Maneet's Eats
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 16h05
Genre: Food
Join host Maneet Chauhan in her kitchen and at the market as she cooks some of her favourite Indian dishes.
Maneet shares her wealth of knowledge from years in professional and competition kitchens, and a lifetime of family traditions handed down through food.
In the series premiere, "Chicken Tikka Masala and Aloo Gobi": Maneet is cooking up her signature shortcut recipe for a classic chicken tikka masala, which packs in all the flavours in half the time.
She also makes a vegetarian feast of aloo gobi filled with spices.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Samosas and Pork Vindaloo": Maneet shares two dishes perfect for a full Indian food feast.
She makes an appetiser of crispy fried samosas with a creamy potato pea filling, followed by a spicy, decadent serving of Pork Vindaloo.
Big Mistakes
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Comedy
Blackmailed into working for some very dangerous people, two deeply incapable siblings become the most disorganised duo in organised crime.
From Emmy award-winning Dan Levy comes a bold, new comedic family saga within a high-stakes crime thriller.
Big Mistakes follows Nicky (Levy) and Morgan (Taylor Ortega), two deeply incapable siblings who are in over their heads when they commit a misguided theft for their dying grandmother which accidentally pulls them into the world of organised crime.
Blackmailed into increasingly dangerous assignments, they clumsily fail upwards, sinking deeper into chaos they're ill-equipped to handle.
Suxoka 4
Channel: Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality
Hosted by Motlatsi Mafatshe, this series features couples whose trust issues need to be laid to rest in order for the relationship to get back on to stable ground.
Couples share their love story with the audience and bring us into their world, laying out some of the reasons there for the loss of trust.
Previous attempts to move one from this break of trust have been futile and this is the last chance to do so.
Participants subject themselves to polygraph tests to settle long-standing questions and disputes.
In the Season 4 premiere: Jabulile brings her partner to the show to uncover the truth about his alleged double life.
She turns to a lie detector test to find out if he has been lying about their relationship.
The Gilded Age 3
Channel: M-Net (DStv 101)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Period Drama
The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic and social change, when empires were built, but no victory came without sacrifice.
Following the Opera War, the old guard is weakened and the Russells stand poised to take their place at the head of society.
Bertha sets her sights on a prize that would elevate the family to unimaginable heights while George risks everything on a gambit that could revolutionise the railroad industry - if it doesn't ruin him first.
Across the street, the Brook household is thrown into chaos as Agnes refuses to accept Ada's new position as lady of the house.
Peggy meets a handsome doctor from Newport whose family is less than enthusiastic about her career.
As all of New York hastens toward the future, their ambition may come at the cost of what they truly hold dear.
In the Season 3 premiere, "Who is in Charge Here?": As George faces opposition for a new railway plan, Bertha prepares for the Duke's return, and Ada finds purpose in the temperance movement.
Swamp People 17
Channel: HISTORY (DStv 186)
TX Time: 20h15
Genre: Docu-Reality, Wildlife
Swamp People is the story of the American spirit, of the lost art of doing things the right way and of the unyielding desire to preserve a dying way of life from the encroaching modern world.
Deep in southern Louisiana, there are nearly one million acres of flooded forest, marshland and bayous - the Atchafalaya Swamp - which is unlike any place else in the United States.
It's a hidden world, a place where nature still rules - one of the least-known territories in the United States.
But a hardy breed of "Swamp People" know the secrets of this dangerous mysterious territory.
Most are Cajun descendants of French-speaking settlers who came from Canada in the 1700s - and their way of life has been fundamentally the same for generations.
They are America's forgotten pioneers.
In the Season 17 premiere, "High and Dry": At the dawn of a new season, flash-flood chaos from hundreds of miles north sends the bayou into a tailspin.
Be My Guest with Ina Garten 6
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Food, Reality
Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, hosts friends old and new at her East Hampton home for good food and great conversation in a new season of Be My Guest with Ina Garten.
The season features:
- a get-together with chef, restaurateur and fellow Food Network star Bobby Flay,
- award-winning actor, comedian, writer and producer Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
- talk show host, comedian, writer and producer Stephen Colbert and his wife,
- producer Evie McGee-Colbert;
- award-winning actor and producer Wendell Pierce;
- and bestselling novelist Ann Patchett.
In the Season 6 premiere, "Eric Ripert": Eric Ripert, the incredible chef and world-class restaurateur behind the three Michelin star Le Bernardin restaurant in New York, stops by the barn to cook and share his career highs, childhood lows and life-changing stories.
Ina greets Eric with his childhood favourite French Apple Tarts and after sharing stories, he makes his stunning Seared Tuna with Ginger Soy Salad for them to enjoy.
Australian Survivor 3
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Adventure
A group of 24 contestants must fend for themselves after being marooned while competing in physical and mental challenges.
This season will last for 55 days, 16 days longer than the standard 39 days of US Survivor.
In the cast are a former soldier, a criminal prosecutor and a teacher.
Unlike the first two seasons, this will be the first themed edition for Australian Survivor, as the castaways are set to be divided into tribes of Champions and Contenders.
Girl Meets Farm 6
Channel: Real Time (DStv 155)
TX Time: 12h55
Genre: Food
Cookbook author and food blogger Molly Yeh makes delicious dishes inspired by her Jewish and Chinese heritage in her farmhouse kitchen in the Midwest of America.
In this culinary series she aims to bring some fresh and tasty multicultural cuisines to an area unfamiliar with them.
Whether it's a unique take on brunch that combines shakshuka with feta, Brussels sprouts and bacon hash, or Chinese-inspired scallion pancakes with maple carrot slaw, Molly is sure to have a new, tasty dish that will give fresh ideas to cooks everywhere.
In the Season 6 premiere, "Harvest Pre-Haul": It's beet harvest pre-haul time, and Molly Yeh is making the coziest foods imaginable to keep her husband, Nick, primed for the work ahead.
She whips up her tender spiced beef hotdish with bacon jalapeno cornbread, loaded potato skins and, for dessert, dreamy tahini fudge pie.
In the second episode of the weekday quadruple bill, "Mexican Brunch": Molly is hosting a Mexican themed brunch for the Spicy Senoritas of the Grand Forks Brunch Club..
On the menu: churro pancakes with sweet milk glaze; chorizo, egg and cheese enchiladas; charred tomatillo salad; and spicy palomas.