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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
TVSA TAMS coverage - airing since 2006

Week 41: 10 - 16 October

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 27 Oct 2011
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These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 10 - 16 October, 2011.

For an explanation of how the viewing figures are calculated, please read this article.

For previous weeks click here.

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Top Shows By Channel

 
 
# Show Viewers Show Viewers Show Viewers
1. Generations 6 908 000 Muvhango 3 380 000 Isidingo 1 640 000
2. Intsika 5 962 000 Ga Re Dumele 2 939 000 Days Of Our Lives 1 450 000
3. Zone 14 5 710 000 Ke Nako 2 855 000 National Geographic 1 344 000
4. Skeem Saam 4 731 000 7de Laan 2 402 000 Cricket: South Africa vs Australia - 1st T20 1 176 000
5. Friends Like These 4 339 000 Ditlabonyane Ke Ditlaboima 2 211 000 English News 1 048 000
6. Xhosa News 3 849 000 I Want To Sing Gospel 2 043 000 3 Talk 969 000
7. Zulu News 3 816 000 Motswako: The Mix 1 987 000 Friday Night Lights 952 000
8. My Perfect Family 3 639 000 Stokvel 1 847 000 Top Billing 924 000
9. Turn It Out 3 471 000 When Duty Calls 1 847 000 My Super Sweet 16 868 000
10. City Ses'la 3 415 000 Afrikaans News 1 843 000 White Hunter Black Heart 868 000
 
   
# Show Viewers Show Viewers    
1. Rhythm City 3 197 000 Hachiko: A Dog's Story 336 000    
2. Black Knight 2 995 000 Carte Blanche 308 000    
3. Drumline 2 687 000 CSI: Miami 252 000    
4. Biker Boyz 2 659 000 Nikita 224 000    
5. eKasi 2 519 000 Blue Bloods 196 000    
6. Scandal! 2 456 000 Hawaii Five-0 196 000    
7. e.tv News 2 099 000 NCIS Los Angeles 196 000    
8. WWE Smackdown 1 875 000 Private Practice 196 000    
9. Rolling With Zola 1 736 000 CSI 168 000    
10. How I Met Your Mother 1 624 000 CSI: New York 168 000    


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Intsika (SABC1) 5 962 000
2) Zone 14 (SABC1) 5 710 000
3) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4 731 000
4) Intersexions (SABC1) 3 275 000
5) Ke Nako (SABC2) 2 855 000

Top Reality Shows

1) Turn It Out (SABC1) 3 471 000
2) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 2 995 000
3) Dance Your Butt Off (SABC1) 2 407 000
4) Jozi - Moving the City (SABC1) 2 071 000
5) I Want To Sing Gospel (SABC2) 2 043 000

Top Comedies

1) My Perfect Family (SABC1) 3 639 000
2) City Ses'la (SABC1) 3 415 000
3) Ga Re Dumele (SABC2) 2 939 000
4) Stokvel (SABC2) 1 847 000
5) How I Met Your Mother (e.tv) 1 624 000

Top News Bulletins

1) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3 849 000
2) Zulu News (SABC1) 3 816 000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 2 099 000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1 843 000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 1 344 000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 6 908 000
2) Muvhango (SABC2) 3 380 000
3) Rhythm City (e.tv) 3 197 000
4) Scandal! (e.tv) 2 456 000
5) 7de Laan (SABC2) 2 402 000

Top Talk Shows

1) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1 987 000
2) Asikhulume (SABC1) 1 652 000
3) 3 Talk (SABC3) 969 000
4) The Mo'Nique Show (SABC2) 420 000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 2 155 000
2) Speak Out (SABC2) 1 680 000
3) 3rd Degree (e.tv) 1 540 000
4) Fokus (SABC2) 1 484 000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 1 260 000

Top Magazine Shows

1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 3 163 000
2) Ses'khona (SABC1) 1 903 000
3) Pasella (SABC2) 1 540 000
4) Club 808 (e.tv) 1 456 000
5) 50/50 (SABC2) 1 428 000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 4 339 000
2) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1 847 000
3) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 1 763 000
4) Ken Jou Laan (SABC2) 896 000
5) Minute to Win It (M-Net) 112 000

Top Documentaries

1) National Geographic (SABC3) 1 344 000
2) Skin Deep (e.tv) 784 000
3) Who Do You Think You Are? (SABC2) 756 000
4) The Jackson Family (SABC3) 616 000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Black Knight (e.tv) 2 995 000
2) Drumline (e.tv) 2 687 000
3) Biker Boyz (e.tv) 2 659 000
4) Flags of Our Fathers (SABC1) 1 232 000
5) Friday Night Lights (SABC3) 952 000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Generations (SABC1) 6 908 000
2) Intsika (SABC1) 5 962 000
3) Zone 14 (SABC1) 5 710 000
4) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4 731 000
5) Friends Like These (SABC1) 4 339 000
6) My Perfect Family (SABC1) 3 639 000
7) Turn It Out (SABC1) 3 471 000
8) City Ses'la (SABC1) 3 415 000
9) Muvhango (SABC2) 3 380 000
10) Intersexions (SABC1) 3 275 000



6 Comments

nqadu
27 Oct 2011 20:49

Gen still number one - keep growing

The General
27 Oct 2011 21:52

Isidingo and Smackdown steadily growing...

ThatDude
28 Oct 2011 06:12

PruLuv,so what or blame it on fame?lol

The General
28 Oct 2011 09:57

So What and Blame It On Fame always trend on Twitter so much I thought they would give Generations a run for their money, or rather their viewers.

The General
28 Oct 2011 09:59

Funny enough nobody hardly ever mentions the Jozi reality show yet it's sitting at a comfortable two million viewers.

babyOmuhle
28 Oct 2011 11:03

I enjoy blame it on fame


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