These are the primetime television viewing figures for 28 September - 4 October, 2009.
For an explanation of how the viewing figures are calculated, please read
this article.
For previous weeks
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Top Shows By Channel
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Generations |
4,543,000 |
Stokvel |
2,682,000 |
Days Of Our Lives |
1,476,000 |
| 2. |
Montana |
3,840,000 |
7de Laan |
1,961,000 |
Treehouse Hostage |
1,389,000 |
| 3. |
Zone 14 |
3,609,000 |
It's Gospel Time |
1,949,000 |
The Oprah Winfrey Show |
1,148,000 |
| 4. |
Home Affairs |
3,396,000 |
Muvhango |
1,867,000 |
Isidingo |
1,038,000 |
| 5. |
FIFA U20 World Cup |
3,107,000 |
90 Plein Street |
1,853,000 |
Prison Break |
984,000 |
| 6. |
So You Think You Are Funny |
3,088,000 |
Pasella |
1,698,000 |
National Geographic |
926,000 |
| 7. |
Relate |
3,010,000 |
SA's Got Talent |
1,640,000 |
Stuck in the Suburbs |
830,000 |
| 8. |
Zulu News |
2,982,000 |
Kwakhala Nyonini |
1,582,000 |
The Amazing Race |
830,000 |
| 9. |
My Wife and Kids |
2,818,000 |
Ashifashabba |
1,467,000 |
3 Talk |
811,000 |
| 10. |
Da Kink In My Hair |
2,682,000 |
Afrikaans News |
1,456,000 |
English News |
805,000 |
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Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
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| 1. |
Men In Black |
2,296,000 |
Carte Blanche |
328,000 |
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| 2. |
Scandal! |
2,214,000 |
Babylon A.D. |
289,000 |
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| 3. |
Rhythm City |
2,073,000 |
Binnelanders |
235,000 |
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| 4. |
How I Met Your Mother |
1,775,000 |
CSI: Miami |
232,000 |
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| 5. |
Medical Detectives |
1,775,000 |
CSI: New York |
212,000 |
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| 6. |
WWE Smackdown |
1,698,000 |
Egoli |
208,000 |
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| 7. |
e.tv News |
1,613,000 |
Army Wives |
174,000 |
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| 8. |
Freaky Friday |
1,602,000 |
CSI |
174,000 |
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| 9. |
No Sweat Music Fan |
1,544,000 |
Private Practice |
154,000 |
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| 10. |
Ripley's Believe It Or Not |
1,447,000 |
Brothers And Sisters |
135,000 |
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Top Shows By Genre Top Dramas 1) Montana (SABC1) 3,840,000
2) Zone 14 (SABC1) 3,609,000
3) Home Affairs (SABC1) 3,396,000
4) 90 Plein Street (SABC2) 1,853,000
5) Kwakhala Nyonini (SABC2) 1,582,000
Top Reality Shows 1) So You Think You Are Funny (SABC1) 3,088,000
2) Zola 7 (SABC1) 2,470,000
3) SA's Got Talent (SABC2) 1,640,000
4) Style By Jury (e.tv) 1,409,000
5) Cheaters (e.tv) 1,177,000
Top Comedies 1) My Wife and Kids (SABC1) 2,818,000
2) Da Kink In My Hair (SABC1) 2,682,000
3) Stokvel (SABC2) 2,682,000
4) How I Met Your Mother (e.tv) 1,775,000
5) Ashifashabba (SABC2) 1,467,000
Top News Bulletins 1) Zulu News (SABC1) 2,982,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,586,000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 1,613,000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,456,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 970,000
Top Soap Operas 1) Generations (SABC1) 4,543,000
2) The Bold And The Beautiful (SABC1) 2,323,000
3) Scandal! (e.tv) 2,214,000
4) Rhythm City (e.tv) 2,073,000
5) 7de Laan (SABC2) 1,961,000
Top Talk Shows 1) Asikhlume (SABC1) 1,351,000
2) The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3) 1,148,000
3) 3 Talk (SABC3) 811,000
4) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 753,000
5) Last Say on Sunday (SABC3) 521,000
Top Actuality Shows 1) Relate (SABC1) 3,010,000
2) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,563,000
3) Fokus (SABC2) 1,428,000
4) Speak Out (SABC2) 1,293,000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 753,000
Top Magazine Shows 1) Pasella (SABC2) 1,698,000
2) Countdown 2010 (SABC1) 1,042,000
3) Showbiz Report (e.tv) 1,023,000
4) Ses'khona (SABC1) 946,000
5) Shoreline (SABC2) 926,000
Top Game Shows 1) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1,505,000
2) Wina Manje (SABC1) 1,196,000
3) Show Your Numbers (SABC2) 733,000
Top Documentaries 1) Medical Detectives (e.tv) 1,775,000
2) Precious Africa (SABC1) 1,139,000
3) National Geographic (SABC3) 926,000
Top Primetime Movies 1) Men In Black (e.tv) 2,296,000
2) Freaky Friday (e.tv) 1,602,000
3) Treehouse Hostage (SABC3) 1,389,000
4) Mystic River (SABC1) 1,274,000
5) G.I. Jane (e.tv) 1,254,000