The best Drama & Comedy on DStv Compact Plus in April 2022

Highlights 01 April 2022

A Black Lady Sketch Show Season 3, Unmarried Season 3, The Last OG Season 4 and more on DStv Compact Plus in April 2022

The best Drama & Comedy on DStv Compact Plus in April 2022

April is all about having friends and having fun on DStv Compact Plus!

Get into that holiday feeling with the brilliant, Emmy Award-winning A Black Lady Sketch Show Season 3, which has a guest list more glamorous than the Oscars this season. The Last OG Season 4 has Tray giving a community centre the benefit of his street education. Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) continues their new Sunday = Funday tradition with a new stand-up special every Sunday night, including Trevor Noah Presents: Josh Johnson: Hashtag. And Run The World Season 1 gives a comic take on being young, black fabulous friends in your 20s. If you’re looking for the more dramatic take on that concept, our hit local drama series gets an April makeover in Unmarried Season 3. Khanya Mkangisa, Mapula Mafole and Florence Mokgatsi play 3 new 20-something BFFs who’re learning the cost of The Hustle.

Also check out the new female-led crime drama series, Long Slow Exhale Season 1, and twisted adult animated comedy series Fairview Season 1.

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Unmarried Season 3

Prepare to meet 3 new friends as Unmarried’s new season gets a dramatic makeover. Our besties are now 20-somethings played by Khanya Mkangisa, Mapula Mafole and Florence Mokgatsi, who’re confronting everyone’s judgement on social media, sexual liberation and polygamy. It’s all about the hustle, the choices we make, the hearts we break and the prices we pay.

Watch Unmarried Season 3 from Friday, 8 April at 21:30 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103).

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Long Slow Exhale Season 1

Drama created by Pam Veasey (showrunner on CSI: NY and CSI: Cyber). J.C. Abernathy (Rose Rollins), the head coach of a women's college basketball team, gets tangled in a scandal. As J.C. tries to clear her name, her investigation opens a can of worms that spills over onto her family.

Watch Long Slow Exhale Season 1 from Wednesday, 27 April at 20:30 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103).

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Comedy series

Run The World Season 1

Comedy series about a close-knit group of black female friends surviving and thriving in Harlem, New York. Banker Whitney (Amber Stevens West) is planning her wedding, writer Ella (Andrea Bordeaux) is working for a new website, marketing pro Renee’s (Bresha Webb) marriage is on the rocks, and student Sondi (Corbin Reid) is dating her advisor.

Watch Run The World Season 1 from Wednesday, 27 April at 21:30 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103).

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The Last OG Season 4

Tray starts the season in a coma following a shooting and while he’s recovering, he and Wavy try to find out who shot him. Also coming up, Tray’s battle to save the community centre and his relationships with the students who take his cooking class, Javi’s passion for boxing, and Amira’s interest in college.

Watch The Last OG Season 4 from Tuesday, 19 April at 22:00 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103).

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Man With a Plan Season 1

When stay-at-home mom Andi Burns decides to return to work and make a career, her husband, Adam (Matt Le Blanc), finally gets a taste of the challenges of parenting their 3 unruly children while also running a business, the way that she also had to run their household.

Watch Man With a Plan Season 1 Mondays-Fridays from Monday, 25 April at 21:00 on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122).

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Fairview Season 1

Sloppy party girl-turned-mayor Kelly Sampson is our guide as this half-hour adult animated comedy series shows how national politics in the U.S. causes major drama in small town drama in Fairview, where the public normal pastimes are chugging beer, fighting in the grocery store parking lot.

Watch Fairview Season 1 from Saturday, 30 April at 22:00 on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122).

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Sketches & Stand Up

A Black Lady Sketch Show Season 3

1 of TV’s funniest-ever sketch shows returns. You know, the 1 that brought us The Basic Ball. Robin Thede promises we’ll find out who was responsible for last season’s apocalypse, where the survivors are and who’s watching them. This season’s celeb guests include Ava DuVernay, David Alan Grier and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.

Watch A Black Lady Sketch Show Season 3 from Monday, 25 April at 22:00 on 1Magic (DStv Channel 103).

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Trevor Noah Presents: Josh Johnson: Hashtag

Comedian and writer Josh Johnson talks about the effects of the pandemic in our social lives, a terrifying encounter with bees, getting around the world as a weirdo, whether or not his friend's bird is a racist, getting hit on by a grandma, and things women expect in their relationships.

Watch Trevor Noah Presents: Josh Johnson: Hashtag on Sunday, 3 April at 21:00 on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122).

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Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached 2006

This extended and uncensored comedy performance delves into Carlos’ take on race relations, women and equality in the workplace, immigration, religion, terrorism, Mel Gibson’s big religious movie, and how society should treat the mentally or physically challenged.

Watch Carlos Mencia: No Strings Attached 2006 on Sunday, 10 April at 21:00 on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122).

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Jo Koy: Lights Out

Jo takes us inside his everyday life as a Filipino, a grandson, a father and a son in this family-oriented act. Jo’s prime target is his beloved mom, who raised her kids alone as a divorcée with love and lots of nagging. Look out for his story about his experiences during an Earthquake in LA.

Watch Jo Koy: Lights Out on Sunday, 17 April at 21:00 on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122).

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Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions

Paul F. Tompkins (the voice of Mr. Peanutbutter in Bojack Horseman) takes us on a tour of his career, from his glory days as an employee at a small, failing video store, as a hat shop salesman, and an anxious host on Best Week Ever.

Watch Paul F. Tompkins: Laboring Under Delusions on Sunday, 24 April at 21:00 on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122).

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