Friday, January 28, 2011

BREAKING. There's a great new show called Being Human, but no South African broadcaster has grabbed it . . . yet.


You're reading it here first.

Okay. Some news I can break first, which isn't really news (unless you're interested in television), and isn't really news because its about something that hasn't happened yet. But the fact that it hasn't happened yet is exactly why it's news.

There is a great new show, Being Human, which is an American remake of the British science fiction show on BBC Entertainment (DStv 120) and the surprising thing I can reveal is that no broadcaster has gotten the rights to it yet. Yes. Not even M-Net. Which is a bit strange still M-Net pounces on anything with a quality TV pulse. (This doesn't M-Net isn't aware of this, or won't get it, the broadcaster told me earlier in the week it doesn't have Being Human yet.'')

Being Human that just started and is doing really well with critics and actually growing in already good viewership numbers revolves around 3 young people living together. Catch? The one, Aidan (Saw Witwer) is a vampire (but works in a hospital where he can secretly feed his addiction with donated blood), Josh (Sam Huntington) turns into a werewolf, and the girl Sally (Meaghan Rath) is a ghost with a secret. I've already started watching it and if you like Smallville, The Vampire Diaries or Supernatural you'll love Being Human if we get it.