Picks of the Day: Friday 28th September, 2012

Two best friends Jessica and Lennon’s airtight relationship is difficult to compete with. A crushed Jessica is served with divorce papers and seeks a shoulder to cry on. So who better to offer up her jersey as a tissue than Lennon? Jessica travels across the country to Boston to move back in with Lennon.

However, things are a tad different this time around now that Lennon’s boyfriend Joe, who has recently moved in, disrupts the peace. And so the fun begins as Joe has a hard time trying to find a gap in the BFF’s relationship where he can belong.

Don’t miss, Best Friends Forever: Episode 1, S1 Friday 28 September 2012 at 8pm WAT on M-Net

Spooks: Episode 2, S9 – Friday 28 September 2012 8:05pm | BBC Entertainment 

A host of new characters shake things up and give cause for concern as Section D, once again, is left wondering who can really be trusted.

For Richer or Poorer – Friday 28 September 2012 6:30pm WAT | M-Net Stars | PG

Brad and Caroline Sexton are a rich Manhattan couple who are about to get divorced.

However, their marital woes take a backseat when they discover that their accountant has embezzled their money and cooked their tax returns.

With an overzealous IRS agent on their tail, they flee New York until their lawyer can sort it all out – and end up in a conservative Amish community. How will the spoiled and lazy Sextons cope?!
Starring
Tim Allen as Brad Sexton
Kirstie Alley as Caroline Sexton
Jay O Sanders as Samuel Yoder

The Rainbow Tribe – Friday 28 September 2012 7pm WAT | Universal Channel | PG

Morgan Roberts, a middle-aged man in crisis, reunites with his best friend when he returns to the summer camp of his youth.  But his troubles seem to magnify when he is joined by a rag-tag group of 10-year-old campers.

Through their struggles they collectively overcome their personal problems and exchange them for one of the best summers of their lives.
Starring
David James Elliott as Morgan Roberts
Grayson Russell as Calvin
Ed Quinn as Sunny

Death to Smoochy – Friday 28 September 2012 7pm WAT | Studio Universal | 16

Kids’ TV show host “Rainbow” Randolph Smiley doesn’t take it too well when he’s fired for taking kickbacks, or when replacement Sheldon Mopes – and his talking rhino Smoochy – become a runaway success.

In fact, he’s soon vowing Death to Smoochy. But Mopes is just finding out that he has other problems…
Starring
Robin Williams as Randolph Smiley
Edward Norton as Sheldon Mopes
Danny DeVito as Burke Bennett

The President’s Daughter – Friday 28 September 2012 10pm WAT | AfricaMagic World 

The president has a daughter he spoils rotten. A constant source of embarrassment to her father and the rest of her family, she finds herself leading a lifestyle that has near-fatal consequences.

Be sure to catch this Nollywood classic.
Starring
Regina Askia
Susan Patrick
Alex Usifo-Omiagbo

Directed by 
Chico Ejiro

The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls – Friday 28 September 2012 5:30pm WAT | Discovery TLC 

This remarkable programme follows Oprah’s ambition to help underprivileged girls in South Africa achieve their dreams and receive a high quality education by developing and funding a school in Meyerton near Johannesburg.

The school opened in 2007 fulfilling a promise to Nelson Mandela and five years later the first class of 72 young women graduated, with all now attending university.

This moving documentary relives theirs, and Oprah’s, personal journeys during their time at the Academy.