19 July 2024
Alert: Missing Persons Unit S1-2
Co-created by Oscar winner Jaime Foxx, Alert: Missing Persons Unit centres on the dedicated detectives of Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit, where Detective Nikki Batista and her ex-husband, Detective Jason Grant work tirelessly to save lives, having experienced their own child being kidnapped.
As Season 2 starts, Nikki has been promoted to captain and is engaged to marry Mike Sherman, who’s now partnering with Jason.
Dania Ramirez (Sweet Tooth, Devious Maids and Heroes) and Golden Globe nominee Scott Caan from Hawaii Five-0 and the Ocean’s trilogy) co-star, with Emmy winner Gil Bellows (Chucky, Ally McBeal) as the new commissioner, Hollis Braun.
Also look out for the likes of Ryan Broussard (Will Putnam in Only Murders in the Building), Nigerian-American actress Adeola Role (Blue Bloods, The Good Fight) and guest cast like Critics Choice winner Taye Diggs (All American, Empire, the Best Man movies), and Ade Chike Torbert (Scrappy in Power Book III: Raising Kanan).
With Ramirez nominated for Best Actress – Drama at the Imagen Awards, the police procedural has already renewed for a third season.
Ama Grootman S1 on Showmax
The Real Housewives of Durban S5, now streaming
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Binnelanders S8-14
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Summertide S1
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