The Savant
Channel: Apple TV+
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Miniseries
By day, Jodi is your average suburban mom. By night, she's uncovering the darkest corners of the Internet.
Jessica Chastain is... The Savant.
The tense and high-stakes thriller follows the undercover investigator known as The Savant as she infiltrates online hate groups in an effort to stop domestic extremists before they act.
Based on a True Story 2
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Comedy-Drama, Thriller
Over the last decade, a true crime phenomenon has swept over America.
Podcasts, documentaries, fictional shows based on true stories - they dominate the culture.
Murderers have become celebrities and celebrities have become murderers, which was the inspiration for this show.
A dark comedic thriller, Based on a True Story is about a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber who seize a unique opportunity to capitalise on America's obsession with true crime.
Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) stars as Ava Bartlett alongside Chris Messina (Damages) as Nathan and Tom Bateman (Da Vinci's Demons) as Matt.
Season 2 finds new parents Ava and Nathan three months into parenthood.
Focused on taking care of her family, Ava is determined to resist her true crime obsession and return to work as a real estate agent while Nathan trains private tennis clients.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Liquid Gold": Ava and Nathan struggle with parenthood and try to convince Matt to return home.
Also, Matt fills in Nathan on the events surrounding Ruby's death, while Ava does her own investigation back at home.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Control F for Murder": Ava tries to make new friends but gets interrogated.
Meanwhile, Matt helps Nathan stand up for himself.
Tessa Beetge: A Life Interrupted
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 21h25
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
This documentary follows the story of South African convicted drug mule Tessa Beetge who was arrested while attempting to smuggle 10kg of cocaine through Sao Paulo Airport.
The plot was thickened when it was revealed that Beetge was working on the instruction of the former wife of the state security minister.
We follow Beetge back to South Africa to hear the whole true story - with the partner she met in prison, who is also a convicted drug mule.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Channel: E! (DStv 124)
TX Time: 17h15
Genre: Docu-Reality
The series delves into the undiscovered world of Salt Lake City within an exclusive social circle made up of six successful women who've created their own paradise filled with luxury homes, shopping sprees and multi-million-dollar businesses.
The series follows the elite and unconventional lives of Lisa Barlow, Mary Cosby, Heather Gay, Meredith Marks, Whitney Rose and Jen Shah, as they navigate a society fueled by religion, beauty, wealth and perfection.
The Mormon church is undeniably engrained in the culture of Salt Lake City, but these women represent a spectrum of religious beliefs ranging from Mormon, Islamic, Jewish and Pentecostal.
Here perfection is not an aspiration, it's a mandate.
With a deep-rooted history, these women share a special bond, but when circles are this tight it's only a matter of time before beliefs and personalities collide.
Whether hitting the slopes, attending parties at Sundance or hosting the city's elite, these housewives hold themselves and each other to an extremely high standard and never hold back when things go sideways, but lord knows they are always there for each other when they need it most.
In the series premiere, "Welcome to Salt Lake City!": Salt Lake City is more than just mountains and religion.
When Jen throws a Tongan-themed birthday party for her close friend Meredith, it's anything but a celebration when she confronts Mary about insensitive comments made about her family.
Heather discovers that her longtime friend from college, Lisa, has been spreading rumours about her.
And after years of judgement and scrutiny, Whitney finally has her dream wedding with her dream guy.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "A Snow Mountain of Trouble": Meredith's birthday party comes to an icy cold ending when Jen and Mary get into a heated argument about Mary's insensitivity towards Jen's aunt, and Whitney confronts Lisa about an incident at Whitney's vow renewal.
While Meredith battles marriage problems and Whitney helps her dad through a difficult time, Heather invites all the women to a ski day, which starts out well, but goes downhill when Whitney and Heather confront Lisa about her judgmental behaviour.
Beat Bobby Flay 20
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 11h40
Genre: Food, Reality Competition
Two talented cooks go head-to-head in an epic cooking battle, with the winner then taking on celebrity chef and restauranteur Bobby Flay in this culinary competition series.
Each episode, the contestants must impress the guest judges with their cooking, and the one who does the best gets the opportunity to face the master, Bobby Flay.
To give them a fighting chance against such an experienced and successful chef, the contestant chooses what recipe they and Bobby make, before the judges decide whose was best.
In the Season 20 premiere, "Against the Grain": Chopped host Ted Allen and Food Network's Damaris Phillips try to rewrite history.
Attempting to make Bobby Flay's domination a thing of the past are Southern heirloom chef Paul Fehribach and spunky pan-Asian chef Sara Nguyen.