(Above: Andy Samberg & Andre Braugher in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”)
DStv promises an outstanding week for local content on DStv thanks to the new season launch of polygamy reality series uThando Nes’thembu, along with the unmissable Legacy S1 finale cliffhanger episode (with S2 starting on Monday, September 20, 2021, viewers are in for a nail-biting long weekend), and the 100th episode of Gomora.
That’s the drama and here comes the glamour, The Met Gala is back live, and the team at E! Entertainment (DStv channel 124) will film it all in Live From E!: The Met Gala 2021. We Got Love: Teyana & Iman will make its debut as the latest reality series set to give KUWTK fans a little reality to cling to, after viewers got the ultimate sneak peek last week on Catch Up.
September 11 marks the 20th anniversary of the 9 / 11 terrorist attacks. Three special doccies – Rise and Fall: The World Trade Center, No Responders Left Behind, and 9 / 11: Four Flights – will combine never-before-seen footage and new perspectives on the tragedy, the victims and the survivors.
While the Olympics season is over, SuperSport has a jam-packed sports schedule coming that includes The Castle Lager Rugby Champions, the Currie Cup Premier Division, the Premier League, Formula 1 and so much more will air on your World of Champions.
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 2021
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Season 8 / 1Magic (DStv channel 103) / 18h00
In the final season, Detective Jake Peralta
and his police friends will tackle the Black Lives Matter movement and the 99th
precinct experiences drastic changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rosa
quits her job and becomes a private investigator after losing faith in the
system.
Gomora
Season 1 / Episode 100 / Mondays to Fridays
/ Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) / 19h30
In the 100th episode on Friday, September 10,
Melusi gets the shock of his life from Gladys after continuously standing up
Thathi. Don gives Bongani an impossible ultimatum, and Melusi breaks up with
Thathi. This week, a heartbroken Bongani breaks up with Zodwa, and Don gives
his crew the last commands as they leave for another heist.
Aliens In Alaska
Season 1 / Episode 1 / Travel Channel (DStv
channel 179) / 21h10
Are we alone or is there something out
there watching us? In this unique series, local witnesses share their Alaskan
alien encounters, and first up is the chilling story of a woman terrorised by a
small humanoid creature.
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 11 2021
No Responders Left Behind
Doccie / Discovery Channel (DStv channel
121) / 20h00
This special doccie takes us inside Jon
Stewart (the ex-Daily Show host) and John Feal’s campaign to stop the 9/11
Victim Compensation Fund from expiring, as many of first responders who put
their lives on the line during the terrorist attacks now need lifelong medical
care.
Rise and Fall: The World Trade Center
Doccie / History (DStv channel 186) / 18h35
On 11 September 2001, a terrorist attack
destroyed the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center. This documentary
takes us inside the original construction of the Center, including the
technological innovations needed to raise the building before we’re shown how
the weaknesses and strengths in its construction came into play when it was
destroyed.
9/11: Four Flights
Doccie / History (DStv channel 186) / 20h15
This documentary is a memorial to the
passengers and crew aboard the 4 flights hijacked on 11 September 2001. Audio
recordings, flight transcripts, on-the-ground audio and video recordings, and
the mementos of the victims tell the story of their last hours, along with
interviews with those they left behind, air traffic control workers, and other
survivors.
Izingane Zami
Movie / Mzansi Magic / (DStv channel 161) /
21h00
A woman fights to regain custody of her children after being admitted to a psychiatric hospital because she caught her husband cheating.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Run Hide Fight
Movie / M-Net (DStv channel 101) / 21h05
Four school shooters stage a co-ordinated
attack, complete with bombs and a live stream of the massacre. As the school
goes into lockdown and the media picks up on the slaughter, one student works
to outfox the attackers. With Thomas Jane and Radha Mitchell.
Idols SA
Season 17 / Episode 9 / Mzansi Magic (DStv
channel 161) / 17h00
The competition is getting tough as the Top
10 singers are announced, and someone’s dream to be the next Idols SA winner comes ever closer. Will
they impress the judges ProVerb, Unathi and Randall, or be voted out?
The Wrong House Sitter
Movie / Lifetime (DStv channel 131) / 19:20
When editor Deb sends one of her writers,
Dan, on an assignment out of town, he thinks he’s found the perfect house
sitter. But when Kristen moves in, she has no intention of ever moving out, and
she starts pretending to be Dan’s new girlfriend.
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Loli's Luck
Season 1 / Episode 1 / Telemundo (DStv
channel 118) / 22h00 / continues daily
Successful, independent career woman Loli Aguilar’s
(Silvia Navarro) life changes when her best friend dies, leaving her custody of
her 2 children, aged 8 and 16. Suddenly Loli has to tailor her life and
decisions around the children’s needs while building a new support structure
for them for them all.
Diepcity
Season 1 / Episode 116 / Mondays to Fridays
/ Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161) / 20h30
Themba makes fun of Sne for choosing to
rewrite her matric, Zola calls the hitman to confirm if the job is done, but
Zola’s hitman chooses the wrong car workshop to take his car to for repairs.
And Charleston gets a weird prayer request from Mgedeza, which shakes him to
the core.
TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Home Town Takeover
Season 1 / Episode 1 / HGTV (DStv channel
177) / 20h00
Ben and Erin Napier, along with a host of
celebrity guests and local contractors, have a massive job ahead of them. This
time they’re renovating not just a problem house, but the entire main street of
Wetumpka, Alabama (seen in the Tim Burton movie Big Fish) after half the town
was destroyed by a tornado.
WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The Oval
Season 2B / Episode 13 / BET (DStv channel
129) / 22h00
S2 is back from a break with Donald
returning home to a surprise that makes him rethink his approach to Lily. Sam
acts out of character, and Hunter holds his first cabinet meeting, but it
doesn’t go as Donald had planned.
Lingashoni
Season 1 / Episode 103 / Watch Mondays to
Thursdays / 1Magic (DStv channel 103) / 21h30
Mantoa must choose between Puleng and
Seipati, Phakade crosses a line, and Mpumi faces her day of reckoning. Seipati
is hurt when Mandla decides to continue with his plans to renew his vows, and
the battle for Mandla’s soul results in dire consequences.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Legacy
Season 1 finale / Episode 208 / Mondays to
Thursdays / M-Net (DStv channel 101) / 19h00
Dineo confronts Felicity about the death of
her father, Dineo’s late husband, Sebastian, and asks whether Felicity had
anything to do with it. A terrible accident occurs, and SJ is desperate to keep
Petra close and prevent her from leaving for good. Brace yourself for the
cliffhanger season finale on Thursday, September 16. S2 will start on Monday, September
20.
90 Day: The Single Life
Season 1 / Episode 1 / TLC (DStv channel
135) / 20h00
Six 90 Day Fiancé favourites are single and
looking for love again as we follow them into the world of speed and online
dating. Expect some painful discussions with their exes, too. With “Big Ed”
Brown, Brittany Banks, Molly Hopkins, Fernanda Flores, Colt Johnson, and Danielle
Jbali.
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