With boffo ratings in America coupled with rave reviews for Under the Dome, M-Net is immediately dumping Vegas from its Tuesday schedule at 20:30 and will be moving the hit new drama series from Stephen King and Steven Spielberg from Friday 26 July at 20:30 where it would have started, to Tuesday 23 July at 20:30 on M-Net (DStv 101).
M-Net is throwing the cancelled Vegas away which will now burn off the remaining episodes on Fridays at 20:30. Under the Dome which has been getting great viewership and is beloved by TV critics in America, will now start 3 days earlier than planned in South Africa and on a much better day.
Instead of starting on 26 July, Under the Dome will now start on Tuesday 23 July at 20:30 when more potential viewers are home than on a Friday night.
Under the Dome's new starting date and timeslot on M-Net also instantly creates more drama on another front: an impossible choice for South African viewers.
Tuesday 23 July also happens to be the date when the great drama series Last Resort starts at 20:50 on Sony Entertainment Television (DStv 127) set aboard an American nuclear submarine which defies orders.
With both Under the Dome and Last Resort which are both great must-watch TV series - and with both series' pilot episodes playing out like nailbiting big screen movies in terms of action, plot and special effects - DStv viewers without a PVR face a dilemma.
Viewers will make a tough choice on which high quality drama series to watch or will have to start studying those schedule to find the repeat of one of the shows.
