Jeannie D of Top Billing no longer getting married to Jon Firth; engagement called off and ended reports The Close Up.

''One thing that has taken a turn for the worse in Jeannie D's life is her longterm relationship with the UK born model turned businessman, Jon Firth," reported Nicky Greenwall in The Close Up on e.tv.

This week's episode of the second season of The Close Up featured an intimate portrait of the Top Billing presenter. In the half hour profile piece it was revealed that Jeannie D is no longer engaged to Jon Firth. The couple got engaged in March 2011 and was together for four years.

"People always said to me, "Oh, when you meet the right one, you'll know," said Jeannie D. "That ... it's not that simple. You don't. It is difficult to have a relationship in the public eye."

"I'd much rather my work and the things that I do on TV for a living be highlighted in the media, than my private life," said Jeannie D. ''You know, I remember once, Jon said to me: 'You've chosen to be part of this circus, I didn't."

About her Top Billing job she says "I really like what I do now. Every day is completely different."

"I do go overseas all the time; I do stay in the best hotels; i do have that amazing life," she said, "but if you're living it all the time and your part of that grind, it's maybe not all its cut out to be. You miss out on birthdays, you miss out on family moments. You miss out on a regular life because you're always here; there; everywhere ..."

About her dad Jeannie D revealed that he always says "Are you happy with what you're doing? Are you going to be on TV forever? What are you going to do when you don't want to be on TV anymore? I think its because he wants me to have security. And I mean, he couldn't be prouder."

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.

BREAKING. The Close Up with Nicky Greenwall back for a 2nd season from 2 June and replacing The Showbiz Report.

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I can exclusively break the news and reveal that The Close Up, Nicky Greenwall's profile interview show of local entertainment stars, is returning to e.tv for a second season from Saturday 2 June at 19:30 replacing The Showbiz Report which is Nicky Greenwall's other show.

The second season of The Close Up - the first season was well-received by viewers and TV critics alike, will feature more local entertainment stars such as Jeannie D of Top Billing pulling back the curtain on their public and personal lives.

The Close Up replaces The Showbiz Report on the e.tv schedule for a second season of 10 episodes, running until 4 August. No word yet on whether The second season of The Close Up will be seen on the eNews Channel (DStv 403) in the gap left when The Showbiz Report ends.

EXCLUSIVE. Nicky Greenwall readying new show The Close Up on e.tv as a replacement for The Showbiz Report to have her baby.

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I can exclusively break the news that Nicky Greenwall and e.tv is readying and working on a replacement entertainment interview program entitled The Close Up that will be replacing the The Showbiz Report when Nicky Greenwall goes on maternity leave.

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Sources told TV with Thinus that The Close Up will be replacing The Showbiz Report from August, the weekly round-up of entertainment and celebrity news seen on e.tv since 2005. The Showbiz Report will return in January 2012 once Nicky Greenwall returns from maternity leave.

Since Nicky Greenwall would be unable to work on the demanding weekly show that requires daily attention once she gives birth and takes a few months of maternity leave, e.tv confirmed what sources said: that The Close Up that will replace The Showbiz Report from Saturday 20 August at 19:30. From October when The Close Up ends, The Showbiz Report will return with pre-packaged digest episodes called The Ten, the countdown format centred around a specific theme like comedians or rappers first seen in December 2010 as a Showbiz Report holiday special.

Nicky Greenwall's production company Greenwall Productions that's responsible for The Showbiz Report, is also doing The Close Up in which Nicky Greenwall interviews South African stars like Locnville, Lee-Ann Liebenberg, Kenneth Nkosi, Simphiwe Dana, DJ Black Coffee, rapper Jack Parow and Flash Republic's Tamara Dey similar to the Behind the Name production of 2007 that Nicky Greenwall also produced. ''She's working really very hard doing double duty on this so she can have her baby and there still be an entertainment presence on e.tv on a weekly basis once she and Robin have and look after their new joy,'' a friend of the presenter told TV with Thinus.

The Close Up will be different from Behind the Name in that the featured personalities will be telling their own stories. Nicky Greenwall narrates The Close Up but won't be seen in it herself. Her boyfriend, 20Management Model Agency owner Robin Fryer took photos of the stars during shoots and these will feature as part of The Close Up's opening sequence.

''I'm really proud of what our team has put together and I'm looking forward to sharing it with viewers,'' says Nicky Greenwall about The Close Up in a statement released through e.tv. ''The experience of being pregnant has naturally given me a different perspective on the world – and that may have influenced the tone of the shows too.''