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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
TVSA TAMS coverage - airing since 2006

Week 20: 13 - 19 May

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 31 May 2013
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These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 13 - 19 May, 2013.

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 7,499,000 Muvhango 3,857,000 Days Of Our Lives 1,647,000
2. Intersexions 6,152,000 Bophele Ke Semphekgo 3,367,000 Isidingo 1,561,000
3. Skeem Saam 5,448,000 Ga Re Dumele 3,092,000 Planet Earth 1,286,000
4. Zone 14 5,265,000 Mponeng 2,816,000 Nikita 1,163,000
5. Tempy Pushas 4,408,000 7de Laan 2,516,000 Leap Year 1,071,000
6. Friends Like These 4,010,000 Bonweenwee 2,479,000 The Amazing Race 918,000
7. Zulu News 3,602,000 Speak Out 2,418,000 3 Talk 796,000
8. Turn It Out 3,398,000 Jerusalema 2,081,000 Made In Jersey 765,000
9. Xhosa News 3,398,000 When Duty Calls 1,990,000 High Rollers 735,000
10. Selimathunzi 3,336,000 Afrikaans News 1,963,000 Top Billing 735,000
 
   
# Show Viewers Show Viewers    
1. Rhythm City 4,059,000 Carte Blanche 275,000    
2. Scandal! 3,474,000 Grey's Anatomy 184,000    
3. Die Hard with a Vengeance 3,214,000 Revenge 184,000    
4. The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 2,816,000 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 184,000    
5. e.tv News 2,785,000 MasterChef Australia 153,000    
6. I Shouldn't Be Alive 2,510,000 American Idol 122,000    
7. Hero Wanted 1,837,000 Beauty and the Beast 122,000    
8. eKasi 1,775,000 Chicago Fire 122,000    
9. e News Early Edition 1,696,000 Million Rand Money Drop 122,000    
10. WWE Smackdown 1,622,000 Modern Family 122,000    


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Intersexions (SABC1) 6,152,000
2) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 5,448,000
3) Zone 14 (SABC1) 5,265,000
4) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,408,000
5) Bophele Ke Semphekgo (SABC2) 3,367,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Turn It Out (SABC1) 3,398,000
2) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 2,265,000
3) Kulcha Kwest (SABC1) 1,837,000
4) Fear Factor (e.tv) 1,408,000
5) Now or Never (SABC1) 1,041,000

Top Comedies

1) Ga Re Dumele (SABC2) 3,092,000
2) My Perfect Family (SABC1) 3,061,000
3) Mponeng (SABC2) 2,816,000
4) The First Family (SABC1) 2,571,000
5) Mr Box Office (SABC1) 2,265,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,602,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3,398,000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 2,785,000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,963,000
5) e News Early Edition (e.tv) 1,696,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 7,499,000
2) Rhythm City (e.tv) 4,059,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 3,857,000
4) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,474,000
5) 7de Laan (SABC2) 2,516,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1,041,000
2) 3 Talk (SABC3) 796,000
3) Glambition (e.tv) 459,000
4) People of the South (SABC3) 214,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,418,000
2) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,806,000
3) Fokus (SABC2) 1,622,000
4) 3rd Degree (e.tv) 1,224,000
5) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1,102,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 3,000,000
2) The Link (SABC1) 1,561,000
3) Club 808 (e.tv) 1,286,000
4) iLifestyle (SABC1) 1,194,000
5) Nhlalala Ya Rixaka (SABC2) 1,133,000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 4,010,000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 1,653,000
3) Who's Still Standing? (SABC3) 673,000
4) Million Rand Money Drop (M-Net) 122,000

Top Documentaries

1) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 2,510,000
2) Come Again (SABC1) 1,561,000
3) Vaya Mzansi (SABC1) 1,469,000
4) Planet Earth (SABC3) 1,286,000
5) Addictions: To Hell and Back (SABC2) 582,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Die Hard with a Vengeance (e.tv) 3,214,000
2) The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl (e.tv) 2,816,000
3) Despicable Me (SABC1) 2,173,000
4) Jerusalema (SABC2) 2,081,000
5) Hero Wanted (e.tv) 1,837,000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Generations (SABC1) 7,499,000
2) Intersexions (SABC1) 6,152,000
3) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 5,448,000
4) Zone 14 (SABC1) 5,265,000
5) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,408,000
6) Rhythm City (e.tv) 4,059,000
7) Friends Like These (SABC1) 4,010,000
8) Muvhango (SABC2) 3,857,000
9) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,474,000
10) Turn It Out (SABC1) 3,398,000



4 Comments

RONDA
31 May 2013 18:23

With Scandal! extending to 5 days a week,i bet Isidingo's gonna regret changing timeslots,im so happy for eTV's soapies,and Gen still pulling numbers

nthabisheng
01 Jun 2013 17:01

isidingo must just move to 7pm slot gape go thata shem and it looks like pearl thusi is not helping at all ,where is bonang and top billing btw

Ingenuity
03 Jun 2013 09:47

4 million baby. Go RC

Kem Moc
04 Jun 2013 18:16

I need to get Namhla to help me write an open letter to the RC head writer about their lame storylines. I don't care about numbers but my beloved soap has turned into a joke. She got Metro to listen, surely etv will follow suit.


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