The Titan Games 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Sport
Executive produced and hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the series offers everyday people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete in epic head-to-head challenges designed to test the mind, body and heart.
This season includes an incredible group of athletes and everyday heroes with inspirational stories.
There are doctors, nurses, veterans and teachers set to compete in the Titan arena, and this season they will also have to beat world-class professional athletes, including Olympic gold medalists, NFL stars and UFC champions, to become Titans.
Inspired by Johnson's desire to motivate global audiences to achieve their greatness, this athletic competition gives men and women across the USA the opportunity to step inside the Titan arena and push beyond their limits.
Competitors will battle opponents in unforgiving head-to-head challenges, designed by Johnson.
Winners will advance to the ultimate challenge of Mt. Olympus, the consummate athletic test of speed, strength, agility and endurance.
The Titan Games will not only test the competitors' physical strength, but also their mental and emotional fortitude.
In the end, the Titans will return to battle against one another, with one man and one woman emerging as Titan Champion and each winning a grand prize of $100,000.
If one of the professional athletes wins, their prize money will go to a charity of their choosing.
In the two-hour season premiere: Johnson reveals the competition's new format with regional brackets and the addition of Professional Athlete Titans representing each region.
In this episode, competitors from the Central division will compete in a best of three competition where the winner will move on to battle a Pro-Athlete Titan on Mt. Olympus.
Female competitors will have to face two-time Olympic gold-medal winning and current undisputed boxing world champion Claressa Shields, while the males will take on NFL Iron Man Legend and 10x Pro-Bowler Joe Thomas.
Alaskan Bush People 12
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 20h55
Genre: Docu-Reality
This season the Wolfpack faces the biggest challenge of their lives, in subzero temperatures, to complete the family's dream cabin on the mountain before Spring.
It's a race against time as the Browns attempt to build the centerpiece to their growing ranch during the worst winter conditions since leaving Alaska.
As the family struggles to protect themselves, their animals, and critical infrastructure from the extreme freeze, a new member enters the family as brother Gabe welcomes his first child to the wilderness.
While facing a brutal winter that threatens the family's progress on the entire ranch, the Browns are more determined than ever to protect their dream.
In an effort to keep their parents in the bush amidst Billy's health concerns, the kids join forces to complete a two-story cabin that will be home for Billy, Ami, Noah, Rhain Alisha, Eli, Gabe, Raquell and their new baby.
But with the foundation started late, the siblings must build a mega bonfire in an attempt to unfreeze the frozen ground.
Gabe grows into his role as protector as he becomes a dad and learns to ride a horse to scout the property.
Bear re-immerses himself in the wild as he struggles to cope with a devastating breakup.
Noah gets inventive and builds the family's first tractor snowplow and Bird takes her leather-crafting skills to a whole new level.
Battling extreme weather and new life changes, the Browns put their family bond to the test as they race to complete the cabin.