kykNET cancels ‘Arendsvlei’. Image via Twitter @withluvhee
CANCELLED: kykNET confirms the end of ‘Arendsvlei’
kykNET has announced that its long-running Afrikaans telenovela ‘Arendsvlei’ will end in June 2024 after six seasons.
kykNET cancels ‘Arendsvlei’. Image via Twitter @withluvhee
kykNET’s first telenovela Arendsvlei will come to an end after six seasons on air.
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KYNET CONFIRMS CANCELLATION
TVSA reports that the Afrikaans telenovela, Arendsvlei, which revolves around the semi-private school titled “Arendsvlei High School” will end on 27 June 2024.
kykNET and the production announced the news on Friday, 20 October evening, three weeks after season six premiereed on 25 September.
“This series, which revolves around the semi-private school, Arendsvlei High School, managed by the Cupido family, made its debut on 1 October 2018.”
“Arendsvlei was initially planned for one season only. Due to popularity among viewers and two SAFTA Awards for the first season, it was renewed for a second season.”
“As viewership numbers continued to grow, the show grew from two to four episodes a week – an extraordinary achievement for a show in this genre,” says kykNET in a statement.
Waldimar Pelser, who is M-Net’s Director of Premium Channels says the show blew South Africans away as the first fully-fledged Afrikaans telenovela and proved so popular that one season turned into six.
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‘ARENDSVLEI’ ACHIEVEMENTS
The channel adds that the telenovela Arendsvlei won three SAFTA Awards in six years and the team will celebrate its 1 000 episodes milestone on 11 December 2023.
“The team behind Arendsvlei are incredibly proud of the rich storyworld that has become a part of our viewers’ daily lives.”
“kykNET thanks Penguin Films, every actor, and every member of the production team who taught us to take Arendsvlei High’s motto to heart and ‘aim high’,” adds Pelser.
Roberta Durrant, who is the creative producer of the programme, adds that they are proud of what they have achieved with the show over the past six years. Durrant also reveals that Arendsvlei is not a soap opera but a telenovela and it was always meant to come to an end.
TVSA adds that kykNET is already planning more exciting content for kykNET&kie to launch early 2024.
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