BREAKING. Isha Sesay getting her very own show on CNN International very soon on weekdays.

CNN International (DStv 401) just announced that Isha Sesay will be getting her very own weekday show on the global news channel very soon in a timeslot perfect for viewers across the African continent as well as Europe.

CNN International which said that Isha Sesay will soon get her own show, for now calls it an untitled ''new weekday news programme anchored by CNN's Isha Sesay'' which will form part of a CNN International's major primetime schedule overhaul (which looks tailormade-perfect for viewers in Africa).

Isha Sesay's new weekday show will start with the debut and return of Christiane Amanpour's ''old-new'' show Amanpour on the CNN International line-up very soon.

That CNN International has been actually planning a new show for Isha Sesay now makes perfect sense.

It explains why Isha Sesay was suddenly removed from Inside Africa which she presented for a long time with Errol Barnett who took over half a month ago, and which just left Isha Sesay as the presenter of BackStory - a move which also happened unexpectedly and inexplicably in September 2011.

Here is how CNN International's primetime schedule will change very soon, although CNN International refrained from annoucing a specific date. Times are South African time (GMT+2):

20:00 International Desk
21:00 Quest Means Business
22:00 Amanpour
22:30 New Isha Sesay anchored show (name to be announced)
23:00 Connect the World with Becky Anderson
00:00 Amanpour (repeat)
00:30 World Sport
01:00 Piers Morgan Tonight

BREAKING. Christiane Amanpour back on CNN International very soon, and on weekdays, with her old-new show, Amanpour.

She's brilliant, she's back - and it will really be as if she never left: CNN International (DStv 401) just announced that Christiane Amanpour, which the global news channel announced in December 2011 would be back on the channel, will return very soon on weekdays to CNN International with her show entitled, Amanpour.

Amanpour was the name of Christiane Amanpour's show which she started in September 2009 and continued to do until she left CNN International in August 2010 for America's ABC network. Now it be as if she never went away.

CNN International just announced that the half hour Amanpour will start very soon on the channel and will be a weekday show broadcast at 22:00 (South African time) and a repeat at 00:00.

ALSO READ: Isha Sesay getting her own, as-yet-untitled new weekday show on CNN International very soon.

The new Amanpour will be part of a major schedule shake-up for CNN International as far as South Africa, African and European viewers are concerned, with the strong journalistic credentials of Amanpour forming the centrepiece of of the dynamic new scheduling line-up.

Liza McGuirk will be the executive producer of Amanpour based in New York with Christiane Amanpour from where Amanpour was done previously.

''We are delighted to see Amanpour return to the heart of CNN International's lineup,'' says Tony Maddox, the executive vice president and managing director of CNN International in a statement just announcing the news.

''Christiane has proven herself time and time again to be the leading international journalist in television news and with Liza's commitment to producing compelling television, Amanpour will showcase the very best CNN has to offer,'' says Tony Maddox.

''I'm thrilled that Christiane's powerful, utterly original journalistic voice will once again be heard around the world, and I look forward to helping her shape an important program at a time of great global change,'' says Liza McGuirk.

With Amanpour, CNN International says it will once again be offering Europe and Africa's viewers ''a destination programme featuring one of the world's most distinguished journalists''.

''Known for her tough questions and extraordinary depth of knowledge, Amanpour will focus on international stories shaping the news agenda, delivering sharp analysis to an audience of more than 280 million households in more than 200 countries and territories around the world with CNN International.''

BREAKING. The racy sex talk on SABC3's Three Talk that gave Noeleen hot flashes, forcing her to tell her guests to tone it down.

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Three Talk with Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu this afternoon on SABC3 very quickly turned very racy for an afternoon TV talk show with the topic of pornography in South Africa - and it didn't take long before a shocked Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu, saying she's suffering from hot flashes - had to tell her guests to immediately tone the talk down.

On the Three Talk couch for the live episode on SABC3 with a PG rating, were the clinical sexologist dr Elna McKintosh and Gigi, the co-owner of Lollipop Lounge.

Quickly talk turned to Gigi who recently was apparently a judge on a porn reality show, Porn Idols in South Africa and Noeleen asking her about it. ''We had so many guys who want to be porn stars - its really very hard work - especially for the guys. When you've got all the cameras there, and some guys couldn't keep an erection, some came to quickly, some were too small. It's very hard for a guy,'' Gigi said.

That's when Noeleen's eyes went wide and started to roll with Noeleen shooting a sideway glance to the camera.

''They always employ freaks of nature I always think,'' said dr Elna McKintosh, suddenly swinging her right arm down like an elephant trunk, mimicking a certain part of the male anatomy.

''They're always looking for someone with an enormous ... Like you say, they're too small - they're probably normal sized men but ... ''

''If they are too enormous,'' interjected the always helpful Gigi, ''then sometimes they can't get a hardon. That's what I've learned now as well.''

Noeleen, who've heard enough by this point, started flapping her hands wildly. ''Just ... just ... just ... I'm getting hot flushes here. Lets just tone it done a little bit,'' said Noeleen Maholwana-Sangu and quickly changed the topic.

Well. Now we know.

Deutsche Welle to unveil this new channel logo on Monday along with a new (24 hour?) channel line-up.

Deutsche Welle (DStv 446), Germany's international broadcaster that runs several customized regional DW channels (such as in South Africa from 05:00 to 14:00 daily) will be changing the various channels' line-ups, expand programming and unveil an new website and a brand-new logo (here it is above!) this coming Monday 6 February.

The DW changes starting Monday ''would be a milestone for an improved representation of Germany around the world,'' says Deutsche Welle's general director Erik Bettermann. The changes form part of general reform of Germany's international broadcaster.

The DW channel seen in South Africa and Africa, could very well also be changing from a 9 hour channel to a 24 hour channel, but whether this is definitely happening I don't know.

DW says the basic offering - which is the channel currently seen in South Africa - will turn into a 24 hour English programming channel in North America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Deutsche Welle will run 6 distinct DW channels from Monday when a redesigned website will also be unveiled at http://www.dw.de/ ,well as a new logo (above) replacing the current DW logo (right).

BREAKING. SABC3 gets Numb3rs; first season of the mathematical mystery drama to start on 1 April at 20:00 for 13 episodes.

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I can exclusively break the news that SABC3 plans to bring viewers a new TV drama never before see on the channel, Numbers - the first season of which will start on Sunday 1 April at 20:00.

In South Africa Numbers, or Numb3rs, was previously seen on The Hallmark Channel and later The Universal Channel it morphed into [and I've just been told it's also on Top One (TopTV 150) currently in its 3rd season], but from April it will be the first time the show which lasted 6 seasons in America will be on a free-to-air channel.

Numb3rs, a high-brow, high-concept show, revolves around two brothers, FBI special agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) who solves crimes with his brother Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz). Charlie is a mathematical genius and through the use of all kinds of numbers, equations and using applied and clever mathematical tricks that has bearing on crimes and crime scenes, they solve all kinds of intriguing FBI cases.

The first season of Numb3rs has 13 episodes.

SABC3's weekly entertainment news magazine shows, Flash! and Entertainment Tonight, switch places on Fridays.

SABC3 quietly switched the order of the channel's 2 entertainment news magazine shows - the international Entertainment Tonight and the locally produced Flash! - permanently around on Friday.

Flash! is kept in its 21:00 timeslot, while Entertainment Tonight that used to precede Flash!, now going out later.

The result is that Flash!, halfway through the run of its 26 episode second season on SABC, is now seen first on Fridays at 21:00 and is then followed at 21:30 by Entertainment Tonight.

SABC3 didn't give a reason for the schedule change.

Programming note: A series of special documentaries about American presidents on History in February.

In the run-up to the new The Kennedys mini-series starting on 6 March at 20:30 History (DStv 254), the channel has a series of specials scheduled during February.

Reagan (Tuesday 7 February at 20:30)
Some call him a hero, and others an empty suit, one thing is for certain - President Reagan made history. But what made him? Using rare archival footage and personal interviews with those who knew him best, Reagan reveals the epic story of an unforgettable man who, against all odds, rose to the pinnacle of power.

President's Book of Secrets (Tuesday 14 February at 20:30)
Moments after the President of the United States is sworn in, he takes possession of the "football," a briefcase that contains the most important top-secret information in the world: the country's nuclear launch codes.
What other secrets have been passed down to each United States president? Why does Air Force One always appear with its left side facing the public and how much does the president know about activating the on-board flares to repel missiles?
 The fascinating truths behind some of the most classified secrets in American history. Interviews with former intelligence operatives, renowned historians, and archivists show how classified information is treated in the highest circles of political power, how it's preserved throughout history, and who ensures continuity when a new leader is elected.

It's Good to be President (Tuesday 21 February at 20:30)
From the mundane tasks to the madness - here's the perks and perils of being on of the most powerful men in the world. This special includes interviews with past presidents, rarely seen recordings, and home movies.

The Lost Kennedy Home Movies (Tuesday 28th February at 20:30)
Special archive footage and amateur home shot movies of various members of the Kennedy clan.

BREAKING. Second season of the docu-reality show Charly's Cake Angels to start filming soon.

A second season of Charly's Cake Angels will start filming in Cape Town soon.

The first season of the the docu-reality show following the famous Cape Town cake-baking business, Charly's Bakery, was shown at the end of 2011 on SABC3.

Charly's Cake Angels has been sold internationally and is already showing in New Zealand since January. The delightful show following a mom and her cake-baking daughters has also been bought by LITV in the East, as well as the Food Network with rights for Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the whole of Africa.

Charly's Cake Angels also just got acquired by the Good Food Channel with the UKTV network in the UK having also bought the show.

BREAKING: TopTV board on its CEO Vino Govender leaving: 'Mutual separation' being discussed.

Confirming the breaking news that TopTV CEO Vino Govender is on his way out at the South African pay TV operator, TopTV says a ''mutual separation'' between the board of On Digital Media (ODM) and Vino Govender is ''in discussion'' and that TopTV doesn't want to talk about any of it.

TopTV didn't answer specific media questions, but just issued a terse statement in answer, saying ''the board is in discussion with the CEO on a mutual separation but those discussions are not concluded yet, until then we will not comment further. The board will issue a statement in due course,'' says Eddie Mbalo, chairperson of ODM.

I'm told Eddie Mbalo, the former CEO of the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is set to take over the CEO position from Vino Govender.

ALSO READ: Vino Govender out as CEO of TopTV with immediate effect as Eddie Mbalo takes over as new interim TopTV CEO.