{"id":352418,"date":"2011-03-31T09:06:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/%e2%80%98jacob%e2%80%99s-cross%e2%80%99-nabs-four-nominations-at-monte-carlo-television-festival\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T09:06:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:06:22","slug":"jacobs-cross-nabs-four-nominations-at-monte-carlo-television-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/jacobs-cross-nabs-four-nominations-at-monte-carlo-television-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jacob\u2019s Cross\u2019 nabs four nominations at Monte-Carlo Television Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.507425742574\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/JacobBillboard.jpg\" rel=\"shadowboxpost-4327;player=img;\" title=\"JacobBillboard\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4328\" title=\"JacobBillboard\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2ae045deard-300x227.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>MNet\u2019s Jacob\u2019s Cross has received four nominations at the prestigious Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the following categories: Best International TV Series, Outstanding International Producer, Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress. The Monte-Carlo Television Festival, which will be held on \u00a0June 6-10 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, has been awarding exceptional television programmes across the globe since the 1960s.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jacob\u2019s Cross is the only show on the entire continent nominated and it will be competing against some of the best shows in the world including Lost, Dexter, Mad Men, Downton Abbey and The Tudors.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Bomb! Productions, Jacob\u2019s Cross is an M-Net drama series about powerful oil magnates battling for Africa\u2019s rich off-shore oil. Set in both South Africa and Nigeria, the story centers around business man Jacob Makhubu Abayomi and his quest to build the next great African empire. Now in its fourth season it is the most popular show across the continent and has a cult following particularly amongst Africans in the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- google ad injected by adsense-optimizer http:\/\/www.adsenseoptimizer.de --><\/p>\n<p>2011 is without a doubt an incredibly successful year for the series as these nominations come just a month after the show was awarded a Creative Achievement Award at The Pan African Film Festival\u2019s annual Night of Tribute held in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic, we\u2019re very excited about it,\u201d says executive producer Desiree Markgraaff who is nominated in the Outstanding International Producer category. \u201cThe thing about these nominations is that we are in very good company. We\u2019re up against shows like Lost, Downton Abbey and Mad Men. I mean they\u2019re such fantastic big shows, so we\u2019re very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2ae045deard-300x227.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> MNet\u2019s Jacob\u2019s Cross has received four nominations at the prestigious Monte-Carlo Television Festival for the following categories: Best International TV Series, Outstanding International Producer, Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress. 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