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I can exclusively break the news I've been working on for weeks which is that, in a stunning shake-up of programming at SABC3, the American soap Days of Our Lives is set to inherit the timeslot of The Oprah Winfrey Show from October when a massive cascading timeslot change comes into effect on the SABC3 schedule - meaning major changes also affecting shows such as All My Children, Three Talk, Dr Oz and even Isidingo and Top Billing.
ALSO READ: Top Billing on SABC3 again moving from October on the schedule to a brand-new timeslot.
I can reveal that from Monday 3 October Days of Our Lives - currently at 16:30 and perenially the most popular SABC3 show viewership wise - will move to 17:40 on weekdays pushing Oprah out (althought the midnight repeat of Oprah remains).
In a major change All My Children will move from 09:30 to 14:00 and will be followed by The Oprah Winfrey Show at 14:50 - it's new timeslot until December when the show ends its repeat cycle. This pushes Dr Oz, currently at 14:30, later to its brand-new timeslot on SABC3 of 15:45 from October. Dr Oz will also be on SABC1 from Tuesdays to Fridays from October at 10:30.
This cascade effect means that Three Talk with Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu currently at 15:30 on weekday afternoons will also be moving - an hour later on SABC3 from 3 October to 16:40. It will be followed by Days of Our Lives at 17:40.
Here's basically what's going to happen if I colour code and roughly time-correlate what SABC3 is going to do from October:
Currently New from 3 October on SABC3
09:30 All My Children 14:00 All My Children
14:30 Dr Oz 14:50 Oprah
15:30 Three Talk 15:45 Dr Oz
16:30 Days of Our Lives 16:40 Three Talk
17:30 Oprah 17:40 Days of Our Lives
ALSO READ: Isidingo on SABC3 permanently moving to 19:30 on weekdays from Monday 3 October - an hour later than the current 18:30.
ALSO READ: The Bold and the Beautiful on SABC1 moving to 18:30 on weekdays from October; swapping with the local magazine shows moving to 18:00.
