Update: 22/06/2016 – On Wednesday, SABC held a press briefing to reveal more developments coming to SABC 3. Well below are the new updates on this post:
– Trevor Gumbi will star in a new show coming to SABC 3 called ‘Sober Companion,’ will start at 21:00 on Monday 4 July
– Khanyi Mbau and Phat Joe have a new morning weekend show ‘Weekend Edition’ on SABC 3, starts in July
– Brand new show!… Divas Of Jozi S1 local reality will start at 20:00 on Monday 4 July
– Lorna Maseko will be your host of ‘Top Chef SA’ which starts on SABC3 on Tuesday 5 July at 20:00
– Radio/TV personality – Anele Mdoda will host a new talk show ‘Real Talk’ starts in the old Afternoon Express timeslot of 16:00 on Thurs 21 July and will continue to air weekdays at 16:00.
And below is the whole round-up of all changes coming to the channel…
Published on 20/06/2016 – Sad news to fans of ‘Days Of Our Lives’ – SABC has cancelled the soapie from their channel. This comes as the channel is making changes with the 80% local content proposed by SABC from July. The long-running soapie ‘Days Of Our Lives’ will no longer be on the channel from 20 July ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ will remain. Last month it reached 1 024 933 viewers, making it the fifth most watched show on SABC 3 for the month.
Other changes on SABC 3…
– High Rollers is going to be broadcast 5 days a week from 4 July, instead of Monday-Wednesday.
– The Bold And The Beautiful will continue to air in the weekday 18:00 slot.
– Expresso will run half an hour longer (from 2:30 to 3 hours) as of Monday 4 July.
– The Bold And The Beautiful repeat slot will change from weekdays at 09:00 to weekdays at 10:00 from Monday 4 July.
– A further Bold repeat slot will be added late nights at 01:00, weeknights from Monday 4 July (the previous repeat slot for The Real)
– Days Of Our Lives 9:30 morning repeat slot will no longer exist as of Monday 4 July.
– The 09:00 to 10:00 morning slots will be taken by repeats of local reality programming as of Monday 10 July.
– The Muvhango 10:30 morning repeat slot will fall out as of Monday 4 July. As of that date SABC3 will no longer repeat Muvhango.
– From Monday 4 July the High Rollers repeat will be airing at 10:30 weekdays on SABC3.
– The 7de Laan repeat slot at 11:30 am will no longer exist as of Monday 4 July. SABC3 will no longer be airing 7de Laan repeats.
– The 12:00 noon slot will no longer feature classic action series as of Monday 4 July.
-A repeat of local reality show Strictly Come Dancing season 7 will start in the 11:30 am slot as of Monday 4 July.
– New talk show Tween Talk will start airing in the weekday 14:00 slot as of Monday 4 July
– High Rollers 5 days a week (instead of 3) as of the week of 4 July on SABC3
– Final episode of Days Of Our Lives on SABC3 – episode 12107 – on Wednesday 20 July.
– Afternoon Express moves from 16:00 to 17:00 as of 20 July.
– New talk show Real Talk starts in the old Afternoon Express timeslot of 16:00 on Thurs 21 July and will continue to air weekdays at 16:00.
– Divas Of Jozi S1 local reality will start at 20:00 on Monday 4 July. [ex The Office slot]
– The Sober Companion S1 will start at 21:00 on Monday 4 July [ex-international reality slot]
– New local talk show Late Night Talk premieres on Monday 4 July in the 22:00 slot. 30-minute programme, will run week-nights.
– CSI Miami moves from its Monday 22:00 slot to show at 22:30 on Mondays.
– Top Chef SA starts on SABC3 on Tuesday 5 July at 20:00.
– Dr 90210 on Tuesdays moves from 22:00 to 22:30 as of Tuesday 6 July.
– Top Billing moves on Thursdays from 19:30 to 20:00 as of 7 July.
SOURCE: tvplus
