E! Entertainment (DStv 124) is moving into scripted television shows for the first time with a large number of brand-new TV dramas and comedies.
Since South African TV viewers see the UK feed of E! Entertainment which uses a major chunk of the TV content on E! Entertainment in America, the likelihood is very great that South Africa will get to see these shows too.
I've asked but E! Entertainment in Britain could not yet confirm which of the new scripted shows will be shown and seen in South Africa, but here is the exciting new TV dramas and comedies E! Entainment is planning to bring to the channel.
Dorothy is a contemporary tale inspired by The Wizard of Oz. A girl from Kansas City falls for a man and moves with him to the Emerald City to work at his Emerald Hotel.
Anne of Hollywood is the story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, but taking place in present-day Hollywood. Based on the bestselling novel by Carol Wolper, the story of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII is reset in present-day Hollywood … "the flashiest, most treacherous court of all." drama will have love, passion, intrigue, betrayal, infidelity and conspiracy.
The 400 will chronicle the rise of the Vanderbilt dynasty. The rise of the Vanderbilt dynasty is chronicled in this sprawling, stylized and fast-paced drama set in New York high society of the 1890s.
An untitled assistant project: Ambition bordering on insubordination fuels the lives of a group of executive assistants who are seemingly loyal minions to their high-powered bosses. However, when their superiors are out of the office, the gloves come off as these aspiring titans plot their way up the corporate ladder.
Juror #9 is a legal thriller, Amy Devlin Mysteries is a detective procedural and Fascination Street is a show taking place in two time periods about brothers investigating the disappearance.
Upstarts takes place in America's Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom of the late 1990's. Three big dreamers seek to grab their share of wealth and glory amidst Silicon Valley's digital gold rush of the late 1990s. Fueled by power, money, sex and politics, these three will stop at nothing to earn a spot atop the digital food chain.
''Our strategy is centered on telling compelling stories that reflect pop culture relevancy in unique and irreverent ways, and these scripted series will complement E!'s already diverse mix of reality, topical, news and comedy franchises,'' says E!'s president of entertainment programming Lisa Berger in a press statement.
"The response from the creative community has been incredibly positive and we are excited to be in business with such high-caliber writers, producers and directors."
