Dune: Prophecy
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101) | Showmax
TX Time: 03h00 (Express from the US) | 21h00 (Repeat)
Genre: Sci-Fi
From the expansive universe of Dune, created by author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, Dune: Prophecy follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.
The series stars Emily Watson as the leader of the Sisterhood, Olivia Williams as her younger sister Valya, Mark Strong as Emperor Javicco Corrino and Travis Fimmel as soldier Desmond Hart.
Dune: Prophecy is inspired by the novel Sisterhood of Dune.
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Official trailer: Dune
Die Eetkamer 2
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Reality, Afrikaans
Picture this: four strangers meet for dinner, but matters go awry when they're served strange instructions, challenges and games.
The presence of a mole at the table further stirs the pot.
In this series, the guests must identify true statements about each other.
There is no presenter. Instead, participants interact with a mysterious voice.
Each episode includes confession sessions and a mini game to gather additional clues.
When the main course is served, tensions rise when this voice intervenes with a few more twists in the tale.
Finally, the identity of the mole is revealed followed by a dramatic dessert service.
Killer Cases 3
Channel: CBS Justice (DStv 170)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary Series, Docu-Drama
Killer Cases brings all the emotion, drama and suspense from chilling murder trials.
Weaving together interviews and gripping footage, it's an immersive true crime roller coaster in two acts.
At first, viewers play armchair detective as they hear from police officers, forensic experts, witnesses and sometimes even the defendants themselves.
Then - with cameras inside the courtroom capturing every twist - the legal drama unfolds as the evidence stacks up and the final verdict is revealed.
It's a journey through the criminal justice process, and every case has its own fascinating backstory where a combination of love, sex, betrayal and greed ultimately prove fatal.
In the Season 3 premiere, "The Arson Murders": Firefighters attempt to save a young family from a blazing fire, but rescuers are too late.
Police declare the fire was no accident and begin an arson investigation, which includes another fire a few blocks away that killed a beloved elderly couple.
I Am Jazz 8
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality
Although born male, Jazz is a transgender female and has been living as a girl since kindergarten.
Jazz's family has stood side-by-side with her as she's battled discrimination, hate speech, online bullying and more.
After her first year at Harvard on her own, Jazz returns home to Florida for the summer and asserts her newfound independence.
Jazz works on getting better at asserting herself in her social and dating life as she goes on several dates, including a speed dating event with her longtime transgender friend Jojo, who now goes by Jaclyn.
But ugly remarks spring forth on Jazz's dating app and she realises she will always have to contend with haters.
As Jazz embarks in more social activities, her mental health issues come back into play, culminating in a breakdown.
Her mom tries to find the best way to support her youngest child, and on the advice of a psychic, Jeanette steps back for Jazz to grow.
However, when Jazz receives a death threat when she returns back to college, her parents step forward in high gear.
Gqeberha: The Empire
Channel: Mzansi Wethu (DStv 163)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Telenovela
Telenovela set in the Friendly City and revolving around the polygamous marriage of Luzuko, a successful businessman who is husband to three very different wives.
The series is about a man who seemingly has it all: family, love, money, power, glory and respect.
Luzuko Mxenge (Mbulelo Grootboom) is a successful businessman who is husband to three strong wives: Bulelwa (Zikhona Sodlaka), Zimkhita (Zandile Msutwana) and Nozuko (Kay Bikitsha).
What more could he want? Another wife, for starters.
His decision to expand the family soon threatens to bring out the bitterness his wives have long-suppressed, but also comes with complications no one could have predicted, endangering his relationship with his heir-apparent.
Will the Mxenge empire continue to thrive, or will in-fighting make it easier for enemies to infiltrate, bringing about the family's downfall?
The series follows themes of dynasty, family, love, betrayal, polygamy and jealousy.
The cast also includes Phila Madlingozi, Anele Matoti, Unati Guma and Akhenime Mfenyana.
Gqeberha: The Empire is produced by Tshedza Pictures.
TVSA Show Page: Gqeberha: The Empire
Shining Vale 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Pat and Terry Phelps (Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear) cash in their life savings and move from a cramped apartment in Brooklyn, to an old Victorian mansion in Shining Vale, Connecticut as a last-ditch effort to save their marriage after Pat's torrid affair with Frank, their young hot handyman who came over to fix the sink while Terry was at work.
To make matters worse for Terry, Frank never fixed the sink, yet still charged him for it.
A former "wild child" who rose to fame by writing a raunchy, drug-and-alcohol-soaked women's empowerment novel (a.k.a. lady porn), Pat is now clean and sober 17 years later but totally unfulfilled.
She still hasn't written her second novel, she can't remember the last time she had sex with her husband, while her teenage kids, Gaynor and Jake want nothing to do with her.
Moving to smalltown Connecticut, Gaynor and Jake are pissed and as disconnected as you can get.
Terry tries to unite the family, but the pushback is real.
Pat is losing what little handle she's had on the kids, Gaynor wants Pat dead, and Jake has become a zombie from his addiction to screens, while Terry is too consumed with moving on to see that Pat is losing a grip on herself as well.
Buying a 200-year-old house that was on the market for almost three years and sold for more than $250K below asking seemed like a good idea on paper, but Pat senses that the Phelps are not alone; especially when an old-fashioned-looking woman appears hovering outside their family room window.
The Phelps quickly learn why the agents were so motivated to sell the house for a fraction of the asking price.
Seems a few details were glossed over, including a triple murder-suicide and a host of other atrocities they neglected to mention.
But neither Terry nor the kids seem to notice that something is horribly wrong with the house; only Pat can see things move and hear the bumps in the night.
Convinced she's either depressed or possessed - turns out the symptoms are exactly the same - she's also the only one who sees the spirit of the person who committed these murders: Rosemary, a Fifties housewife who may or may not be trying to take over Pat's body.
Everyone has their demons, but for Pat Phelps, they may be real.
This season there are repercussions following last season's nailbiting cliffhanger when Pat landed herself in a psychiatric hospital for trying to murder her family with an axe.
Pat went through extensive electroshock therapy, and when she returns home she meets a mysterious woman who introduces her to a host of ancient remedies used to "cure" women of depression, including the apocryphal Smile Masks.
Season 2 explores what's in store for the Phelps family as they continue to be haunted by ghosts while Pat struggles to live with mental illness among a broken family, battling demons both internally... and externally.
Huisgenoot: Ware Lewensdramas 15
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Documentary Series, True Crime, Afrikaans, Advertiser-Funded
Tales from the archives of gossip magazine Huisgenoot with the personalities, journalists and experts behind the story.
Each week focuses on the story behind the high-profile stories that shocked South Africans and grabbed headlines - from brutal murders to nefarious scams.
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