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 Sony's
Jassi..., a drama on life in the fashion world, is a story
of a plain Jane with an extraordinarily good sense of humour, who
learns to deal with and triumph over the glitzy world of fashion.
The show targeted at the average female audience launches on 1
September at 9:30 pm. A special one hour preview show has been scheduled
for 31 August.
According to the Sony sources, Jasmeet 'Jassi' Walia's strong values
will appeal to the middle class while her career goals will draw
the modern Indian woman. The reworked Cinderella is likely to offer
tough competition to the Sahara's big ticket Karishma - The Miracles
of Destiny, which airs in the same time band.
 Meanwhile,
Sahara Manoranjan is ready with its next launch Arzoo Hai Tu.
The show, produced by Sahara India Mass Communication Ltd in association
with Sagar Entertainment, will launch on 1 September at 10 pm.
This daily boasts of big names in the television industry like
Mohnish Behl, Aman Verma, Mrinal Kulkarni, Lata Sabharwal, Uday
Tikikar, Sheetal Thankkar and Suddha Shivpuri. Based on a story
about family values, conflicts of ideals, ambitions, aspirations,
jealousy and hate, Arzoo... is essentially a dramatic love
story.
 Next
in the pipeline is Star World new season of That 70's Show.
Set in the era of Led Zeppelin 8-tracks, Tab colas, and Farrah Fawcett
posters, the nostalgic and funny flashback to the "Me"
decade, starts on 1 September at 8 pm.
Set in the Wisconsin suburbs, That 70s Show is about 18
year old Eric Forman (Topher Grace), who lives with his parents
-- Red (Kurtwood Smith) and Kitty (Debra Jo Rupp) and yearns for
his independence. Also in the frame is Eric's ex-girlfriend and
neighbour, Donna (Laura Prepon), a knock-out who's been forced to
deal with her parents' recent split and her dad Bob's (Don Stark)
new life as a swinging single.
Beside there are his friends, who spend most of their time hanging
out in the Forman basement and pondering their lives, their parents
and their future.
The gang includes Kelso (Ashton Kutcher), a good-looking but gullible
guy, especially when it comes to dealing with his controlling on-again,
off-again girlfriend Jackie (Mila Kunis); Hyde (Danny Masterson),
a conspiracy theorist who thinks Xerox will take over the world;
and Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), a foreign exchange student who's soaking
up American culture like a sponge.
 This
season finds the gang maturing during their senior year of high
school as they prepare to graduate and head off to college. Eric
and Donna are back together again, while Jackie and Kelso have finally
split up for good.
Kelso meets a new California girl, played by guest star and pop
singer Jessica Simpson, while Jackie finds comfort in the arms of
Hyde, much to the gang's dismay. Fez even finds true love when he
shifts into high gear and falls for an older woman who works at
the DMV.
As for MTV Roadies , they are still roaring on the road,
making some good television coverage. Viacom's music arm has dished
out yet another music band to their programming line up Khamosh
, which launches on 1 September. Khamosh will replace MTV
Bolti bund from Monday to Friday at 9 pm.
 Last
on the list is NDTV's flagship show The World This Week,
which was previously scheduled to launch on 29 August at 9:30 pm.
After exactly a week's delay, it will finally be out on 5 September
in the same time slot.
Voted as one of the five all-time best shows in India, the original
anchor Dr Prannoy Roy will make a comeback on NDTV 24x7. The show,
back on popular demand, will take a look at international events
from a clearly Indian perspective.
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