61^st Street tells the story of Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete, who gets swept up in the Chicago criminal justice system. He is arrested as a supposed gang member after an officer dies during a drug bust gone wrong. Franklin Roberts, who has promised his wife that he will retire as a public defender, takes on Johnson’s case because he recognises its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional racism and endemic corruption at its heart.

Alongside Emmy®-winners Courtney B. Vance and Aunjanue Ellis, the series also stars Mark O’Brien, Holt McCallany, Tosin Cole, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Bentley Green and Jerod Haynes.

From AMC Studios, 61st Street is executive produced by BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (The Night Of, Your Honor), J. David Shanks (The Chi, Seven Seconds, Shots Fired), Outlier Society’s Michael B. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo (Just Mercy, David Makes Man), Alana Mayo (Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, Just Mercy), Jeff Freilich (Lodge 49, Dispatches from Elsewhere) and Hilary Salmon (MotherFatherSon, The Night Of, London Spy).

Season 2 of 61^st Street premieres on Universal TV on 19 June at 20.00, with new episodes airing every Thursday until the season finale on 1 August.

Universal TV is available on DStv Channel 117 across Africa.

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In Season Three, Pearl is fully immersed in her private investigating, leaving most of the running of the restaurant to Dolly and Ruby. Pearl is still with her teacher boyfriend Tom when the season begins, but this relationship will be tested as he pushes to take the relationship to another level. Mike has been away for a few months and arrives back a changed man—leaner, fitter, and more Zen. But will this last?

The series arc steers away from the will-they-won’t-they element of Season Two. There is still a deep connection between them, but Pearl’s concern is more about Mike’s state of mind. The daily grind of police work soon tarnishes his newly found calm. As their paths continually cross, solving Whitstable crimes, Pearl is determined to help Mike find closure for his wife’s death and help him gain some inner peace.

Season 3 of Whitstable Pearl features the following episodes:

1. 27 May, 8 PM – Girl, Whitstable Beach. After seven years, a missing young mum is spotted on Whitstable Beach. Pearl wants to know where has she gone and why is she back?
2. 3 June, 8 PM – Death, the Devil and the Fool. A little girl goes missing at the Whitstable Psychic Fair, and skeptical Pearl has to join forces with a psychic to help find her.
3. 10 June, 8 PM – Oysters Kilpatrick. Just as Pearl allows herself a luxury weekend away with Tom, a food critic drops dead in the Whitstable Pearl. Will she come home or stay with Tom?
4. 17 June, 8 PM – Prisoners of the Past. Why hasn’t Charlie told Pearl that he is back from Canada and living in London? Her search for him leads her to find out more about Mike’s past.
5. 24 June, 8 PM – Walking with Ghosts. Halloween gets even spookier when a ghost tour guide sees a body being buried on the beach in Whitstable. But Pearl wants to know —where is the body?
6. 1 July, 8 PM – Someone Like Me. A taxi driver turns up dead with a bullet through his head, and an investment banker is nearly assassinated.

Whitstable Pearl is an Acorn TV original series produced by Buccaneer Media and Acorn Media Enterprises, distributed by Cineflix Rights. The series is executively produced by Richard Tulk-Hart, Tony Wood, Julie Wassmer and Mike Walden, with Debs Pisani producing. David Sant and Steve Brett direct.

Season 3 of Whitstable Pearl premieres on Universal TV on 27 May at 8 PM, with new episodes airing every Tuesday until 1 July.

Universal TV is available on DStv Channel 117 across Africa.

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Wild Cards is a crime-solving procedural with a comedic twist that follows the unlikely duo of a by-the-book, sardonic cop Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti), and a spirited, clever con woman, Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan). They are partnered together, and each uses their unique skills to solve crimes. For Ellis, that means hard-boiled, shoe-leather police work; for Max, it means accents, disguises, schemes, and generally befriending everyone in sight while driving Ellis absolutely nuts.

Season 1’s cliffhanger found Ellis about to arrest Max for her heist of a 33-million-dollar jewel, but his feelings of betrayal are sidelined by a bombshell revelation from Max; she’s learned the identity of his brother’s murderer. Season 2 raises the stakes for the duo both in terms of the cases they’re tasked to solve in each episode and their feelings for each other.

From Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan in association with The CW for commissioning broadcaster CBC in Canada, Wild Cards is created by Michael Konyves. Executive producers include Konyves, pilot director James Genn, Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, and writers Alexandra Zarowny and James Thorpe. Wild Cards is produced by Charles Cooper and Virginia Rankin. The series is overseen by Carolyn Newman, Tashi Bieler and Alix Steerman on behalf of Blink49 Studios. International distribution is handled by FIFTH SEASON.

Season 2 of Wild Cards premieres on Universal TV on 21 April at 20:00, with new episodes airing every Monday until 14 July 2025.

Universal TV is available on DStv Channel 117 across Africa.

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