Comedy

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Swaaibraai (2019)

On Showmax

A couple whose marriage has gone stale hit on an innovative solution: Swaaibraai, an exclusive app for swingers.

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This Is Us

Expect new faces and intriguing strangers in the latest season of this smash-hit drama series.

8.7/10 91%

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Mixed-ish S1

In the prequel to Black-ish, we see how Rainbow Johnson grew up in a mixed-race family in the suburbs in 1980s America.

6.1/10 80%

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Black-ish S6

Junior's gone out on his own in the sixth season of this series about Rainbow and Dre Johnson and their chaotic family.

7.1/10 91%

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Why critics adore this little Mexican-American drama about sisterhood

Take your average, mainstream white-hetero-male-dominated TV show, turn 180 degrees, and just keep going. Eventually, you’ll hit Vida, and if you’re lucky, you’ll be home.

7.1/10 100%

Fleshing out the second season of Sex Education

Here's what to expect in a whole new season about coming to grips with the ins and outs of sex, arriving on Netflix on Friday, 17 January 2020.

8.3/10 95%

Grace & Frankie has won multiple awards, and it will win your heart too

The sixth season of the beloved comedy-drama returns to Netflix on Wednesday, 15 January. Here's what to expect.

8.3/10 89%

Interview: The writer of Guilt talks about creating a “quicksand story”

Neil Forsyth, who wrote the four-part Scottish dark comedy Guilt, says TV dramas where no one says anything remotely funny are "so artificial".

7.4/10 62%

The Two Popes (2019)

Based on real-life events at a critical point in modern organised religion, Netflix's The Two Popes has earned three 2020 Oscar nominations.

7.7/10 89%

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Why Women Kill

One house. Three women. Three decades. Same problem.

8.3/10 63%

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AJ and the Queen raises the question: can RuPaul act?

As it turns out, writes Bianca Coleman, yes, yes he can.

Watch the trailer for brand-new SA series Black Tax

It’s a serious issue that affects millions of South Africans – and it’s ripe for comedy. Black Tax is a hilarious sitcom co-produced by BET and Showmax, launching soon.

The Unicorn S1

Walton Goggins stars in this feelgood comedy about a group of friends who help their friend Wade start dating again a year after the death of his wife.

6.9/10 88%

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Get ready to check into Hotel S4, now streaming

The brand-new episodes of the latest season of the Afrikaans hit comedy series are now on Showmax and DStv Now subscribers' screens.

The Orville S1

Some 400 years in the future, Ed Mercer, an officer on an exploratory ship from Earth, catches his wife in bed with an alien. Things start looking up for him when he gets his own ship to command, until he meets his first officer.

8.0/10 65%

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Comedy

Swaaibraai (2019)

This Is Us

Mixed-ish S1

Monthly roundups

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All new titles on Netflix

All new titles on Showmax

Black-ish S6

Why critics adore this little Mexican-American drama about sisterhood

Fleshing out the second season of Sex Education

Grace & Frankie has won multiple awards, and it will win your heart too

Interview: The writer of Guilt talks about creating a “quicksand story”

The Two Popes (2019)

Why Women Kill

AJ and the Queen raises the question: can RuPaul act?

Watch the trailer for brand-new SA series Black Tax

The Unicorn S1

Get ready to check into Hotel S4, now streaming

The Orville S1

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