South African soap opera
| Scandal! |
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| Genre | Drama
Soap opera |
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| Created by | Mbuso Thabethe |
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| Directed by | Ian Nkulu |
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| Opening theme | Scandal! |
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| Ending theme | Scandal! |
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| Country of origin | South Africa |
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| Original language | English |
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| Production locations | Johannesburg
Soweto |
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| Running time | 30 minutes (incl. commercials) |
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| Production company | Ochre Media (a wholly owned subsidiary of Arena Holdings) |
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| Network | e.tv |
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| Release | 10 January 2005 (2005-01-10) –
present |
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| Rhythm City |
Scandal! is a South African soap opera produced by Ochre Moving Pictures and broadcast on e.tv. It is the most watched soap opera in South Africa, contending with SABC 1's longest-running soapie Generations: The Legacy.[1][2] It is also broadcast across Africa on the eAfrica, e.tv Botswana and e.tv Ghana feeds. On 10 July 2024, e.tv announced that Scandal! will start airing daily occupying the 19:30 spot which was dubbed as the "Winter binge", and on the 7th of September, they announced that the winter binge was over.
Plot
Scandal! is set at the fictional media company Nyathi Family Holdings (NFH) based in Newtown, Johannesburg, which produces the newspaper The Voice and the gossip magazine, Scandal. It follows the lives of the people and families working at NFH magazine as well as other characters in the show. It also tells the story of socioeconomic divides set in a local township of Soweto and the Johannesburg suburb Newtown, where NFH is based, while looking at the private desires of the high-classes and making ends meet of the lower-class.
Cast as per Opening Sequence
As shown on opening scene
Main cast
Achievements
South Africa Film and Television Awards
References
External links
