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A MILLION LITTLE THINGS
M-NET, NOVEMBER This year’s tearjerking rival to This Is Us starts with a suicide. John (Ron Livingston) unexpectedly takes his own life and leaves his friends reeling as they try to piece together why he did it, and examine their lives in the process.
MAGNUM P.I.
M-NET, NOVEMBER The beloved ’80s detective returns, with his signature red Ferrari 308 GTS, a luxurious Hawaiian pad, a pair of Dobermanns, Zeus and Apollo, and a winning smile – but without his signature moustache!
Jay Hernandez (Suicide Squad, Crazy/ Beautiful) plays the character that made Tom Selleck a household name.
The action-packed first episode is directed by Fast & Furious veteran Justin Lin and also stars Perdita Weeks as Higgins, Magnum’s guesthouse landlord and estate caretaker; Stephen Hill as helicopter pilot TC Calvin and Zachary Knighton as nightclub owner Rick Wright.
THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
NETFLIX, 26 OCTOBER If you thought Riverdale put a dark spin on the bright and breezy Archie comic books, wait until you see Sabrina!
Show creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa describes the series as “a darker, more macabre version of Sabrina, and we’re incredibly excited for people to see Kiernan Shipka make this iconic character her own.”
MANIFEST
M-NET, NOW AIRING Montego Air Flight 828 takes off from Jamaica in 2013 but when it lands back in
the USA, five years have passed. For the passengers, who were presumed dead, only hours have gone by and none aged a day.
The show combines head-spinning Lost-style mystery and intrigue with drama involving a family dealing with an undecided marriage proposal and a child with leukaemia.
QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
SABC3, NOW AIRING Aspiring entrepreneurs get a life-changing opportunity to pitch their innovative ideas to financiers. The investors provide hands-on mentoring to the young professionals, who must prove they have what it takes to turn their concept into a viable business.
CONDOR
M-NET, 22 OCTOBER Three Days of the Condor, the paranoia-laced political thriller that starred Robert Redford, gets a slick, contemporary update. Max Irons (son of actor Jeremy Irons) plays Joe, a CIA tech analyst who arrives at work to find all his co-workers have been murdered, and stumbles onto a sinister government plot involving technology he designed.