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Hiatus alert! No new episodes of Generations over the festive season

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Generations Teasers on 22 Nov 2019
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Karabo and Archie Moroka (Connie Ferguson and Sello Maake Ka-Ncube)

Please note: The status of this story changed on Monday, 25 November 2019 and new episodes of Generations will now be airing. For the latest please see: Exclusive: Generations: The Legacy back on track - new season starts tonight!

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Hit the pause button! Forget the timeline of events you've seen in the teasers, they're changing.

It's sudden, it's a jaw dropper and it's definitely happening.

From this Monday, 25 November, Generations: The Legacy will go on hiatus for a month or possibly longer.

It's scary, alarming stuff considering what happened the last time new episodes stopped airing.

Flashback to >> The Generations 16, which changed reality forever. There was Life Before It and Life After.

Of course our immediate reaction upon hearing the news was: "Will it ever be back?!" The new season is supposed to start on Monday (Season 6 of The Legacy) so we were obviously concerned.

We've asked the SABC's Head of PR for TV Channels Zandile Nkonyeni who tells us it will be back.

For the duration of its hiatus, current episodes are going to be replaced by throwback episodes, arranged according to weekly themes e.g. one week will focus on heroes such as Archie Moroka, Kenneth Mashaba, Julia Motene and Glen Majosi.

Another will focus on comic relief featuring Ma Sebobe, Queen Moroka, Sonny, Kenny and Dinny and another will spotlight villains: Ntsiki Lukhele, Andile Nogabu, Kenneth Mashaba and Max.

According to Zandile, the episodes are intended to offer fun, light viewing over the festive season as a tribute to the show's history and will run until just after Christmas or into early new year, depending on audience reactions to them. The show reaches its 26th birthday on 4 February 2020.

The TV ratings are annually lower during the holidays because many people aren't in their usual schedules so they often don't tune in nightly and miss plotlines, which won't happen with re-runs.

Is this You? How do feel about this turn of events? Does it work for you or does it suck?

Shows in this post: Generations

Channels in this post: SABC1

Tags: Soapie Teasers

25 Comments

Sduu
22 Nov 2019 19:10

Hebanna??????

Bby gal
22 Nov 2019 19:16

Lyk crs is this true

qavile
22 Nov 2019 19:16

It sucks cz I hated the original show and was luking forward for December month. WTF is wrong with these people

#1999
22 Nov 2019 19:41

Noways.... For the why...? During the festives we never miss an episode now we ThrowBaq??? Confusion taking over

qavile
22 Nov 2019 20:25

There's already drama penny asked if the original cast will be payed for repeats and katlego danke said no..

Goku
22 Nov 2019 21:26

Lol and you ask yourself ukuthi what's the point of SABC Encore. I will probably watch bcoz used to enjoy the old generation

Bby gal
22 Nov 2019 22:52

Lana babhedile xem...dis idea t sucks bgtym y ae ey taking us back thina sadlula lapho

deziclesthagawd
24 Nov 2019 08:05

I just saw on twitter that Isidingo is cancelled. This might mean Gen is next. Oh well it's been a great 25 years. Mfundi should do another show. Maybe on Mzansi Magic. I'm sure he'll enjoy doing something fresh again.Wasn't he supposed to do House Of Phalo anyway? What happened to that?

Bby gal
24 Nov 2019 15:58

y are cancelling Isidingo?

qavile
24 Nov 2019 22:29

Isidingo is not canned people

deziclesthagawd
25 Nov 2019 08:58

How do you know @qavile? So the Sunday World article issa lie? I see non of the other blogs have picked up the story.

qaqamba
25 Nov 2019 09:33

hey My Pipps i heard about tht nami ladies,, No xmas episodes for Generation Legacy and Isidingo asikhoni uba nama views awonele for advertising dept.

TVSA Team
25 Nov 2019 10:24

Hi everyone - we've just spoken to Pomegranate Media who produce Isidingo to ask if it's true that it's been cancelled and they've said they'll be sending an answer later this afternoon

It's interesting is that they didn't deny it.

Scorpio11
25 Nov 2019 11:24

Scorpio11 edited on
11/25/2019 11:28 AM

I'm not understanding the decision making at SABC. If Isidingo is the highest rating show on SABC 3 but it's getting canned, why not just cancel the entire channel and let it be a pop-up or whatever for cricket? Then move Isidingo to one of the other two channels? Maybe 19:30 on sabc 2 I dont get putting people out of work at a whim whilst playing those outdated repeats of American shows like bo Kimora. It may not be millions, but people do watch and love Isidingo. They are invested

qaqamba
25 Nov 2019 11:31

@scorpio sana i am with you.. i thnk this SABC AND SAA same whtsap group,, they want to pay their debts by killing ppl's careers.. or kanjani? theres too much happening there.

Tashi
25 Nov 2019 11:35

Tashi edited on
11/25/2019 11:36 AM

I totally agree Scorpio11 - they need to ditch SABC3 once and for all and make it a sports channel, which they so desperately need.

Isidingo could move to 2 and Expresso could be re-imagined and move to SABC1 for the mornings. Afternoon Express could become an SABC2 afternoon show, if they insist on keeping it.

They urgently need to restructure the entire structure of the three channels - the whole set-up's a dated relic of the past that needs a radical overhaul.

Scorpio11
25 Nov 2019 12:22

What they don't realise qaqamba is that by the time they pay their debts, there won't be a corporation to talk about. At this point I just feel like those making decisions are dumb, out of touch or sabotaging the SABC further Tashi you're right, SABC needs a morning show, Expresso can be it. Never really got those morning education shows, they can be moved to the afternoon and incorporated into YoTV

Tazteeq
25 Nov 2019 12:39

At this rate SABC may as well just can SABC 3 entirely. I mean if the curtain falls on Isidingo, what will be left of the channel? Especially following the Top Billing fiasco?

I hope the SABC is planning to PAY the actors on all these retro Generations episodes. Oh wait! it wont happen, cause the entire lot got fired for fighting for the same right. Meanwhile the 20:00 slot will be pulling 7+ Million viewers throughout the festive season! sies on SABC!

Goku
25 Nov 2019 15:24

in other news Candice Modiselle (Lerato) has left the show

TVSA Team
25 Nov 2019 15:26

TVSA Team edited on
11/25/2019 3:32 PM

So we've asked Mfundi Vundla if it's true that the SABC and Morula Pictures haven't signed a contract for Season 29.

According to Sunday's Sunday World, no new episodes will be airing because... surprise-surprise (NOT)... no contracts have been signed for the new season.

Sunday World claims the SABC want the episodes to be shortened by two minutes an episode to accommodate more advertising and Morula Pictures don't want to do this, so they're in a stalemate.

We've asked Mfundi for comment on why the repeats are airing, whether it's true that a contract hasn't been signed (if so, why) - and whether the show will be back.

He's been quiet. Just like Isidingo's Pomegranate Media who've just replied to our question with this:

"At this point, the company has no comment.
We will release a statement in due course."

deziclesthagawd
25 Nov 2019 16:23

Yikes. I wonder if the Generations thing will be solved. Probably, since it's so profitable for the sabc. Isidingo on the other hand could literally have new life if it was moved to another sabc channel but they'd rather cancel it. This is crazy. I'm going to miss it so much.

Goku
25 Nov 2019 17:20

Same scripts different actors, as for for me I don't give a damn about the legacy whether it's playing or not.

TVSA Team
25 Nov 2019 18:07

Goku... the Generations script has a new chapter, now we need to wait for Isidingo's.

A link to the latest: Exclusive: Generations: The Legacy back on track - new season starts tonight!

Bby gal
26 Nov 2019 00:02

Atlst Generations z nt going anwhr..so my quest z y is Candice Modisele leaving???

qaqamba
26 Nov 2019 13:45

i wouldnt like Isiding to be scanned at all,, i love GenrationLegacy and Isidingo,, hey wena @Goku kwenzekani sana,,???? i am angry like you my baby,,,

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