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.
Showmax movies coming in strong for August
LEADING a stellar lineup is My Mom Jayne, first on Showmax on 6 August. Jayne Mansfield was a Hollywood legend. In My Mom Jayne, her daughter Mariska Hargitay embarks (and… →
Dexter: where it all began in Original Sin on M-Net and Showmax
BUCKLE in your Dark Passenger – purpose-driven serial killer Dexter is back with origin story Dexter: Original Sin on M-Net and Showmax from 29 July at 9pm. Set in Miami… →
FBI returns to M-Net to tackle threats both foreign and domestic
DICK WOOLF’S FBI franchises have stepped out of the shadows of his other global hits Law & Order and the One Chicago universe to become Emmy-winning shows in their own… →
Stream five of the 10 most nominated Emmy titles on Showmax
FOLLOWING the events of The Batman, Oz Cobb, aka the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of Gotham’s crime world. The Penguin co-stars an unrecognisable Colin Farrell as… →
130 nominations for M-Net films & series at the 77th Emmy Awards
M-NET shows and films picked up a combined 130 Emmy nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards – and viewers can catch some of the most-awarded titles, collated in an Emmy-themed row… →
St. Denis Medical: Saving patients without losing patience
THE OFFICE created the workplace mockumentary genre when it premiered on the BBC in 2001 and inspired a new way of looking at comic television. It spawned hit tributes to… →
Stephen King fans will be delighted with adaptation of The Institute
TWENTY-SIX years, 65 novels/novellas, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five nonfiction books. He has written over 200 short stories, most of which have been compiled in… →
Lose It or Lose Me serves up serious weight loss ultimatums
WHAT would you do if your bae or loved one said: “Either the weight goes or I do”? That is the emotional crossroads at the heart of Mzansi Magic’s new… →
Our fave psycho Dexter’s origin story on Showmax and M-Net 101
TWENTY-year-old forensic intern Dexter Morgan is about to become everyone’s favourite vigilante serial killer… Showtime’s most streamed Original ever, the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin is set in Miami in… →
Charlie Cale Could Read Lady Gaga’s Poker Face
CHARLIE CALE has been on the run since the first episode of Poker Face – from a shady casino boss who wanted her dead. As season two kicks off on… →
Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy & Pierce Brosnan come together for riotous MobLand
FROM Day of the Jackal creator Ronan Bennett, London crime family drama MobLand, starring Helen Mirren, Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan comes to M-Net (DStv Channel 101) from 10 July… →
What’s Up, Doc? New medical drama series on M-Net
AFTER a car accident, Dr Amy Larsen wakes up in 2024 with no memory of the past eight years and has to rebuild everything – including her family, her worldview,… →