Showing posts with label Generations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Generations. Show all posts
Monday, November 14, 2022

TV RATINGS October 2022: e.tv's Scandal! keeps gunning for SABC1's Generations; WINNERS: SABC2's Morning Live, Moja Love's X-Repo, e.tv with Vin Diesel LOSERS: Mzansi Magic's Idols, SABC3's The Estate, SABC2's Muvhango.

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by Thinus Ferreira South Africa's prime-time ratings race has become a fierce two-horse competition between SABC1 and e.tv, with viewers...
Friday, December 31, 2021

South African television ratings in 2021: The winners and losers.

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by Thinus Ferreira We again saw a lot this year, and in 2021 a lot of that was on television, with millions of South Africans watching the s...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

CORONAVIRUS. SABC to broadcast Covid-19 messages at a heavily discounted ad rate in South Africa during primetime TV shows like Uzalo and Generations.

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by Thinus Ferreira The South African public broadcaster will start to broadcast Covid-19 public service announcement commercials from CovidC...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

The SABC finally responds (without answering questions) about SABC1's latest wrong Generations content and the channel's ongoing problem to get its primetime playout right: 'Thanks for tuning in?'

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by Thinus Ferreira After more ongoing problems and mistakes with the playout of Generations on SABC1 last week, the South African public br...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

CORONAVIRUS. Talented scriptwriter Christian Blomkamp (44) has died from Covid-19: 'He may be gone from this world, but his stories will live on'.

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by Thinus Ferreira The talented South African scriptwriter Christian Blomkamp has died from Covid-19 complications. He was 44. Christian Bl...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Actress Sindi Buthelezi (32) known for her role as Zinhle in Generations has died.

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by Thinus Ferreira Actress Sindi Buthelezi known for her role as Zinhle Mathe in SABC1's Generations has died. She was 32. The cause of...
Saturday, March 13, 2021

Actor Menzi Ngubane (56) dies at home after suffering a stroke.

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by Thinus Ferreira The actor Menzi Ngubane who has been ill for some time has died at home after suffering a stroke. He was 56. Menzi Nguban...
Monday, November 2, 2020

TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 2 November 2020.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too: ■  As South Africa's bloated and financially struggling pu...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Generations on SABC1 the next South African local TV series shuttered because of Covid-19.

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by Thinus Ferreira Generations: The Legacy on SABC1 is the latest South African TV show that has shut down because of a positive Covid...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

TV RATINGS APRIL 2020. South Africa's record TV ratings surge during Covid-19 continues as viewers tune in for local shows and seek out TV news.

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by Thinus Ferreira With the country still in a state of lockdown South Africa's already-record TV ratings surge in March  continued...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

How South Africa's no-sex soaps are adjusting on-set during Covid-19: Creative camera tricks, no holding hands and the end of on-screen intimacy.

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by Thinus Ferreira As South Africa's hugely popular TV soaps turn sexless and are even kissing kisses goodbye during the Covid-19 p...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Coronavirus: SABC sets up disaster recovery site with Outside Broadcast vans; production of soaps and scripted shows shuttered; news and actuality to continue during 21-day national lockdown.

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by Thinus Ferreira As South Africa enters a period of 21-days of a national lockdown the SABC has ordered all of its locally-produced s...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Generations The Legacy on SABC1 renewed for 2 further seasons while the SABC ponders whether SABC3's Isidingo is still needed.

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The South African public broadcaster has renewed its one SABC1 prime time weekday soap  Generations - The Legacy for two more seasons wh...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Unable to conclude a new Generations The Legacy contract after demanding production length cuts SABC abruptly puts SABC1's Morula Pictures soap into reruns for 2019 festive period.

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Generations - The Legacy is abruptly gone from SABC1 from tonight in prime time and replaced with old reruns of the decades-old Generati...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

SOAP REVOLVING DOOR. Gerard Rudolf dumped from Isidingo on SABC3, Salamina Mosese picked up by Generations on SABC1, Pascal Pienaar gone from Binnelanders on kykNET.

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Like sand through the hourglass so are the comings and going from weekday TV soaps in South Africa - Gerard Rudolf has been dumped from I...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Growing number of shows snub the Saftas as producers' unhappiness with the industry's South African TV and film awards grows.

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In an ongoing industry boycott a growing number of South African shows are snubbing the Saftas with producers who again decided not to e...