{"id":18977,"date":"2011-03-09T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-03-09T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T14:46:00","slug":"dstv-new-sci-fi-block-on-m-net-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/18977-dstv-new-sci-fi-block-on-m-net-series.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv: New sci-fi block on M-Net Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice announced that as from 1 April 2011, M-Net will be making some changes to the programme schedules of M-Net Action and Series.<\/p>\n<p>M-Net Series is to become a predominantly scripted series channel (with the exception of The Doctors, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Jerry Springer Show, that will remain on the schedule).<\/p>\n<p>According to MultiChoice this means as shows come to an end on M-Net Series, from March onwards new seasons will continue on other channels. All shows will however run for their full season before being moved.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All the sci-fi shows will continue to have a home on M-Net Series Mondays to Thursdays at 21:30, where a special sci-fi block has been created,&rdquo; MultiChoice said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>All sci-fi shows currently flighting on M-Net Action will continue to air on this channel until the end of season before being moved to M-Net Series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please note that Sundays on Series will still be dedicated to M-Net repeats,&rdquo; MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n<p>MultiChoice revealed that the following new shows will be on M-Net Series in April:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Closer Season 6<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Minds Season 6<\/li>\n<li>V Season 2<\/li>\n<li>Sons of Anarchy<\/li>\n<li>Burn Notice<\/li>\n<li>Eureka<\/li>\n<li>Breaking Bad<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>M-Net Action is to become an action movie channel only, with action series moving to M-Net Series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All action series currently on the schedule will end naturally and no series will be stopped or moved to M-Net Series halfway through. As and when the slots previously occupied by action series become available, these will be replaced by library titles in the action genre.<\/p>\n<p>Action series coming to an end in April 2011:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>King of the Cage&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Dollhouse&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Rush<\/li>\n<li>Southland<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/317777-DStv-gets-dedicated-sci-fi-block-on-M-Net-Series\">Sci-fi block and schedule changes on MultiChoice<\/a><\/strong> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice have announced changes in the DStv programming schedule, including a dedicated sci-fi block on M-Net series<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}