According to TVSA, an independent website focused on keeping viewers up-to-date on TV related matters in South Africa and their interests in other regions had announced that SABC 1 will retire The Estate from their primetime viewing.
The Estate has been in a heap of trouble ever since it was introduced on the revamped S3 channel. Compared to all other dramas which can pull at least a million viewers across the public broadcasters stations, The Estate could only pull 300000 viewers monthly.
When it moved to SABC 1, the viewership on S3 began to skyrocket although not a million they were able to double their viewers. Even on SABC 1, the show went on to become one of the top 10 shows on the channel.
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The Executive which is set to replace The Estate on SABC 1 (notice how they have the same intials T and E) tells the story of corrupt businessman Bonginkosi Khumalo who rose to power with a troubled past. He needs to fix the problems in his professional and private life if he ever wants to get ahead in life.
The series airs Mondays to Wednesdays from March 7th at 19:30 while Ses Top'La airs Thursdays and Fridays. Interesting enough there's still a couple of storylines viewers that hadn't aired on SABC 1 for The Estate.
The SABC doesn't seem to care about that either unless there's a reason to all that. They took long to renew the show and aren't profiting from the series so the idea of them cancelling it after the current season or even by 2023 doesn't seem far fetched.
SABC 3 has been struggling for nearly a decade and the public broadcaster has been constantly adjusting the lineup on that station. Although, many feel the need format to scrap the channel perhaps the only solution is not to invest in high budget content e.g. The Estate.
Update: The Estate returns as a double bill from March 8 for the rest of season 1.
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