I don't know why people are so hush hush about it but I'ma talk about it coz I heard it and I can't keep quiet any longer.....
Heh guys, word on the street is....
SABC/SABC 1 (not sure who exactly) is working on a brand new soapie for Mzansi Fo Sho and the soapie is expected to TAKE OVER from Generations!
Not take over as in "take Generations off air" but as in make it hotter than Generations and have the number one show on their channel as something more representative of who they are...
You know how they love saying Fo Sho is young, bold and trendsetting so can you say the same thing about Generations? No!
So, please don't take everything I say here as 100% correct, this is the little that I heard and some of the stuff may or may not be exactly as I tell you:
What is definitely TRUE though is that YES, THERE IS ANOTHER SOAPIE IN THE PIPELINE and it might even start airing 5 days a week, just like Generations is. (Poor Muvhango still struggling for the 5 days)!
Obviously, Generations, being the most watched show in SA can't be taken off air so my thinking is they've kinda seen ukuthi there isn't much more they can do with it so the best thing to do is to create a totally new thing that is much more relevant.
remember this logo?
I mean, really now...Karabo gets married to Paul, they live happily every after, what else will Generations be if Karabo is happy?
The past 3 years or so have mainly been about her ups and downs and I doubt Connie wants to retire there so something needs to happen.
Okay, enough speculation, here's what I heard:
This is going to be a hot fresh soapie that keeps it real and represents what the people of Mzansi really go through (unlike Generations)...
Three Families
One rich,
one middle-class,
and one poor
One of them is coloured.
It's Fo Sho so obviously one of them will be Zulu *rolling my eyes* and I don't know about the other.
So there are parents and kids in these families so I think there's gonna be a lot of "ubaba ujol' enext door" typa thing.
Talented, fresh, beautiful cast members & lotsa new faces I hear so that's what it is and I wanna know what you think of that.
Archie Moroka
If this is true, and they really are working on a new soapie:
- What are your DO's and DONT's?
- What would be a great time slot for this, should it be on 5 days a week?
Holla @ yo gal! & a big shoutout to Shadow for reminding me that I actually have a Generations blog :-)
P.S.
SABC 1 has been making changes left, right and centre but when are they changing their newsreaders?