kykNET cancels Afrikaans kletch Tussen Ons on kykNET & Kie after 4 years.

by Thinus Ferreira

kykNET has cancelled its Afrikaans female talk show Tussen Ons after four years with the last episode that will be broadcast on kykNET & Kie (DStv 145) on Thursday 30 June at 20:00.

Tussen Ons, from Homebrew Films, made its debut in July 2018, modelled on American TV talk shows like The View, with a coterie of female talkers - Tracey Lange, Zelda le Grange, Kay Karriem, Success Lekabe and Ingrid Jones - discussing various topics.

Episodes of Tussen Ons were filmed at Atlantic Studios in Cape Town where the kykNET & Kie soap Suidooster is also shot.

In other kykNET & Kie schedule changes Kô, Lat Ons Praat, better known as KLOP! with Kaapse Forum activist and chairperson Heindrich Wyngaard as presenter, moves from Wednesdays at 20:30 to Sundays at 19:30.

kykNET’s Cape Town set Arendsvlei telenovela from Penguin Films adding a 4th weekly episode from it's third season.

by Thinus Ferreira

M-Net's Afrikaans channels division kykNET has decided to extend its Cape Town set telenovela Arendsvlei to 4 episodes per week from the upcoming third season on kykNET & kie (DStv 145) with a unspecified changes also coming to its talk show Tussen Ons.

From 1 October Arendsvlei, produced by Penguin Films, will increase the weekly episodes from 3 to 4, with a new group of high school pupils at High School Arendsvlei joining the cast, as well as other new characters.

kykNET made the announcement about the longer third season during MultiChoice's 2020 DStv Showcase media presentation that took place on Wednesday afternoon.

Ilse Klink arrives to play the mother of Bmpbie Galant (Jarrid Galant), while Captain Krige (Brendan Daniels) arrives from Clanwilliam. Natalie (Carmen Maarman) uses her charm to get what she wants at all cost and other people's happiness.

Arendsvlei, originally commissioned as a single-season telenovela was eventually turned into an ongoing telenovela series.

"Since the beginning of the second season viewers have been asking for a third season," says Roberta Durrant of Penguin Films and Arendsvlei executive producer.

"Penguin Films and Arendsvlei are excited to now broadcast 4 episodes per week and to keep surprising viewers. Thanks to our viewers for your support and thanks to the writers, talent and crew for your dedication and passion."

Theltom Masimila, Arendsvlei head writer, says he feels privileged to be able to tell the story of the characters of Arendsvlei for another year and to dig even deeper into their stories.

"Now that we have the chance to broadcast for 4 days on television viewers can get ready to be captivated for longer in the love and tragedy of the high school, its community and the families that we've got to know, as well as the new faces who will ensure drama like never before."

Arendsvlei's third season starts on 28 September 2020 on kykNET & kie with the first 4th weekly episode that will be broadcast on 1 October.

Due to the additional weekly Arendsvlei episode kykNET will be announcing news shortly about the weekly Afrikaans female-fronted talk show Tussen Ons, also done from Cape Town.

Coronavirus: Production resumes on season 3 of the Afrikaans talk show Tussen Ons on kykNET & Kie that drops the in-studio audience and desk because of Covid-19, Ricky Schroeder joins as floor manager.

by Thinus Ferreira

With national lockdown regulations eased to Level 4 in South Africa production has resumed on the third season of the weekly Afrikaans female talk show Tussen Ons on kykNET & Kie (DStv 145) - but without the 6-row studio audience, the addition of clear social distancing between the 5-women panel, and with Ricky Schroeder as the new floor manager.

The View-based talker filmed at Atlantic Studios in Cape Town and produced by Homebrew Films was suddenly forced to stop recording 7 weeks ago during the Covid-19 lockdown as the rest of South Africa's TV and film industry grounded to a halt.

Tussen Ons has now filmed and broadcast its first new episode - episode 6 of the third season - after the relaxation of South Africa's national lockdown measures. The hourlong show has however been forced to drop the in-studio audience and had to make some other changes.

In the new episode panellist Tracey Lange, who shares the talk show stage with Kay Karriem, Zelda la Grange, Ingrid Jones and Success Lekabe, said "goodness, this is our very first recording during the lockdown times, so without an audience naturally, which is very different than usual for all of us".

Tracey Lange announced that Ricky Schoeder has joined Tussen Ons as floor manager. "There's a new addition to the whole team. His name is Ricky Schroeder".

Set design-wise the normal Tussen Ons talk show table is gone, now replaced by an oval-shaped baby blue soft cushion-couch doubling up as a coffee table in the middle of the set.

The 5 women have also noticeably been spaced further apart as part of the government-mandated Covid-19 social distancing regulations that studios must now follow.

kykNET commissions a new Afrikaans female panellist talk show, Tussen Ons, starting in July on kykNET & Kie.

M-Net's Afrikaans TV division, kykNET, has commissioned a new weekly Afrikaans female-skewed panel talk show entitled Tussen Ons, that will be produced in Cape Town and that will kick off on kykNET & Kie (DStv 145) in July.

Based on the female panel talk shows like The View and The Talk in America, Tussen Ons ("Just Between Us") produced by Homebrew Films, will be filmed before a live studio audience with panellists Zelda la Grange, Kay Karriem, Tracey Lange, Ingrid Jones and Success Lekabe.

Kay Karriem and Ingrid Jones are successful magazine editors with Ingrid Jones who appeared on VIA's (DStv 147) female panel programme, Wie weet beter?

Tracey Lange is fresh off her live TV presenting gig as co-host of the 9th season of Dancing with the Stars SA now on (M-Net 101) and last month quit her radio job in order to become a Tussen Ons talk show panelist.

Zelda la Grange minted fame after her time serving as former president Nelson Mandela's aide, and Success Lekabe is a successful radio presenter.

The Tussen Ons quintet will cover one subject per episode, addressing a wide range of topics and issues over the course of the season that matter especially to women.

The show, produced kykNET and Homebrew Films responsible for Jou Show, Bravo!, and Kwêla, will be filmed at Atlantic Studios in Cape Town before a live audience.

Tussen Ons will air every Thursday night at 20:00 from July 2018 on kykNET & Kie.