TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 24 October 2020.

Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too:

■ Reputation in tatters: SABC3's Expresso presenter Katlego Maboe's affair reveals shocking revelations.

A golden couple, seemingly living an idyllic life - until Monique Muller accuses the Outsurance TV commercials frontman of giving her a sexually transmitted disease that could lead to cancer.

■ Celeb endorsement gone bad: Lessons to learn from Katlego Maboe's cheating scandal.

Katlego Maboe removed from Expresso and Outsurance is all about reputation. The same way Expresso would get more viewers had he been a hero, the same way they will lose viewers if they keep him on. His image represents brands.

■ Katlego Maboe's wife Monique slammed as he loses endorsements" - The actual headline from Zalebs!

- "Other woman" hasn't worked for Outsurance in 2 years.  - Pleads for video to be taken down.

- Friday's episode of Trending SA on SABC3 ignores the "trending" TV star scandal.

- What's next? Katlego Maboe faces "uncertain future".

- Katlego Maboe's Wikipedia page now reflects infidelity, pulled from TV jobs.

■ Secrets and betrayals upend a seemingly perfect life in new drama series The Undoing.

■ MUST READ: Barbara Blake Hannah - The first black reporter on British TV.

■ Security?? Fake Borat reporter makes it into White House, meets Donald Trump.

■ Lawyers of trade union Bemawu gives SABC execs ultimatum over retrenchment process.

Bemawu demands SABC return to consultation process and that no Bemawu staffers are dismissed.

■ Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts(Scopa) identifies problems at the SABC.

Discrepancies in information from SABC management and in its annual financial statement, as well as financial problems in supply chain management.

■ Is Jeff Zucker on his way out as president of CNN (DStv 401)?

- Also: CNN could be an AT&T spinoff target.

- Get ready for Trump TV, America.

■ The reality of Reality TV: Can cause viewers to become more aggressive in life and relationships.

■ Why the reviews for Netflix's Rebecca remake are so negative.

Main roles all miscast, film lacks bite. - "Awful, rushed, confusing"

■ New Zealand's film and TV industry booming thanks to it being a Covid-19 safe-haven.

■ When good clothes happen to bad TV shows. (subscription required).

TV has become the new medium for great fashion, but is that good news for TV?

■ Take a Jedi to Work Day: Ewan McGregor wore his old Jedi robes on the set of Disney's Star Wars: The Mandalorian.

■ How man rescued his wife Tope Mark Odigie who is a co-anchor at the TVC News channel in Nigeria when protesters stormed and started burning the Television Continental building in Lagos, Nigeria during #EndSARS protests.

■ Namibia: Royalty payments will be a record-low for 2021.

■ Why are such a lot of people binge-watching such a lot of terrible TV like Emily in Paris on Netflix, causing more bad shows to be made? (subscription required)

■ Covid quarantine and social distancing shows are causing Zoom fatigue.