Saturdays in the South Debut, TrueSouth Season Two Highlight SEC Network’s Fall Programming Slate

SEC Network returns its full fall programming lineup, including the second season of the critically-acclaimed series TrueSouth, beginning this week. The network’s total programming schedule features more than a dozen offerings, including the highly-anticipated multi-part documentary Saturdays in the South: A History of SEC Football, which airs over the course of eight consecutive Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET. The eight-part, 12-hour film, presented by Regions Bank, premieres Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Date Time (ET) Saturdays in the South – Episodes Years Covered
Tues, Sep 3 9 p.m. Part 1: Beginnings 1869-1932
Tues, Sep 10 9 p.m. Part 2: A Call to Duty 1933-59
Tues, Sep 17 9 p.m. Part 3: The Third Rail 1960-70
Tues, Sep 24 9 p.m. Part 4: The Best Years of Their Lives 1971-79
Tues, Oct 1 9 p.m. Part 5: Star Power 1980-89
Tues, Oct 8 9 p.m. Part 6: Revolution 1990-99
Tues, Oct 15 9 p.m. Part 7: Faith, Family & Football 2000-09
Tues, Oct 22 9 p.m. Part 8: SEC, SEC, SEC! (Finale) 2010-present

TrueSouth Season Two Sees Four New Cities in the Spotlight
SEC Network will welcome back Southern food and culture series TrueSouth to its lineup this fall. Executive produced by ESPN Senior Writer Wright Thompson and writer and host John T. Edge, season two of the show follows Edge as he travels around New Orleans, Beaumont, Texas, Hodgenville, Ky. and Memphis, Tenn., introducing viewers to Southern tastemakers, food, culture and history as they intertwine in the beautiful yet complex South.

Each episode revolves around two bedrock spots that locals cherish. From those bases, the show explores cities and their environs, getting to know good people through good food.

Date Time (ET) Programming
Sun, Sep 1 7:30 p.m. TrueSouth: New Orleans
Sun, Oct 6 7:30 p.m. TrueSouth: Beaumont
Sun, Nov 3 7:30 p.m. TrueSouth: Hodgenville
Sun, Dec 1 7:30 p.m. TrueSouth: Memphis

Joining the Week 1 programming slate is the second episode of The Moment with Laura Rutledge on Friday, Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Homecoming with Paul Finebaum featuring Vanderbilt alum and TODAY Show co-host Willie Geist preceding at 7 p.m.

In addition, SEC Network returns its weekly roster of studio programming in 2019:

SEC Network mainstays SEC Nation and SEC Now are back in full swing for the 2019 college football season, and SEC Nation will welcome recurring digital reporter Maria Montgomery to different Nation stops throughout the fall.

Each weekly show on SEC Network’s fall schedule will re-air multiple times on SEC Network and across ESPN’s networks, and select studio shows will be available on demand on the ESPN App.

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