Call Her Alex
Channel: Disney+
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary Series
Call Her Daddy creator, host and executive producer Alex Cooper is at the top of her game, signing one of the biggest deals in podcast history.
This two-part series gives a behind-the-scenes, intimate look at her journey and the defining moments that shaped her influential voice.
What does it take to become the most influential female podcaster of a generation?
Following Alex Cooper as she prepares for her first tour, this two-part documentary series traces Cooper's evolution - from a self-conscious kid growing up in Pennsylvania to the voice behind Call Her Daddy, a podcast that redefined the conversation for women everywhere.
The series offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the life-defining events that shaped Cooper's journey as she grew from a 24-year-old woman with a sex and dating podcast to the CEO of a media empire in just six years.
More than just a success story, it's a portrait of a woman who is creating a space where women feel seen, heard and empowered.
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Documentary
Featuring exclusive interviews with survivors, paramedics and festival staff, this documentary examines the 2021 Astroworld tragedy and its aftermath.
On 5 November, 2021, Travis Scott stepped on stage to perform his set at Astroworld: what would have been the best night of the festival-goers lives quickly turned into a catastrophe that left 10 of them dead.
The Astroworld Tragedy takes an exclusive look at that night, told from the perspective of the survivors, paramedics and security staff that were at the centre of this disaster.
Told through footage shot by festival-goers, harrowing 911 calls and interviews with survivors and families of victims, the film provides an immersive look at the festival and raises questions about the accountability of artists in an era that compels them to continually amplify their shows to drive revenue.
Hightown 3
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Drama
Final season!
Set in beautiful but bleak Cape Cod, Hightown follows one woman's journey to sobriety, overshadowed by an unfolding murder investigation.
Hightown is a crime drama set amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, touched off when a body washes ashore and discovered by an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer who is determined to help solve the murder even if the state cops want her nowhere near the case.
Return to the Cape one final time and reunite with the explosive Jackie Quiñones (Monica Raymund) on her battle to overcome her addictions as she unravels the intricacies of the drug and crime underworld.
All roads lead to Jackie, but for her, redemption never comes clean.
This season, when the bad guys and corruption arise from all sides, everyone will face a deep reckoning.
Beliefs and loyalties will be tested, and Jackie will have to learn to stand by herself and for what she believes in.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Good Times": Jackie returns to her wild partying ways.
Ray Abruzzi is the top cop after taking down the New York connection, and imprisoned Frankie Cuevas secures a new partner on the outside.
Guy's Grocery Games 2
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Set in a grocery store, four talented chefs compete against each other through three cooking challenges, as they must navigate their way through the aisles adhering to a number of "real-world" culinary challenges to create tasty dishes.
The chefs must rely on their improvisation, gamesmanship and culinary skills for a chance to win up to $20,000.
Each episode four talented chefs compete in a number of challenges as they navigate their way through the aisles of a grocery store, adhering to "real-world" obstacles.
Whether it is shopping on a budget, substituting out-of-stock ingredients or grabbing groceries at closing time, each chef has to shop, prepare, and plate three different dishes using whatever they can pull off the shelves.
Ultimately, the food does the talking, as one-by-one the losing chefs "check out," by a rotating panel of judges that includes Melissa d'Arabian, Richard Blais, G. Garvin, Troy Johnson, Catherine McCord, Aarti Sequeira, among others.
The last chef standing goes on a shopping spree of a lifetime worth up to $20,000.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Moms Know Best": Four devoted moms and talented chefs are competing in a special Mother's Day showdown, as they battle it out in a new game called ABC, where they can only cook with ingredients that start with the same letter.
Next, in Budget Battle, three chefs make a brunch for four on a whopping budget of $7.08.
Then, Guy throws everyone for a loop in the final game, Cart Swap, as the two remaining chefs prepare a guilty pleasure.
The competitor who makes the most indulgent dish advances to Guy's Shopping Spree in the hopes of winning $20,000.
Don't miss all the fun and games throughout the season, including a special Next Food Network Star showdown, featuring past Star winners going aisle to aisle against each other, plus battle of the Food Network All-Stars - with Chopped judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Marc Murphy; America's Best Cook mentor Cat Cora; and Next Iron Chef/Iron Chef America competitor Marcel Vigneron - going head to head for the charity of their choice along with ultimate bragging rights.