If you tuned into Kerry Washington on
The Fixer on SABC3 on Monday night (1 April) you'll have noticed that the show wasn't called The Fixer.
It premiered on the channel at 21h30 and was supposed to be called The Fixer but when the credits came up it was called its original name instead: Scandal.
The series changed name to The Fixer for South African and African audiences because of the name clash with e.tv soapie Scandal! The idea was to create a clear distinction between the two shows. It airs on M-Net and on M-Net Series Zone as The Fixer.
But the distinction won't exist on SABC3. Word from the channel is that the series is now going to be broadcast as Scandal because this is how the show was distributed to the SABC.
In addition to this mess, the name The Fixer is a problem too because
another show already exists with the same name.
If you've managed to keep the thread so far ... the show is now in a situation where it's called two different things in one country plus both its names are the same as other shows.
Very poor planning on behalf of the series creators and distributors.