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It's B.A.C.K! Survivor returns to 3 at the expense of local

Written by Tashi from the blog Tashi's TV on 05 Sep 2016
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Believe it sweet Survivor lover - it's BACK! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Despite the huge fuss and to do from Hlaudi Motsoeneng about local content, Survivor's back in business on SABC3 on Monday nights from 3 October for Season 28: Cayagan.

And we have the Divas of Jozi to thank. I have no doubt that the reason for the decision is that SABC realised they can't make any money in the timeslot unless they steer clear of such mega flops and stick with fan favourites.

Another possibility is that they couldn't get it together to ensure that the next local show was ready.  A local travel show called Uyanda: It's On was supposed to start in the timeslot but it's been taken off the schedule and it's nowhere to be seen. If local is supposed to be so sacred then why didn't they replace it with a repeat of a repeat of local as they do??

I definitely prefer the #FlopsOfJozi explanation because it makes the most sense. The channel needs loyal eyeballs to stay afloat and clearly a show like Flops isn't going to make it happen.

Bring on Survivor!! Keep a lookout for a Who's Who in the Zoo for the season.
 

Shows in this post: Survivor

Channels in this post: SABC3



2 Comments

deziclesthagawd
05 Sep 2016 12:28

Hlaudi has no respect for his viewers. He just jumbled everything up for no good reason. All that emotional distress we suffered was for nothing? nx. Anyway the 20.30 timeslot will yield better ratings for survivor not 20.00

Scorpio11
05 Sep 2016 15:48

L.O.L The will of the people shall prevail. How long did they think they'd last with this 80%. They could've taken their time and planned things properly and avoided all this mess


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