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• Top Shows on TV: January 2020
  18 Feb 2020 15:05 (1 replies)

  

  Load shedding hit Mzansi's Big Four shows hard in January with a plunge of 3.5 million viewers between them.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2019
  21 Jan 2020 15:51 (3 replies)

  

  Viewership for 2019's Miss World on SABC3 was almost identical to Miss South Africa on Mzansi Magic.
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2019
  13 Dec 2019 17:07 (2 replies)

  

  Giyani ended with a bang, reaching over 2-million viewers for the first time for its penultimate episode.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2019
  11 Nov 2019 10:26 (2 replies)

  

  Idols dethrones The Queen as the No. 1 show on DStv after The Queen's two year reign.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2019
  14 Oct 2019 14:52 (4 replies)

  

  Mzansi Bioskop makes a major showing on DStv this month but this is because the BRC set the incorrect parametres for DStv's Top 30.
  

• Top Shows on TV: August 2019
  17 Sep 2019 15:31 (15 replies)

  

  A lacklustre 471,906 viewers tuned into Miss SA on Mzansi Magic. 0.8 % of South Africa's population. Almost 300,000 down on last year.
  

• Top Shows on TV: July 2019
  19 Aug 2019 13:07 (3 replies)

  

  Idols 15 and SABC1's Makoti get off to a robust start and e.tv's Isipho is nowhere to seen.
  

• Top Shows on TV: June 2019
  10 Jul 2019 15:33 (0 replies)

  

  Uzalo hits over 10-million viewers for a second time in its history and Imbewu eyes 5-million.
  

• Top Shows on TV: May 2019
  20 Jun 2019 09:53 (4 replies)

  

  Record ratings alert! Skeem Saam hit over 8.5 million viewers in May, ALMOST beating Gen. The reason: Rachel Kunutu's wedding.
  

• Top Shows on TV: April 2019
  15 May 2019 13:42 (3 replies)

  

  The first ratings for SABC2's Giyani: Land of Blood are in. What do they mean? We investigate and compare.
  

• Top Shows on TV: March 2019
  16 Apr 2019 20:16 (0 replies)

  

  No viewership awards for the SAFTAs, that's for sure. A lacklustre 1.4-million viewers tuned in for the unlucky 13th ceremony.
  

• Top Shows on TV: February 2019
  18 Mar 2019 14:24 (0 replies)

  

  Bleh! Be warned: these Feb. TV ratings are such a same-old yawn-fest, you're gonna slip into a coma looking at them.
  

• Top Shows on TV: January 2019
  14 Feb 2019 09:43 (1 replies)

  

  eHostela does the bizz for DStv by attracting over a million viewers.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2018
  14 Jan 2019 11:44 (4 replies)

  

  KAPOW! Imbewu: The Seed dethrones Rhythm City on its way to the top of the e.tv ratings.
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2018
  11 Dec 2018 12:30 (9 replies)

  

  Radical discrepancies in the Mzansi Super League ratings raise a side-eye of suspicion and Imbewu needs 431,364 viewers to overtake Rhythm City.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2018
  12 Nov 2018 15:30 (5 replies)

  

  Animals rule SABC3 with the roar of safariLIVE. It debuted as the channel's No. 2 show and it's stalking Isidingo.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2018
  8 Oct 2018 16:00 (2 replies)

  

  Viewers said "I do!" to Uzalo in record numbers when over 10 million tuned in for the show's wedding spectacular.
  

• Top Shows on TV: August 2018
  7 Sep 2018 12:47 (6 replies)

  

  Scandal! hits 6-million viewers, MTV Shuga loses over a million for SABC1 on Wednesdays and Being Bonang is nowhere to seen for its S1 run on Compact.
  

• Top Shows on TV: July 2018
  8 Aug 2018 15:46 (0 replies)

  

  The World Cup scores another goal for 7de Laan and The Herd takes DStv's no. 4 spot in its debut month.
  

• Top Shows on TV: June 2018
  9 Jul 2018 16:06 (6 replies)

  

  The World Cup proves that SABC3 has the capacity to attract over 6-million viewers and the SAMAs reach over 4.5-mil.
  

• Top Shows on TV: May 2018
  11 Jun 2018 12:25 (5 replies)

  

  A maximum of 1.98% of South Africans watched the 2018 Miss South Africa pageant.
  

• Top Shows on TV: April 2018
  9 May 2018 11:00 (17 replies)

  

  e.tv's Imbewu: The Seed debuted with a robust viewership, attracting over 2,7 million viewers for the premiere.
  

• Top Shows on TV: March 2018
  10 Apr 2018 15:46 (2 replies)

  

  Revealed: more people watch Isidingo during the day than at night.
  

• Top Shows on TV: February 2018
  8 Mar 2018 10:30 (0 replies)

  

  Mzansi Wethu makes DStv's Top 10 with Igazi and a million suffered the pain of Fifty Shades on e.tv.
  

• Top Shows on TV: January 2018
  8 Feb 2018 17:53 (7 replies)

  

  Nkululeko takes the No.2 spot on DStv and The Queen continues its reign as the jewel in the crown of Ferguson Magic.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2017
  15 Jan 2018 12:50 (5 replies)

  

  The Queen reigns supreme as the No. 1 show on DStv and Zaziwa makes a comeback in its 19h30 week night timeslot.
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2017
  8 Dec 2017 15:54 (7 replies)

  

  Scandal! hits 5-million, The Imposter becomes DStv's No.2 show and Boer Soek n' Vrou makes the DStv Top 20.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2017
  10 Nov 2017 11:28 (4 replies)

  

  Generations and Uzalo go head-to-head in the 9-million viewership zone and The Imposter reaches a million.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2017
  10 Oct 2017 15:04 (7 replies)

  

  Shaka Zulu reaches 3.6 million viewers, Tjovitjo loses over a million and The Queen tops Isibaya for a third month in a row.
  

• Top Shows on TV: August 2017
  8 Sep 2017 13:00 (1 replies)

  

  Fast and the Furious owned SABC3 and Tjovitjo debuted as the #4 show in the country.
  

• Can the TAMS be trusted?
  11 Aug 2017 16:02 (2 replies)

  

  We unpack the issues facing South Africa's TV ratings.
  

• Top Shows on TV: July 2017
  8 Aug 2017 17:20 (13 replies)

  

  The Bold and the Busted plunges to an all-time low, The Queen eyes a million viewers and Being Bonang is a no-show.
  

• Top Shows on TV: June 2017
  10 Jul 2017 15:06 (3 replies)

  

  Igazi was the No. 1 show on DStv while Survivor and Broken Vows scored from the soccer.
  

• Top Shows on TV: May 2017
  7 Jun 2017 11:08 (12 replies)

  

  Isidingo soars, Binnelanders makes an appearance and the SAMAs come in at almost 4.5 mil.
  

• Top Shows on TV: April 2017
  8 May 2017 17:19 (15 replies)

  

  It's back. 7de Laan's move to 18h00 has restored the soapie's ratings to what they were before the multiple time changes.
  

• Top Shows on TV: March 2017
  10 Apr 2017 19:02 (4 replies)

  

  Zaziwa has plummeted by almost a million viewers since its move from Thursdays to Sundays.
  

• Top Shows on TV: February 2017
  7 Mar 2017 15:55 (17 replies)

  

  There's a major discrepancy in the Broadcast Research Council's Top 20 TAMS lists between January and February.
  

• Over 1-million viewers impacted by SABC2's 7de Laan omnibus axing
  15 Feb 2017 12:17 (0 replies)

  

  SABC2's decision to ax Sunday's 7de Laan omnibus is the same as SABC3 axing Isidingo in primetime.
  

• Top Shows on TV: January 2017
  9 Feb 2017 15:35 (20 replies)

  

  Skeem Saam, Uzalo and Generations lost MILLIONS of viewers during AFCON.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2016
  20 Jan 2017 16:04 (5 replies)

  

  The TV ratings hit the snooze button in December... in more ways than one.
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2016
  6 Dec 2016 12:19 (7 replies)

  

  See what's happening in the ratings with the latest Primetime viewership numbers for November.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2016
  3 Nov 2016 15:56 (6 replies)

  

  Get a look at the latest TV ratings and see the viewership numbers of the country's top shows.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2016
  13 Oct 2016 00:00 (7 replies)

  

  SA's Got Talent reached over 3 million viewers last month and Gold Diggers started where Ashes ended. The latest TAMS.
  

• Days of Our Dives: SABC3's 17h00 viewership nosedives by 40%
  15 Sep 2016 12:40 (4 replies)

  

  Viewers have taken a stand against having Days ripped away at 17h00 by tuning out of SABC3 en masse.
  

• The Queen debuts as sixth most popular show on DStv
  12 Sep 2016 16:39 (4 replies)

  

  The novela got off to an impressive start, hitting DStv's Top 6 spot a week after its premiere.
  

• Top shows on TV: August 2016
  12 Sep 2016 16:40 (13 replies)

  

  Get a look at the latest primetime ratings for August and see if your fave show is on the Top list.
  

• Top 20 TV Shows: July 2016
  17 Aug 2016 12:10 (11 replies)

  

  The numbers are in. See the impact of SABC3's 80% local content quota on the viewership figures.
  

• Igazi reaches hit status as the No.1 show on Mzansi Magic
  7 Jul 2016 00:00 (6 replies)

  

  Igazi beat back My Perfect Wedding and isiBaya and took on free-to-air by beating Isidingo too.
  

• Top 20 TV Shows: June 2016
  7 Jul 2016 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  See if your fave show made the list of the Top 20 most watched shows in the country.
  

• The TAMS ratings explained
  15 Jun 2016 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  The TAMS ratings are provided by the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRCSA), a non-profit, industry body that caters to "the research needs of the radio and tele...
  

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