Recipe for Love and Murder was more popular with international viewers than Mzansi viewers.
It's no surprise that philanthropy starts at home, but the rewards tend to be earned elsewhere…as was the case with the M-Net TV show Recipe for love and murderdid so-so in Mzansi but had great numbers internationally.
“The viewership in South Africa did not quite meet our expectations, but in this case, not only did our international partners find a lot of value in the program, but also outside of our territory, outside of Africa. We've seen great success with sales in Premium Channels (M-Net and kykNET). citizen.
Recipe for love and murder It first aired on M-Net in March 2022 and was featured on Acorn TV before making its international debut in September of the same year.
“We are very proud Recipe for love and murder, it was a great series and I'm proud and happy to be coming back for a second season. ”
“We do that too, just because all partners need to recognize a certain value. But in this case, the international success was on another level,” Pelser asserted. .
Pelser spoke to the magazine at a media breakfast hosted by MultiChoice Group General Entertainment CEO Noma Philiso. Breakfast was centered around storytellers, and TV creators also appeared.
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Demand for a second season
Recipe for love and murder is a dark comedy mystery television series based on. Tunny Maria Mystery A novel by Sally Andrew.The show stars Irish actress Maria Doyle Kennedy and former Isidingo Actor Tony Kigoroge.
Acorn approached M-Net and insisted on the creation of another season.
Pelser said M-Net is willing to invest a certain amount in the production of the second season, and Acorn will cover the remaining production costs.
“From an accountability standpoint, if you were a channel that had to allocate resources…you wouldn't allocate too many resources to shows that 'do the job,' but you wouldn't do more than the previous shows. “Performance of the season,'' Pelser explained how it would make sense for the channel to produce a second season if someone else would cover some of the costs.
“I mean, the first season did well internationally, you wouldn't mess around [a lot]. You think about what the components are that allow you to move those things and store them there,” Pelser said.
The director of the premium channel said that filming for the second season has begun and that there will not be many adjustments.
“Season 2 may have a different managerial approach. We have a new manager coming on board for the second season. The intention is to [that] It always has to work in this market first, and it will work in this market as well. However, there was a big difference in performance here, which was fine compared to overseas. ”
He said the Karoo setting and characters, and the fact that the series was based on a book that was very popular overseas, were reasons why the TV show was popular overseas.
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