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August 17 - 23, 2011
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Gulf Weekly TV Guide

Wednesday
Film – Employee of the Month on MBC MAX TV at 7pm
Zack Bradley and Vince Downey have been working at the Super Club for 10 years. While Vince has advanced to the position of head cashier and landed 17 consecutive ‘E of M’ awards, Zack is content to simply sit back. Their bitter battle grows when attractive new employee Amy transfers over from another store. When word quickly spreads that Amy only has eyes for the cream of the crop, slacker Zack attempts to clean up his act and uptight Vince tries to impress by maintaining his top dog position.

Thursday
Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Liz Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

Friday
Both Jane and John Smith are world-class assassins who will take on perilous missions for the right price, but neither is aware of the other’s secret life – Jane thinks her husband runs a successful construction company, and John believes his wife works on Wall Street. However, when they are both assigned to take out the same target they become aware of each other’s secret lives, and suddenly both their careers and their marriage go through dramatic changes.

Saturday
Series – 30 ROCK: Season 5 on OSN Comedy at 10pm
The fifth season of the multi-award-winning comedy is in full flow this month. The fourth season of 30 Rock ended with a number of big developments, including Jack Donaghy finding out that his girlfriend Avery was pregnant, Liz Lemon potentially meeting the love of her life in an airline pilot played by Matt Damon, and Kenneth the page accidentally getting himself fired. This season sees the show hit its 100th episode.

Sunday
Film – Shooter on MBC 2 at 11pm
Bob Lee Swagger, marksman and son of a Congressional Medal of Honoree, is a loner living in the Rockies. He’s left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he’s recruited by a lisping colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work but is double-crossed and framed for the attempt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

Monday
Film – Two Weeks Notice on MBC 2 at 9pm
Lucy Kelton is a top-flight attorney with Wade Corporation. Her job has one significant drawback – George Wade, the eccentric and remarkably self-centred head of the firm. George seems entirely incapable of making a decision without Lucy’s advice, and while she’s fond of George, being at his beck and call 24 hours a day has brought her to the end of her rope. In a moment of anger, Lucy gives her two weeks notice, and George reluctantly accepts, under one condition – Lucy has to hire her own replacement.

Tuesday
Film – Knight & Day on OSN Premiere at 8pm
June Havens is a car restorer and while on her way home from a job meets Roy Miller. June is instantly charmed by Roy but soon finds out that he is a super-spy on the run from the FBI when she gets caught right in the middle of an assassination attempt against him. June finds herself involved in a dangerous cat-and-mouse chase and now must find out whether she can put her trust in Roy as her life is in his hands.

 

 

 







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