE PIG WHO CRIED WEREWOLF

Of the famous Three Little Pigs, Heimlich is the one porker who finds a conspiracy around every corner. When The Big Bad Wolf moves in next door, Heimlich tries to warn his piggy pals Horst and Dieter that this may not bring a fairy-tale ending. Tired of hearing him 'cry wolf,' they ignore Heimlich's warnings until it's almost too late for them to live happily ever after. The chase is on!

From Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st October

Monday 30th at 8pm Tuesday 31st at 2pm, 5pm

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: NIGHT OF THE LIVING CARROTS

It's Halloween and a mutant alien pumpkin explodes on the Murphy's carrot garden. Now, zombie carrots rise up to attack the town, biting the townspeople and taking over their minds. B.O.B., Dr. Cockroach and The Missing Link must join forces to take on the zombie carrots and somehow, someway find a way to defeat these denizens of the dirt if they are ever going to take back the night.

From Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st October

Monday 30th at 8pm Tuesday 31st at 2pm, 5pm

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: GHOST OF LORD FARQUAAD

Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey are on their way to the hotel where Shrek and Fiona will spend their honeymoon when they encounter Lord Farquaad's ghost!

Farquaad sends his henchman, Thelonious, to bring Princess Fiona to him where he will force her to become the queen of the ghostly world. Now, Shrek and Donkey must save the princess in this timeless tale that’s filled with spooky-good fun.

From Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st October

Monday 30th at 8pm Tuesday 31st at 2pm, 5pm

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: 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.

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From Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st October

Monday 30th at 8pm Tuesday 31st at 2pm, 5pm

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: MUTANT PUMPKINS FROM OUTER SPACE

Susan, B.O.B., The Missing Link and Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D., are back to investigate a mysterious alien presence on Halloween and innocent-looking pumpkins are revealed for what they really are – mutant aliens!

Luckily, the Monsters smash the mutants’ wicked scheme to take over Earth in this action-packed adventure starring Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie and Kiefer Sutherland.

From Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st October

Monday 30th at 8pm Tuesday 31st at 2pm, 5pm

Development Alert: FilmBox Family Added Onto The StarTimes App, Might Launch Elsewhere

During the week, TNT went dark on StarSat and StarTimes platforms across Africa due to a change in broadcasting rights or at least that's what's been stated by them as Warner Bros. Discovery had launched an investigation with an update expected in the coming week.

Prior to the cancellation, StarSat promised consumers that they would look into replacing TNT with another movie channel. Although not much details is known about the possible new channel FilmBox Family had been slotted on the StarTimes app.

FilmBox Family is a general entertainment channel catered for children and family featuring films ranging from fantasy, adventure, animation, drama and comedy. It is operated by SPI International that also package FilmBox, FilmBox Action and Timeless Dizi Channel on the platform.

Although not much had been stated by either StarTimes or SPI International about the addition of FilmBox Family, would it seem far fetched if the channel were to be made available elsewhere at some point perhaps as a replacement to TNT.

The downside aside from the exclusion of All Elite Wrestling or sports in general, it caters to another level of consumers (as mentioned children and family) and if you take that to account this would be a downgrade in quality for consumers of TNT and particularly StarSat.

Peter David's Spider-Man 2 (Novel)

Two years have passed, and Peter Parker struggles to cope with the demands of life as a college student, a Daily Bugle photographer, and a crime-fighting superhero. But it hasn’t gotten any easier. Condemned by the press, tormented by secrets he can never reveal, forced to give up the girl of his dreams—at times the lonely burden of Spider-Man seems almost too great to bear . . . and the temptation to give up grows stronger by the hour.

Enter the archfiend Doc Ock, armed with a lethal invention powerful enough to destroy half the city. If Spider-Man tries to stop Doc Ock, he’ll be placing the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger. If he doesn’t, it could be the end of the Big Apple. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, high about Manhattan’s glittering skyline, Spider-Man confronts his destiny, his fiercest enemy, and himself.

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Peter David's Spider-Man (Novel)

It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself possessed of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man!

Follow Spider-Man’s action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads up to his ultimate battle high above New York streets, against the death-dealing madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches helplessly and countless lives hang in the balance, Spider-Man confronts his archnemesis, and the Goblin puts Spider-Man’s vow to fight crime to the ultimate test

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Recap To The Week: The Mysterious Disappearance Of TNT, Could More Channels From StarSat Be On Their Way Out?

During the week, it was reported that TNT vanished from StarTimes and StarSat platforms across Africa. Following the removal of TNT, Warner Bros. Discovery had launched an investigation onto the sudden removal and are anticipated to share an update in the coming week.

According to StarSat, the likes of a competitor [MultiChoice] had led to the removal of the channel due to a change in broadcasting rights. As mentioned, this could be a lie I mean why would Warner Bros. Discovery need to launch an investigation on the matter.

In 2021, brands like Real Time, Investigation Discovery and Discovery Science were all booted from the platform. It was stated at the time that StarTimes had unresolved contract with Warner Bros. Discovery leading to addition of CBS Reality and CBS Justice.

Following the merger of Discovery Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery a similar outcome could have awaited TNT. Another reason to believe StarTimes could be deceitful is in regards to the carriage of TNT.

I was told by a source that Canal+ in Ethiopia also package TNT alongside Cartoon Network and Cartoonito in a seperate agreement. The feeds currently viewed in Ethiopia is what's being transmitted on DStv across Africa but why it's still baffling.

Canal+ has a minority stake in MultiChoice and some consumers may not be aware but with that stake they were able to distribute M-Net Movies 4, Me, Zee World and SuperSport Variety 9 brands that are packaged exclusively for DStv onto their own platforms.

If StarTimes were to be lying and this matter were to never be addressed or reported, they were very much fortunate to deceive consumers pointing toward existing rivals such as MultiChoice instead of being transparent and say they can't afford to maintain a brand like TNT.

Other brands to be retained on StarTimes and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery include Toonami and CNN. In short, could these channels also be going dark on the platform if not other brands like National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, ESPN 1 and 2.