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The Big Bang Theory Season 5

Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists, the kind of “beautiful minds” that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people, especially women.

All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door.

Sheldon, Leonard’s roommate, is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow Caltech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali.

However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities … including love.

The Big Bang Theory S5 Starts Wed 29 August at 7:30pm WAT.

Dallas (Season 1)

Power and greed culminate in the ultimate showdown between family as Dallas sizzles onto our screens.

Only this time around brothers and bitter rivals Bobby and JR have been replaced in the boxing ring by their offspring John Ross and Christopher Ewing.

The two youngsters clash over the future of the Ewing dynasty, while Bobby and JR clash over the fate of SouthFork.

The series boasts fresh new faces such as Jesse Metcalfe and Josh Henderson. However, die-hard Dallas fans will be pleased that Larry Hagman (JR), Patrick Duffy (Bobby), Linda Gray (Sue Ellen) will return to the show.

In the premiere episode the family gathers for a wedding. Simmering rivalries end up coming to the surface due to an oil drilling, which is being kept under wraps.

Dallas S1 starts Tuesday 28 August 2012 at 8pm WAT.

Fringe (Season 4)

Wrapping up another mind-bending season, the critically acclaimed Fringe continues to explore otherworldly cases with endless impossibilities.

Set in two parallel universes, the FBI’s Fringe Division focuses around Special Agent Olivia Dunham, eccentric “fringe” scientist Walter Bishop and his jack-of-all-trades son, Peter – the trio is supervised by Special Agent Phillip Broyles and assisted by Agent Astrid Farnsworth.

Simultaneously, the universe “over there” is populated by alternate doppelgangers including a scheming “Walternate,” seductive “Fauxlivia” and a parallel Fringe team armed with advanced high-technology.

In both universes, the teams investigate unusual incidents that defy human logic and unimaginable events that threaten our very existence on a universal scale.

Irrevocably linked to the “other” universe by the machinations of a younger Walter Bishop trying to save the life of his son, Olivia and alternate-born Peter must heal the rifts between two warring universes while wrestling with questions of identity and destiny … and an unstoppable, ancient doomsday device!

Fringe S4 starts Thursday 30 August at 10:30pm WAT