In a clever-cool move M-Net is moving up the start of the second season of Revenge after M-Net realized through the pay-TV broadcasters own programme acceptance department that the mini-series Political Animals which was supposed to start soon, isn't suitable for the timeslot of 19:30 where it was initially scheduled to start on 10 January.
The second season of the intriguing and hit new drama Revenge with Emily VanCamp will now start on 10 January at 19:30 on M-Net - much earlier than the original starting date of the second season in February and much closer to the American episode roll-out of episodes where the second season started recently.
Revenge has been a hit for M-Net right out of the box - the show immediately made the list of weekly Top 10 most watched shows on M-Net and continues to generate buzz. It therefore makes perfect sense for M-Net - and benefits M-Net subscribers - to keep the momentum going and to continue with the second season as soon as possible.
Not only will ratings for Revenge on M-Net most probably remain high because there will be minimal interruption to the now established viewing pattern behaviour from subscribers, but the time between overseas spoilers and dramatic reveals for the serialised mystery drama will also be dramatically limited. The second season of Revenge will start on M-Net now only a week after the dramatic first season finale.
Because of its age restriction of 16VSNL, Political Animals, the White House based mini-series with Signourney Weaver can't be shown at 19:30, so M-Net is postponing that show indefinitely to a new to-yet-be-determined new starting date later in 2013.
Meanwhile the brilliant Arrow with Stephen Amell, another brand-new drama which also quickly cracked M-Net's Top 10 list, will continue with its first season with new episodes from 25 January on M-Net at 20:30.
