Tuesday 4 August 2015

E! Entertainment Launches First South African Original Show

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E! Entertainment (DStv 124) has today announced the launch of their first ever South African-produced show.



The show, which is a local version of the franchise E! News Special, will feature 12 local celebrities each sitting down for an in depth interview about their careers.

The series is produced by Johannesburg-based production company Brainstorm and filmed in South Africa.

We are delighted to launch our first-ever local production on E! in Africa and add E! News Special to the channel’s exclusive line-up of high-quality‚ original programming‚” said Colin McLeod‚ Managing Director‚ Emerging Markets‚ NBC Universal International Networks. “We are confident that the profiles of local celebrities will resonate well with our audience‚ making E! the TV destination for the pop of African culture.”

The channel announced that televsion and radio personality, Bonang Matheba, will be featured on the premiere episode with the rest of the first seasn featuring the likes of A.K.A and Danny K, among others.

Earlier this year the channel started doing local inserts during commercial breaks covering events like this year's Durban July.

E! News Special premieres on the South African feed of E! Entertainment on September 10th at 8pm.

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