Foxtel highlights:
Tuesday, October 8
batwoman FOX8 108, 7.30pm
Three years after Batman mysteriously disappeared, Gotham is a city in despair under the watch of Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott). When the Alice in Wonderland gang targets his business, Kane’s daughter Kate (Australia’s Ruby Rose) returns home and is faced with the ultimate decision: if she wants to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes – a dark knight vigilante. In tonight’s series premiere, Kate soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope!
SuperGirl FOX8 108, 8.30pm
At 12 years old, Kara Zor-El escaped the planet Krypton to find protection on Earth with the Danver family, where she grew up in the shadow of her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), and learnt to hide the extraordinary powers she shares with her cousin, Superman. Now an adult, Kara (Melissa Benoist) lives in National City and works for media mogul Cat Grant (Ally McBeal’s Calista Flockhart) and moonlights as a crime fighter battling evil forces. In tonight’s season five premiere, Supergirl’s biggest secret is revealed to her best friend Lena (Katie McGrath). How will she react after being betrayed for so long?
Spiky Gold HunterS A&E 122, 7.30pm
This new series follows a team of six courageous, rough and tough free divers as they battle the tempestuous elements of southern New Zealand to deliver one of the world’s finest and most expensive gastronomic delicacies, seen as the equivalent of gold to fine diners around the globe. In tonight’s series premiere, the crew head into the waters of Fiordland on the southern coast of New Zealand. It’s all hands on deck as the divers work relentlessly to collect tonnes of urchin, but when the weather deteriorates, they’re set to get a quite a scare from below the surface.
ax men A&E 122, 3pm
In a time of uncertainty in the logging industry, only the toughest will survive. This reality series follows several logging companies through a work season in the forests of Oregon, Alaska, Indiana and British Columbia in Canada, where these rugged lumberjacks have to cope with unpredictable and sometimes violent weather, treacherous terrain and irritating mechanical failures. In tonight’s season 10 premiere, industry titans Pihl and Rygaard Logging will tackle some of their most challenging jobs yet as they attempt to thrive in a turbulent industry. Meanwhile, newcomer Frank Harkness will make a name for himself as he logs where no one else will, and Billy Ray will risk his life to keep other people safe in the treetops of Vancouver Island.
below deck Arena 112, 12.35pm (encore 7.30pm)
This popular reality series follows the impossibly good-looking crew of the multimillion-dollar charter yacht Valor as they cruise the waters of Thailand and cater to needy millionaires upstairs, while they get up to mischief downstairs. In tonight’s season seven premiere, Captain Lee Rosbach, Kate Chastain (pictured) and Ashton Pienaar are joined by six new crew members as they prepare to set sail on their newest adventure. As a first-Ashton time bosun, struggles with managing a crew of his own. Meanwhile, chef Kevin Dobson stresses out while preparing a highstakes dinner. If you like your drama full of romance, jealousy and plenty of exotic perks, you’ve come to the right place.