Money Hungry
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 19h55
Genre: Food, Reality Competition
In the ultimate test of their taste buds, talented chefs, restaurant critics, cookbook authors and accomplished home cooks are competitors vying to win $50,000.
In the five-episode series hosted by actor Kal Penn, competitors showcase their impressive palates in a series of increasingly complex tasting challenges that push their senses and culinary knowledge to the limits.
With each dish dramatically revealed under a cloche, the action begins with 60 seconds of rapid-fire tastings where the competitors must identify specific ingredients, then proceeds to the main course round where the challenges become more difficult with every reveal.
Each episode has two guest panelists, who are available to provide limited use "flavour favours" lifelines to competitors.
In the end, only those that survive through the final tasting are awarded $50,000.
In the series premiere, "Who 'Braised' You?": Food blogger Grace Vallo left corporate life to follow her dreams in food media, and she's an energetic ace, but is she ready to face host Kal Penn's pressure cooker questions?
Grace's hopes are pinned on winning the big money to fund her dream wedding in Tuscany, but Bruce tries to knock her off her game with a surprise ice sculpture, and Kal and company rattle her by sharing a round of shots.
Grace turns to Chef Tiffani Faison for a Flavour Favour, and Chef Adrienne Cheatham is on call with her culinary expertise as Grace tries to prove she has the chops to make it to the end of the game.
Little Dogs, Big Personalities
Channel: Curiosity Channel (DStv 185)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Wildlife, Documentary
They might not look as impressive as wolves, but the little dogs of the world are just as complex and endearing.
By following dog families from across the world, we'll see the similarities and differences in how they live, from how they interact and defend themselves to how they find food.
Holmes Family Rescue
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Home Improvement, Reality
Contractor Mike Holmes carries on his personal mission to "make it right" for homeowners who have fallen victim to careless or dishonest contractors.
The series follows Mike as he teams up with his son and daughter, home renovation experts Michael Holmes, Jr. and Sherry Holmes, to rescue more clients who are struggling with botched construction jobs.
During the 12 hour-long episodes, Mike, Michael and Sherry will expose shoddy renovation work and then help their clients fix the problem.
In the series premiere, "Beware of the Demon Door": The Holmes family will meet a couple with young kids whose contractor over-promised his skills and left them with an unlivable basement riddled with structural problems.
Mike, Michael and Sherry will completely overhaul the unfinished space, providing them with a safe, cozy rec room with plenty of toy storage, home office, laundry room and modern bathroom.
As the season continues, Mike and his kids will repair more construction and safety issues - including warped ceilings and floors, dangerous electrical and plumbing, and extensive water damage - for families who need them.
Detective Diaries
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Takes us inside the investigative minds of five American detectives as they reexamine the harrowing cases that defined their careers.
From hunting killers who hid in the shadows for decades, to taking on a political machine with more than blood on its hands, to reliving the same murder through three different victims in a row, every crime turns the story back on each detective, triggering memories of painstaking investigations, forcing them to come to terms with old wounds, and revealing what drives them to stand strong in the fight for justice.
In the series premiere, "The Woman Hater's Club": Austin P.D. detective Lisa Morrill's life is changed forever when the luck of the draw lands her three brutal homicide cases of young women back-to-back.
Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan 2
Channel: Lifetime (DStv 131)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series
Hosted and curated by one of the UK's best-known journalists, Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan explores British murder stories filled with detective intrigue and chilling storylines of homicide and hate.
In each episode, Dermot recounts a case he has reported on or followed at close quarters.
The stories are told with archived footage and key interviews from those closest to the case, including testimony from family members of the victims and the investigating officers who first arrived on the scene to witness the aftermath of the murders.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Mark Fellows": Dermot looks back at the chilling case of a notorious English hitman nicknamed "the Iceman".
Kindred Spirits 5
Channel: Travel Channel (DStv 179)
TX Time: 22h05
Genre: Paranormal, Docu-Reality
Professional paranormal investigators Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and psychic medium Chip Coffey are used to communicating with ghosts.
But with paranormal activity more rampant than ever, they're facing hauntings unlike anything they've seen yet in the new 10-episode season of Kindred Spirits.
Investigating America's rich haunted history, Bruni, Berry and Coffey dig deep into the past to identify the restless spirits haunting the country's oldest inns, homes and estates.
Utilising a range of tools and techniques, their multilayered investigations tackle frightening tales of possession, aggressive entities and even an eerie, centuries-old mystery involving a murder conviction based on the "testimony" of a ghost.
Together, the team elicit shocking evidence and connections with the other side that lead them closer to the truth, as they search for answers behind each haunted tale.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Shadowed": The new owners of the Toboggan Inn fear an aggressive entity that resides in the building.
Amy, Adam and Chip travel to Eagle Bay, New York, where they conduct a groundbreaking experiment that bears shocking results.