The Librarians: The Next Chapter
Channel: Universal TV (DStv 117)
TX Time: 18h20
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
A spinoff of the original television and film franchise which followed the adventures of the custodians of a magical repository of the world's most powerful and dangerous supernatural artifacts.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter centres on Vikram Chamberlain, a "Librarian" from the past who time traveled from 1847 and now finds himself stuck in the present.
When Vikram returns to his castle in Belgrade, Serbia and discovers that it is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent.
With the help of a new team of eclectic heroes, including a savant in world history, a scientific genius, and a highly skilled Guardian, Vikram has only six months to clean up the mess he made.
Throughout the season, the team will embark on fantastical adventures, including a surprise reroute to a manor where Agatha Christie-styled murders take place, a time-travel back to the days of King Arthur at Camelot and even an encounter with the first-ever vampire.
In the series premiere, "And the Deadly Drekavac": When a Librarian from 200 years ago reappears today, he brings back to life a long-closed magical Library and accidentally resurrects an evil Drekavac.
The Librarian, along with a quickly assembled team, must stop the Drekavac before it can kill and multiply.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "And the Dance of Doom!": Our newly assembled Librarians crew investigates a mysterious dancing sickness, leading them to a showdown with a powerful magical factioneer at a professional ballet company.
House Hunters: Amazing Water Homes 3
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 12h00
Genre: Reality, Lifestyle
What happens when you combine a love of the water with imagination and innovation? The answer is the most incredible water homes around the world.
In this series host Rebecca Budig explores spectacular waterfront properties, from a private waterpark in Ohio to a houseboat with all the luxuries of a landlocked mansion.
These homeowners are mad about H2o, and they've designed their homes to pay homage to water.
There are pools that run through the entire home, a state-of-the-art water retreat in Arizona, a residential aquarium in London, and a remote coast guard base in the middle of the Atlantic.
These places and more give whole new meaning to waterfront living.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Beach vs. Bay in Panama City": High school sweethearts are ready to trade their hectic Atlanta lives for waterfront peace in Panama City, Florida.
He wants bay access for his boat and is willing to spend $3-million, but she prefers a white sandy beach within a budget of $2.5-million.
Lightning Pathologist
Channel: eExtra (Openview 105 / StarSat 489 / DStv 195)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Documentary Series, Nature
Professor Ryan Blumenthal has made it his life's passion to study one of natures most prolific serial killers: Lightning.
In the show he takes us through each case step by step, and brings you stories from survivors and victims.
In each episode, Dr Blumenthal, a professor of Pathology, explores his passion for lightning and the dramatic electro-thermal injuries it inflicts on people and animals.
South Africa has the highest casualties in lightning deaths per capita, second only to India - all based on rural areas with no access to accurate weather information.
The Secrets We Bury
Channel: Investigation Discovery (DStv 171 / StarSat 223)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: True Crime, Documentary
An empathetic account of a Long Island family unwinding a decades old mystery around their father's disappearance.
In the early 1960s, George Carroll walked out on his family, leaving his wife, Dorothy, and their four children behind.
Decades later, the Carroll siblings are still left haunted by what happened to their father.
Seeking much-needed closure for himself and his family, The Secrets We Bury follows Mike Carroll as he unravels the mystery of his father's disappearance and uncovers a story much darker and more complex than his family could have imagined.
Told through extensive sit-down interviews with the Carroll siblings and layered with intimate archival footage of the Carroll family spanning decades of their lives, the documentary offers a sensitive look into one family's journey to find closure.
Part mystery and part family drama, The Secrets We Bury raises important questions about whose stories we choose to believe, and why.
Supermarket Stakeout 2
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Supermarket Stakeout, where the action begins when unsuspecting customers leave the store aisles and luck, negotiation and cooking skills are the ingredients to win, returns for a second season of fast-paced pop-up culinary battles.
Hosted by Iron Chef and Chopped judge Alex Guarnaschelli and shot on-location at supermarkets around the USA, each episode features four talented chefs who must ambush shoppers as they exit the store and blindly bid on their grocery bags without knowing what's inside.
Over three themed rounds with a budget of only $500 and pop-up kitchen setups, the chefs can only cook with the items they are able to negotiate out of the customer's carts with persuasion and a little cold hard cash.
A rotating panel of judges, which this season includes Scott Conant, Giada De Laurentiis, Bobby Flay and Molly Yeh, ultimately determine each week which competitor made the most successful menu and is awarded enough cash for a year's worth of groceries.
Set in pop-up kitchens outside local supermarkets, each episode begins with Alex giving the four chef contestants $500 apiece - their whole budget to buy ingredients for the three-round cooking competition.
In round one, the chefs can purchase ingredients only by blindly ambushing customers outside the store and negotiating for their grocery bags without knowing the contents.
In round two, competitors can only purchase groceries from a single shopper, but may look through the bags before negotiating the price.
In the final round, competitors may purchase five ingredients in total, but can approach as many shoppers as it takes to get what they need.
After each themed cooking round, the least successful chef is eliminated, leaving two competitors going head-to-head in the final round, vying for a cash prize.
In the Season 2 premiere, "Parking Lot Picnic": It's a Sin City stakeout as four chefs up the ante at Smith's in Las Vegas, Nevada.
One chef must turn savoury into sweet for their breakfast dish. Then it's a picnic in a parking lot before the chefs are asked to bring the heat to hit the jackpot.
Island Life 20
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 22h00
Genre: Reality
Making one's home on a tropical island sounds like an expensive proposition, but this house-hunting series shows it can be done within almost any budget as families seek to find their own corner of paradise.
The featured properties run the gamut from ultra-affordable to totally outrageous, located in places like Key West, Florida, Kodiak Island, Alaska, Mount Desert Island in Maine, and Washington State's San Juan Islands.
Everyday families ready to start a new adventure, escape hectic lifestyles in cookie-cutter subdivisions, or simply get away from cold and snow, prove that island fantasies can be reality.
In the Season 20 premiere, "Next Step on Aquidneck Island": Newlyweds are ready to set down roots on Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island.
They love being close to shops and restaurants, but they plan on starting a family soon, so a home with tons of space and a big yard would be ideal.
Die Aunt Sylvie Show 2
Channel: eExtra (Openview 105 / StarSat 489 / DStv 195)
TX Time: 18h30
Genre: Comedy
Die Aunt Sylvia Show follows Ouma Sarie's nosy neighbour, Aunt Sylvia, as she navigates the challenges of being a single parent and business owner.
After receiving a life insurance payout from her late husband, Aunt Sylvia works hard to build a new life for herself and her son, Drickus, who seems to always unintentionally get himself into some kind of trouble.
In the Season 2 premiere, "New Ventures and Local Headlines": Aunt Sylvia searches for work, Basil and Drickus brainstorm a new business venture, and Spyker makes the local headlines for an unexpected event.