Roundups #78: Cleopatra In Space Coming Soon To DreamWorks Africa, The Baker's Table And Grand Trunk Rasoi To Be Added Onto Zee World And Zibonele FM Goes Dark On Several Households

Cleopatra is coming to DreamWorks

DreamWorks Channel has begun stacking their lineup with more modern shows and making themselves look less like an eToonz double with Dragons: Rescue Riders, 3-2-1 Penguins, Casper Scare School and the upcoming addition to the family, Cleopatra In Space.

Cleopatra in Space is a comedic adventure focusing on the untold story of Cleopatra’s teenage years. Viewers can follow Cleo as she is transported 30,000 years into the future, to an Egyptian-themed planet that is ruled by talking cats and where she discovers she is the prophesied savior of the future world. In order to prepare for her role and mission, Cleo is sent to an elite academy where she has to train to take on the bad guys, figure out how to eventually get herself back home to Egypt, as well as tackling the highs and lows of being a teenager in high school.

 

More foodie delights on Zee World

In case anyone was wondering what happened to all the foodie shows on Zee World it was previously seen on Zee One but good news for consumers is Grand Truck Rasoi and The Baker's Table will be made available to South Africa's #1 telenovela channel.

Grand Truck Rasoi explores the barbequed temptations of Peshawar and Rawalpindi to the best-kept secrets of majestic Dastarkhans of Delhi, inspiring vegetarian feast of Banaras and tempting sweets of Bengal, Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi gets the best of Indian cuisine for you.

The Baker's Table presents delightful dishes with Indian ingredients and contrasting flavours combined with world-class finesse from Chef Tejasvi Chandela. She makes the baking experience enjoyable and fuss-free for dessert lovers.

 

Zibonele FM remains on DStv

Residents of Khayelitsha and listers of Radio Zibonele protested outside Icasa offices in Century City after Icasa informed them of shutting down the station on Wednesday. The station failed to renew its license since 2018 and were given seven days to shut down.

“We bring you bad news today as the board solely because we want to ensure that we work together with Icasa in resolving this issue,” they explained to listeners.

Listeners were told that they will continue to broadcast on DStv boutique and online as these platforms do not require a licence from Icasa.

Roundups #77: Teen Titans Renewed For Season 8, Die Put Season 2 Returns To Replace The Shortlived Die Binnekring On eExtra And Zee World's Upcoming Series Luck In My Fate Gets A New Title Unfortunate Love

Teen Titans GO! returns for more adventures

Teen Titans Go! Season 8 has been renewed for Season 8 by Cartoon Network. The original television series, named Teen Titans ran from 2003 to 2006. The eighth season will bring characters like Beard Hunter and King Shark, and many others. The upcoming season will make a new record, as 'Teen Titans Go!' will be the longest-running animated series in DC history. Fans will see Teen Titans Go! cross its 400 episodes.

Sam Register said, "The undeniable success of Teen Titans Go!, with its signature blend of action and subversive superhero humor, is a testament to the phenomenal work of executive producer Pete Michail and the show team."

"Seven seasons, one theatrical feature film, multiple specials, celebrity cameos, and no end in sight, this show has carved out its own lane in the acclaimed legacy established by the original Teen Titans animated series," he added.

 

Die Put renewed for second season

Doodsondes will be returning to e.tv for the fourth season when Droomvelore concludes in August. Also in the lineup for the month will be a new game show Die Kontrak and a brand new season of Die Put on eExtra.

In season 2, When the Koçovalı Family left Çukur, a formation that called themselves Karakuzular suddenly occupied the derelict Çukur. This group, led by Çeto and Mahsun, makes Çukur even more uncanny than it really is. They commit a massacre at the wedding of Celasun and Akşın, in the village house where Vartolu left to start a new life, in the coffeehouse where İdris, Emmi, and Paşa wanted to build a new pit. Nedret Koçovalı, Acar Koçovalı, Muhittin, and Paşa died as a result of these massacres.

Die Put airs weekdays at 21:30 on eExtra from 25 August.

 

eMedia Investments is currently hosting a competition dedicated to their Kuiertyd audience where they can win a trip to Istanbul home to the glamour, glitz and luxury of the Turkish series seen amongst their platforms.

Twist Of Fate's third spinoff arrives to Zee World

After months and months of waiting on the third instalment to the popular drama Twist Of Fate, Luck In My Fate. The series will finally make a debut on the channel under the title Unfortunate Love making it the first series to avoid the "Fate" brand.

Unfortunate Love tells the story of a small-town girl who will believe in dreams and love. She gets married to a young billionaire and her hopes will be shattered when she will learn that their marriage is part of a deal between their families.

Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti take on the lead roles of Lakshmi Rishi Oberoi (née Bajwa) and Rishi Oberoi. Other supporting characters include Munira Kudrati as Shalini “Shalu” Bajwa, Aman Gandhi as Ayushmann “Ayush” Chopra and Maera Mishra as Malishka Bedi.

The series is said to replace I Do when it goes on production break in the coming months.

Learn More About Zee World And Zee One's New Local Talk Show What Women Want With Revati Priya

Revati Priya, a young female entrepreneur that strongly stands for assisting women grow and take their businesses to newer heights, thus taking me to found a company called “What Women Want with Revati Priya”.

At What Women Want we offer a host of services ranging from Graphic Design, Digital and Print marketing, Social Media marketing and management, TV Production via our TV Show “What Women Want” and Photography and Videography, all offered at super affordable rates.

 

As a young proactive, detail-orientated and self-motivated female entrepreneur my aim is to assist businesses with growing via digital platforms and growing their women empowerment sector by hosting annual events, networking sessions, development and strategy programs to assist ladies in achieving their goals and dreams.

As dedicated hands-on team player possessing strong interpersonal expertise I build positive, sustainable relationships with internal and external stakeholders and communicate confidently and engagingly at all levels. I can add immense value to any organisation taking full entrepreneurial ownership in growing the brand via all sorts of marketing and taking the women of the organisation to newer levels.

What Women Want airs Fridays at 17:30 on Zee One and almost 24 hours later on Saturday at 12:00 on Zee World.

Fatmagul Finds Its Place On eVOD

Fatmagul aired in 2018 on the now defunct eBella channel owned by eMedia Investments on the Openview and DStv platform. The series followed the story of a young woman from a coastal town who seeks revenge on a group of men who violated her while under the influence of drugs.

Fatmagul was one of the first Turkish shows to air on eMedia's stable and since its success brought shows like The Girl Named Feriha, Matter Of Respect and Black Money Love. These were one of the first few shows to be dubbed in English.

 

We knew Fatmagul was a success but by the looks of Kuiertyd you can tell that these series pulled more viewers than most of the content found on eExtra and at the time most of their content were just rebroadcast from the DStv platform.

Aside from viewership, the other reason could have been accessibility as there's not a lot of alternatives to these shows aside from kykNET and Timeless Dizi Channel which followed after Kuiertyd.

 

Fatmagul made history as it's the first Turkish series to be added in the Afrikaans section of eMedia's eVOD streaming service hinting at reruns on ePlesier and by the looks of it more repeats of these shows as it's eExtra's Anaconda but timeless from my perspective.

It's presence on eVOD raises a lot of questions, Anaconda was gone from e.tv for nearly a decade after the excessive load on repeats and came back with its sequel. Is it possible that Fatmagul alongside several shows will take a break only to return in Afrikaans?

Honestly, it's under the Afrikaans section on eVOD despite being aired in English but if TLC can air weddings and MTV focus on Teen Moms. Why stop Fatmagul from airing in that slot if viewers who watch the show won't mind viewing them without that flaw.

New Series Alert: Tainted Love Leke Currently Streaming On eVOD And Soon On eExtra

Since Kuiertyd's inception, eMedia Investments hasn't aired English dubbed shows like rivals Timeless Dizi Channel with Matter Of Respect being the last notable series to air on their stable but all that is about to change with Tainted Love Leke.

Cem, the assistant general manager of a large company, and Yasemin, a law student who grew up in an orphanage, cross paths at Cem’s company party. As one of Cem’s colleagues molests her, Yasemin goes crazy but Cem, who has a hard time trusting women, assumes that she is to be blamed.

 

When the truth comes out, Cem realizes that Yasemin is innocent. One night, Yasemin accidentally goes to a boat party which gets raided and gets taken into custody by the police who falsely label her as an escort. The large amount of money she had borrowed from her boss for the surgery of her hearing-impaired brother, is lost during the boat raid. When Yasemin finds out that her best friend, Şirin, is an escort, she removes her from her life.

Obsessed with Yasemin, the police officer Birkan tells her that her escort file has been closed, when in fact he holds onto the file for use in due course. Constantly doing everything in his power to make Cem unhappy his brother Arda succeeds and finally gets his hands on Yasemin’s file. On the night that Cem plans to propose to Yasemin, Arda brings Yasemin’s escort file and throws it on the table. Seeing that Cem doesn’t believe her, Yasemin refuses to see Cem again and breaks up with him. While Cem realizes that Yasemin is not guilty this time either, Yasemin is uncertain as to forgive him or not.

Tainted Love Leke is currently streaming on the international drama section of eVOD and might air on eExtra after Fatmagul seeing as they're both English. Interesting to note that eMedia has decided to keep some Turkish series away from Kuiertyd in the Afrikaans section of eVOD.

New Series Alert: Another Good Twin/Bad Twin Series Launches In Africa On TLNovelas Titled Head Over Heels

Based on the 1999 Venezuelan telenovela Carita Pintada, Head Over Heels brings a Mexican twist to the classic drama series which aired in 2013 on Televisa's very own Canal Las Estrellas and beamed internationally through TLNovelas.

Natalia always surrounded by love; and she believed her future would get even better when she meets Diego seeing as love emerged instantly between them the moment they met. However, they never imagined that their lives would dramatically change because Rodrigo, Diego’s twin brother, was ready to do anything to get Natalia.

 

One night Natalia's life took an unexpected turn and has to flee, moving away from Diego without an explanation. After a while, destiny give them a new opportunity to live their love, but again they will have to face a series of conflicts, only to prove that love when it is for real, there is nothing impossible.

Livia Brito stars as the protagonist; Juan Diego Covarrubias stars as the dual protagonist/antagonist; Esmeralda Pimentel, Fabiola Guajardo, and first actor, Aarón Hernán, star as the antagonists; Cynthia Klitbo, Marcelo Córdoba, Marisol del Olmo, Gerardo Murguía and Carlos Ferro are the stellar performances.

The show is speculated to replace Keeping My Family Together when it concludes in September.

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%