Carte Blanche, produced by Combined Artists, is the flagship magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 and actuality programme on M-Net

M-Net

M-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers....

, a pay-TV channel broadcasting in Southern Africa. Carte Blanche was launched in 1989 and broadcasts during prime time viewing on Sunday evenings.

To celebrate 22 years on air on 12 September 2010, Carte Blanche allowed their audience to direct the show live via Facebook and Twitter. Viewers could choose which stories went out and in which order, and could also help write the studio script.