4 Reasons Why 'top Billing' Needs To Return On Air

'Good evening and welcome to 'Top Billing'.'

That was a phrase that quickly made us run from our rooms to plonk ourselves in front of the TV.

It was a time where we would get swept away into the lives of the ultra wealthy and famous, getting a taste, vicariously of course, of the best of the good life.

Such was Top Billing's choke-hold on us, that there was a generation of young people who dreamed of being a presenter on the show, or being featured on the show in some capacity.

The show, which was cancelled by SABC3 in 2019 after 25 years on air, was appointment television. We knew that on Thursdays we could watch Ursula Chikane, Michelle Garforth, Bassie Khumalo, Michael Mol and later on Jeannie D, Jo-Ann Strauss, Janez Vermeiren, Bonang Matheba and Lorna Maseko, forget about the reality of our lives for a minute.