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January 18 - 24, 2012
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Film – Minority Report on MBC Action at 8pm
John Anderton is a detective in the year 2054 who works for ‘Precrime’, a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they have committed the actual crime. When Anderton discovers that he has been identified as the future killer of a man he’s never met, he is forced to become a fugitive from his own colleagues.

Film – Criminal on MBC2 at 9pm
A con artist finds family squabbles are getting in the way of a major payday. Richard Gaddis is a smart-suited confidence man who knows how to run a big con but prefers to pull off a number of small scams over the course of the day, cheating many people out of a little instead of taking one or two for a lot. One day, while looking for marks at a gambling casino, Gaddis meets Rodrigo, a fellow grifter with obvious talent. Gaddis takes Rodrigo under his wing, and after showing him a few tricks, the two begin working as a team.

Series – WWE SmackDown! on OSN Sports 4 at 8pm
The programme offers some of the top stars in wrestling at the global level from the past, present and future. The weekly live-event programme brings you high-flying match-action, dazzling pyrotechnics, and unpredictable drama from packed venues around the world. Starring the most charismatic and athletic WWE superstars including Randy Orton, Mark Henry, Sin Cara and others.

Series – According to Jim (Season 8) on Fox at 9pm
Both a family man and a man’s man, Jim is the all-American guy. He’s devoted to his beautiful wife, Cheryl and his five kids, Ruby, Gracie and Kyle Gordon and Jonathan. He loves his family but continues to test his wife’s patience with his stubborn antics. He also sometimes takes for granted his brother-in-law and best friend, Andy who doggedly covers for his constant scheming and continues his own search for the perfect woman.

Series – Flash Forward (Season 1) on Fox at 10pm
After the entire world’s population blacks out for approximately two minutes and 17 seconds, which in effect causes the entire world to see a glimpse of life six months into the future, an elite FBI task force is formed to investigate who or what caused the global blackout. The team of super sleuths have to piece together an endless list of clues to find out whether the events foreseen were simply flashes or true events of what’s to come, and whether or not it could possibly happen again.

Film – Gridiron Gang on MBC Action at 8pm
Sean Porter is a detention camp probation officer who oversees the inmates at Camp Kilpatrick in Los Angeles and isn’t willing to simply write off the violent offenders who have been placed in his care. When Porter’s proposal of forming a high-school-level football team is met with skepticism and resistance in the highest ranks, the determined coach puts his career on the line to prove everyone wrong.

Film – Spy Game on MBC2 at 11pm
On the verge of retirement from the Central Intelligence Agency, veteran spy Nathan Muir learns that his one-time protégé Tom Bishop has gone rogue and been taken prisoner after attempting to smuggle a prisoner out of China. Despite some recent bad blood and resentment between them, as his memories of their friendship come flooding back, Muir sets about arranging the rescue of his old friend from a communist jail.







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