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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
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Primetime TV Ratings - Week 19

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 20 May 2015
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These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 4 - 10 May, 2015.

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 5,491,000 Muvhango 4,569,000 The Bold and the Beautiful 1,014,000
2. Uzalo 5,158,000 Moferefere Lenyalong (R) 2,370,000 Isidingo 862,000
3. Skeem Saam 4,865,000 Speak Out 2,205,000 Days of Our Lives 665,000
4. Tempy Pushas 4,641,000 Ditlabonyane Ke Ditlaboima (Reb) 2,107,000 Billy Elliot 593,000
5. Mfolozi Street (Reb) 4,016,000 Wipeout 1,613,000 Seriously Funny Kids 593,000
6. Zulu News 3,249,000 Abo Mzala 1,251,000 Hostages 494,000
7. Selimathunzi 3,094,000 Thokolosi 1,218,000 Survivor: Philippines 494,000
8. Thandeka's Diary 3,061,000 Majakathata 1,119,000 Nikita 461,000
9. Xhosa News 3,012,000 7de Laan 1,099,000 Top Billing 461,000
10. Jika Majika 2,897,000 Gospel Classics 922,000 The Game 444,000
 
 
# Show Viewers Show Viewers Show Viewers
1. Scandal! 2,877,000 Carte Blanche 66,000 isiBaya 862,000
2. Taken 2,403,000 Hercules: The Movie 33,000 Our Perfect Wedding 856,000
3. Rhythm City 1,909,000 Celebrity MasterChef South Africa 33,000 Big Brother Mzansi Eviction Show 757,000
4. I Shouldn't Be Alive 1,547,000 CSI: Cyber 33,000 Diski Divas 362,000
5. Modern Family 1,514,000 Modern Family 33,000 Love Back 214,000
6. Anger Management 1,383,000 The Fixer 33,000 Big Brother Mzansi Nomination Show 198,000
7. Ashes to Ashes 1,267,000 MasterChef Australia 7,000 Zabalaza (2013) 174,000
8. WWE Smackdown 1,119,000 2 Broke Girls   Mandla & Lexi 165,000
9. Umlilo 889,000 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.   Big Brother Mzansi Daily Show 132,000
10. eNews Prime Time 770,000 Arrow   Dead Man Down 99,000


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,641,000
2) Mfolozi Street (Reb) (SABC1) 4,016,000
3) Ditlabonyane Ke Ditlaboima (Reb) (SABC2) 2,107,000
4) Thokolosi (SABC2) 1,218,000
5) Umlilo (e.tv) 889,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 2,831,000
2) The Perfect Sishebo Show (SABC1) 2,271,000
3) Mokapelo (SABC1) 2,238,000
4) Holiday Swap (SABC1) 1,745,000
5) Wipeout (SABC2) 1,613,000

Top Comedies

1) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,061,000
2) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 2,798,000
3) Moferefere Lenyalong (R) (SABC2) 2,370,000
4) Modern Family (e.tv) 1,514,000
5) Abo Mzala (SABC2) 1,251,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,249,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3,012,000
3) Siswati/Ndebele News (SABC1) 1,231,000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 803,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 800,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 5,491,000
2) Uzalo (SABC1) 5,158,000
3) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4,865,000
4) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,569,000
5) Scandal! (e.tv) 2,877,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Motswako (SABC2) 625,000
2) Eksê Zwakala (e.tv) 477,000
3) Steve Harvey (e.tv) 474,000
4) Katch It With Khanyi (e.tv) 461,000
5) The Talk (SABC1) 454,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,205,000
2) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1,712,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 889,000
4) Checkpoint (e.tv) 724,000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 593,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2,008,000
2) Pasella (SABC2) 560,000
3) Top Billing (SABC3) 461,000
4) 50/50 (SABC3) 395,000
5) Nhlalala Ya Rixaka (SABC2) 362,000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 1,942,000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 790,000
3) I Love South Africa (e.tv) 691,000

Top Documentaries

1) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 1,547,000
2) Ba Kae? (SABC2) 395,000
3) Docuville (SABC3) 362,000
4) King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (SABC2) 230,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Taken (e.tv) 2,403,000
2) Anger Management (e.tv) 1,383,000
3) Red Dust (SABC2) 922,000
4) Hollywood Homicide (e.tv) 757,000
5) Jozi (SABC1) 757,000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Generations (SABC1) 5,491,000
2) uZalo (SABC1) 5,158,000
3) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4,865,000
4) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,641,000
5) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,569,000
6) Mfolozi Street (Reb) (SABC1) 4,016,000
7) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,061,000
8) Scandal! (e.tv) 2,877,000
9) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 2,831,000
10) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 2,798,000

Special interest note:

SABC3's new Afternoon Express narrowly missed making the Top 5 Magazine Shows in it's debut week. It premiered on Monday, 4 May at 16h00 with 329,000 viewers and averaged 356,000 viewers for the week.

It's most popular day was Thursday, 7 May when 461,000 viewers tuned in. This halved to 230,000 viewers on the Friday (8 May).
 

! Check out TVSA's Twitter feed for juicy snippets about this week's ratings. #TAMSWatch
 

Channels in this post: SABC1, SABC2, SABC3, e.tv, Mzansi Magic, M-Net



4 Comments

Show-Time
20 May 2015 00:59

All popular regular shows' figures have declined. Could load shedding be the factor again?

Robyn...
20 May 2015 10:52

It definatly is, we have been having rolling blackouts daily from 6 to 10. Eskom is full of crap

4rayboy
20 May 2015 21:12

Uzalo on top of Skeem Saam???? I think its because most people would be at work while other on their way home at that time. Poor Ashes to Ashes!! You cant even beat Scandal.

lecibarr
22 May 2015 04:41

I love skeem sawn and uzalo.. one of them should scoop the first position once


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