MTV Movie & TV Awards 2023
Channel: MTV (DStv 130)
TX Time: 02h00 (live) and 20h40
Genre: Awards
Airing live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, this is the 31st edition of the awards and the sixth to jointly honour movies and television.
The ceremony was supposed to be hosted by Drew Barrymore, but she withdrew on 4 May in support of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
The nominees for Best Show are Stranger Things, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, Wednesday, Wolf Pack, Yellowjackets and Yellowstone.
Competing for the Best Competition Series are All Star Shore, Big Brother, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, The Challenge: USA and The Traitors.
Best Docu-Reality is represented by Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition, The Kardashians and Vanderpump Rules.
The White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge will receive the 'Comedic Genius' award.
Presenters this year include:
Anthony Ramos
Ariana Madix
Ashley Park
Ayo Edebiri
Busta Rhymes
Camila Morrone
Chelsea Lazkani
Chrishell Stause
Christopher Briney
Courtney Eaton
Dave Burd
Dominique Fishback
Gal Gadot
Gavin Casalegno
Halle Bailey
Havana Rose Liu
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jonah Hauer-King
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Kaia Gerber
Katie Maloney
Lala Kent
Liv Hewson
Lola Tung
Nick Viall
Rachel Sennott
Riley Keough
Sabrina Wu
Sam Claflin
Samantha Hanratty
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Scheana Shay
Sherry Cola
Sophie Nélisse
Sophie Thatcher
Stephanie Hsu
Suki Waterhouse
Tiffany Haddish
SkyMed
Channel: Universal TV (DStv 117)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Drama, Medical Drama
Follows the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying air ambulances in remote Northern Canada.
Weaving together intense character journeys with high-stakes medical rescues, a diverse cast of young medical responders must rely on each other for survival at 20,000 feet in the air.
In the series premiere, "Pilots and Nurses and Bears, Oh My!": Nurse-out-of-water Hayley joins the fast-paced team of nurses and pilots at SkyMed, flying air ambulances and saving lives in rugged Northern Manitoba.
Your Honor 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama
Your Honor stars Bryan Cranston as Michael Desiato, a respected New Orleans judge whose upstanding life is derailed when his teenage son's accidental hit-and-run killing of the son of notorious crime boss Jimmy Baxter (Michael Stuhlbarg) led to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices.
Hope Davis stars as Jimmy's wife, Gina, who is at times more dangerous and driven than her husband; and Isiah Whitlock Jr. stars as Charlie, a local politician and Michael's best friend.
Andrene Ward Hammond stars as Big Mo, the formidable leader of the Desire Gang; with Keith Machekanyanga as Little Mo, her right-hand-man.
Lilli Kay stars as Fia Baxter, Jimmy's daughter who is forced to reckon with the true nature of her family as she deals with the aftermath of her boyfriend's shooting (by a bullet that was intended for her brother).
Jimi Stanton is Carlo Baxter, Jimmy's only surviving son who wants to follow in his father's criminal footsteps; and Benjamin Flores Jr. is Eugene, whose attempt to avenge his brother's death has created a new chain of events that threaten to start a war on the streets of New Orleans.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Part Eleven": Picking up in the aftermath of a terrible accident, a grieving Michael Desiato is beyond hope.
After fleeing the scene, Eugene is aided by unlikely benefactors, including new Mayor Charlie Figaro, Big Mo and the police.
Jimmy Baxter looks to expand his criminal empire, while Gina Baxter channels her anger over her dead son.
The arrival in town of Assistant U.S. Attorney Olivia Delmont will upend Michael's life in ways he can't begin to imagine.
Million Dollar Listing New York 6
Channel: E! (DStv 124)
TX Time: 19h05
Genre: Docu-Reality
Your favourite New York realtors are back and busier than ever in Season 6.
Real estate vets Fredrik Eklund and Ryan Serhant are joined by a new major player in the market, Steve Gold, who specialises in downtown Manhattan luxury properties and won't take no for an answer.
After selling more than a billion dollars' worth of real estate in the past year, Fredrik is burning the candle at both ends working alongside demanding top developers on several multi-million dollar sellout projects, while also attempting to try again for the baby he's always wanted.
Meanwhile, Ryan and Emilia are embracing their next chapter and settling into married life, but the honeymoon phase may be short-lived when Emilia's sister decides to move in with the newlyweds.
Although Ryan's business is booming and his workload is heavier than ever with the recent opening of his new Brooklyn office, tensions rise when he is forced to juggle the stresses of work and family.
Fresh to the group but not to Manhattan, Steve Gold originally moved to New York City to follow his burgeoning modeling career, but ultimately gave it up 10 years ago to join the real estate game.
He hasn't looked back since.
A confirmed bachelor, Steve is open to love but settling down is hard to do when he's also laser-focused on doubling his earning this year in sales.
The stakes are high and the listing prices are higher as these three rival agents are pushed to the limit managing their personal lives while also moving some of the most magnificent and luxurious properties in the concrete jungle.
In the Season 6 premiere, "Good as Gold": Big changes are in store for Season 6, with one agent newly married, one agent newly spiritual, and one agent....well, new.
Former fashion model turned super-successful-agent Steve Gold joins the cast, but quickly finds himself battling two young sellers who won't respect their elder.
Ryan has little time for the honeymoon phase with Emilia as he plans on expanding rapidly into Brooklyn, hoping to sell 50 houses in just three months.
Fredrik is becoming a calmer, more meditative agent... that is, until he meets a Tribeca seller who won't negotiate pennies off of her listing price.
In the second episode of the weekday double bill, "The Kids Aren't Alright": Ryan and his newly-formed Brooklyn team are selling as many houses as they possibly can, but things get more difficult when he discovers he might have to sell the most expensive one twice.
In order for Fredrik to land a hot new building in SoHo, he has to prove to the seller that he's done his homework.
Meanwhile, Steve wonders if he's become more of a babysitter than real estate agent, when some of his younger clients refuse to behave.
Last Light
Channel: Me (DStv 115)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Miniseries
In this dystopian thriller, a family's lives are changed forever when oil supplies get contaminated by an infectious agent, causing society to implode in the face of global disaster.
Petro-chemist Andy Nielsen knows how dependent the world is on oil; if something were to happen to the world's oil supply, it would set off a chain reaction: transportation would grind to a halt, supplies would cease to be delivered, law enforcement would be overwhelmed.
While on a business trip to the Middle East, Andy realises that his worst fears are coming true and his family is separated at this crucial moment.
His teenage daughter, Laura, is alone at home in London while his wife, Elena, and young son, Sam, are in Paris.
Amid this chaos, each family member will sacrifice everything to find one another, despite the distance and the dangers that separate them.
Based on Alex Scarrow's best-selling novel of the same name.
Matthew Fox (Lost) plays Andy Neilson, an ex-pat living in London who is one of the world's leading petro-chemical engineers.
He's brilliant and very in demand, but his drive and ambition have sometimes been to the detriment of his family life.
The story's unfolding crisis will force Andy to reassess his priorities - both familial and professional.
The only way he'll be able to restore his family is by setting the world right.
He may be the only one with the knowledge and ability to do so.
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) plays Elena Neilson, who is smart, caring, and beautiful.
When her son, Sam, was diagnosed with a progressive, degenerative eye disease, she gave up her thriving professional career and put all of her considerable energy and ability toward finding a cure.
She has become a leading fundraiser for a foundation pursuing cutting edge research into Sam's condition.
This maternal and professional triumph for Elena is only tempered by the state of her marriage, which has been strained to the breaking point.
Die Put 3
Channel: eExtra (Openview 105 / DStv 195 / StarSat 489)
TX Time: 21h30
Genre: Telenovela, Afrikaans
Kocovali is a powerful crime family in the Cukur neighbourhood in Istanbul, also known as "The Pit".
Idris Kocovali is the head of the family and does whatever he can in order to protect both his family and the members of Cukur.
Although it is a crime crime, it has its own rules - one of which is a ban on drugs.
Drugs are not produced, used or sold in Çukur, but groups that are new to the game try to break this ban - with deadly consequences.
In the Season 3 premiere: Yamaç, who had to shoot Idris Koçovali to save his family, lost his mind. Yamaç is no longer Yamaç while his father is lying dead on his lap.
On the other side, Çukur's enemies - Azer, Yücel, and Timsah, along with the financier Efsun are united.
Yamaç brings his father's belongings in front of their house and walks away...
Sultan opens the door and sees Idris Koçovali's clothes in front of the door, and bursts into tears finding out the bitter truth.
The death of Idris Koçovali destroyed his sons as well.
While Cumali welcomes this painful truth with all his anger, Selim is withdrawn.
Salih, squeezed and suppressed by Azer's people in the prison, becomes Vartolu Saadettin again.
In the absence of her sons, currently prisoned, Sultan assigns Akin as head of the family and leader of Çukur...
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Abazali
Channel: 1Magic (DStv 103)
TX Time: 17h30
Genre: Reality
Thato Molamu hosts Abazali, a reality show in which he helps parents gain access to the children they are being denied access to.
As host, Thato intervenes in an impasse between two parents – one who is being denied access to their child and the one who, for their own reasons, refuses to allow the alienated parent an opportunity to be part of their child's life.
First Thato meets with the alienated parent and the person who is refusing access to the child separately, before the confrontation is filmed between the two parents, with a way forward coming at the end.
In the series premiere: A depressed mother is denied access to a son who lives in the same street as her.
She knows it is her son, even though he thinks she is just another lady that lives in their street.