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.
Hot titles to keep you glued to your screen this winter
SHOWMAX has some treats lined up as we head into winter; Eat Play Drink Cape Town’s hot picks are sophomore seasons of Special Ops: Lioness, Funny Woman and Tokyo Vice,… →
Documentaries delve into ‘party island’, sporting history and aviation mystery
IN 1999, 21-year-old Fika Motsoeneng came ninth in the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban – because he’d swapped with his brother halfway. In 2010, Togo’s national soccer team… →
New Taylor Sheridan oil field series Landman on M-Net 101 tonight
TAYLOR SHERIDAN’S Texas oil field drama Landman (above) comes to M-Net from Monday, 2 June at 9pm for 10 episodes, featuring a cast as explosive as the world it’s set… →
Biggest star on The Handmaid’s Tale is no longer Elisabeth Moss
THE first nine episodes of the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale are now streaming first on Showmax, with the finale on Wednesday, 28 May 2025, express from… →
Plenty to watch ahead of the big series finales on Showmax
SEASON finales for The Handmaid’s Tale and The Last Of Us are still coming this month on Showmax. If you’re waiting to binge, your dates are the 28th and the… →
Thursday, May 15 is a big date on the M-Net calendar
JUST after midnight on 28 November 1987, Mauritian air traffic control lost contact with South African Airways Flight SA 295, shortly after it had started its approach to the island’s… →
Players of Die Brug season two revealed – and the game is on
SEASON two of kykNET’s International Emmy-nominated Die Brug has kicked off with more drama, more jeopardy and more jaw-dropping twists than ever before. In episode one last week, viewers were… →
Last of Us S2 is IMDb’s most popular show on TV globally
LAST year, the post-apocalyptic series won seven Critics Choice Super Awards, including Best Horror and Best Superhero Series, as well as Best Actor (Pedro Pascal) and Actress (Bella Ramsey). The… →
It’s Taylor Sheridan’s world – and we’re just watching it
HAVING launched his writing career with multi-award-winning Yellowstone, Taylor Sheridan has continued to produce multiple gritty, realistic TV series which have developed a cult following – and you can find… →
Make sense of a mad world with Real Time with Bill Maher on M-Net
MARKETS are up, tariffs are in, markets are down, tariffs are out and the Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America. The world’s gone mad – but luckily… →
M-Net documentary explores SA’s worst commercial aviation disaster
JUST after midnight on 28 November 1987, Mauritian air traffic control lost contact with South African Airways Flight SA 295, shortly after it had started its approach to the island’s… →
Mary & George turns perception of 17th Century England on its head
ACADEMY Award winner Julianne Moore (pictured above) leads Mary & George (M-Net channel 101 from Wednesday, 16 April at 10pm), a historical romp that turns the prudish, prim and proper… →