Delilah
Channel: Vuzu (DStv 116)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Legal Drama
Delilah left a demanding white-shoe law firm a decade ago and hung up her own shingle so she could make raising her kids her number one priority.
Now she takes on cases the big firms ignore and finds herself, more often than not, going head-to-head with the powerful and privileged as she fights for the disenfranchised.
In addition to raising her two kids, Maia and Marcus, Delilah also cares for her young nephew Dion; manages her relationship with her frustrating ex; and to top it all off, she's about to go up against her best friend Tamara in court for the first time.
Delilah has always represented the underdogs. Tamara has always represented the wealthy and powerful.
But this case is different: this time, Delilah's most cherished friendship is on the line, and there are lives at stake.
But Delilah does what she always does - she seeks justice for those who need it most.
So Freakin Cheap
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
Follows four unique families as they go to extraordinary lengths to save money and live their most frugal lives.
Whether it's dumpster diving for freebies, planning a wedding on a $700 budget or painting an entire home using free paint samples, these families will stop at nothing to spend nothing.
Although their methods are quirky and at times comical, it's not all fun and games for the family and friends of an extreme bargain hunter.
Tensions rise and emotions are high when each family is forced to confront their loved ones in the hopes of living a more normal life as they approach major milestones, including planning a wedding, renovating a home, buying a new car and laying down the path for a career in fashion.
The families featured include:
The Tran Family (Orlando, Florida)
Rosanna and Danny Tran look as if they live the life of luxury in their upscale neighbourhood and large, beautiful home, but they still find a way to be self-proclaimed "Crazy Cheap Asians."
The two parents immigrated to the United States in pursuit of their American Dream, built a successful business from the ground up and raised four children.
The women of the family have made a tradition of participating in pageants and finding a way to do them on the cheap, but there is trouble brewing in the Tran home when youngest daughter Charisma wants to strike out on her own as a fashion model, instead of being a fashionably frugal pageant queen like her mother and older sister.
The Watson Family (Mesa, Arizona)
Returning from their debut on the series Extreme Cheapskates, self-proclaimed "Princess of Cheap" Shelley and her husband Tracy Watson have done their best to instill in 27-year-old daughter Ashley and 23-year-old daughter Brittney their core values of frugality.
Ashley has always been on board with her mother's ways, whether using their dog's hair to restuff the pillows, making dinner from the neighbour's leftover pasta or planning Ashley and Colby's wedding on a $1,000 budget eight years ago.
However, youngest daughter Brittney still struggles to accept the extreme lengths her family will go to save a dollar, which poses a major problem when Shelley delivers stunning news to Brittney: she wants to set the bar even higher - or lower - for Brittney and her fiancé Shane's upcoming wedding, using a total budget of $750 to cover the cost of the venue, the wedding gown, reception, food and entertainment.
The Guiles Family (Minoa, New York)
Becky and Jay Guiles are raising their two young sons in a house with almost no furniture or real appliances.
Since leaving her job to raise their first son and becoming a stay-at-home-mom, Becky has also made it her duty to become "The Most Frugal Mom in America."
She finds creative ways to save money by washing their dishes in the river, hanging old wire hangers from the basement pipes to heat their home and telling her sons that their birthday is on the same day so they only have to throw one party.
But, Becky and Jay don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to being cheap.
As they embark on a major home renovation project, Becky is determined to keep to her shoestring budget, and Jay has had it with his wife's over-the-top cheap methods and never-ending DIY projects putting a strain on their relationship and potentially putting their lives at risk.
The Clayton Family (Stonecrest, Georgia)
Tony and Angela Clayton are at odds over Tony's extreme cheapskate ways.
A stay-at-home dad, Tony prides himself on spending next to nothing for cleaning products and household utilities, using such innovative techniques as making his own cleaning solution out of urine, making a DIY bidet to save on toilet paper and running an extension cord to the neighbour's house to save on electricity bills.
While 17-year-old daughter Cierra is stuck in the middle and too embarrassed by her father's frugal ways to invite her friends over to their home, Angela works hard as the sole breadwinner and would like to spend money on nice and even necessary things, like a new car.
But, having put his wife and daughter on a coin allowance after their spending got out of control by his standards, the cost of such a huge expense for Tony creates friction in their relationship and household.
The Silk Road
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Documentary Series
Dr Sam Willis reveals how the Silk Road was the world's first global superhighway where people with new ideas, new cultures and new religions made exchanges that shaped humanity.
In the first episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history, Sam starts in Venice and explores how its Renaissance architecture and art has been shaped by the east and by thousands of exchanges along the Silk Road.
From Venice Sam travels to China's ancient capital, Xian.
Here, Sam's story takes him back in time to reveal the tale of an emperor who was so desperate for horses to help protect his borders that he struck one of the most significant trade deals in human history - he wanted war horses, he gave the most precious material in the world, silk.
From this single deal, a network of trading paths were carved out across thousands of miles by merchants, traders, envoys, pilgrims and travellers.
It is known to us today as the Silk Road.
American Housewife 5
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Comedy
American Housewife follows Katie Otto, a confident, unapologetic wife and mother of three, raising her flawed family in the wealthy town of Westport, Connecticut, filled with "perfect" mommies and their "perfect" offspring.
Joining Katie in her perfectly imperfect world is her husband, Greg, who supports her in every way possible but with a dash of reality thrown in as they work to ensure their children don't end up like everyone else.
Despite her flaws and unconventional ways, Katie ultimately only wants the best for her kids and will fight tooth and nail to instill some good old-fashioned values in them.
American Housewife stars Katy Mixon as Katie Otto and Diedrich Bader as Greg Otto.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Graduation": Katie goes to great lengths to appease Principal Ablin in order to ensure Taylor graduates high school.
Meanwhile, Greg finishes ghost writing the final chapter of Lonnie's book.
And while Oliver is devastated to learn Cooper's family will be moving out of Westport, Anna-Kat tells Franklin she is ready to venture outside her comfort zone and plans to attend sleep-away camp during summer break.