BREAKING. Nicky Greenwall gives birth to daughter Georgina Fryer; Nicky and Robin call it 'the most momentous event in our lives'.

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I broke the news in April RIGHT HERE that The Showbiz Report presenter on e.tv, Nicky Greenwall was with child and now I can be first to tell that she and partner Robin Fryer became the proud parents of daughter Georgina Fryer last Wednesday, 28 September.

Georgina Fryer weighed in at 3kg after she was born at the Kingsbury Hospital and is, according to the parents ''doing well''.

''This is the most momentous event in our lives. We are a very happy little family,'' said Nicky Greenwall who've been in a relationship with Robin Fryer for the past 8 years.

Nicky Greenwall will resume her presenting duties of the weekly The Showbiz Report on e.tv in mid-January.

BREAKING. The Five on the Fox News Channel to remain in its weekday timeslot permanently.

The Five will become a permanent addition on the Fox News Channel (TopTV 405) the 24 hour American news channel announced today.

The Five, weekdays at 23:00 (South African time), was a temporary replacement since July after Glenn Beck left the channel. Fox News Channel announced that The Five with rotating presenters Dana Perino, Bob Beckel, Eric Bolling, Juan Williams, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Greg Gutfeld and Andrea Tantaros will remain in the timeslot permanently.

''The Five is unlike any show in news and politics, from the co-hosts' chemistry to the provocative yet fun presentation style,'' said Fox News Channel chairman and The Five creator Roger Ailes in a press statement. ''It has quickly connected with the audience and I'm pleased to install it in our daily line-up.''

BREAKING. SABC snaps up new sitcom Happily Divorced with Fran Drescher. Will it go to SABC2 or SABC3?

Fran Drescher is returning to South African television. The SABC just snapped up the broadcasting rights to her new sitcom Happily Divorced - the question now is just whether the South African public broadcaster will asign Happily Divorced to SABC2 or to SABC3.

Happily Divorced which has been renewed for a second season in America was sold by Endemol Worldwide Distribution to the SABC. In this new sitcom of which the first season has 10 episodes, Fran Drescher plays a Los Angeles florist. Suddenly her husband tells her he's gay and they get divorced. They're still on good terms but have to live together because of the state of the American economy and both start dating. The story is loosely based on Fran Drescher's real life.

The deal has just been announced in Cannes and now the big question is: will Happily Divorced go to SABC2 or SABC3?
SABC2 (formerly TV1) was the home of The Nanny for that show's entire run which made Fran Drescher a household name in South Africa. The star, and the SABC, will have a built-in audience for the show on SABC2 who loved The Nanny.

Yet, the show now is a much better fit with SABC3 where it will thematically play better given previous similar sitcoms that's been on the commercial channel of the SABC like 'Til Death, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Accidentally on Purpose and Worst Week.

Charly's Cake Angels recap Ep.1: 'Oh dear. They're forever calling me downstairs. And they get so irate if I don't run.'

It's funny, and yet emotionally touching at the same time - Charly's Cake Angels (Saturdays, SABC3, 16:00) the new locally produced reality show following Jacqui Biess and her 3 daughters in the cake bakery, Charly's Bakery in Cape Town.

Here's a quick Charly's Cake Angels episode one recap with the funny bits, and moving bits, and intentionally and unintentionally funny quotes from the show.

''I'm the traditional Jewish mom who wants to keep her kids around her. So what better way than to employ them?'' says mom Jacqui Biess. She runs this white and pink marshmallow building under the mountain and not only has time for her daughters but also the customers, the other caker maker busy bees and even opens the backdoor herself to visitors from a local charity that the cake shop is helping.

The first episode of Charly's Cake Angels was all about introducing the various characters and then have mom and the daughters trying to come up with a creative opening title for the reality show, which ends up being a massive cake with the narrative of how Charly's Bakery came to be, visualised on it.

''It's fun, it's exciting, we do different things all the time,'' says one daughter, while another remarks: ''We make happy cakes''. Yep. All very clearly true.

The funniest and most intriguing character in the first episode is Frances Belle. Dear Frances is locked away in the upstairs. Securely. Because the good ''make the cake nice'' people have a tendency to run away. So Frances works on the upper level where nobody hardly every goes but to throw in some crumbs and slam the door shut again (jokes).

''It's actually terribly busy here,'' says Frances to camera who remarks that she doesn't know how long she'll stay. Yet its clear that the dear Frances isn't going to escape this place anytime soon (she started doing cakes when she did her own wedding cake years ago). Then, people scream her name. ''Oh dear. They're forever calling me downstairs. And they get so irate if I don't run,'' remarks Frances in the first episode's funniest moment.

The most emotional moment in the first episode of Charly's Cake Angels comes when Jacqui explains the wall art inside Charly's Bakery which serves as the inspiration for the show's opening title sequence. It's heartfelt and very emotional as she explains how her friend Antoinette did it, who've since passed away.

''Antoinette, she captured us. We created the original bakery together. She's been my inspiration and my muse. When she was killed in a car accident it was the most devastating thing Ive ever experienced in my life,'' Jacqui Biess tells her daughters sitting around her. ''The pain now - even with time having passed - it doesn't get any easier at all. Having her story up on the wall, and knowing that she wrote that – she's here.''

Later Jacqui says that ''Antoinette always said there should be a webcam in the bakery, that people would love to see what goes on in this crazy bakery.'' That is true, because the South African public would never have discovered the truth about poor Frances, or Max with the big hair who gets to come in and taste the cake every morning. Yes. Apparently that's a job.

In the first episode viewers see Jacqui in a frenzied moment, running to daughter Alex. ''Do they know about the big cake? No? Not at all? They don't know that they're doing it today?" And then, clearly stressed but with kept-in, perfect sarcasm: ''Stunning''.

It's a public holiday and Charly's Bakery is closed. Or rather, closed to the public. The women are still there, working; brainstorming. A customer, looking quite forlorn shows up at the glass windows. ''Don't make eye contact,'' whispers Jacqui as they huddle around the table, thinking of an opening sequence for the reality show. Meanwhile more customers are arriving at the door, desperate for 'em cake-ies!

Then, lo and behold there comes little dear Frances. (The public holiday must therefore clearly not be National Arbor Day because that's the only public holiday that Frances is allowed to be away and not make ginger bread men that can really walk.)

Another great moment is when things start to get tense between mom and daughters. Daughter Dani deadpans ''Can we really not discuss this? I'm getting a really tense jaw.''

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WARNING. Don't look if you can help it! The colour and the cake creations in Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 might be too much to handle.

There isn't really words. The audacious opulence and the colour of the cakes on display in just the first episode of the terrific new locally produced reality show Charly's Cake Angels (Saturdays, SABC3, 16:00) is in one word ... epic.

Here's just some of the ''is-this-really-real?'' cakes viewers saw in the first episode of this new reality show in which the cameras venture inside South Africa's most famous Charly's Bakery in Cape Town's Fringe district where Jacqui Biess and her daughters bring to life creative cakes that shouldn't exist, but do.

Ridiculous right? (But in a great way).

ALSO READ: Who are they? Meet the awesome angels from Charly's Cake Angels of SABC3's new local reality show.

ALSO READ: REVIEW: Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 is light, fluffy and wonderfully decorated with enough sweet stuff on the inside to make for quality television.

ALSO READ: Have your cake and see it too: Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 is a new locally produced reality show you'll want to see.

ALSO READ: Charly's Cake Angels Ep.1 recap: ''Oh dear.They're forever calling me downstairs. And they get so irate if I don't run.''

HILARIOUS. Who are they? Meet the awesome angels from Charly's Cake Angels, SABC3's new local reality show.

The place is already famous, in fact it's South Africa's most famous cake bakery. Now the girls inside Charly's Bakery in the Fringe district in Cape Town is set to become as famous as the pink and white striped building as cameras follow them in the new reality show Charly's Cake Angels, Saturdays at 16:00 on SABC3.

So. Who are these angels? Meet the main characters that viewers will get to know better over the next couple of weeks in this hilarious reality show with surprising heart.

First there's mom Jacqui. Jewish. It means total control. Total control over her daughters of course. Because sometimes that Frances in the upstairs seems to do things that Jacqui isn't aware of and therefore can't control. But more about the dear Frances further down. Jacqui is a veritable tornado of energy, sociability, connectedness, ideas, and capacity. Also she's of ample bosom. Not my words, but out of the mouth of one of her own daughters. Who should have more respect because mother is the one putting the cake, uhm, bread on the table.

Then there's Dani. Calm, cool, collected. Has part ownership of the building (was part of a ''bribe'' by mom Jacqui). Hence, can't leave. Works with precision like a Hyundai factory floor worker, can decorate 5 000 cupcakes in 5 minutes flat.

This is awesome Alex. Also captured, deftly, by mother. Respect. ''I said this is part time. I will never work as hard as you work. I refuse.'' (That was 9 years ago.)
Alex creates miracles armed with just some icing and rose petals. ''You'd think with cake there would be limits. But no. There are no limits.'' I want to say that this is followed by an evil laugh of megalomania, but Alex is too sweet to harbour thoughts of world domination through carrot cake.

Poor Roch. ''I started messing around on cupcakes. Then I got pulled into the business.'' Roch seems to be the one with the dry wit, quick comments and the one who has a wide view of every situation and the sense of satire in the show. Not content with sometimes rolling her eyes in a good-natured indicator of the draa-maa they're all engulfed in, Roch will actually tell it like it is. Just like Dr. Phil. But just in a cake place.

The top floor of the old Victorian building is where she's shackled kept locked up works. I'm talking about the fascinating character of Frances Belle, the adorably funny cake decorator. Frances is basically never ever let out, except maybe on National Arbor Day. Every other year. For the rest of the time she has to work like an underage South Vietnamese peasant girl in an Asian sweat shop and can only drop a basket from the top floor to get some water for when she's really thirsty.

Despite her working conditions (jokes of course) she creates these most amazing things that you see with your own eyes, but can't really believe truly exist. Frances Belle does amazing fine sugar work which started with her own wedding cake she did and since then she's just never looked back. This adorable character always comes through for the cake bakery where she's been working the past two years in-house. Like a true Rumpelstilzkin the magnificent Frances Belle always gets the cakes done despite too little time and too little warning for almost 40 years now.

Viewers who follow Charly's Cake Angels on Saturdays on SABC3 will see more, and more sides of their personalities being revealed of all of these pivotal characters in this new, locally-produced reality show in the coming weeks.


ALSO READ: Warning! Don't look if you can help it! The colour and the cake creations in Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 might be too much too handle.
ALSO READ: REVIEW: Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 is a light, fluffy, wonderfully decorated, with enough sweet stuff inside to make for quality television.
ALSO READ: Have your cake and see it too: The new Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 is a new locally-produced reality show you'll want to watch.
ALSO READ: Charly's Cake Angels recap Ep.1: ''Oh dear. They're forever calling me downstairs. And they get so irate if I don't run.''

REVIEW. Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 is light, fluffy, wonderfully decorated, with enough sweet stuff inside to make for quality television.

Just like any great cake maker will probably tell you, the secret to a fantastic creation is quality ingredients; skill and a steady hand decorating it all from the outside; enough sweet stuff on the inside (yet a consistency that's light and fluffy) and most of all, a labour of love.

It's exactly the same for fantastic television, and the TV cake that came out of the oven in the form of the new and delightful Charly's Cake Angels on Saturdays at 16:00 on SABC3 is light, fluffy, wonderfully decorated with enough sweet stuff on the inside to make for quality television.

ALSO READ: Have your cake and see it too. The new Charly's Cake Angels starting Saturday on SABC3 is a cake reality show you'll want to watch.

The beautiful Charly's Cake Angels produced by Cooked in Africa Films with executive producers Justin Bonello and Peter Gird, follows mom Jacqui and her cupcake daughters Alex, Dani and Roche behind the scenes in Charly's Bakery in Cape Town - South Africa's most famous cake bakery. Why this pink place hasn't been on television before/sooner is as mystery as the reality cameras perfectly captures the magical inside atmosphere, together with the frenetic hive of activity that a popular place such as Charly's Bakery clearly is.

The characters in Charly's Cake Angels are clearly somewhat uncomfortable with the cameras and self-aware that they're being filmed - which makes for a refreshing change from the ''career reality'' creatures like the Kasdashians who've been at it for so long that by now they tediously manufacture hollow sentiment on cue.

Just like the real sugar in the icing, the emotions in Charly's Cake Angels are however clearly very real - and there's quite a dollop in the first episode where Jacqui talks very emotionally about her friend Antoinette who died.

Perhaps the most striking thing of Charly's Cake Angels is the colour. Almost painfully so. The sheer amount of creative work, an abundance of cakes in vivid rainbow colours, magical creations created over many hours that will be destroyed and that you know will be completely consumed, is almost too much to take in. Then there's the delicious dynamic sure to be explored further in upcoming episodes between mom Jacqui and her daughters who all work in this crazy cake castle.

Any good reality show is built on a good dose of humour - either the viewer laughing at the subjects or with them, some dramatic irony, and some growth - some form of journey.

Charly's Cake Angels has it all - with dear Francis (peeking through the door) the wedding cake maker locked up upstairs having to churn out fantastic cake after cake, mumbling under her breath about the too much work but happily doing an awesome orange Garfield cake after she completed a massive BlackBerry phone cake. (Okay, Francis isn't really locked up, but she is kind of kept ... busy.)

The camera work from Cooked in Africa Films, and the editing, gives a clear sense that it's expertise at work in skillfully filming and portraying both food as well as people, once again mixing these two ingredients to create a very visually revealing story of very high quality.

Normal viewers won't notice the music but it's perfectly utilized as mood builder ranging from scenes of frenetic activity to more subdued yet emotional scenes. The original opening sequence of Charly's Cake Angels is also delightful (the creation of that also the subject of the first episode).

Charly's Cake Angels is the perfect addition to SABC3's entertainment lifestyle infused line-up. Why the broadcaster doesn't have this great show scheduled on a weeknight at 18:30 where American comedies now reside is like baking a wonderful cake but not putting it out there for people to see.

Any great cake maker will tell you that when you have a fantabulous creation, you want to (and have the right to) show off just a little. And Charly's Cake Angels is great. This well-produced and amazing show - and SABC3 - can show off all it wants to.

ALSO READ: Warning! Don't look if you can help it! The colour and cake creations in Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 might be too much to handle.

ALSO READ: Hilarious: Who are they? Meet the awesome angels from Charly's Cake Angels, SABC3's new reality show.

ALSO READ: Have your cake and see it too: The new Charly's Cake Angels on SABC3 is a locally produced reality show you'll want to watch.

ALSO READ: Charly's Cake Angels recap Ep.1: ''Oh dear. They're forever calling me downstairs. And they get so irate if I don't run.''

BREAKING. The 9th season of Ellen on M-Net Series not starting today; new season of the talk show postponed for unknown reason.

No word to the press but the 9th season of Ellen that was supposed to start today on M-Net Series (DStv 110) will not be happening, I can reveal.

M-Net Series have not yet said why the new season of the talk show (weekdays, 18:30) isn't starting today - which it was supposed to - or when the new starting date will be. Ellen fans will apparently have to wait a bit longer while the show remains in repeats for now.

UPDATE Wednesday 5 October 09:00 - A response now from M-Net Series 2 days after this news. ''Due to unforeseen curcumstances, M-Net Series was unable to broadcast the new season of Ellen on Monday 3 October as was previously communicated. Confirmation of a new starting date is still pending and we will update you as soon as possible.''

BREAKING. Tbo Touch to return to television as the presenter of the 2nd season of Flash! on SABC3 from this Friday.

Tbo Touch (who's real name is Thabo Molefe) and who is a former SABC1 Live presenter will be the new presenter of the second season of Flash! starting this Friday at 21:00 on SABC3.

Incidentally Tbo Touch was named by Flash! during its first season as one of the best South African couples together with Thuli Thabethe.

ALSO READ: Back in a Flash! SABC3's local weekly entertainment news show set to return for a second season of 26 half hour episodes from October.
ALSO READ: The 2nd season of Flash! on SABC3 starting 7 October will be ''shorter, a lot pacier'', and will ''set the agenda for showbiz news before it's read in the Sunday newspapers.''