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SABC1's big Bold blunder

Cape Town – The SABC's latest blunder has seen SABC1 repeat the exact same episode of soapThe Bold and the Beautiful in primetime over and over this week, with no explanation to viewers.

SABC1 made no press statement to the media and gave no reason as to why it happened that the same episode of Bold was shown on three consecutive nights.

Thursday evening SABC1 showed the first new episode of Bold as viewer outrage grew.

"How many times do we have to watch this same Bold and the Beautiful episode? Three times now?" asked irate viewer Faith Zungu.

"Someone is not doing their job, although we pay our TV licence regularly; which pays their salary!" said Rita Dawson-Basson.

No answer

"What's wrong with you SABC1? How many times must we watch this same episode of The Bold and the Beautiful?" asked Patience Nkomo. "Why do you repeat the same episode of Bold three times?" asked Meisie Pitse on SABC1's Facebook page.

No answers were provided.

SABC1 moved The Bold and the Beautiful in October 2011 from 18:00 to 18:30 but the experiment was such a huge failure and prompted such a large viewer outcry that SABC1 was forced to move The Bold and the Beautiful back to its original timeslot six months later.

After complaints, SABC1 enlisted members of the Bold cast to help explain in current on-air promos that the broadcaster is putting the show on at 18:00 again.

 
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