Yellowstone
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00 (binge)
Genre: Western, Drama
Yellowstone stars Kevin Costner as John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders - land developers, an Indian reservation and America's first National Park.
It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny - where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations.
Where drinking water poisoned by fracking wells and unsolved murders are not news: they are a consequence of living in the new frontier.
It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family that represents both.
NOTE: the series airs in a triple bill at 21h00, from Thursdays to Saturdays, until Season 5.
Underground
Channel: S3
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Drama, Period Drama
NOTE: we highlighted this show as starting on 19 January, but as is the norm these days on S3, it didn't start as advertised.
Let's hope it starts tonight, but we can't guarantee it.
Bravery, ingenuity and power take centre stage as plantation slaves band together in the fight of their lives – for their families, their future and most importantly... their freedom.
In 1857, a courageous man named Noah organises a small team of fellow slaves on the Macon plantation and puts together a plan to escape and head 600 dangerous miles North, to freedom.
The odds of success are slim and for those who make it off the plantation, the risks and uncertainties of life on the run multiply.
The sacrifices are immense as they leave family behind to pay for their bold escape.
They're aided along the way by an abolitionist couple in Ohio, new to running a station on the Underground and unprepared for the havoc it will wreak on their personal lives, all the while being pursued by a ruthless mercenary catcher hell-bent on bringing them back, dead or alive.
In the series premiere, The Macon 7: In 1857, as a group of slaves are planning to escape from his plantation, Tom Macon (Reed Diamond) looks to enlist his abolitionist lawyer brother (Marc Blucas) to manage his campaign to be Georgia's next US senator.
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way 4
Channel: TLC Entertainment (DStv 135)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
They say that love has no boundaries.
However, for these international couples, their relationships are tested like never before as American men and women who fall in love with partners from distant lands then travel to home countries to begin their married life abroad.
This series follows them as they navigate married life in completely unchartered territory.
From language barriers to cultural differences, will these couples' love be strong enough to withstand the challenges facing them as they embark on their new life together?
In Season 4 we will be introduced to many new couples, some who have never met in person but plan to marry within a matter of days.
Will expectations be met or will couples be left with regret?
Jen (Oklahoma) & Rishi (India)
After meeting in a hotel lobby on a trip to India, Jen took a hard pass on Rishi.
Fast forward a month, she said yes to his marriage proposal.
Rishi is facing a lot of pressure from his family as they want to set up an arranged marriage and to make matters more complicated, they have no idea about his relationship with Jen.
Kris (Alabama) and Jeymi (Colombia)
Kris has faced many challenges in her life but has now built a strong foundation for her family in the US.
She risks everything to move to Colombia to marry Jeymi, who she has never met in person.
The clock is ticking with their wedding planned for just days after Kris arrives in Colombia.
Nicole (California) and Mahmoud (Egypt)
Nicole met Mahmoud in a fabric store on her last day of a spiritual tour through Egypt.
On that very first day he proposed.
Nicole traveled back to Egypt three weeks later to get married, without informing her family and friends until after the fact.
Now, she's ready to go all-in on her move to Egypt, but Nicole worries that some cultural differences may be too big to overcome.
Daniele (New York) and Yohan (Dominican Republic)
Fresh from 90 Day Fiance?: Love in Paradise, this couple is no stranger to the struggles of living separate lives in different countries.
Now Daniele is leaving her home and job in NYC in an effort to convince Yohan to make the Dominican Republic their forever home.
Gabriel (Florida) & Isabel (Colombia)
Gabe is a budding entrepreneur who travels to Colombia for work.
He meets Isabel who accepts him for who he is, a transgender man.
As their relationship fortifies, so do their fears of acceptance.
Debbie (Georgia) & Oussama (Morocco)
They connected through a love of art and despite Debbie being 43 years his senior, fell in love because their souls connected.
Debbie is packing her bags to spend the rest of her life in Morocco with Oussama.
Although she faces skepticism from her family, Debbie is going in with her eyes and heart wide open.
Sex/Life 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama
A woman's daring sexual past collides with her married-with-kids present when the bad-boy ex she can't stop fantasizing about crashes back into her life.
Sarah Shahi, Mike Vogel and Adam Demos form a tantalizing love triangle in this steamy drama.
Sex/Life is the story of a love triangle between a woman, her husband and her past that takes a provocative new look at female identity and desire.
Billie Connelly (Shahi) wasn't always a stay-at-home wife and mother living in the suburbs.
Before she married loving and reliable Cooper (Vogel) and moved to Connecticut, Billie was a free-spirited wild child living in New York City with her best friend Sasha, working hard and playing even harder.
Exhausted from taking care of her two young kids and feeling nostalgic for her past, Billie starts journaling and fantasizing about her passionate exploits with sexy ex-boyfriend Brad (Demos), the big heartbreak she never got over.
But the more Billie remembers, the more she wonders how she got here — and then her husband finds her journal.
Will the truth about Billie's past start a sexual revolution in her marriage, or lead her down a path back to the life she thought she left behind with the man who broke her heart?