On Monday we told you about
the new local content changes coming up on SABC3 from July and today we can bring you the finer details.
The hosts of the channel's new talk shows have been confirmed and the details of the new series have been clarified.
Here's an overview of everything you need to know...
WEEKDAYS
Expresso extends by half an hour to air from 06h00 to 09h00.
The daily Bold and the Beautiful repeat moves from 09h00 to 10h00.
Three new talk shows will air Mondays to Fridays:
Tween Talk Live
Premiere date: Monday, 4 July at 14h00
Tween Talk Live is a live studio interactive daily show for 9 to 12 year olds. It aims to encourage them to express themselves and learn about their world with a focus on fun, entertainment and life skills.
Real Talk
Premiere date: Thursday, 21 July at 16h00
Hosted by: Anele Mdoda
A daytime variety and talk show featuring topical social commentary on current events, interviews with SA’s celebs, entertainers, sporting figures, web celebs and online influencers
.
The show will
broach relevant everyday topics, including world news, women’s issues, health, technology, finance, trends, famous faces. According to the channel, the show also aims to create a platform to #OpenUpTheIndustry.
Larger than Life
Premiere date: Monday, 4 July at 22h00
Hosted by: Jason Goliath
An in-studio comedy talk show with a focus on celebrity interviews with a live studio audience. The show is described as: fast paced, lighthearted and fuelled by sharp-tongued insight into popular and youth culture.
MONDAYS
Divas of Jozi
Premiere date: Monday, 4 July at 20h00
A reality show that follows six outspoken, larger than life women (single, married and divorced), living in Jozi. The series captures uncensored moments in their lives and covers their relationships, careers, friends and families.
The Sober Companion
Premiere date: Monday, 4 July at 21h00
A comedy drama from Trevor Gumbi that follows four recovering addicts who try to help other addicts by becoming their sober companions, which puts their own sobriety to the test.
Flash fact: A sober companion is a “coach” or “minder” who stays with an addict as they try to reintegrate into an addiction free world.
TUESDAYS
Top Chef South Africa
Premiere date: Tuesday, 5 July at 20h00
Hosted by: Lorna Maseko
A local version of the international reality show which offers a window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. The series features aspiring local chefs who compete for their shot at culinary stardom and the chance to earn the title of Top Chef South Africa.
WEDNESDAYS
Special Assignment
Special Assignment moves from Sundays to Wednesdays at 21h30.
THURSDAYS
Top Billing
Top Billing changes time to 20h00.
FRIDAYS
Man Cave
Man Cave moves from Sundays to Fridays at 20h00.
Jou Ma Se Chef
Premiere date: Friday, 8 July at 21h00
A reality show featuring celebrities and comedians who team up with their mothers to cook meals.
SATURDAYS
Religious shows An Nur and Sadhana move to 10h30 and 11h00 respectively.
The Weekend Edition
Premiere date: Saturday, 9 July at 06h00 - 09h00
Hosted by: Phat Joe and Khanyi Mbau.
A spinoff of Expresso which will air on Saturdays and Sundays at the same time. The show aims to offer style, personality, interaction, active digital and social media discourse and creativity.
Cooking with Chris Smit
Premiere date: Saturday, 9 July at 16h00
A cookery show featuring Chris Smit who swopped the frenzied lifestyle and career of an executive chef for the unhurried life of a carefree country cook.
Social Reunion
Premiere date: Saturday, 9 July at 17h00
A
docu-series produced by Tigere Media which unmasks the world of online dating. The series helps unite “virtual lovebirds” while educating viewers on the repercussions of what virtual dating can do to naïve users. Each week the show follows a pursuer (poker) as they hunt for their ideal virtual partner/fling (BAE).
SUNDAYS
Interface
Interface moves from 19h00 to 21h30.
Movies
19h00 will become a new movie slot.
The Honchos
Premiere date: Sunday, 10 July at 21h00
An edutainment documentary about successful South African businessmen and women. The show gives access to their families, their businesses and their hobbies as they share how they started their businesses, the hardships they faced, how they overcame them and how they balance their business and private lives.