Another Life
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Revolves around astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence.
After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact.
As Niko and her young crew investigate, they face unimaginable danger on what might very well be a one-way mission.
Girl Meets Farm
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 19h55
Genre: Food
Cookbook author and food blogger Molly Yeh makes delicious dishes inspired by her Jewish and Chinese heritage in her farmhouse kitchen in the Midwest of America.
In this culinary series she aims to bring some fresh and tasty multicultural cuisines to an area unfamiliar with them.
Whether it's a unique take on brunch that combines shakshuka with feta, Brussels sprouts and bacon hash, or Chinese-inspired scallion pancakes with maple carrot slaw, Molly is sure to have a new, tasty dish that will give fresh ideas to cooks everywhere.
In the series premiere, "Farm Brunch Anniversary": Molly makes a special brunch for the family to celebrate her anniversary. The menu features shakshuka with feta and Brussels sprouts and bacon hash.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Farm Suppers": Molly honours her early days on the farm with her most memorable suppers.
Dishes include chicken hot pot, sweet cookie 'salad' and sausage and broccolini pizza pockets.
NCIS: New Orleans 5
Channel: M-Net City (DStv 115)
TX Time: 19h10
Genre: Police Procedural, Drama
Drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in the Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.
Leading the team is Special Agent Dwayne Pride (Scott Bakula), aka "King," a native of NOLA who is driven by his need to do what is right.
This colourful city that harbours a dark side is a magnet for service personnel on leave, and when overindulgence is followed by trouble, Pride's team is at its best.
In the Season 5 premiere, "See You Soon": While Pride fights for his life in the ICU, the team scours the city for the hit woman who attempted to assassinate him at the end of last season.
TVSA Show Page: NCIS: New Orleans 5
Heavy Lifting
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 21h10
Genre: Reality
Welcome to the heady, cutthroat world of... wait for it... mobile crane operators.
Heavy Lifting follows the intense lives of mobile crane operators as they make their living performing precision lifts.
Day in and day out, these operators hoist massive loads and place them on a dime. lt takes precision, control and single-minded focus.
And each job presents unique dangers and challenges which these operators must deal with on the fly.
Manoeuvering huge mobile cranes within tight spaces means avoiding lethal high-voltage power lines, finding solid, stable ground, dealing with unpredictable weather and quickly calculating the best angle to perform the lift.
Not to mention the varied types of lifts they are hired to perform.
Whether hoisting a swimming pool over a house, lifting a massive train engine on to railway tracks, pulling a giant chain from a roller coaster or moving a single couch onto a high-rise apartment balcony, no two lifts are the same.
Workin' Moms 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy
Four new working mothers and friends deal with the struggles and nuttiness of returning to work while trying to balance their family and love lives.
In the Season 2 premiere, "2005": a 25-year-old, single, workaholic Kate wants nothing more than for her friend Anne to be happily married... but both she, and Anne, are having last minute doubts about the future of her union.
Kate, on the other hand, has zero interest in marriage, preferring to attend Anne's wedding with a 'separated man,' much to her mother Eleanor's chagrin.
But the night is young, and chance meetings can change one's life.