Apples Never Fall
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Miniseries
Based on Liane Moriarty's novel, Apples Never Fall centers on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family.
Former tennis coaches Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy (Annette Bening) have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives.
While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan's door, bringing the excitement they've been missing.
But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents' so-called perfect marriage as their family's darkest secrets begin to surface.
In the series premiere, "The Delaneys": The Delaney family seems happy but Joy vanishes, forcing her four adult children to confront their parents' marriage and their past.
NCIS 17
Channel: SABC2
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Drama, Police Procedural
With liberal doses of humour, this is a show that focuses on the sometimes complex and always amusing dynamics of a team forced to work together in high-stress situations.
The 17th season of NCIS returns immediately after Ziva's warning to Gibbs that his life is in danger.
Gibbs will not only question Ziva's motive for her return, but why she remained underground after being presumed dead for many years.
In the Season 17 premiere, "Out of the Darkness": Ziva surprises Gibbs with a cryptic warning, prompting him to question why she remained underground for years while being presumed dead by family and friends.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Into the Light": With their lives in danger, Gibbs and Ziva's rogue investigation takes an unexpected turn when a possible terrorist plot is revealed.
TVSA Show Page: NCIS 17
Beat Bobby Flay 33
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 19h55
Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Two talented cooks go head-to-head in an epic cooking battle, with the winner then taking on celebrity chef and restauranteur Bobby Flay in this culinary competition series.
Each episode, the contestants must impress the guest judges with their cooking, and the one who does the best gets the opportunity to face the master, Bobby Flay.
To give them a fighting chance against such an experienced and successful chef, the contestant chooses what recipe they and Bobby make, before the judges decide whose was best.
In the Season 33 premiere, "Under The Tuscan Sun": Kalen Allen and Anne Burrell help chefs Paolo Calamai and Angelo Competiello show "Roberto" Flay how Tuscan cuisine is done in the old country.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Happy Feet": Scott Conant and Damaris Phillips pull out all the stops - including a full-on dance number - to help contenders Hari Pulapaka and Denis Radovic finish big against Bobby Flay.
The Supervet 8
Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 16h05
Genre: Docu-Reality, Wildlife
BBC Earth returns to veterinary hospital Fitzpatrick Referrals for another season of Supervet.
The series follows surgeon and 'Bionic Vet' Noel Fitzpatrick and his team of over 250 surgeons, nurses, ward attendants, hydro-therapists and physiotherapists as they help some of the UK's hardest-to-cure pets with innovative treatment and operations.
The new season includes several specials: Noel steps out of his comfort zone in a safari special, travelling a world away from his own specialist referral practice in the UK to use his 30 years of expertise to help the most majestic and powerful wild animals of South Africa in an emotional and extraordinary journey.