St. Denis Medical
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Mockumentary, Comedy
A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.
This eclectic team of underfunded yet dedicated doctors, nurses and medical staff are doing their best not to lose their patience in a hospital overrun with patients – while caring for everyone who comes in the door, including each other.
In the series premiere, "Welcome to St. Denis": Alex is torn between her daughter's school play and an "all-hands" situation in the Emergency Department.
Joyce spends the hospital's limited funds on a fancy mammography machine and Matt's first day as a nurse isn't going as he'd hoped.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "A Very Robust Personal Life": Joyce's belief that personal life should stay out of the workplace is tested by unexpected news.
Ron thinks a patient has a crush on him and Bruce tries to demonstrate the value of his important work.
Dark Side of the Ring 3
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Docu-Reality, Sport
This third season continues the rich storytelling that defined the first two seasons and will bring more of the real life drama.
Through first-person interviews, rare archival footage and dramatic recreations, Dark Side of the Ring exposes the wild and often criminal elements that dwell in the shadows of professional wrestling.
The series examines the collision of fantasy and reality in the singular universe of professional wrestling.
This is the only sport whose stars' larger-than-life characters exist in and often out of the ring, telling some of the dark and untold stories around some of the sport's all-time greats.
From backstage controversies to mysterious deaths and unsolved homicides, the series explores the darkest stories from the golden age of professional wrestling - with each episode centered on a professional wrestling icon.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Collision in Korea": In one of the most bizarre acts of political theatre ever conceived, professional wrestlers deployed to North Korea faced a terrifying ordeal that had them fighting for their lives.
Gesels 5
Channel: VIA (DStv 147)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Interview Show, Lifestyle, Afrikaans, Advertiser-Funded
Get ready for loads of inspiration, a charming new set and deep, intimate conversations with ordinary South Africans that will inspire like never before.
In the fifth season of Gesels with Leandie du Randt there is more focus on people and their inspiring stories.
Among the guests are two mothers who have had to deal with the death of their children, who come to share their deepest pain.
Writer Riette Rust stops by to talk about her husband's suicide, and singer Tamlyn Wessels tells how she was diagnosed with a rare disease at the end of her Grade 7 year, which changed her life forever.
Moves & Mimosas' Marika Opperman is back with new advice to make you forget about that discomfort in front of the cameras.
Marika shows you exactly how to sharpen your posing skills in front of the camera with a few new tricks to make camera stress disappear like fog before the sun.
So if you want to know how to discover your best body language for the lens, Marika has just the right solution.
Dust off the braai tongs too, because for this season only, food editor and writer Herman Lensing is swapping the studio kitchen for an outdoor braai where he shows you how to conjure up the fanciest dishes on your kettle braai.
Of course, Herman also shares a few ingenious braai recipes.
There is also skincare advice and solutions provided by the show sponsor, and specialist gynaecologist Dr. Celesté van Drünick talks about everything from peri-menopause to pH balance and more.
Down Home Fab 3
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Home Improvement, Reality
In a new season of Down Home Fab, husband-and-wife renovation duo Cole and Chelsea DeBoer will hone their design and construction skills to become the go-to home renovators in their hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The eight hour-long episodes will follow the DeBoers as they grow their construction business, open a home store and coin a new cowboy contemporary design style.
In each episode, Cole, the project manager and jack-of-all-trades; and Chelsea, the designer; will rely on each other to balance their busy family life including a newly driving teenager while managing a picturesque Midwestern farm full of animals.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Crash Course": Cole and Chelsea will help a single mother of three with health struggles fix up her outdated home after a year of lingering DIY projects.
Chelsea will dream up a design plan using moody and glam materials, and Cole will correct an unpermitted previous addition in the home.
Amidst the renovations, the DeBoers will discover a car has crashed into their new home store a week before the grand opening.
Vir Das: Fool Volume
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Comedy, Special
Whether it's the police, the evil eye or a badly timed lost voice, comedian Vir Das explores how embracing foolishness has led him to shared happiness.
With his signature cocktail of wit, wisdom and total nonsense, he's here to remind us: in a world that takes itself too seriously, maybe being the fool is the smartest move.