They're back! New and improved! Today we're pleased to present TVSA's new TAMS coverage which includes, for the first time ever, Mzansi Magic's viewership.
Mzansi Magic has officially overtaken M-Net as the most consistently popular channel on DStv which means that Nielsen and the Broadcast Research Council are now including it in their weekly viewership updates.
Only the channels with the biggest audience share are included in these weekly updates so the introduction of Mzansi Magic is an extremely notable development. You'll see that the channel's impact is revealed the numbers.
And now, without further adieu, these are the ratings for 23 February - 1 March, 2015:
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Top Shows By Channel
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Generations |
5,859,000 |
Muvhango |
4,411,000 |
Isidingo |
1,514,000 |
| 2. |
uZalo |
4,510,000 |
Mopheme |
2,502,000 |
The Bold and the Beautiful |
1,086,000 |
| 3. |
Tempy Pushas |
4,345,000 |
Moferefere Lenyalong (R) |
2,436,000 |
Days of Our Lives |
691,000 |
| 4. |
Africa By Women: Through Her Eyes |
4,115,000 |
Speak Out |
2,337,000 |
The Mentalist |
625,000 |
| 5. |
Metro FM Music Awards |
3,489,000 |
Ga Re Dumele |
2,041,000 |
NCIS: Los Angeles |
527,000 |
| 6. |
Skeem Saam |
3,259,000 |
Thokolosi |
1,843,000 |
Nikita |
527,000 |
| 7. |
iThuba Lokugcina |
3,061,000 |
It's Gospel Time |
1,350,000 |
Red Riding Hood |
527,000 |
| 8. |
Zulu News |
2,996,000 |
It's Gospel Time (R) |
1,350,000 |
Californication |
494,000 |
| 9. |
Jika Majika |
2,897,000 |
7de Laan |
1,218,000 |
Minute to Win It |
494,000 |
| 10. |
Selimathunzi |
2,831,000 |
When Duty Calls |
1,152,000 |
The Amazing Race |
461,000 |
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Scandal! |
2,633,000 |
Carte Blanche |
165,000 |
isiBaya |
856,000 |
| 2. |
Brooklyn's Finest |
1,646,000 |
Ride Along |
99,000 |
Rockville |
823,000 |
| 3. |
Thunderbolt |
1,514,000 |
Celebrity MasterChef South Africa |
99,000 |
Our Perfect Wedding |
757,000 |
| 4. |
How I Met Your Mother |
1,481,000 |
MasterChef Australia |
66,000 |
The Perfect Holiday |
263,000 |
| 5. |
WWE Smackdown |
1,481,000 |
Modern Family |
66,000 |
BootCamp Mzansi |
230,000 |
| 6. |
I Shouldn't Be Alive |
1,251,000 |
2 Broke Girls |
33,000 |
Zabalaza (2013) |
198,000 |
| 7. |
Checkpoint |
955,000 |
2 Broke Girls (R) |
33,000 |
Rockville (R) |
132,000 |
| 8. |
e.tv News |
955,000 |
About a Boy (R) |
33,000 |
Hot Plate: Catering eKasi |
99,000 |
| 9. |
The Other Guys |
955,000 |
Academy Awards |
33,000 |
Lokshin Bioskop: Ingadi |
99,000 |
| 10. |
Rhythm City |
790,000 |
Blue Bloods |
33,000 |
Our Perfect Wedding (Reb) |
99,000 |
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Top Shows By Genre
Top Dramas
1) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,345,000
2) Mopheme (SABC2) 2,502,000
3) Thokolosi (SABC2) 1,843,000
4) Teen Wolf (SABC2) 625,000
5) The Mentalist (SABC3) 625,000
Top Reality Shows
1) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 1,778,000
2) Mokapelo (SABC1) 1,646,000
3) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 1,481,000
4) Holiday Swap (SABC1) 1,020,000
5) Wipeout (SABC2) 988,000
Top Comedies
1) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 3,061,000
2) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 2,666,000
3) Moferefere Lenyalong (R) (SABC2) 2,436,000
4) Ga Re Dumele (SABC2) 2,041,000
5) How I Met Your Mother (e.tv) 1,481,000
Top News Bulletins
1) Zulu News (SABC1) 2,996,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,568,000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 955,000
4) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 823,000
5) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 790,000
Top Soap Operas
1) Generations (SABC1) 5,859,000
2) uZalo (SABC1) 4,510,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,411,000
4) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 3,259,000
5) Scandal! (e.tv) 2,633,000
Top Talk Shows
1) Motswako (SABC2) 494,000
2) Katch It With Khanyi (e.tv) 395,000
3) 3 Talk (SABC3) 362,000
4) Eksê: Let's Talk with Masechaba Lekalake (e.tv) 362,000
5) The Queen Latifah Show (e.tv) 329,000
Top Actuality Shows
1) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,337,000
2) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1,415,000
3) Checkpoint (e.tv) 955,000
4) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 790,000
5) Interface (SABC2) 790,000
Top Magazine Shows
1) The Link (SABC1) 889,000
2) Club 808 (e.tv) 560,000
3) Pasella (SABC2) 527,000
4) Nhlalala Ya Rixaka (SABC2) 362,000
5) 50/50 (SABC3) 329,000
Top Game Shows
1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 1,580,000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 757,000
3) Minute to Win It (SABC3) 494,000
4) What's Behind the Wall? (SABC2) 395,000
Top Documentaries
1) Africa By Women: Through Her Eyes (SABC1) 4,115,000
2) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 1,251,000
3) Come Again (SABC1) 1,152,000
4) Come Again (R) (SABC1) 955,000
5) Africa By Women: Bougainvillea (SABC1) 724,000
Top Primetime Movies
1) Brooklyn's Finest (e.tv) 1,646,000
2) Thunderbolt (e.tv) 1,514,000
3) Never Die Alone (SABC1) 1,284,000
4) The Other Guys (e.tv) 955,000
5) Angels & Demons (e.tv) 593,000
Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)
1) Generations (SABC1) 5,859,000
2) uZalo (SABC1) 4,510,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,411,000
4) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,345,000
5) Africa By Women: Through Her Eyes (SABC1) 4,115,000
6) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 3,259,000
7) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 3,061,000
8) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 2,666,000
9) Scandal! (e.tv) 2,633,000
10) Mopheme (SABC2) 2,502,000
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For an explanation of how the viewing figures are calculated, please read
this article.
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