M-Net secures the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards; grabs new drama King & Maxwell for September.

M-Net has secured the broadcasting rights to The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards which the South African pay-TV broadcaster will be showing live and in high definition (HD) early in the morning of 23 September, and again in South African primetime on 23 September at 20:30.

M-Net once again leads as the South African broadcaster with the most Emmy nominated shows.

M-Net also picked up the broadcasting rights to the new drama series King & Maxwell which just started in America and which will start on M-Net (DStv 101) on 19 September at 19:30.

King & Maxwell follows Sean King (Jon Tenney) and Michelle Maxwell (Rebecca Romijn), former secret service agents who solve crimes as private detectives.