TV
Your guide to what to watch tonight. From prime-time M-Net dramas and Sunday night movies to the latest hits on DStv and local South African reality TV, discover Bianca Coleman’s top picks for the small screen.
Explore the evolution of McCauley and Zille in Shapeshifters
M-NET is shaking up the start of 2026 with an local documentary series, Shapeshifters (from 11 February at 9pm), which takes an in-depth look at two South Africans who have… →
Epic series King & Conqueror coming to M-Net this month
M-NET is one of more than 40 countries across Europe and Africa in which CANAL+ will launch historical epic series King & Conqueror on 12 February – a first large-scale,… →
Donny Wahlberg’s Boston Blue expands Blue Bloods universe on M-Net
HIGHLY-RATED Blue Bloods “universe expansion” series, Boston Blue, starring Donnie Wahlberg, Sonequa Martin-Green, Ernie Hudson, Maggie Lawson, Gloria Reuben, Marcus Scribner and Mika Amonsen comes to M-Net on Tuesday, 10… →
Box office hits and more on Showmax this month
THE eighth biggest box office hit of 2025 globally, How To Train Your Dragon reimagines the beloved, Oscar-nominated franchise as a live-action epic, and is available to stream now on… →
Showmax brings hit comedy to the small screen – in Afrikaans
MORE than 20 years ago the world was introduced to the wonderfully bleak mockumentary world of The Office, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. MetaCritic lists the British version… →
Succession’s Sarah Snook leads kidnap drama All Her Fault on M-Net
PRIMETIME Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors’ Guild Award-winner Sarah Snook leads highly-anticipated drama All Her Fault – based on a terrifying true-life event – on M-Net from 26 January… →
Wrapping up December on M-Net
AND just like that, it’s almost Christmas. M-Net has added a little extra sparkle with RMB Starlight Classics and the iconic Royal Variety Show. Nineties nostalgia is peaking with Boyzone:… →
Showmax’s mega lineup for December
IN The Chair Company, William Ronald Trosper finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy after an embarrassing incident at work. Triple Emmy winner Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave With… →
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on Netflix next week
BENOIT BLANC (Daniel Craig, above) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh… →
MasterChef South Africa judges return for new season on e.tv
IT’S a MasterChef hat trick for judges Zola Nene and Justine Drake when the Mzansi version of the world’s biggest and most beloved cooking show moves into its new home on… →
Plenty of life left in November with these Showmax highlights
NOVEMBER is on a downhill slide but there are still some gems coming to Showmax this month. Elsbeth S2 | Binge from Wednesday, 19 November Elsbeth returns Carrie Preston to… →
JAN Voyage: Italy, Primedia’s first original production on Primedia+
PRIMEDIA STUDIOS, the driving force behind the hugely popular local versions of The Masked Singer, Deal or No Deal, and MasterChef, is venturing into new territory with JAN Voyage: Italy – an exquisite original… →
