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It may not imitate life, but there’s a lot on TV this week

SABC1

05:00 Geleza Nathi | 06:00 Siyakholwa | 06:30 Bonisanani | 7:00 Marvel’s Avengers Assemble | 07:30 Twin Caves |

08:00 Furry Tales | 08:15 Zenzele | 08:30 Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man | 9:00 Gospel Gold | 10:00 Mzansi Insider | 11:00 i-DENTITY | 11:30 Chatroom | 12:00 Big Up | 12:30 Uzalo (three episodes) | 14:00 Nedbank Ke Yona Goboza | 14:30 Eita Diski | 15:30 Sport Goes Retro | 17:30 Kulcha Kwest | 18:00 Election Debate | 19:00 News | 19:30 Sokhulu and Partners | 20:30 Caf Champions League build-up | 21:00 Zamalek v Mamelodi Sundowns | 22:30 Zaziwa | 23:00 Gospel Gold | 00:00 Kuze Kose

SABC2

06:00 Thabang Thabong | 06:30 iCarly | 06:57 Motheo | 07:00 Morning Live | 08:30 Simcha | 09:00 The Spiritual Ambassador | 10:00 Music and the Spoken Word | 10:30 Psalted | 11:00 Showville | 12:00 Noot vir Noot | 13:00 Pasella | 13:30 50/50 | 14:30 7de Laan (five episodes) | 17:00 Smallville | 18:00 Fokus | 18:30 News | 19:00 Skwizas | 19:30 Nuus | 20:00 It’s Gospel Time | 21:00 Our Moments (double bill) | 22:00 Person of Interest | 23:00 The Vampire Diaries | 00:00 Late Night News

SABC3

06:00 Weekend Edition | 08:00 Messy Goes to Okido | 08:30 Animal Mechanicals | 09:00 Spike Team | 09:30 Enchanted Tales | 10:30 Isidingo (five episodes) | 12:30 Top Billing | 13:30 Mela

| 14:30 FILM: Beauty and the Beast | (1991) (PG) Oscar-nominated animated

adventure | 16:30 FILM: The Socerer’s Apprentice (2001) (PG) | 18:30 News @ 6:30 | 19:00 FILM: Jinxed (2013) (PG) Family comedy | 21:00 Honchos | 21:30 Interface | 22:00 His Big White Self: Eugene Terblanche

e.tv

05:00 Music Africa | 05:30 Joseph Prince | 06:00 I Am Soul Precious | 06:30 The Tyrannus Apostolic Church | 07:00 Grassroots | 07:30 Hillsong | 08:00 Peppa Pig | 08:05 Cool Catz | 08:30 PAW Patrol | 09:00 Transformers: Robots in Disguise | 09:30 Shiz Niz | 10:00 TBC | 11:00 Blood, Sweat and Heels | 12:00 The Perfect Ace | 12:40 FILM: A Family Thing (1996) (13) Comedy drama. With Robert Duvall, James Earl

Jones and Michael Beach | 14:55 Braxton Family Values| 15:55 Sinawe | 16:00 South Africa’s Got Talent | 17:00 WWE Raw | 18:00 eNews Early Edition | 18:05 Trapped | 19:00 eNews Prime Time |

19:30 Modern Family | 20:00 FILM: Green Lantern (2011) (13) Okay comic-based action. With Ryan Reynolds | 22:20 FILM: Mandela (2007) (16) Good drama. With Joseph Fiennes and Dennis Haysbert

M-Net

07:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show (quintuple bill) | 11:05 FILM: Max (2015) (PG) | 13:00 Suits | 14:00 Limitless | 15:00 NCIS: New Orleans | 16:00 Zoo | 17:00 Elementary | 18:00 Hawaii Five-O | 19:00 Carte Blanche | 20:05 FILM: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) (13) Sci-fi action. With Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Thomas Brodie-Sangster | 22:20 The Catch