A brand new Thursday is going to be experienced on Diva Universal Channel beginning September 8 with its program line-up.
First among the new series to be aired is a light & bubbly 10 part series called Perfect Couples at 9PM. Being in a relationship isn’t always everything it’s cracked up to be, as you’ll see when three vastly different couples—uber-perfect Rex (Hayes MacArthur) and Leigh (Olivia Munn), nutty Vance (David Walton) and Amy (Mary Elizabeth Ellis), and “normal” Dave (Kyle Bornheimer) and Julia (Christine Woods)—shed light on the mysteries of love as part of a pair.
Set to open a new season is Hot in Cleveland Abbey at 9:30PM Menopausal mamas Melanie (Valerie Bertinelli), Victoria (Wendie Malick) and Joy (Jane Leeves) know they’ve only gotten better with age. But men in youth-obsessed LA don’t seem to agree… which makes a flight detour to Cleveland , Ohio , where they are suddenly deluged with admirers, a permanent stopover. The trio becomes the town’s glamour queens… until a deceptively sweet-looking senior named Elka (Betty White, don’t you just love her?) steps up to show them a thing or two.
Airing at 10 PM is a new series entitled Haven. FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose of ER, Brothers & Sisters) responds to emergency calls when there is something strange in their neighborhood.. The strong, smart Detective Audrey is sent in to investigate strange phenomena taking place in Haven, a seemingly ordinary small town in Maine . Just when Audrey thinks she’s gaining control over the dark forces besieging the town, she begins to unravel secrets that link back to her own shadowed past… and soon, it’s time to prove just how fearless a female can be.
Capping the night viewing at 11PM is Downtown Abbey, a smartly written period drama a cut above your usual soap opera. Set in pre-World War I London, dashing dukes and crafty commoners mingle in this drama that chronicles the lives of the upper-crust Crawley family, headed by power granny Dame Maggie Smith (Harry Potter, Sister Act movies).
Downtown Abbey scored major wins at the 2011 BAFTA Awards, Britain ’s equivalent of the Oscars. It won ‘Best Drama Series’, as well as trophies for ‘Best Director’, Editing, Photography and Lighting, Production Design, and Best Actor for Brendan Coyle (who plays noble valet Mr Bates). The highly-rated series has also gained 11 nominations at this year’s 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
