TV
Your guide to what to watch tonight. From prime-time M-Net dramas and Sunday night movies to the latest hits on DStv and local South African reality TV, discover Bianca Coleman’s top picks for the small screen.
The war is over; the silence is not
IDEACANDY dropped the official trailer for Unspoken War, a raw and haunting Showmax Original documentary series premiering on the African streamer and M-Net on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. Between 1966 and… →
DStv Premium open time all weekend
FOR one weekend only, from Friday to Sunday, 7-9 November, all active DStv decoder customers will get full access to every DStv Premium channel for a jam-packed weekend of sports… →
Relationship drama resolved in NCIS: Tony & Ziva
ONE of television’s greatest ‘will they, won’t they’ relationship dramas is resolved as NCIS: Tony & Ziva finally reveals that Tony Di Nozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva David (Cote de… →
Finding Optel premieres on Showmax this Friday, 24 October
FRESH from its European premiere last weekend at the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), Finding Optel was billed by Variety as “awards season’s international launch pad.” Teenager Claire Abrahams runs… →
A cutthroat game of fame and fraud: Bad Influencer on Netflix
THE bright lights of social media collide with the shadows of desperation in Bad Influencer, coming exclusively to Netflix on 31 October. Blending gripping crime drama with sharp and witty… →
Showmax Original documentary series Slay Queens premieres 31 October
THE docu-series Slay Queens, a Showmax Original, features both slay queens—women who chase the soft life by any means necessary—and ballers telling their stories in their own words, as well… →
Abbie Cornish And Dougray Scott to lead local series The Invisible
AN all-star cast, a master storyteller and a dynamic creative team will come together to bring a landmark Southern African action thriller to the global stage. M-Net, ITV Studios, Scene23… →
The many faces of Dexter, our favourite serial killer, on Showmax
CURRENTLY at #5 among IMDb’s Most Popular TV Shows with a 9.2/10 score there, a 95% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a second season already in the pipeline, Dexter:… →
DStv celebrates three decades of connection, culture, innovation
DStv marks 30 years today of shaping South Africa’s television landscape, connecting millions of households, and telling stories that have become part of the national conversation. When South Africans turned… →
Reba McIntyre’s family comedy Happy’s Place on M-Net
NEARLY 25 years after hit sitcom Reba first aired, Reba McEntire returns to the genre in Happy’s Place, for 18 episodes, Saturdays at 6pm on M-Net. When she inherits her… →
Landman season 2 coming to M-Net, Express from the US in November
THE second season of Texas oil field drama Landman will be coming to M-Net, Express from the US, in prime time, on November 17. The series launches in the US… →
Yvonne Strahovski headlines psychological horror series Teacup
DON’T cross the blue line” is set to become a pop-culture catchphrase with the arrival of horror-thriller Teacup, now on M-Net Tuesdays at 10pm. Based on the novel Stinger by… →