Operation Pacific
Channel: Telemundo (DStv 118)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Telenovela
Telenovela which follows Captain Amalia Ortega, a strong empowered woman living a double life, whose mission is to take down the most wanted Mexican drug lord.
Shot in Mexico and Colombia, this 60-episode police drama centres on Amalia Ortega, a fearless woman, wife, mother and captain of the Secret Intelligence Unit of the Police, who jeopardises her career, her life and her family in an attempt to capture El Guapo, a mysterious and powerful Mexican drug trafficker.
Only her focus and determination will help her fulfill her mission.
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Unmarried 2
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama
The first season of Unmarried followed the journey of three Johannesburg women - Brenda, Thembi and Lesego - who found it difficult to strike a balance between their careers, demanding relationships and motherhood.
Despite their different life circumstances, the three all longed for one common goal: to be loved forever.
Last season we were introduced to Lesego (Keke Mphuti), a slay queen with a taste for the finer things in life; Brenda (Renate Stuurman), a career-driven banker; and Thembi (Thembisa Mdoda), a devoted girlfriend.
An event in Season 2 is about to change everything in their journey and redefine what it means to have it all.
After a failed 10-year marriage last season, we will meet a reinvented Brenda who finds herself juggling between a new flame and her business taking on an unplanned responsibility.
Thembi, who has to pick up the pieces after 15 wasted years, comes across an encounter that forces her to make a very deep self-introspection as her future comes head-on with events from the past.
Lunathi Mampofu joins the cast this season as Claudia Dunn, a retired supermodel who returns to South Africa after cutting ties with everyone.
Also new this season is Sisa Hewana in the role of Ernest Modise, a relationship guru who worms his way into everyone's lives.
Emkay Khanyile joins the cast as Cam, a social media influencer; and Don Mosenye completes the new additions in the role of multi-billionaire business mogul, Benson Mabunda.
TVSA Show Page: Unmarried 2
The Real Housewives of New York City 12
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Docu-Reality
The Real Housewives of New York City is back with returning cast Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, Dorinda Medley and Tinsley Mortimer.
New housewife Leah McSweeney joins this season and this edgy downtown girl has the ladies clutching their pearls.
Coming up this season:
Life is still a cabaret, but now it's called "Marry, F**k, Marry" as Luann de Lesseps workshops the latest iteration of her notorious stage show.
With her probation over, she tries to reclaim her old life, but realises old habits die hard.
Ramona Singer is on the hunt for love and companionship, now all she needs is a man who fills out her checklist.
She sold the beloved apartment she shared with daughter Avery and is now trying to get used to her new digs. Struggling with letting go of her old life, she seeks a little help in the form of therapy.
Sonja Morgan is living her best life. When she shows her latest Sonja by Sonja Morgan collection at NYFW, she is approached by an iconic NY department store with a big partnership offer.
Looking for a fresh start, she faces one of the hardest decisions she has ever had to make.
Dorinda Medley is juggling moving into a new apartment, renovating the old one, and dealing with the damage caused by a flood at Bluestone Manor.
As she re-evaluates her relationship with longtime boyfriend John, she's rediscovering herself and trying to be at peace.
But she continues to butt heads with Tinsley. When Ramona and Sonja try to step in to help her deal with what they perceive to be anger issues, tensions reach an all-time high.
Tinsley Mortimer is enjoying her life in the city with her newly adopted dogs and a new apartment at the hotel.
But just when Tinsley is about to give up on love, an old flame returns and makes her an offer she can't resist.
New housewife Leah McSweeney is a born-and-bred New Yorker.
She is the mother of 12-year-old Keir and is also a boss who just celebrated the 15th anniversary of her streetwear brand for women, by women, Married to the Mob.
Although she is the youngest in the group of women, she is not afraid to speak her mind, which at times causes friction, especially with Ramona and Sonja.
TVSA Show Page: The Real Housewives of New York City 12
Elif
Channel: eExtra (Openview 105 / DStv 195 / StarSat 489)
TX Time: 18h15
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
This is the story of a good-hearted little girl who becomes a pawn in the rivalries of the Emiroglu family.
Elif is six years old when her mother, Melek, delivers her secretly to the wealthy Emiroglu household, where she will grow up, as her mother did, as a servant on the farm.
Although she doesn’t know it, Elif is the child of Kenan Emiroglu, the eldest son of the family.
He is not aware that the child is his, although he was in love with her mother Melek, before she abandoned him.
But six years ago, Melek was driven from the farm, in fear of her daughter's life.
Now, can Elif's innate kindness and right the wrongs done to her and her family and bring happiness to Emiroglu Farm?
The series is in Turkish, dubbed into Afrikaans. Some of the local voice actors include Rolanda Marais, Marlo Minnaar, Crystal-Donna Roberts, Andre Samuels, Jurgen McEwan, Dorette Potgieter, Lee Roodt, Nadia Herbst, Leatitia Solomons, Ivan Abrahams and Portia Joel.
Close Enough
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Animated comedy series about a motley crew of housemates living on the east side of Los Angeles: married couple Emily and Josh, their five-year-old daughter Candice, and their divorced best friends Bridgette and Alex.
Looking to make the leap from carefree 20-somethings to adulting pros, Josh, Emily and their BFFs are navigating that transitional time in your 30s when life is about growing up, but not growing old.
It's about juggling work, kids, and latent dreams - while dodging time-traveling snails, stripper clowns and murderous mannequins.
Their life may not be ideal, but for now, it's close enough.
Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition 14
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality
Five new hip hop couples are taking a step back from the game on an all-new season of Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition.
They've got the awards, the view counts, the platinum records and the love of millions of fans, but they can't seem to secure a relationship with the person who matters most.
Non-stop baby mama drama, jealousy-fueled DM hacking, shouting matches that could rival canon fire, broken hearts, crushed dreams, infidelity and headline worthy insults are waiting at the door of Marriage Boot Camp.
Though the couples are arriving because of many different reasons, everyone wants the same question answered: Is this relationship the one?
Or is it time to say 'bye Felicia'?
CeeLo Green and fiancée Shani have been together for eight years and engaged for three of them, but they must decide if they want to walk down the aisle or walk away.
The age difference between Michel'le Toussaint and her boyfriend Stew is at the root of their issues, but they also must face their notorious pasts and pull their problems out from under the rug.
The clock is ticking for "The Puerto Rican Princess" Joseline Hernandez, who has put a deadline on her relationship with boyfriend Balistic Beats.
He has ghosted her in the past and now he has eight months to put a ring on it.
Styles P and Adjua Styles are looking to put the spark back in their love life as their 24-years relationship has been put to the test with the death of their daughter, infidelity and anger issues.
For Bianca Bonnie and Chozus, boot camp is the last resort to mend their toxic and immature relationship that is fueled by obsessive behavior, secrets and social media hacking.
Dr. Ish's unique sensibilities are going to be doled in a no B.S. tough love fashion in order to pull these celebrities out of the clouds and put them back in to reality.
Added to the mix is Judge Toler who brings her style to the drills aimed to test and answer, which couple makes beautiful music together and who should go solo.