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%

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.

Roundups #76: The Boys Spinoff Gets Official Title, The Little Mermaid Preschool Series Is Rumoured To Be In Development And Nintendo To Launch Animation Studio

Gen Z is currently underway on Amazon Prime Video

Get your superhero suits ready and head on down to Vought International because Amazon’s college-based spinoff of “The Boys” has an official title: “Gen V.”

The title is a clever reference to today’s youthful Gen Z and the show’s super power-giving chemical known as compound V. Cast members announced the title in a new video shared on social media.

Set at America’s only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (owned and operated by Vought International, of course), “Gen V” is “an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities,” per Prime Video. It’s part college show, part “Hunger Games” with the same raunchy satirical tone of “The Boys.”

 

The Little Mermaid is preschool

According to some new trademarks that have been listed, Disney Junior is also working on a new project, called “Ariel”, which is likely to be a new version of “The Little Mermaid” for pre-school ages.

There are a number of trademarks being applied for, including for entertainment services; education services; distribution services and production services.  In addition to trademarks for a large number of merchandise items, clothing, footwear and headwear.  In addition to paper products and non-medicated cosmetics.

Disney hasn’t officially announced that it is developing a new pre-school series, “Disney Junior Ariel”, but with the new live-action film and it being over 30 years since the original animated film was released, these trademark listings do indicate that Disney is planning a major new campaign of merchandise and entertainment services.

 

Nintendo becomes an animation studio

Nintendo has announced the acquisition of Dynamo Pictures, an animation studio in Tokyo that collaborated on several animated Pikmin shorts that premiered on the Nintendo 3DS. Renamed Nintendo Pictures, the studio will continue to work on the “development of visual content utilizing Nintendo IP,” according to the company’s press release.

“Nintendo has decided to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding shares (excluding treasury shares) of Dynamo Pictures and make it a wholly owned subsidiary to strengthen the planning and production structure of visual content in the Nintendo group.”

They have a working relationship with Illumination, the studio behind the popular Minions franchise. The animated Chris Pratt-led Super Mario Bros. movie spawned from that partnership will release in 2023, barring any future delays.

‘Powerpuff Girls’ & ‘Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends’ Animated Series Reboots From Craig McCracken In Works At Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

Craig McCracken, Emmy-winning creator of The Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends, has teamed with Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe to bring new animated versions of the classic series back to the small screen. McCracken, who first began his career at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons 30 years ago, is developing animated reboots of both series at the studio.

The Powerpuff Girls reboot revisits and expands upon the world of the original series as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup face off against a gallery of villains comprised of familiar foes and new threats. The original series debuted on Cartoon Network in 1998, earned two Emmy Awards and numerous animation honors throughout its 78-episode run. The Powerpuff Girls centers on three sugar-coated superheroes — Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup — whose mission in life alternates between going to school, fighting crime, winning at hopscotch, and saving the world before bedtime.

 

A live-action reboot based on the original Powerpuff Girls Cartoon Network series remains in development at the CW. The network announced last year that the pilot was being re-worked and re-piloted off cycle. Talent deals for cast have lapsed but the project, from Warner Bros TV and Berlanti Productions, remains alive at the network.

The beloved Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends will return as an original preschool animated series with a new cast of preschool-aged imaginary friends, promised to be “as silly and playful as the original bunch.” The original series ran for six seasons from 2004-2009 on Cartoon Network, earning six Emmy awards during its run.

McCracken serves as creator, producer and director, and Sarah Fell, VP, Original Kids and Family Animation, Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, will oversee development of both projects at the studio.

 

“The Hanna-Barbera homecoming of Craig was an opportunity we could not pass up,” said Sam Register, President of Cartoon Network Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. “Along with his unparalleled sense of fun and imagination, he’s bringing two of his greatest works in The Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and we are so excited for these characters to be a part of the new legacy taking shape at the studio.”

Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe is currently in production on The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe and the anticipated The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie! (wt) and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Series (wt) for HBO Max. Recently announced development includes a stop-motion animated reboot of Wacky Races starring Dastardly and Muttley.

Delayed SABC Channel Launch On DStv And StarSat Explained

In 2020, the public broadcaster gave SABC Education a linear channel after its inception in 1996 which was 26 years ago. The channel seeks to help youth with their academics while as improving the lives of fellow South Africans.

Some of the programming featured on the channel mainly reruns from SABC 1-3 were kid and teen based shows like Words And Numbers, Thabang Thabong, Geleza Nathi and Hectic Nine-9 while older audiences got Uzalo, 50/50, Speak Out and Musiek Roulette.

In an interview on SABC News with the general manager of the SABC, he was able to confirm that the public broadcaster was in talks with the likes of MultiChoice's DStv and ODM's StarSat to reserve some space for the educational channel.

 

MultiChoice added SABC Education to the iPlate section (still visible with no EPG) while StarSat included it on their website (which has since then been removed) and this was two years ago and aside from DTT you can view the channel on TelkomOne.

SABC Education was created amidst the pandemic and was part of the SABC's DTT plan. It was believed that the channel would rollout on these two platforms within that period as schools were closed for most of the semester but that wasn't the case.

MultiChoice went ahead and included Mindset Pop but no signs of SABC Education and it even got more suspicious when StarSat also didn't include the channel in their bouquet of channels and if there's one thing these two have in common is the public broadcaster.

 

The public broadcaster is known for delaying as they promised two entertainment channels in the middle of last year on Openview and more than a year has passed since consumers have been waiting so it lead to suspicion that the same outcome was awaiting pay-tv consumers.

MultiChoice did mention in court by the Competition Tribunal that they'd be launching 3 new SABC channels and I'm not sure whose bright idea it was to delay SABC Education seeing as its TelkomOne which will likely get more SABC channels.

Perhaps SABC is rolling out these channels in phases or pay-tv providers opt to bundle SABC Education once the SABC finally launch their streaming service and additional channels which would carry a lot of archived material.