DStv continues to celebrate women in all of the content across their platforms.
This week we see women in power positions when The Good Fight returns and attorneys Diana Lockhart and Liz Reddick take control of their firm as two female head partners, and in S1 of Diggstown, lawyer Marcie Diggs kicks her high-flying legal job to the curb in favour of returning to her hometown to serve her community at a law clinic.
There’s plenty of local content, too. Watch out for MTV’s (DStv channel 130) Ghosted Africa and Honey’s (DStv channel 173) new seasons of lifestyle shows Guess The Dress, as well as Wawu, That's My Dress: Zambia.
Loads of drama is also going down in local telenovelas Legacy and Lingashoni.
Ghosted Africa
Season 1 / Episode 1 / from Monday, August 16 /
MTV (DStv channel 130) at 21h30
An African remake of the reality series Ghosted in which our hosts, Shamiso
Mosaka and Oros Mampofu, will help distraught individuals track down and
confront a former lover, friend or family member in an effort to uncover the
truth of why they ghosted them. Each episode will feature a different story
from our guests – “The Haunted” – who are each seeking closure from their
“Ghosts”.
The Good Fight
Season 5 / Episode 1 / from Monday, August 16 /
M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 21h30
Attorney, Lucca Quinn and named partner, Adrian
Boseman leave Chicago. Jay battles COVID before Reddick, Lockhart &
Associates welcomes new employees. Also don’t miss the eccentric new judge
Wackner, who disrupts the legal system in this always-topical drama series.
Lingashoni
Season 1 / Episode 85 / Mondays to Thursdays /
1Magic (DStv channel 103) at 21h30
Seipati fights to stay in Johannesburg and has
an ace up her sleeve, the Mchunu brothers make a deal with Papi and Puleng, and
Mandla takes a stand and vows to find the truth about the wedding. NJ’s fling
is revealed, Mpumi takes drastic measures to avoid makhoti duties, and Puleng
tries to flip the table over Seipati while Mdu avoids telling his son the
truth. Puleng pushes her agenda even further with Mohau, Phakade is out for
blood when he learns the truth about his little brother’s killer, and Mpumi
gets what she bargained for.
Diggstown
Season 1 / Episode 1 / from Thursday, August 19 /
Universal TV (DStv channel 117) at 20h00
After her aunt takes her own life, lawyer Marcie
Diggs leaves her high-powered corporate job to work for a legal aid clinic in
Nova Scotia where they work directly with the community to find justice.
THIS WEEK: August 13 to 19, 2021
Season 1 / Showmax
The early years of the Madagascar heroes, Alex
the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, as they
grow up in a rescue habitat at the Central Park Zoo. Starring the voices of
Shaylin Becton, Tucker Chandler and Luke Lowe.
Season 1 / Episode 1 / Honey (DStv channel 173)
at 21h00
Host Sheila Gashumba guides eight talented young
chefs from seven countries across Africa as they compete for a coveted
internship with celebrity chef Siba Mtongana and a cash prize.
Dolphin Island
Movie / M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 16h00
Teen orphan Annabel lives with her grandfather
on an island, surrounded by love and friendship. She even has a dolphin pal.
But then another side of the family decides to seek custody of her.
The Goldbergs
Season 8 / Episode 1 / M-Net (DStv channel 101) at
18h00
Coming up in this ’80s tribute comedy, Adam gets
a glow up, and Beverly enters politics and a pyramid scheme. Episode 16 will be
the late George Segal’s final appearance, and Carrie Wampler replaces Kelli
Berglund as Barry’s love, Ren.
Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Doccie / History (DStv channel 186) at 20h15
100 years ago, white attackers burned 12 city
blocks of a prosperous African-American neighbourhood to the ground during two
days of violent, racially motivated attacks in which buildings were even
firebombed from the sky.
S'thandwa Sam
Movie / Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) at 20h30
When a businessman faces pressure from his
mother to produce a grandchild, he decides to take his domestic worker as a
second wife.
SUNDAY AUGUST 15, 2021
Break Even
Movie / M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 21h00
An action film in which four friends find $50
million while scuba diving, unaware that a crooked DEA agent planted it on
behalf of a drug kingpin who’d kill to get his cash back.
Richard Says Goodbye
Movie / Showmax
After learning of his terminal diagnosis, a
college professor decides to live his life to the fullest by drinking, smoking
and expressing his real thoughts to the people around him. Starring Johnny
Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young.
Guess The Dress
Season 2 / Episode 1 / Honey (DStv channel 173)
at 18h30
Friends and family help a bride to find her
dream wedding dress at a boutique. Out of four options, the groom guesses which
one his bride will pick. If he’s right, he wins them a cash prize. We also
follow their journey to love as they reflect on their relationship together.
Legacy
Season 1 / Episode 189 / Mondays to Thursdays /
M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 19h00
It’s the last roll of the dice for Dineo,
Angelique and Elizabeth as they try to get back control of Legacy, the past
sneaks up on Charmaine, and Felicity barters her soul in a plot to stop James.
The Price family scramble to get Felicity away from James’s clutches, and
Charmaine finds her problems multiplying as Damon threatens her with secrets
from her past. James tightens his grip on Legacy, and Felicity hatches a
desperate plan to rid herself of James – for good.
TUESDAY AUGUST 17, 2021
Hair Knockout
Season 2 / Episode 1 / Honey (DStv channel 173)
at 18h30
Adeola Ariyo hosts this fast-paced hairstyling
competition show featuring Africa’s most talented and creative stylists. In
each episode, 2 stylists enter a boxing ring to knock out their opponent with
the best styling techniques.
Wu-Tang Clan: An American Saga
Season 1 / Episode 1 / 1Magic (DStv channel 103)
at 22h00
In early 1990s New York, Bobby Diggs strives to
unite a dozen young black men who are torn between music and crime as they rise
to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18, 2021
Wawu, That's My Dress: Zambia
Season 1 / Episode 1 / Honey (DStv channel 173)
at 18h30
A Zambian boutique becomes the new hotspot for a
bride who is looking for the perfect dress for her wedding day. The in-house
team is ready to help each bride and her entourage to find The One. They also
attend to the brides’ entourage and find the perfect bridesmaids’ dresses and
outfits for the families of the bride and groom.
The Wheel With Michael Mcintyre
Season 1 / Episode 1 / BBC Brit (DStv channel
120) at 20h00
Funnyman Michael McIntyre hosts this game show
in which seven celebrities help contestants to answer questions on their way to
win a fortune. A spin of The Wheel decides the celebrity helper.
THURSDAY AUGUST 19, 2021
Life, The Universe & Everything With Brian Cox
Doccie / BBC Earth (DStv channel 184) at 19h00
Physicist Brian Cox looks back on a decade of
discovery and towards the next space frontier, asking the biggest question of
all – what’s next? In each episode, Brian focuses on a specific topic: Aliens,
gravity, space and time.
Christina On The Coast
Season 3 / Episode 1 / HGTV (DStv channel 177) at
21h00
Real estate and flipping expert Christina Haack,
known for starring in renovation series Flip
Or Flop, helps clients transform their outdated properties into high-end
homes in Southern California.
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