by Thinus Ferreira
Gareth Cliff is making a TV return 4 years after he was cut loose as a judge from M-Net's Idols and will now be the presenter of a new talk show, So What Now? that will start on Wednesday 17 June at 20:30 on e.tv.
Before he became an Idols judge first seen on M-Net (DStv 101) and later the Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) channel, Gareth Cliff did the topical The Gareth Cliff Show in 2009 with the local talk show that was cancelled after its first season.
In 2014 ViacomCBS Networks Africa added The Gareth Cliff Show Live on its Comedy Central (DStv 122) channel as a simulcast radio-on-TV broadcast that was a visual showing of the weekday breakfast broadcast of Cliff's CliffCentral media outfit.
e.tv say that in his new second TV talk show, Gareth Cliff will "talk to influential thought leaders, opinion-makers, and unheard voices about current affairs in South Africa and beyond".
Khalik Sherrif, eMedia Investments CEO, says in a statement that "eMedia wants to ensure that it remains definitive with outstanding, entertaining, and informative programming".
"The inclusion of personalities such as Gareth Cliff will ensure that difficult conversations will be had, no matter how provocative it seems at the outset. With Gareth and Devi Sankaree Govender joining us, we are moving towards the narrative of being more informative, more thought-provoking, and more challenging."
