Archive for the ‘tv’ Category
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 |
There is obviously something seriously wrong at SABC more so in the last few months especially with programme scheduling.
But it doesn’t end there…
Their SABC 3 Facebook page is a mess – with an obviously orchestrated campaign to get local programme Charly’s Cake Angels shown at 6.00pm during the week and complaints about programming with nary a response from SABC 3 in sight.
Then of course today they gave a media briefing to explain their turnaround strategy. And to explain that they had not spent R20million on luxury vehicles, but had instead leased said Mercs to the tune of R20million!
Maybe the fact that the acting CEO Hlaudi Motsoeneng is said to have failed matric twice and still not graduated from high school, explains a lot.
If everything had been running smoothly and efficiently at the SABC no one would question the CEO’s credentials.
But back to programming…
Some genius at SABC 3 thought that broadcasting the same videos over and over and over every single day would endear themselves to viewers. After a few complaints on Facebook (and who knows where else) this practice was stopped.
Then they started repeating episodes of prime time shows the week after the episodes initially aired! Without a word of apology or explanation.
Who will forget the show that replaced Survivor on a Monday night. Actually other than friends and family of the people featured, who watched that show about two men on horses trekking to Grahamstown, who will remember?
Someone then got a little excited or tried to relieve their boredom and changed the entire SABC 3 schedule!
Isidingo was moved to 7.30pm and adult comedies like 30 Rock to 6.30pm.
They advertised the start of a new season CSI Miami (season 2 that aired a decade ago in the USA) and then had to pull it because the episodes had not arrived.
Since then they changed some programmes back to their original slots but the website and tv guides in the media are all wrong.
And still we have to pay our tv licences!
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Friday, July 8th, 2011 |
One or two family members mentioned Colour tv on Facebook. And a friend SMSed me about the new SABC 2 programme.
So I tuned into SABC tonight at 7.30pm, the space vacated by that annoying Noot vir Noot, to see what it was about.
The start wasn’t very promising. Clint Brink and Kim Cloete, laying on the Cape Flats accent on far too thick in their ‘news bulletin’. We’ve heard them talk an Scandal and Isidingo and they don’t sound like that!
Not that I was expecting to like Colour tv. I don’t exactly like my fellow coloureds very much. And I’m sure Colour tv won’t be delving into the politics of being coloured in the Western Cape, especially.
Be that as it may, I warmed up to the format as the hour progressed. Especially when the soapie started. What can I say, I like soaps 
Actually what I liked more, was the authentic sounding voices. It was funny and dramatic. Just like coloureds are supposed to be!
Tyrone, the 5Fm guy was there, as well as Quanita Adams and Terrence Bridget, amongst others. A real who’s who of coloureds.
I have never felt the need to see my ethnic group represented on tv, in quite the way some coloureds do though.
Because I don’t identify very closely with any particular group of people. Other than being Capetonian and South African. In a very broad sense, mind you.
But funny is funny. And Colour tv had me smiling in parts, which more than I can say for most South African comedies.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 |
I’m not very familiar with the world of supermodels and stuff, but give me a reality tv show and I’m
there.
Last night SABC 3 started “Make me a Supermodel”.
Having given that Bachelors and their sick momma’s a miss, I thought I would check out the new show, not thinking I would like it.
I’m not really sure if I liked the show or Tyson Beckford…but enjoy it I did. But hey, it’s a reality tv show and like I said, I love those.
None of the male contestants I saw had anything on Tyson.
That man is freaking HOT!
Arghhhh… let me just start working!
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Friday, January 8th, 2010 |
I bought my 14 January 2010 You magazine today and there were the 18 “celebs” who are about to star in Survivor SA: Santa Carolina.
M-net will be broadcasting the series from 20 January 2010.
While many of the faces (if not their names) are known, I would probably describe some as B-listers. A few wouldn’t even make any lists at all.
We have a few who are reality tv whores – meaning they’ve appeared on other reality shows and would probably appear on more if given half the chance.
Included in this list are:
1. Cindy Nell-Roberts, 28 (Strictly Come Dancing, Miss SA)
2. Ashley Hayden, 42 (Strictly Come Dancing)
3. Garth Collins, 43 (Strictly Come Dancing)
4. Sade Giliberti, 24 (So You Think You Can Dance – host)
5. Kaseran Pillay, 33 (Going Nowhere Slowly)
Soap actors :
6. Izak Davel, 26 (Scab in Egoli)
7. Christina Storm, 35 (Bienkie 2, Egoli)
8. Gys de Villiers, 49 (7de Laan, Binnelanders)
9. Sandi Schultz, 45 (Dr Adams, Binnelanders)
Also:
10. Okkert Brits, 36 (former pole vaulter)
11. Darren Maule, 37 (comedian and actor, Hard Copy)
12. Craig Jacobs, 35 (designer)
Totally Unknown (to me) :
13. GiGi, 42 (exotic dancer and actress)
14. ProVerb, 28 (hiphop artist)
15. Jub Jub, 29 (musician)
16. Lady Lea, 29 (DJ)
17. Hanna Grobler, 27 (actress and Bok van Blerk’s girlfriend)
18. Louw Venter, 34 (actor, comedian)
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 |
By now the entire planet is probably aware that the queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey, will end her show on 9 September 2011.
The implications in highly competitive US markets are said to be far reaching.
But that doesn’t even take into account what the next two years is going to do to us Oprah Show viewers, regular and otherwise!
Just imagine it…
Two years of goodbyes from actors, self-help gurus, murderers, victims of every imaginable atrocity, make-over artists, home decorators…
Two years of final of everythings.
Retrospectives of good, bad and ugly hair years, ugly crying moments…fat and lean years…
Will we be able to handle it?
Worst of all will we South Africans once again have to be subjected to Noelene of 3 Talk at 5.30pm
weekdays?
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