Generations, South Africa's biggest daily soap opera is celebrating its 3 000 episode early in 2010 and it will be a whopper! Generations on SABC1 has just filmed its 3 000 episode which will go out in January/February of next year. Sources close to the production tells me: ''spectacular'' and another one said: ''huge surprises''.
It was just two years ago, in March 2006 that Generations made the 2000th episode mark.
Although the soap opera genre is dying in America with two more soapies that got the axe this year (Guiding Light and last month As the World Turns), soaps are alive and well in South Africa.
2010 will be a bumper year for soap land. Soapie fans can look forward to several soapie special events and TV moments:
1. Generations on SABC1 making it to 3 000th episodes in Jan/Feb.
2. Villa Rosa on kykNET making it to 1 000th episodes in Feb.
3. 7de Laan on SABC2 turning 10 YEARS old (I broke that news HERE) in April.
4. Binnelanders becoming an hour long show with NEW SETS AND NEW STORIES from April.
5. Egoli ending just short of 18 years on air in March, followed by special tribute episodes (I broke that news HERE) and a special DVD box set to be released later in 2010.
