Zee Café
Country | India |
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Headquarters | Mumbai |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | Zee Entertainment Enterprises Parent: (Essel Group) |
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Zee Café, formerly Zee English, is an Indian English-Hindi language cable and satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, a subsidiary of the Essel Group. It was launched on 15 March 2000 as Zee English and is known as a general entertainment channel (GEC).[2] On 27 March 2005, it was renamed Zee Café.[3] The channel mainly syndicates popular American television shows to appeal to the English-speaking population of India.
Programming
The channel airs a range of different shows including dramas, sitcoms and reality shows.
Current programming
TV Series | Season (s) | Time Slot (IST) |
Info |
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Supergirl[4][5] | Season 2 | 7 pm | Part of the 'Along with the U.S.' Block Airs on Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10 pm |
Ugly Betty | Seasons 1-4 | 8 pm | Airs Monday to Friday |
Pretty Little Liars[6] | Season 7A | Part of the 'Weekend Prime' Block Airs Saturday and Sunday | |
The Mysteries of Laura | Seasons 1-2 | 9 pm | Airs Monday to Friday |
Agent X | Season 1 | Part of the 'Weekend Prime' Block Airs Saturday and Sunday | |
Secret and Lies[4][5] | Season 2 | 10 pm | Part of the 'Along with the U.S.' Block Airs on Mondays |
Gotham[4][5][7] | Season 3 | Part of the 'Along with the U.S.' Block Airs on Tuesdays | |
Lethal Weapon[4][5] | Season 1 | Part of the 'Along with the U.S.' Block Airs on Thursdays | |
The Big Bang Theory[4][5] | Season 10 | Part of the 'Along with the U.S.' Block Airs on Fridays | |
Code Black[6] | Season 1 | Part of the 'Weekend Prime' Block Airs Saturday and Sunday | |
Two and a Half Men (Uncut) | Seasons 1-12 | 11 pm | Airs Monday to Friday |
Uncle Buck (Uncut) | Season 1 | Part of the 'Weekend Prime' Block Airs Saturday and Sunday |
Upcoming series
TV Series | Season (s) | Airing Details |
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Victoria's Secret Fashion Show | 2016 | Premieres on Saturday, 31 December 2016 |
Premiere Marathon
TV Series | Season (s) | Airing Date | Days | Time Slot (IST) |
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Agent X[6] | Season 1 | 12 November, 2016 | Saturday | 1 pm |
13 November, 2016 | Sunday |
International distribution
Zee Café launched on Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 15 July 2010.[8] The channel originally served as Zee's network hybrid channel, which used to broadcast shows from a number of its existing channels in India. On 11 September 2012, it was repositioned as a classics channel, airing re-runs of old Zee TV programming,[9] covering cookery, dramas, horror and mythology. At the same time the channel became free-to-air.[10] On 10 June 2013, the British version of Zee Café closed and was replaced by Lamhe, another free-to-air classics channel from Zee.[11]
Former Programming
- Agent X
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- America's Got Talent
- American Idol (Seasons 9-14) (Previously aired on Star World India)
- Code Black (Season 1)[6]
- Criminal Minds
- Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (Season 1)[6]
- Gotham (Seasons 1-3)[12]
- Grey's Anatomy (Seasons 1-12)
- House of Cards[13]
- Just for Laughs: Gags
- Lethal Weapon (Season 1)[4][5]
- Look Who's Talking With Niranjan (Seasons 1 and 2)
- Miss Diva : Miss India Universe (Seasons 1 and 2) (Moved to Colors Infinity)
- Miss Universe
- Miss World
- Mistresses
- Pretty Little Liars (Seasons 1-7A)[6]
- Rush Hour[14]
- Scandal
- Secret and Lies (Seasons 1 and 2)
- Supergirl (Seasons 1 and 2)[15]
- The Big Bang Theory (Seasons 1-10)
- The Mysteries of Laura (Seasons 1 and 2)
- The Originals
- The Real O'Neals (Season 1)[6]
- The Shannara Chronicles (Season 1)[6]
- The Vampire Diaries
- Two and a Half Men (Seasons 1-12)
- Ugly Betty (Seasons 1-4)
- Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
- Victoria's Secret Swim Special
- Young & Hungry
See also
References
- ^ "Zee Café's new positioning 'All Eyes on NEW' promises to give a NEW dimension to the English Entertainment space". Media Infoline. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Indiantelevision.com's television industry headlines". Us.indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > Dish TV goes mobile, Zee dons new look". Us.indiantelevision.com. 28 March 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Watch Television's Biggest shows, 'Along with the US', only on Zee Café".
- ^ a b c d e f Dilip, Mangala. "Watch 'Secret and Lies' season 2, 'The Big Bang Theory' season 10 and other shows live in India". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Zee Café goes for brand refresh | TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Robin Taylor: "You can expect a darker Penguin in Gotham season 3" - Times of India". Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "ZEE Cafe launches on Sky Digital EPG". BizAsia. 15 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010.
- ^ "ZEE Cafe set to reposition as classics channel". BizAsia. 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Change Log: Zee Café". KingOfSat. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Lamhe replaces ZEE Cafe in UK". BizAsia. 10 June 2013.
- ^ "'Zee Café brings alive the DC Comics Universe with Gotham 2 & Supergirl' - Times of India". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "World TV Premiere of 'House of Cards' season 4 on Zee Café - Times of India". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Rush Hour's TV reboot to premiere on Zee Café soon". 13 April 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Indian Television Premiere of "Supergirl" on Zee Café on 25th July - Times of India". Retrieved 29 August 2016.