Week 35: 27 August - 2 September

Primetime TV Viewing Figures

A weekly analysis of the primetime TAMS Ratings

Friday, September 14, 2012

by TVSA Staff

These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 27 August - 2 September, 2012.

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	6 603 000	Muvhango	2 861 000	Isidingo	1 802 000
2.	Tshisa	4 746 000	Moferefere Lenyalong	2 824 000	Days Of Our Lives	1 574 000
3.	Zone 14	4 671 000	7de Laan	2 499 000	English News	948 000
4.	Montana	4 175 000	Gospel Time	2 043 000	3 Talk	907 000
5.	Friends Like These	3 394 000	Afrikaans News	1 961 000	Numb3rs	871 000
6.	Zulu News	3 194 000	Fokus	1 953 000	MacGyver	841 000
7.	Soccer: Orlando Pirates vs Moroka Swallows	3 184 000	When Duty Calls	1 953 000	Top Billing	841 000
8.	Xhosa News	3 154 000	Speak Out	1 922 000	The Bucket List	811 000
9.	Death of a Queen	3 124 000	Noot vir Noot	1 742 000	The Good Wife	721 000
10.	Jika Majika	3 064 000	Die Vierde Kabinet	1 562 000	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	691 000


#	Show	Viewers	Show	Viewers
1.	Rhythm City	3 244 000	Carte Blanche	300 000
2.	Scandal!	2 606 000	Hawaii Five-0	180 000
3.	e.tv News	2 403 000	Source Code	180 000
4.	eKasi	2 343 000	The Mentalist	180 000
5.	Man On Fire	2 163 000	Dallas	150 000
6.	SA's Got Talent	2 133 000	Crimes Uncovered SA	120 000
7.	WWE Smackdown	2 103 000	Idols SA	120 000
8.	Vantage Point	1 832 000	Revenge	120 000
9.	Dodgeball	1 592 000	The Newsroom	120 000
10.	I Shouldn't Be Alive	1 592 000	Two And A Half Men	120 000

Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Tshisa (SABC1) 4 746 000
2) Zone 14 (SABC1) 4 671 000
3) Montana (SABC1) 4 175 000
4) Death of a Queen (SABC1) 3 124 000
5) eKasi (e.tv) 2 343 000

Top Reality Shows

1) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 2 704 000
2) All You Need Is Love (SABC1) 2 253 000
3) SA's Got Talent (e.tv) 2 133 000
4) American Idol (SABC2) 1 262 000
5) Cheaters (e.tv) 1 111 000

Top Comedies

1) Moferefere Lenyalong (SABC2) 2 824 000
2) My Perfect Family (SABC1) 2 734 000
3) How I Met Your Mother (e.tv) 1 382 000
4) Mzansi Love: Kasi Style (e.tv) 1 141 000
5) Malcolm & Eddie (e.tv) 691 000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3 194 000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3 154 000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 2 403 000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1 961 000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 1 287 000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 6 603 000
2) Rhythm City (e.tv) 3 244 000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 2 861 000
4) Scandal! (e.tv) 2 606 000
5) 7de Laan (SABC2) 2 499 000

Top Talk Shows

1) Screen Time (e.tv) 1 021 000
2) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 991 000
3) 3 Talk (SABC3) 907 000
4) People of the South (SABC3) 360 000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 2 163 000
2) Fokus (SABC2) 1 953 000
3) Speak Out (SABC2) 1 922 000
4) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1 832 000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 1 442 000

Top Magazine Shows

1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2 373 000
2) Pasella (SABC2) 1 562 000
3) 50/50 (SABC2) 1 322 000
4) Club 808 (e.tv) 1 322 000
5) Mzansi Insider (SABC1) 1 202 000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 3 394 000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 1 742 000
3) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1 202 000

Top Documentaries

1) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 1 592 000
2) I Am We Are (SABC1) 1 021 000
3) Medical Errors (SABC2) 931 000
4) Crimes Uncovered SA (M-Net) 120 000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Man On Fire (e.tv) 2 163 000
2) Vantage Point (e.tv) 1 832 000
3) Bandidas (SABC1) 1 592 000
4) Dodgeball (e.tv) 1 592 000
5) The Bucket List (SABC3) 811 000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Generations (SABC1) 6 603 000
2) Tshisa (SABC1) 4 746 000
3) Zone 14 (SABC1) 4 671 000
4) Montana (SABC1) 4 175 000
5) Friends Like These (SABC1) 3 394 000
6) Rhythm City (e.tv) 3 244 000
7) Death of a Queen (SABC1) 3 124 000
8) Muvhango (SABC2) 2 861 000
9) Moferefere Lenyalong (SABC2) 2 824 000
10) My Perfect Family (SABC1) 2 734 000

Replies: 5

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Reply from:

Batira

Friday, September 14, 2012 11:25 AM

ScreeenTime yeboooooooooo

Reply from:

babyOmuhle

Friday, September 14, 2012 22:43 PM

Nice.... SA got talent 1st episode over 2mil viewers

Reply from:

Name here

Saturday, September 15, 2012 09:29 AM

Screen Time finally breaks the 1 million barrier.

Reply from:

RONDA

Saturday, September 15, 2012 19:00 PM

Will sum1 tel Realgoboza 2 go a week without having Mika Stefano on their interviews, wht kind of a celeb/job is a celebrity blogger, i blog and i dnt c myself on tv!!!!!!!

Reply from:

Batira

Monday, September 17, 2012 12:36 PM

well maybe your blog sux ronda

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