Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality, Adventure
Part survival series, part talk show, in which the most famous survival expert on the planet takes high profile talent on a transformative adventure in the wilderness.
Bear takes the daring adventures up a level by teaching celebrity guests such as Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Simu Liu, Anthony Anderson and others, essential survival skills that they will have to master and then prove they can use in a high-stress situation.
In the series premiere, "Natalie Portman in the Escalante Desert": Bear takes Oscar winner Natalie Portman into the slot canyons of the Escalante Desert.
Along the way he teaches her technical mountaineering skills such as how to place pitons when rope climbing, how to transfer rope systems, and how to make and light a signal fire.
On Day 2 Natalie takes these skills that Bear has taught her and needs to execute them in order for both of them to get extracted.
The Old Man
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, The Old Man centres on Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges), who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since.
When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
With Dan Chase flushed out of hiding, the FBI's Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, Harold Harper (John Lithgow), is called on to hunt him down because of his complicated past with the rogue fugitive.
Working alongside Harper is his protégé Angela Adams (Alia Shawkat) and CIA Special Agent Raymond Waters (E.J. Bonilla).
When Chase proves to be more difficult to apprehend than the authorities expected, Julian Carson (Gbenga Akinnagbe), a highly trained special ops contractor, is sent to pursue him as well.
While on the run, Chase rents a room from Zoe McDonald (Amy Brenneman), who draws on reserves she never knew she had in order to survive the day when she learns the truth about her new tenant.
Houvrou of Trouvrou?
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Dating Game Show, Reality Competition, Afrikaans
Eight women compete for the title of ultimate wife in this social experiment.
Instead of a husband, the winner goes home with half a million-rand cash prize.
With Christi Panagio as the host, the participants are judged by Mr. South Africa finalist Bauke Hanekom, etiquette guru Emsie Schoeman and radio presenter Sherlin Barends.
Each participant is forced to function under pressure, to maintain relationships and to tackle difficult situations
It is a 10-episode roller coaster ride, packed with emotions, humour and daily and surprising challenges.
The women are constantly placed outside their comfort zones.
There will be cooking, cleaning and child minding with the premise: What does the ideal modern wife look like?
Which qualities does she possess?
Each participant is given a daily opportunity to prove herself in challenges designed to test the virtues of a modern bride.
Does she make a good impression? Is she independent? Can she work with money? Is she a good carer?
Each day there is a small and a large challenge.
The winner of the small daily challenge gets a strategic advantage in the large challenge of the day.
This advantage can be anything from extra time to the opportunity to pick team members.
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Documentary Series, Technology
This humorous documentary series follows a group of millennial misfits who banded together online to rescue their beloved GameStop from the clutches of Wall Street bigwigs, in a viral David vs. Goliath story for the 21st century.
This lively, comedic documentary series captures the wild ride of a group of misfits who banded together online to rescue GameStop, a company they loved when they were kids.
Coalescing on Reddit, TikTok and Discord, they capitalised on a new age of investing with their thumbs to thwart Wall Street's cynical ploy to burn the company down.
By sending shares "to the moon," these millennials felt they could stick it to the man, once and for all.
But can "the little guy" ever truly win against Wall Street?
As the resulting market frenzy pitted legions of amateur traders against hedge fund bigwigs, it became a viral David vs. Goliath story for the ages.
With exclusive access to key members of Reddit's wallstreetbets community who fueled the short burn movement, alongside everyday people who hitched their wagon to the GameStop train and luminaries of the financial world alike, Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga offers a humorous look at the unlikely cast of characters who brought about the latest seismic shift in how the world's money behaves.
Naked and Afraid XL 9: Frozen
Channel: Discovery Channel (DStv 121)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Adventure
In the frigid Rocky Mountains, sub-freezing temperatures, hypothermia and frostbite are only a few of the immediate dangers at hand as 12 of Naked and Afraid's most popular and experienced All-Stars take on 14 punishing days and nights in the frozen ice-covered wilderness.
These top survivalists have taken on the bug-infested Amazon, the scorching heat of Africa and the venomous snakes of southeast Asia.
To take their next step toward becoming legends in the franchise, they must beat the harshest conditions they've faced yet.
Will they reach the next level and survive this winter gauntlet or will they be iced out of the challenge?
Dropped into one of the most punishing locations ever attempted - Montana's windswept and snow-covered Rocky Mountains - these elite survivalists will be tested like never before.
Their quest to survive will demand knowledge, teamwork, and mental toughness that only the most accomplished and memorable Naked and Afraid survivalists possess.
Inserted into the challenge as four separate teams of three, the survivalists will arrive with no shoes, no clothes, no food and no water - only primitive tools and bare minimum raw materials needed to survive in the frozen tundra.
While these survivalists are no strangers to the many dangers of survival, this location ups the ante.
To find the scarce food in this frozen wilderness, the survivalists must compete with some of North America's most deadly predators: mountain lions, wolves and grizzly bears just emerging from hibernation.
Naked and Afraid XL: Frozen will bring back some of the biggest fan favourites and most beloved survivalists from the Naked and Afraid franchise.
These include Jake Nodar, Gabrielle Balassone and Ky Furneaux, as well as three All-Stars from the current season: Waz Addy, Trish Bulinsky and Rod Biggs.
American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda 2
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
With a 92% solve rate, Joe Kenda is one of the most experienced and successful homicide detectives in the USA.
His career was profiled in nine seasons of ID's Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda, and now he's back to tip his cap to the other great men and women who answered the call.
Over the years, Kenda has heard about cases that defy logic and expose the depravity of human nature: investigations so confounding that the twists and turns feel more scripted in Hollywood than reality.
In American Detective, Kenda trades in his own case files to bring astounding investigations from across the country, with each episode profiling a different homicide detective whose tireless efforts helped bring justice for the victim.
Kenda guides us through the nuances of each case and the dogged detective work it took to solve the seemingly unsolvable.
Joe Kenda knows that it takes a rare breed to be an American Detective, and he uses his new series to showcase other detectives whose tireless efforts solved a tragic puzzle and helped put a killer behind bars.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Run the Wickets": Police hunt for the killer of a mayor with political and personal enemies.
Pool Hunters
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 15h00
Genre: Reality
Forget the master suite. Move over chef-grade kitchen.
Homebuyers are on the hunt for just one thing – a pool.
From waterfall grottos to rock slides and more, buyers aren't just looking for a new place to call home - they're hunting for the backyard of their dreams.
In the series premiere, "We Aren't in Texas Anymore": After landing a new job at a medical practice in Scottsdale, Arizona, a pair of Texas doctors are excited for the big move with their family.
Texas taught them the best way to beat the heat is with a swimming pool but they'll also need plenty of space to live with their three active sons.
Their Texas-sized wish list includes a swimming pool with waterfalls, wet deck, shaded entertainment space, fire pit and outdoor barbecue - a tall order to fill before the new job starts.
Europe from Above 4
Channel: National Geographic Channel (DStv 181 / StarSat 220)
TX Time: 19h15
Genre: Documentary Series
Discover Europe like you have never seen it before in the second instalment of National Geographic's stunning documentary series Europe from Above.
Enjoy a new perspective of Europe through the changing seasons across a year in Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Romania, Serbia and Scotland this season, revealing how tradition, engineering and natural wonders have shaped this fascinating continent, in a vibrant portrait of the region and the people who keep it alive.
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons 6
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Docu-Reality, True Crime
Investigative journalists become voluntary inmates in the world's most volatile prisons, where intimidation and brutality rule.