Nothing's happening to Soccerzone - SABC1 Channel Head

Written by TVSA Team from the blog SABC1 on 05 Feb 2016
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We've been getting queries about Soccerzone and whether or not it's been cancelled by SABC1 following recent reports that the show's getting canned in favour of a highlights show without presenters.

When the channel announced the blitz of changes earlier this week there was no mention of the show so we got in touch with the head of SABC1, Maijang Mpherwane, to find out what's going on. According to Maijang, it's going ahead as usual with no changes to the format or the presenter line-up.

"There's nothing happening to Soccerzone," he told us. "Soccerzone continues in the Monday slot at 21h00 as has previously been the case up until now."

He went on to say that the channel would have made the announcement this week if there were changes to it so it turns out that no news has been good news if you enjoy the show.

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4 Comments

max85
05 Feb 2016 06:46

Good news indeed .exactly how many people actually watch soccerzone TVSA?

TVSA Team
05 Feb 2016 14:05

Hi max85 - there isn't data available for its performance this year but this is how it ended 2015:

2 November: 1,346,000 viewers
9 November: 1,682,000
16 November: 1,312,000
22 November: 1,346,000
30 November: 1,144,000
7 December: 1,245,000
14 December: 976,000
21 December: 1,278,000

max85
05 Feb 2016 15:28

Thank you Team for the feedback .the show is not doing badly so there is no need to cancel it.

Mantoa_M
05 Feb 2016 15:30

I do watch soccer zone and sports@10, I like Thomas's presenting skills and how he engages with the guests, however Minnie on Soccerzone is boring AF, she is just a pretty face, the previous week she was holding it for Thomas, I couldnt watch for a minute, changed channel, Thomas can read the tweets there is no need to have Minnie there and she knows little about soccer

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