It’s the start of a new Open Window on DStv. For the next two weeks, viewers can enjoy new channels and content to help them decide whether they want to switch to another package more suited to their needs.
DStv Access subscribers will be able to watch all the Family package channels (with the exception of Vuzu) from September 17 until October 3 and BET (DStv channel 129) will be made available to subscribers on the Family bouquet from September 18 until October 3.
Award season is here, kicking off with the special Live From E! The Primetime Emmy’s 2021 at midnight on September 19 just before the 73rd Emmy Awards on Monday, September 20 at 02h00. Viewers can also catch the ceremony during prime time on M-Net (DStv channel 101) at 21h30 later the same day.
If you love it local, S2 of the dramatic telenovela Legacy starts this Monday, along with S3 of reality food competition show, My Kitchen Rules South Africa coming to M-Net on Sundays.
73rd
Emmy Awards 2021
Special / Watch on September 19 / E!
Entertainment (DStv channel 124) / 00h00
Laverne Cox and the E! reporters are on the
red carpet for the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards. This year, MJ Rodriguez became
the first-ever trans woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy, for her lead
role as Blanca Evangelista in Pose.
Award show / Watch on Monday, 20 September / M-Net (DStv channel 101) / 02h00 & 21h30
The 73rd edition of the prestigious awards
ceremony that honours the best in television. Make sure you don’t miss the
hilarious Cedric The Entertainer as host.
Legacy
Season 2 / Episode 1 / Watch
Mondays-Thursdays from Monday, September 20 / M-Net (DStv channel 101) / 19h00
S1 of this local telenovela ends with one
of the Price women shoving the other over a balcony, and a runaway bride
situation that has a family up in arms. As S2 begins, Petra’s brother Stefan
returns, One of the Price sisters has visions of Sebastian, and at another
man’s funeral a mother tells her son that Sebastian Price was his real father.
My Kitchen Rules South Africa
Season 3 / Episode 1 / Watch from September
19 / M-Net (DStv channel 101) / 18h00
Judges and foodies J’Something and David
Higgs host a special pandemic season of this cooking competition show. 10 pairs
of enthusiastic home cooks are taking on challenges in the MKR kitchen and
preparing three-course meals for their pop-up restaurant spaces in the special
MKR event building rather than in their own homes.
Cruella
September 17, 2021
Movie / BoxOffice
Oscar winners Emma Stone and Emma Thompson
drive this dark but fun live-action origin story of Cruella de Vil, one of
cinema’s most fashionable villains, before being known as a dog-napping thief
in the classic 101 Dalmatians.
SEPTEMBER
18, 2021
Scoob!
Movie / M-Net (DStv channel 101) / 16h00
In this animated reboot of the Scooby-Doo franchise, investigative team Mystery Incorporated gets together for the first time and sets about unmasking villains who’re trying to spook people by faking supernatural phenomena. With the voices of Jason Isaacs, Tracy Morgan and Simon Cowell.
Dj Zinhle: The Unexpected
Season 1 / Episode 1 / BET (DStv channel
129) / 19h30
Muso businesswomen, DJ Zinhle opens up her
life to viewers in this special 13-part reality show. She reveals secrets
around her second pregnancy, her entrepreneurial pursuits, her music, and
spends time with her friends, celeb Pearl Thusi, and musician Nomuzi “Moozlie”
Mabena.
Estonia
Doccie / Discovery Channel (DStv channel
121) / 20h00
On the 28th of September 1994, the MS
Estonia ferry sank during a crossing of the Baltic Sea en route from Tallinn to
Stockholm, killing 852 of the 989 people on board. Witnesses tell their
stories, and a new joint Swedish-Estonian diving expedition surveys the wreck
site looking for answers.
SEPTEMBER
19, 2021
The Croods
Movie / M-Net (DStv channel 101) / 20h05
Cavemen family The Croods are looking for
the perfect place to call home after their previous cave was turned into a lava
field. They just might have found paradise, but as it turns out, it’s already
inhabited by an “advanced” family called The Bettermans.
My Sweet Curse
Season 1 / Episode 1 / TLNovelas (DStv
channel 133) / 19h15 /continues weekdays
In this brand-new telenovela, Aurora must
prove to everyone that she wasn’t born under a curse, and that she’s capable of
enjoying love with Rodrigo, the man she loves.
SEPTEMBER
21, 2021
DR. DEATH
Season 1 / Episode 1 / M-Net (DStv channel
101) / 22h30
This biographical drama follows the stories
of 37 patients whose lives were forever changed by Dr. Christopher Duntsch, who
intentionally inflicted harm on them and murdered two patients. As the victims
pile up, two of Duntsch’s colleagues, doctors Henderson (Alex Baldwin) and
Kirby (Christian Slater), start to investigate him.
I Love A Mama's Boy
Season 2 / Episode 1 / TLC (DStv channel
135) / 21h00
Four women are dating their perfect man –
but mom is the third wheel in their romance. In S2, Matt, Kim and Kelly are
still caught up in wedding planning, and we meet newcomers Tracy and Bryan and
Bryan’s honeymoon-crashing mom, Jayne.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Blue Bloods
Season 11 / Episode 1 / M-Net (DStv channel
101) / 20h30
The season opens with Police Commissioner
Frank Reagan clashing with City Council Speaker Regina Thomas (guest star
Whoopi Goldberg) over protests around police racism and brutality. The Reagans
will continue to struggle with the damaged relationship between police and the
community throughout the season.
Magnum P.I
Season 3 / Episode 1 / M-Net (DStv channel
101) / 19h30
Remake of the 1980s series about ex-Navy
SEAL Magnum who works as a private investigator in Hawaii. This season, Magnum’s
partner, ex-MI6 agent Higgins, gets a boyfriend, and there’s a guest appearance
from Roger E Mosley (the original helicopter pilot TC) in episode 5.