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New on TV today: Friday 19 August

Written by Shows Editor from the blog New Shows and Seasons on 19 Aug 2022
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Bad Sisters

Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 00h01
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Thriller

Bad Sisters

A blend of both dark comedy and thriller, Bad Sisters follows the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another.

The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for each other.

When their brother-in-law winds up dead, his life insurers launch an investigation to prove malicious intent - and set their sights on the sisters, all of whom had ample reason to kill him.
 

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h30
Genre: Anthology, Drama

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

The first installment of the Super Pumped anthology series in which each season will explore a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler and Uma Thurman star.

Based on the shocking true story, strap in for the meteoric rise and fall of Uber founder, Travis Kalanick.

With a lift from venture capitalist Bill Gurley and board member Arianna Huffington, Kalanick takes a win-at-all-costs approach to forge the fledgling start-up into a multi-billion-dollar tech titan.

But every surge comes at a price – and as his visionary drive spirals out of control, it threatens to be the downfall of it all.

In the series premiere: UberCab CEO Travis Kalanick sets his sights on landing an important partner for his fledgling company: VC powerhouse Bill Gurley.

But Gurley's money might not be enough.
 

Echoes

Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Miniseries

Echoes

Identical twins Leni and Gina (Michelle Monaghan) have secretly switched places for years.

But when one sister disappears, both of their lives start to fall apart.

Leni and Gina share a dangerous secret.

Since they were children, Leni and Gina have secretly swapped lives, culminating in a double life as adults: they share two homes, two husbands and a child.

But everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing.
 

Alex Polizzi: My Hotel Nightmare

Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Home Improvement, Reality

Alex Polizzi: My Hotel Nightmare

This series sees Alex Polizzi start her own hotel venture after years of critiquing and fixing some of Britain's worst hotels.

For the past 15 years, Alex has spent her career telling people how to run a hotel.

Now she attempts to open one of her own.

As a descendant of the Forte hotel dynasty, Alex knows the hospitality industry inside out.

Follow Alex and her mother Olga as they rejuvenate a 37-bedroom coaching inn.

With problems plaguing them from the start, including the pandemic which pushes the opening date back, will the business partners be able to make their venture pay?

In the series premiere: It's late 2019, and Olga and Alex finally exchange on The Star, their first mother-daughter joint hotel venture.

Having borrowed £2.5-million to buy and renovate the hotel, they plan to re-open for the following summer season.
 

The Bridge UK 2

Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 19h30
Genre: Drama, Mystery

The Bridge UK 2

Detectives Saga Noren and Martin Rohde investigate when a coaster rams into the Oresund Bridge linking Sweden and Denmark.

A coastal tanker leaves the Oresund waterway and is headed straight for the Oresund Bridge.

When the coastguard board the ship they discover there is no crew and three Swedish and two Danish youths are chained below deck.

Saga Noren of Malmo County Police is put in charge of the case and contacts Martin Rohde, who is still haunted by the death of his son.

Together they embark on investigating the case.

In Danish and Swedish with English subtitles.
 

Glow Up 4

Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Reality Competition

Glow Up 4

Hosted by Maya Jama, Glow Up returns for its fourth season as 10 aspiring make-up artists are tested in varied professional assignments, from TV to theatre, fashion to front covers and on-line beauty campaigns.

The make-up artists (MUAs) travel to Birmingham for their first professional assignment, a social media campaign for a sport and fitness brand.

Guest judge Ivy Weir-Ikpeme, the company's styling manager, challenges the MUAs to produce a gym-friendly, natural make-up look for their diverse customer base.

In the creative brief, the MUAs are challenged to produce a look on themselves based on their hidden strength.

Encouraged to be bold and push their creativity to the limits, the MUAs produce some jaw-dropping creations, ranging from a prosthetics-based chameleon to an intergalactic atomic explosion.

And a survivor of the Manchester terrorist attacks uses volcanic fire to display their hidden strength over adversity.

Finally, in the first face-off elimination, the bottom two MUAs are challenged to produce an on-trend look, the reverse cat eye.

After this, the judges decide who is the first to leave the competition.
 

Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog 2

Channel: Nat Geo Wild (DStv 182 / StarSat 221)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality

Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog 2

Pet owners across America need help more than ever. Fortunately, there's hope.

Cesar Millan is ready to take on his most challenging cases yet.

Cesar is back and he's rehabilitating dogs and training pet parents - empty dog shelters and record adoptions mean America needs him more than ever.

His positivity is a beacon of light in these troubled times; his can-do attitude and his heart-warming transformations make us feel like we can overcome all obstacles... starting with our own four-legged pals.

Cesar's return to television will give new pet parents the tools they need to teach their dogs good habits and shed the old bad habits.

From the yards of the pet owners to his newly updated Dog Psychology Center, Cesar shows us the skills we need to create happy homes with our furry best friends.

In the Season 2 premiere, "Dog Therapy": Cesar sets out to help a pair of young, rambunctious dogs - a Chocolate Lab and a Golden Retriever - and their overwhelmed pet parents, pushed to the brink of breakdown by the pandemic.

Cesar devises a unique way for the pet parents to take control as pack leaders and gain the much needed respect from the dogs that has been sorely lacking in the relationship.
 

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan 3

Channel: BBC Earth (DStv 184)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Docu-Reality, Travel

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan 3

Comedian and TV presenter Romesh Ranganathan travels way beyond his comfort zone and the world of complimentary breakfast buffets to some of the most unlikely places on Earth for a holiday.

In the Season 3 premiere, "Christmas in the Hebrides": Everyone Romesh has ever met has told him how amazing the Scottish islands are - but nobody he knows has actually ever been there.

Now, in a year when travel abroad has been all but forbidden, he is heading to the Hebrides to find out if you can really have a proper adventure so close to home, spending a week visiting the isles of Skye, Harris and Lewis.

Guiding him through the journey is Donald Macsween, or Sweeney to his friends, a local crofter from the far north of Lewis - a place that lies as far north as Greenland.

During their trip, Sweeney shows Romesh the spectacular rugged beauty of the islands and what at first glance looks like Caribbean sandy beaches - only utterly freezing.

Rom tries his hand at the Highland Games and does his best to avoid feeling up a sheep's testicles during a day spent on Sweeney's farm.

Along the way, there is a trip to the remote island of St Kilda - four hours out across the open Atlantic - and a chaotic afternoon spent with local band Peat and Diesel, the biggest thing to hit the Western Isles for decades.

But it is also a trip full of surprises: Rom finds a community that is at times uncomfortable with the sheer number of people now visiting the islands and sees why its people are having to fight so hard to preserve their local culture.
 

Nancy Drew 3

Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Mystery, Drama

Nancy Drew 3

Season 3 begins one week after the Season 2 finale when we saw Nancy's mystical relative Temperance Hudson return to Horseshoe Bay with a dark agenda.

Nancy's hopes of leaving her hometown for college will be derailed by this mysterious nemesis, and her fate will become entwined with that of her greatest foe yet.

While contending with the escalating supernatural threat from her season-long adversary, the teen detective investigates a series of grisly murders that seem to be sending a message to Nancy herself.

Is she being stalked by a human serial killer?

Or does the murderer originate from beyond the earthly realm?

And how are the killings connected to the Hudson bloodline that Temperance and Nancy both share?

On the trail of the ongoing case, the Drew Crew will team up with Nancy while also grappling with their own challenges.

Ned "Nick" Nickerson, a former mechanic turned local businessman, must navigate his burgeoning romance with George Fan, whose paranormally shortened lifespan means she only has ten years left to live.

Bess Marvin, having tragically parted with her ghostly soulmate, becomes drawn into the long-lost practices of her occultist ancestors.

Ace, on a path to figure out his calling in life, realises that he may have feelings for Nancy – and that he may not be the only person competing for her affection.

At the same time, Nancy's biological father, former billionaire Ryan Hudson, and her adoptive father, attorney Carson Drew, begin to find a way forward with Nancy as a family, now that she has publicly acknowledged her parentage and vowed to rectify the criminal legacy of the Hudsons.

Putting aside their previous conflicts, the two dads work to support Nancy's headstrong independence and keep her out of harm's way as best they can.

Carson will spark a romance that evolves him both personally and professionally, and Ryan will find himself tempted by his previous life as the morally compromised scion to an empire.

This season's adventures will bring Nancy and her friends standalone cases, new love interests, and emotional journeys of self-discovery – culminating in a showdown with Temperance, which results in a shattering turn that will profoundly change all of their lives.

In the Season 3 premiere, "The Warning of the Frozen Heart": On the evening of Horseshoe Bay's annual Harvest Carnival, a whole new mystery unfolds for Nancy when the body of a mysterious young man is discovered on the Hudson carnival grounds.

The Drew Crew is drawn into the case by a host of confounding clues surrounding a new menace terrorizing the town - a killer who has an enigmatic connection to none other than Nancy's newest foil: Temperance Hudson.

 



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