If you’re a fan-fav of TV shows, then the list is for you.
Every new month we put together a list of TV Shows to stream across multiple platforms.
The list is of trending shows that are available to stream on platforms including Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV+, Prime Video and Showmax.
Ozark S4 Part 2
(Netflix)
Release Date: Now Streaming
Netflix has debuted Part 2 of the fourth and finale season of Ozark.
Fans can now stream the final seven episodes of the season.
Season 4 teaser takes us back to events that happened during the last three seasons. It highlights how the Byrde family’s past decisions will have consequences in the final installment.
“Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro’s empire,” reads the Season 4 synopsis. “They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won’t stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.”
Slow Horses
(Apple TV+)
Release Date: Now Streaming
A new, six-episode drama series adapted from Mick Herron’s CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning novels, starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman, Academy Award nominee Kristin Scott Thomas, Academy Award nominee Jonathan Pryce and Olivia Cooke. “Slow Horses” follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 — Slough House. Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies who end up in Slough House due to their career ending mistakes.
Living The Dream With Somizi S5
(Showmax)
Release Date: Now Streaming
Somizi’s “Living the Dream With Somizi“ is back for Season 5. The new season picks up in the second half of 2021, in the aftermath of Somizi’s split from Mohale, Mohale’s accusations of abuse against Somizi, and the passing of Somizi’s mother, legendary actress Mary Twala. As the season starts, Somgaga’s career is at a crossroads: he is taking time off from Idols and Metro FM, and has replaced his management team with himself, as he looks to add a kids’ clothing store to the Sompirre.
Season 5 also sees Somizi exploring his calling and working on his relationships with his daughter Bahumi and his baby-momma, Palesa Madisakwane, who is still recovering from a horrific near-fatal car crash in 2019.
The Wilds S2
(Prime Video)
Release Date: 6 May
In Season Two, survival hangs in the balance for the group of teenage girls stranded on a deserted island, after the explosive discovery that what’s happening to them is an elaborate social experiment. This season ups the drama and keeps you guessing, with the introduction of more test subjects—another island of teenage boys—who must also fight for survival under the watchful eye of the experiment’s puppet master.
The Wilds is created and executive produced by Sarah Streicher alongside showrunner and executive producer Amy B. Harris. The late Jamie Tarses of FanFare, and Dylan Clark of Dylan Clark Productions also serve as executive producers. The series is co-produced by Amazon Studios and ABC Signature, part of Disney Television Studios.
The Real Housewives of Durban S2 Reunion
(Showmax)
Release Date: 6 and 13 May
After a teary, water-throwing finale, Season 2 of The Real Housewives of Durban wraps up with a two-part reunion on 6 and 13 May 2022, hosted by Comics Choice’ nominee Donovan Goliath.
After Nonku’s mother, Queen, faced off with Ayanda Ncwane in the controversial Season 1 reunion over damages, the Season 2 reunion has a lot to live up to – but there’s no shortage of tensions that need to be resolved from Season 2, especially after Indaba Ka Petal about LaConco’s mystery man, Jojo throwing water at Mabusi, and MaKhumalo being called out for distancing herself from the group.
Season 2 topped Twitter regularly on Friday throughout its run, with stars Annie, Jojo, LaConco, Londie, Mabusi, MaKhumalo, Nonku, and Sorisha also trending. As Zalebs says, the show “never ceases to amaze the viewers” and is “nothing short of sassy, glamorous and dramatic.”
Breeders S3
(Hulu)
Release Date: 9 May
The series follows Paul and Ally as they struggle to balance their full-time careers while dealing with the many trials and tribulations that come their way while raising their young children, Luke and Ava.
In Season 3, Paul has moved out and is staying at Leah’s house. He should be lonely but the simpler life has its appeal. Meanwhile, Ally has her own problems with work, her early menopause and her increasingly strained relationship with her newly adolescent daughter. Gallows humor and large glasses of wine only go so far in quelling the angst…
Dopesick S1
(Disney+)
Release Date: 18 May
As Disney+ arrives in the coming weeks in South Africa. You can look forward to a bunch of shows including Dopesick.
From Executive Producer Danny Strong and starring and executive produced by Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Big Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA. Defying all the odds, heroes will emerge in an intense and thrilling ride to take down the craven corporate forces behind this national crisis and their allies. The limited series is inspired by the New York Times bestselling book by Beth Macy.
Moon Knight
(Disney+)
Release Date: 18 May
Moon Knight follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
Savage Beauty
(Netflix)
Release Date: 12 May
Rosemary Zimu will take lead in Netflix’s newest African series, Savage Beauty.
Produced by Quizzical Pictures and created by Lebogang Mogashoa, Savage Beauty stars Rosemary Zimu as Zinhle, a mysterious young woman with a tragic past who single-mindedly pursues revenge for a hellish crime committed by a powerful family, the Bhengus. The family matriarch and patriarch – Grace and Don Bhengu (played by award-winning actors Nthati Moshesh and Dumisani Mbebe) who rule their beauty empire and family with an iron fist, become increasingly ruthless as they try to unmask an enemy who wants to see their life’s work reduced to ashes.
Now & Then
(Apple TV+)
Release Date: 20 May
Set in Miami, “Now and Then” is an eight-episode bilingual and multi-layered thriller told in Spanish and English that explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk. The exceptional ensemble cast includes Academy Award nominees Marina de Tavira and Rosie Perez, Ariel Award winner José María Yazpik, multi-Goya Award winner Maribel Verdú, Manolo Cardona, Goya Award winner Soledad Villamil, Emmy Award winner Željko Ivanek, Jorge López, Alicia Jaziz, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Alicia Sanz, Jack Duarte and Miranda de la Serna.
Who Killed Sara?: Season 3
(Netflix)
Release Date: 18 May
After S1 and S2, Netflix returns with the third season of Who Killed Sara. The series follows Alex, a man convicted of a crime he did not commit and is then released after 18 years behind bars. Upon leaving, he only wants revenge on Rodolfo Lazcano, the person responsible for the death for which he was sentenced.
In the new season, Alex discovers that his sister’s body isn’t where it’s supposed to be. New clues lead him to an unknown entity called Medusa. Who is Medusa and what is her involvement in all this? Will Alex finally discover who is behind Sara’s disappearance?
Better Call Saul S6
(AMC and coming to Netflix)
Release Date: Now Streaming
The sixth and final season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul premiered on April 18, 2022, and will consist of 13 episodes split into two parts. The second half of the season will premiere on July 11, 2022.
Sold as a Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul has emerged from the shadow of its predecessor to become one of the most critically acclaimed shows on TV with Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman turning from simply a sleazy lawyer in Breaking Bad to a tragic figure and classic TV character in his own right.
Better Call Saul remains as masterfully in control as Jimmy McGill keeps insisting he is in this final season, where years of simmering storytelling come to a scintillating boil.
Stranger Things 4: Volume 1
(Netflix)
Release Date: 27 May
The new season will be broken into two separate volumes, with the first releasing on May 27 and the second releasing on July 1.
Show creators, The Duffer Brothers have confirmed that the series will be ending with Season 5.
The new season takes us to six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.
Barry S3
(HBO Max, Soon coming to Showmax)
Release Date: Now Streaming
Barry is a dark comedy starring Bill Hader as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he reluctantly travels to Los Angeles to execute a hit on an aspiring actor. Barry follows his “mark” into an acting class and ends up finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the LA theater scene. He wants to start a new life as an actor, but his criminal past won’t let him walk away —can he find a way to balance both worlds?
Barry also stars Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Glenn Fleshler, Anthony Carrigan, and Henry Winkler. The series was created and produced by Hader along with Alec Berg (HBO’s Silicon Valley).
We Own this City
(HBO Max, Soon coming to Showmax)
Release Date: Now Streaming
Based on the book “We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption” by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, this gritty drama chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. It exposes the corruption and moral collapse that befalls an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest are championed at the expense of actual police work. Created and written by David Simon, creator of “The Wire,” and George Pelecanos, production took place in Baltimore.
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