Rock the Block 2
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 19h45
Genre: Reality Competition, Reality Makeover, Home Improvement
HGTV's fiercest home renovation duos will faceoff when the competition series Rock the Block returns.
Host Ty Pennington will referee the action as the experts battle to maximize the value of identical suburban properties with $225,000 and only six weeks to complete their projects.
In the end, just one pair will score bragging rights and a street named in their honour.
In addition to a rotating panel of guest judges, the new season's star roster of dueling duos includes legendary home renovator and contractor Mike Holmes (Holmes On Homes) paired with Chicago's fearless home reno and design expert Alison Victoria (Windy City Rehab).
There are also designing dads Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent (Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House); and two HGTV Design Star winners, David Bromstad (My Lottery Dream Home) and Tiffany Brooks ($50K Three Ways), who join forces.
Then there's the couple who can build and design an entire home in 100 days - Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt (100 Day Dream Home.)
In the Season 2 premiere, "Rock the Kitchens": House-flipping phenom Tarek El Moussa and his real estate agent fiancée, Heather Rae Young, will decide which competitors created the ideal kitchen for a potential buyer.
Throughout the series, more HGTV stars will assess the spaces in each home, including real estate broker extraordinaire Page Turner, who will judge the living room and foyer transformations.
Powerhouse real estate broker Egypt Sherrod and her husband, contractor Mike Jackson, will deliberate the main bedroom suites.
Designer and restoration specialist Tamara Day will judge the basement renovations, and two fresh faces, interior designer Carmine Sabatella and landscape designer Mike Pyle, stars of the HGTV series Inside Out, will evaluate the outdoor spaces.
Finally, Ken and Anita Corsini will join incumbent Rock the Block champion, Jasmine Roth, for a final home walk-through before announcing the winning team.
Eendag
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality, Afrikaans
Reandi Grey (7de Laan, Legacy) presents this show in which couples finally get the chance to make it to the altar.
The Eendag producers provide everything, from the venue to the catering, but there's a catch: the couple must plan the wedding themselves - and they only have one day to do so.
They start the day making all the necessary arrangements for the wedding and by that afternoon, they should be at the altar.
Can you get a dream wedding organised in one day? Is that even possible?
Pasella 28
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Lifestyle, Afrikaans
Presented by Paul Rothmann, Vicky Davis, Amalia Uys, Hemelbesem, Rumacques Gelderbloem and Sasha-Lee Davids, each episode of Pasella provides a triple dose of fun and enjoyment.
This season we visit celebrities such as Karlien van Jaarsveld, Refentse Morake, Neil Sandilands, Clementine Mosimane, Elvis Blue and many others as we explore the country.
In the Season 28 premiere: Pasella gets up close and personal with the cast of 7de Laan as the soapie celebrates 21 years on air this year.
It's a reunion of note as we relive some of the most iconic moments through the eyes of friendships formed behind the scenes over the years.
Elma Postma, Quinne Brown, Neil Sandilands, Nico Panagio, Frank Rautenbach, Ingrid Paulus, Ivan Zimmermann, Sean Else, Hildegardt Whites, Robert Bester and Denver Vraagom spend time with Vicky, Amalia and Paul.
Undercover Boss 10
Channel: BBC Brit (DStv 120)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
Undercover Boss follows the journey of nine top-level executives as they become just another employee in their own company, so they can find out what life is like at the bottom rather than the top of their business.
Each week a different boss will swap their luxury lifestyle for a low-level position as they go undercover to explore what works and what doesn't in their organisation.
In the Season 10 premiere, "Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar": Walk-On's is America's fastest growing sports bar chain and is on the brink of becoming a whole lot bigger, with plans to double in size.
But are the company's 4,000 employees ready to make this audacious move?
Hoping to find out are Walk-On's founder Brandon Landry and co-owner, NFL champion Saints quarterback Drew Brees.
They'll be hiding in plain sight as they join staff on the front line in their restaurants.
They'll meet a kitchen porter, an assistant manager and a dock supervisor for their main shrimp supplier, in a bid to get to the heart of their business.
In the end, Brandon and Drew will reveal their true identities and help make their employees dreams a reality.
How will they react when they find out they're really the bosses of the company?
Wildest India
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 18h00 (binge)
Genre: Wildlife, Nature, Documentary Series
India is an exotic mix of wildlife, secret locations, epic landscapes and colourful beauty.
This series is a celebration of India's most spectacular locations and wildlife.
From the epic Himalayas, we travel to the Ganges, lifeblood of India, as it carves out its dramatic path across the subcontinent.
Delve into the heart of India and discover one of the most incredible, beautiful and exciting places on Earth.
Trippin with Skhumba
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Travel, Reality, Comedy
Buckle up for Trippin with Skhumba, featuring seven comedians, one caracara and a truckload of LOLs.
Skhumba and six of his comedian friends go back to their roots, travelling to their hometowns, from Kempton Park to Empangeni and everywhere in between, in the ultimate South African comedy road trip.
The show kicks off with a visit to Moletjie village in Limpopo, where Mashabela Galane comes from.
Skhumba will also visit other popular comedians including Siya Seya, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Tumi Morake, Salesman wa Motokwa (also known as Ditshego) and Celeste Ntuli.
Learn more about where these comedians hail from, how they grew and also get to see how they became household names.
Inside the Factory 6
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Technology, Science, Food
With exclusive access to some of the world's biggest and busiest factories – some opening their doors to TV cameras for the very first time – this behind-the-scenes documentary series reveals the secrets of consumer goods.
MasterChef's Gregg Wallace discovers the astonishing machinery and processes that allow these supersized factories to produce the food and goods we buy.
Gregg is back with co-host Cherry Healy to takes his love of food back to the source – the factories that feed us – to find out how some of our favourite foods get made in.
In each episode, Gregg goes behind-the-scenes at some of the largest factories in Europe, while Cherry investigates the science and innovation behind each product.
Also, historian Ruth Goodman reveals how it was invented and popularised.
In the Season 6 premiere, "Cider": Gregg visits the biggest cider factory in the world, which produces more than 350-million litres each year.
The scale of production blows his mind as at each turn he's confronted with huge machinery and incredible processes.
He visits Birchley Farm in Herefordshire, at the heart of cider country, before heading to the mill at Ledbury to help sort the apples.
At the factory itself, he learns about the fermentation process and the critical role of yeast, before being shown the vast scale of the bottling process, which sees 833 bottles cleaned and filled every minute.
Meanwhile, Cherry explores how the factory is creating new orchards of a sweet apple variety called Scrumptious through the ancient technique of grafting, as well as revealing how a by-product from the brewing industry, CO2, is vital in the manufacture of fire extinguishers.
Ruth traces a Victorian apple-breeding boom with Dr Annie Gray, recreating one of Queen Victoria's favourite baked apple desserts.
And she learns how it was British scientists and cider makers - not French champagne makers - who were the first to put fizz in a bottle.
Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots
Channel: Da Vinci (DStv 318)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Documentary Series, Technology
Professor Danielle George MBE, an electronics engineer from Manchester University and a robot supporter, and Dr Ben Garrod, an evolutionary biologist from Anglia Ruskin University and robo-sceptic, uncover whether the rise of the robots will enhance the progress of humanity or ultimately threaten the survival of the human race.
With extraordinary access to the world's leading robot-makers, they meet the trailblazing machines who pioneered key evolutionary leaps for robot-kind, and their most advanced descendants - to uncover just how far we've really come.
Ben is unashamedly unnerved by the tremendous rate that robots are evolving, whilst Danielle is welcoming them with open arms.
To make sense of Ben's fears and Danielle's optimism, they set out to investigate the evolution of robots - treating them as if they are an emerging 'species'.
Ben meets one of the most humanlike robots in the world - the disarmingly charming Erica - who might be warm to the touch, but whose sense of humour falls decidedly flat.
Their encounter seems weird enough until he meets her creator, who has made a robot twin of himself, and even has cosmetic enhancements to ensure they continue to look the same.
He also finds out why it's so difficult for robots to walk like us.
The first episode uncovers the roots with our obsession with robots in human form, with a visit to the fearsome Eric - the UK's first robot - to unpack the deep distrust of robots inherent in western culture.
Danielle meets an early pioneer of robotic movement, who led the way for robots to take over the workplace, and ends up in a sea of robot arms, working in beautiful robotic harmony at a car plant.
She also meets the latest breed of robots at Boston Dynamics, who combine biology with technology.
Videos of their extraordinary robots - inspired by humans, animals and machines in form - have spawned millions of hits on the Internet.
The series explores questions over what happens when robots learn to think for themselves, and what that will mean for the future of humankind.
Running Wild with Bear Grylls 6
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality, Adventure
Survivalist Bear Grylls returns to the wilderness eager to push the mental and physical limits of a brand-new slate of celebrities.
Hollywood's fan favourites come along for another adventurous ride to join Grylls in new challenges that make even the bravest shudder.
Each week, a new celebrity guest leaves the luxury of their homes to venture into some of the most extreme environments in the world to conquer fears, test their limits and sometimes dabble in nature's not-so-tasty delicacies.
Continuing to push superstars' comfort levels, this season Grylls travels the globe from the deserts of Utah to the Dolomites of Italy and the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California for more epic, life-changing adventures.
This season's celebrities include:
Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier)
Bobby Bones (American Idol)
Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Gina Carano (The Mandalorian)
Keegan-Michael Key (Brain Games)
Danica Patrick (former professional racing driver)
Danny Trejo (Machete)
Rainn Wilson (The Office)
In the Season 6 premiere, "Anthony Mackie in the Italian Dolomites": Bear takes Marvel superstar Anthony Mackie to the highest peaks of the Italian Dolomites for an adventure he'll never forget.
Braving freezing conditions, they travel in the footsteps of World War I soldiers, conquer sheer cliffs and hunt snow rats.
Being a bona fide superhero doesn't prepare Anthony for their final ascent up an icy waterfall, where even the smallest slip could lead to disaster.
Herman se Kortpaaie
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Food, Afrikaans
Herman Lensing needs no introduction and in his new food show, the focus is on good food that's quick to prepare – culinary shortcuts in less than 30 minutes.
The tall chef from the Northern Cape invites you to a special masterclass in whipping up delicious, time-saving meals.
In each episode, Herman will demonstrate how to make three mouthwatering and easy-to-make dishes, each of which can be prepared in 30 minutes or less, giving you more time to enjoy these meals with the people you love.