Huge viewership gains for Rockville in Season 2

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 08 May 2014
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While the IEC's been counting Election votes, we've been counting eyeballs on Mzansi Magic's Rockville.

We can now reveal the results: the show has made very notable and dramatic gains between Seasons 1 and 2.

Viewership for each premiere episode (i.e. the first run of each episode) increased by a whopping 64% between Seasons 1 and 2.

Produced by Connie and Shona Ferguson, Rockville centres round two families embroiled in an ongoing feud. Season 1 aired on Mzansi Magic on Wednesday nights at 19h00 last year and attracted an average viewership of 219, 187 viewers per episode.

When Season 2 aired this year, on Sundays at 20h00, viewership increased to an average of 359 635 viewers per episode. A gain of 64%.

Interestingly, more people saw Season 1 than Season 2 overall because Season 1 had two repeats during the week whereas Season 2 only had one.

Overall viewership for Season 1 (with repeats): 6, 136, 897
Overall viewership for Season 2: 4, 560, 690

This didn't deter Season 2 - the average viewership per episode (with repeats) was still higher. An average of 227, 035 viewers watched each episode of Season 2 (including repeats) while 204, 563 viewers watched each episode of Season. 1.

Clearly the move from Wednesdays to Sunday nights has been a very positive move for the show. The series attracted an increasing crowd through the season and kept them throughout. As you'll see from the overview below, the Season 2 finale broke the show's highest viewership record.

Which means there will obviously be a Season 3.

Neither Mzansi Magic nor Ferguson Films have confirmed this but with figures like these, we have no doubt there will be. Here's an overview of both seasons:

Important to note as you browse the ratings ...

The figures are provided by SAARF and reflect South African audiences i.e. they don't include DStv viewers from other countries.
They reflect the National Universe and are calculated in the same way as the weekly Primetime TV Viewing Figures.
They represent the standard currency of adults (15+).
They include the repeats for both seasons.

SEASON 1:

Date	Day of week	Start time	Average viewership
19/06/2013	Wednesday	19:00:40	144 725
22/06/2013	Saturday	20:00:16	195 731
24/06/2013	Monday	21:33:29	165 096
26/06/2013	Wednesday	19:00:34	180 847
29/06/2013	Saturday	20:01:05	234 826
01/07/2013	Monday	21:30:13	354 486
03/07/2013	Wednesday	19:00:40	154 498
06/07/2013	Saturday	20:00:04	198 416
08/07/2013	Monday	21:31:48	153 315
10/07/2013	Wednesday	19:00:23	195 852
13/07/2013	Saturday	20:13:23	273 794
15/07/2013	Monday	21:30:19	124 341
17/07/2013	Wednesday	19:00:29	131 577
20/07/2013	Saturday	20:00:04	120 295
22/07/2013	Monday	21:32:48	104 801
24/07/2013	Wednesday	19:00:08	258 634
27/07/2013	Saturday	20:00:09	270 014
29/07/2013	Monday	21:31:48	128 499
31/07/2013	Wednesday	19:00:27	330 437
03/08/2013	Saturday	20:00:06	219 560
05/08/2013	Monday	21:31:32	226 150
07/08/2013	Wednesday	19:00:02	308 907
10/08/2013	Saturday	20:00:04	205 641
12/08/2013	Monday	21:30:06	177 230
14/08/2013	Wednesday	19:00:07	220 724
17/08/2013	Saturday	20:00:03	263 437
19/08/2013	Monday	21:35:04	142 001
21/08/2013	Wednesday	19:00:26	265 669
24/08/2013	Saturday	20:03:38	208 557
26/08/2013	Monday	21:33:32	178 837

SEASON 2

Date	Day of week	Start time	Average Viewership
09/02/2014	Sunday	20:00:26	311 339
14/02/2014	Friday	22:00:32	34 776
16/02/2014	Sunday	20:01:00	355 132
21/02/2014	Friday	22:00:31	59 463
23/02/2014	Sunday	20:02:15	323 663
28/02/2014	Friday	22:01:55	32 286
02/03/2014	Sunday	20:00:05	293 753
07/03/2014	Friday	22:00:44	56 833
09/03/2014	Sunday	19:59:35	325 073
14/03/2014	Friday	20:30:27	81 594
16/03/2014	Sunday	20:01:40	335 585
21/03/2014	Friday	21:00:05	180 708
23/03/2014	Sunday	20:00:24	328 421
28/03/2014	Friday	21:00:09	238 570
30/03/2014	Sunday	20:00:53	406 976
04/04/2014	Friday	22:00:21	83 249
06/04/2014	Sunday	20:01:05	435 724
11/04/2014	Friday	22:00:26	109 415
13/04/2014	Sunday	20:00:21	480 684
18/04/2014	Friday	22:15:27	67 446

7 Comments

Magical Baby
09 May 2014 08:20

I would love to see it come back especially since Cassius is dead. I would love to see what's gonna happen to Lindi and the boyfriend (Pysfo) and the relationship with JB and his daughter since she saw him kill the grandfather.

Vesa
09 May 2014 14:21

@Tashi....can we pls have the same for Isibaya? I'm curious to know about their figures after turning it into a soapie

Revorushin
09 May 2014 23:46

I wonder what the vierwership for Big Brother, Rockville's lead in was like

babytee
11 May 2014 00:30

Please not season3. Season2 was not as nice as season 1

Gosss
11 May 2014 22:37

but when has good ratings meant a show will be picked up for another season in SA? In this country, shows just come and disappear as the channel pleases (Jacob's Cross). We only pray there will be another season soon and not in 2 years

Danick
13 May 2014 14:37

I think the writers of dramas/soaps are limited!!!! Why? Most storylines are centre on two families - Isindingo (Sibekos and Haines), Generations (Dlomos and Memelas),Muvhango (Mokoenas/Mukhwebos),you can add Inkaba, Zabalaza,Isibiya................ they are all so the same and predictable

Danick
13 May 2014 14:39

what do you think

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