BREAKING. e.tv says The Showbiz Report with Nicky Greenwall will be back ... e.tv just doesn't know when.

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I broke the news that The Showbiz Report, the longrunning stalwart weekly entertainment news show on e.tv produced and fronted by Nicky Greenwall will be disappearing from Saturday evenings at 19:30 from June - and now e.tv is responding that The Showbiz Report will be back ... e.tv just doesn't know when.

As I reported this morning, The Showbiz Report on e.tv will be replaced by a second season of The Close Up - also done by Nicky Greenwall - from Saturday 2 June at 19:30. The second season of The Close Up will run for 10 episodes.

After The Close Up, The Showbiz Report won't return but Nicky Greenwall will become a talk show host with the brand-new show Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall.

Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall will start on 4 August at 19:30 on e.tv. It's not clear for how long Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall will be on the air. It means that The Showbiz Report will be gone for longer than a quarter of a year - the longest off-air period yet since the show started.

e.tv didn't respond to a media enquiry made about the future of The Showbiz Report yesterday.

E.tv has now responded. "The Showbiz Report will return on the schedule. We are not able to confirm the date at this stage. The Showbiz Report brand is very important for our viewers," says Monde Twala, e.tv's head of channels.

BREAKING. The Showbiz Report canned? e.tv replacing it with The Close Up and then the new Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall.

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I can exclusively break the news and be first to spill that the longrunning The Showbiz Report on e.tv with Nicky Greenwall seems over - to be replaced first by a second season of The Close Up in June and then by a brand-new show, Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall from August when Nicky Greenwall turns talk show host.

As I exclusively broke the news RIGHT HERE yesterday, e.tv is bringing back The Close Up for a second season from Saturday 2 June at 19:30. The second season of The Close Up will replace The Showbiz Report which is also done by Nicky Greenwall.

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The Showbiz Report returned after a break earlier this year with new regular weekly episodes when Nicky Greenwall who's daughter was born last year, returned from maternity leave. Just before going on maternity leave Nicky Greenwall said that she didn't know whether she would want to continue with The Showbiz Report after maternity leave.

When the second season of The Close Up concludes its second season of 10 episodes on 4 August in the 19:30 timeslot, The Showbiz Report won't be back.

e.tv will then bring viewers a brand-new series, Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall, set to start on Saturday 11 August at 19:30 replacing The Close Up.

Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall will be a weekly entertainment talk show as Nicky Greenwall turns talk show host.

Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall will see the new mom doing weekly in-studio interviews with high-profile local entertainment stars who will open up about their personal lives and their professional projects. The show will also comment on the week's most buzzed about local and international entertainment news stories.

With The Close Up and then Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall consecutively replacing The Showbiz Report, it means that the longrunning show will be absent for longer than a quarter of a year (should it ever be back) - the longest stretch since The Showbiz Report started.

e.tv didn't respond when asked yesterday whether The Showbiz Report will be back.