The Rookie: Feds
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama
From the executive producers of The Rookie comes The Rookie: Feds, starring Niecy Nash as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy.
The spinoff was introduced as a two-part event during the fourth season of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack.
Fresh out of the FBI Academy, Simone Clark arrives in Los Angeles and has her sights set on joining Matthew Garza's newly formed special unit as they investigate the murder of a federal engineer.
Garza's squad includes Carter Hope, a promotion-hungry traditionalist, Laura Stenson, a talented agent in desperate need of a second chance, and Brendon Acres, a former actor who graduated from Quantico with Simone.
On the home front, Simone and Cutty's father-daughter relationship is put to the test as their opposing opinions about law enforcement come to a head.
Trashed
Channel: S3
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Documentary Series
It seems we're in the grip of a waste crisis, affecting the land, air and seas.
We're creating more waste now than at any other time in history with a billion tonnes of it disappearing into the environment every year, most of it ending up in the oceans.
This six-part series with Jeremy Irons explores the impact of humanities waste on the world.
Trashed gets to the heart of what happens to our waste and what we can do about it.
Jeremy Irons travels to Iceland, Vietnam, America, France and the UK to report on the complicated issues surrounding our every day waste.
He examines the problems we create and the solutions we have found.
The series looks in depth at the problems and presents a plethora of workable solutions and hope, ranging from common sense solutions such as simply labeling waste bins correctly to educational and cultural preservation initiatives.
Many of the solutions are not only at the forefront of technology, they are ecologically sound, and are universal, just like the problems.
It features touching stories of personal and community struggles against advances give us some hope of progress.
Each episode ends with the solutions. Having faced the worst through much of Trashed, Jeremy Irons turns to hope and goes in search of solutions.
From individuals who have changed their lives and produce almost no waste, to increasing anti-waste legislation, to an entire city that is now virtually waste-free, he discovers that change is essential.
Sweet Tooth 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
As a deadly new wave of the Sick bears down, Gus and a band of fellow hybrids are held prisoner by General Abbot (Neil Sandilands) and the Last Men.
Looking to consolidate power by finding a cure, Abbot uses the children as fodder for the experiments of captive Dr. Aditya Singh, who's racing to save his infected wife Rani.
To protect his friends, Gus agrees to help Dr. Singh, beginning a dark journey into his origins and his mother Birdie's role in the events leading up to The Great Crumble.
Outside the Preserve, Tommy Jepperd and Aimee Eden team up to break the hybrids free, a partnership that will be tested as Jepperd's secrets come to light.
As the revelations of the past threaten the possibility of redemption in the present, Gus and his found family find themselves on a collision course with Abbot and the evil forces that look to wipe them out once and for all.
Konings van Kitskos 8
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Food, Afrikaans
Best friends Alvin Bruinders and Gerhard Steyn love to eat.
In this lively, fun-filled series they hit the road to visit the best fast-food joints in South Africa and to taste the most indulgent dishes on the menus.
Alvin and Gerhard may have recently shed the kilos but they're still on the hunt for delicious fast food in the sixth season of Konings van Kitskos.
In the Season 8 premiere: The kings fly first class at a themed restaurant in Kempton Park then ride the gravy train at a new eatery in Parkhurst.
The Rookie 5
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the LAPD, has used his life experience, determination and sense of humour to keep up with rookies 20 years his junior.
Nolan is continually put to the test by a host of new challenges, romantic relationships and deadly criminals, as he looks to figure out what kind of cop he ultimately wants to be.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Double Down": Officer John Nolan is once again face-to-face with serial killer Rosalind, and she wants him to know she's not done with him yet.
Meanwhile, officers Bradford and Chen work undercover with Detective Lopez and the Las Vegas Police Department to arrest leaders of a major criminal enterprise.
Firefly Lane: Season 2 Part 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama
What could possibly have ended the tight-knit 30-year friendship of Tully and Kate, our "Firefly Lane Girls Forever?"
We'll learn the answer this season.
But first - Kate grapples with the painful aftermath of Johnny's ill-fated trip to Iraq, while Tully faces a lawsuit after walking away from her talk show, and must start her career over from the bottom.
This leads her to search for answers about who she is and where she comes from - including a quest to find the father she never met, against the wishes of her secretive hippie mother, Cloud.
In the '80s, we see Kate and Johnny first fall in love, creating more than a little drama in the newsroom where they work, as Tully's career rises and she spars (and flirts) with cocky sportscaster Danny Diaz.
She just might have met her match - that is, if they can stop arguing for five minutes.
While in the '70s, teenage Kate and Tully struggle to keep their friendship together as Cloud goes to jail for dealing drugs and Tully goes to live with her grandmother, far away from Firefly Lane.
As the girls face the tumult of high school apart, they know the one thing they really need is each other.