M-Net (DStv 101) has locked and loaded up on the latest new crop of American patriotic TV dramas, filling the channel's schedule with patriotic red, white and blue military dramas like SEAL Team, Valor and The Brave.
As Americans feel increasingly under siege - unsure of their place in the world where its world dominance as a super power is being challenged by China and others, and with acerbic "America first" rhetoric from its incompetent president Donald Trump in an ongoing scare-mongering campaign - there's a new surge of patriotic programming flowing from Hollywood, trying to reaffirm its military might and capabilities in the world.
Hollywood studios are aware that the "hard power" overly patriotic shows might not sell well or perform well in foreign distribution and has actually toned down some of the shows.
In September The Hollywood Reporter reported how the extremely patriotic shows, The Brave, Valor and SEAL Team, all now on M-Net, could be hampered when it comes to international sales to international TV channels and broadcasters.
"These shows are all really well made and the production values are great, but some of it is pretty jingoistic: lots of breast-beating and flag-flying," said the head of acquisitions at Sweden's public broadcaster.
Already on M-Net on Wednesdays at 20:00 is SEAL Team, a new drama series with David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes, the leader of a specialised unit of American Navy SEALs.
Jason Hayes and his squad train, plan and execute the most dangerous military missions while each have personal problems.
"A tight-knit team with personal demons, checkered pasts and unwavering patriotic, this is one unit determined to take down the bad guys in the face of overwhelming odds," says M-Net.
These agents try to save the lives of innocent people in some of the most dangerous places in the world, led by DIA deputy director Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche), and her team of analysts.
Also in The Brave is Mike Vogel that M-Net viewers last saw in Under the Dome and Bates Motel.
In Valor, an elite group of helicopter pilots take to the skies, but things go terribly wrong for the team of soldiers on a covert mission to Somalia.
Only two members of the squad make it back to America alive: Warrant Officer Nora Madani (Christina Ochoa) and her commanding officer Captain Leland Gallo (Matt Barr).
It quickly becomes clear that the two are hiding the truth about what had happened from everybody - their friends, loved ones and even their superiors.
It's discovered that their fellow soldier Jimmy Kam is alive but captured and the two are determined to rescue him.
There's however dangerous secrets, unknown enemies and suspicious colleagues that all threaten to jeopardise their new mission.
