Lioness 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring Shannon Esra as Samantha Hugo, the series follows the story of a woman fresh out of jail for fraud, who returns to a life even more fractured than when she left.
After the cliffhanger finale of Season 1, Season 2 picks up with Adrian Hugo's (Jacques Bessenger) second wife Bianca (Carla Classen) in a desperate search for her missing husband.
The fiercely protective mother (as the titular "lioness") that she is, Samantha must shield her son Liam (Joshua Eady), no matter the cost.
But when Sam discovers that Adrian's death was not all it seemed, the lioness goes in for the kill.
Also returning for Season 2 are Natasha Sutherland as Megan, Nokuthula Mavuso as Amo, Fiona Ramsay as Charlotte, Avianah Abrahams as Caitlyn, Frank Rautenbach as Jason, Pulane Rampoana as Bonolo, Jazzara Jaslyn as Miranda, Evan Hengst as Brian, Terrence Ngwila as Sifiso, Ditebogo Ledwaba as Lesedi, Ilana Cilliers as Yvette and Gerald Steyn as Anton.
Newcomers this season include Vinette Ebrahim (7de Laan) as Vera, an introverted and aloof ice queen whose fractured family needs warmth.
Carl Beukes (Binnelanders) plays Max, an enigmatic lone wolf who will do whatever it takes to get the job done in helping his half-sister find justice.
Theo Landey (Black Sails) joins the cast as Thomas, a sensitive and intelligent teacher whose kindness lands him in hot water.
Ayden Croy (Arendsvlei) plays Kevin, a warm-hearted young man trying to build a new life after a tragic past.
In the Season 2 premiere: After the chaotic events eighteen months ago that involved burying a body, faking a death, kidnapping and more, Sam faces a judicial panel about to rule on her fate.
TVSA Show Page: Lioness 2
The Chelsea Detective
Channel: BritBox
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama
London's Chelsea neighbourhood is a beautiful borough for beautiful people, but it has a dark underside of deception, violence, greed... and murder.
Bodies have a way of showing up, and things are rarely what they seem.
DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) and his partner, DS Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry), must root out the truth and bring those responsible to justice, no matter their wealth or status.
DI Arnold floats on the Thames in his battered houseboat at the watery edge of London's ritzy Chelsea neighbourhood.
Max is going through an expensive divorce, just as his DS police partner returns from maternity leave.
Solving complex murder cases in the heart of London's most affluent districts helps the charming duo escape the messiness of their personal lives.
In the series premiere, "The Wages of Sin": Stonemason Andrew Knightley is pushed under a London Underground train during the morning rush hour.
DI Arnold and DS Shamsie build a picture of a lonely, devout and troubled man who believed a spirit was leaving him vengeful Biblical messages.
But the killer is flesh and blood, and a more earthly explanation may be found in the truth of Knightley's life.
Cherish the Day 2
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Drama
Each season of this Oprah Winfrey-produced anthology series documents the ups and downs of a relationship between a single couple, capturing the everyday and the extraordinary, with each episode spanning 24 hours.
The narrative unfolds to reveal significant moments in a relationship that compel us to hold true to the ones we love, from the extraordinary to the everyday.
In Season 2, the rekindling of a romance is told - the love story of Ellis Moran (Henry Simmons) and Sunday St. James (Joy Bryant), who fell in love in high school but find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans.
Ellis is a former basketball player who is now a single father of two, and Sunday is a vegetarian celebrity chef on the cusp of fame.
Mandeville "MV" St. James (Richard Roundtree) is a proud, loving, wry-humoured former judge and widowed father of Sunday, and Anastasia (Terri J. Vaughn) is Ellis' soon-to-be ex-wife and the mother of their children.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Rain Has Drops": Chef Sunday St. James travels home from Atlanta to New Orleans to visit her aging father and reunites with her first love - Ellis.
They reminisce about their past and confide in one another about their lives.