Get ready for some series programs and shows on MBC4 in December!
I was shocked when i found out that MBC4 is going to air the new 90210!
This is a remake of the original Beverly Hills 90210, and it premiered in September on The CW! So it's pretty fresh out of the oven!
There's also Army Wives, which is a 2007 series about four army wives, their families and an 'army husband' whose wife is in the army. This sounds interesting!
MBC4 will also be airing another 2007 series called October Road, which is about a writer who decides to take a short trip to Europe and ends upcoming back after 10 years!
The fourth newbie on MBC4 is Project Runway! It's a reality TV show that's something like Mission Fashion on LBC!
Project Runway stars Super Model Heidi Klum and Michael Kors!
It's currently in its 5th season, so I'm not sure which season MBC4 will be airing?!

Jordan has made history! They've won their first ever International Emmy Award! That's HUGE! Congratulations!
The series, Al Ijtiyah -The Invasion- won the award in the category 'Telenovela'.
The event was held yesterday in New York and the awards were handed out during a glamorous gala in front of a huge audience of about 1,000 entertainment professionals and media executives from around the world.
If you're not familiar with Al Ijtiyah, it's a 2007 series directed by Shawqi Al Majiri and starring Abbas Al Nouri and Saba Mubarak.

A new channel and with its induction came a whole lot of drama! The Regency Palace Hotel was graced with the presence of several celebrities who came to join the ceremony of the new music channel ‘Al Thafra’! But there was very little attention paid to the channel, it was the drama that caught everyone’s attention! When Nancy Ajram –who was in hysterics when one of the reporters called her MRS Nancy- finished singing as part of the celebratory events the attendees decided that Fadl Shaker, who was supposed to sing next, wasn’t worth the wait and went home! And this I’m sure made Fadl an unhappy man.

Photos from AlThafra TV ceremony at the Regency Palace Hotel

What’s wrong with LBC TV?! First, a messed up season of star academy which despite several efforts to save it, turned out to be a flop!
The selection of the candidates was random and many of them lacked the minimum of moral standards! The final prime was a disaster!
Later on, the annual Starac summer tour was canceled…

Last month, the third season of Mission Fashion started, many of us were expecting to see better candidates than the previous season, but that sure didn’t happen! The candidate skills are poor and there are a lot better candidates in the Arab world whether models or designers… but LBC decided to choose poorly skilled candidates, and to make things even worse, they invited Jihane Khammas to be one of the models?! Remember how Rym AlGhazali joined Starac 3 after her sister participated in the second season! That wasn’t coincidence!

Photos of Jihane Khammas

Photos of Amina Al Alam

The Turkish TV series 'La Makan La Watan' on MBC has gotten a wide range of viewers throughout the 34 days of it's broadcast and now has finally come to an end.
The series puts a very serious issue under the spotlight; the controversial issue of Honor crimes.
the main character, Muna, got pregnant out of wedlock ... should the plot have taken a bloody twist that leads to her killing? Or is showing that compassion and forgiveness are the best ways to deal with such problems?

What did you think of 'La Makan La Watan'?
Did you have compassion with the character of Muna?
Is the issue of 'Honor crimes' worth discussing publicly? or should it stay a closed matter?

MBC 4 is giving a chance to some talented kid from the Arab world to appear on The Oprah Show! Yes, to be sitting on the same couch with Oprah Winfrey herself!
Oprah is looking for the most talented and intelligent kids in the world, and Arab kids are no exceptions!
Can your kid
If you're wondering how your kid can participate and maybe be the chosen one, you'll have to film you kid doing what he's talented and skilled at and send in that video! That simple!
I urge you too send in your kid's video because I've skimmed the videos already submitted and i haven't come across one from the Arab world! That's a pity!
If you think your kid is talented in any way, film him or her and send in your video here.

This is a great chance to show the world that Arab kids are also talented, funny and intelligent!

Rumor has it that Turkish actor Kivanc Tatlitug, aka Mohannad, tied the knot!
I came across reports that say he and his longtime girlfriend, Azra Akin, have gotten married after being together for the past 6 years!
This is strange, because i did come across other reports that say those two broke up!
Which is closer to the truth?
The question remains ... Did Kivanc tie the knot?

What do you think of Iraqi TV presenter Alia Al Shammari who hosts a TV show on Emarati satellite TV channel Sama Dubai?

Photos of Alia Al Shammari [14 Photos]

Do you miss the cast of the successful Egyptian TV series Al Dali?
Here are some photos of some of its actors including famous star Noor Al Sherif:

Photos of Al Dali TV series cast

Thanks to Soo Strange for the photos

Some series cause controversies and journalists write harsh words about how the quality is terrible or the material is inaccurate. And then there was the TV series Asmahan. People were unhappy about how the family was portrayed in a horrible manner and how the script was messed with but then when the cast was on the Lebanese TV show ‘Al Esboo Fi Saa’ in Lebanon they actually got shot at! Apparently a car went up to the castle where the episode was being shot and attempted to aggravate the cast by shooting at them.

Asmahan has been a very controversial series and now as it comes to an end, tension is building up even further! The man who originally wrote the series and who technically is the father of the idea has washed his hand of the entire production and does not want to be associated with it anymore! The reason for this is apparently the fact that his writing of the series went through several re-writes, once so it could comply with the demands of Syrian authorities, another was because the original was described as ‘too expensive’ in its budgetary demands.

These are more photos from the new Turkish TV Series Menekse ile Halil featuring Kivanc Tatlitug (Muhannad from Noor).

Click here to see the new photos from Menekse ile Halil Series

Thanks to Sarah for the photos.

Opinions will undoubtedly vary about the quality of Ramadan series this year, but I honestly think that there is not one good series that I have come across worth following! Apparently Egyptian critics agree at least about Yehya El Fakharani’s series ‘Sharaf Fatah Al Bab’ which they have described as mediocre.

Whilst the series really does confront a serious political issue, it does so in a superficial and predictable manner.
In addition the series has been criticized for being too focused on one character as opposed to exploring how one problem can affect such a large portion of the population.

With ‘Tash Ma Tash’ came the beginning of the prosperity of Saudi Arabian drama, this sector of the media that had been neglected for so long was beginning to come out and people love the fact that it told their problems in a comic manner. This Ramadan was no different with people and the media excited about the two new Saudi series ‘Beyny W Beynak’ and ‘Kulna Iyal Karya’ which aired exclusively on MBC.

But then just weeks after Ramadan started everything turned upside down. The newspapers that were encouraging people to watch these shows were now asking MBC to remove or censor the language on the shows. It seems that the rapport that once existed between Nasir Al-Gasabi and Abdullah Al-Sadhan has forever disappeared. And thus with this one bad show the successes of 15 years have been erased and this failure is the only thing that will remain in the mind of viewers!

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Photos from Kulna Iyal Karya TV Series

Photos from Beyny W Beynak TV Series

By Karim