These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for March 2020.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: March 2020
Special notes
Whoa! See Mzansi Magic soar
Three factors came together to create record ratings for the channel's Top 5 shows in March:
1. Lockdown SA. Errbody's home to watch.
2. NO loadshedding.
3. Mzansi Magic extended to the DStv Family and Access packages in the final week of March and all the record ratings happened from 29 to 31 March. It's on these packages until 17 April.
Free-to-air boost
Viewership of all the top shows on the free-to-air channels is up from February too. Not to the same extent as DStv, but every show has a boost because of Lockdown and no loadshedding. All except for Isidingo.
Uzalo's back to over 10-million for the first time in months - ditto Skeem Saam at over 7-million - and the Xhosa and Zulu News on SABC1 are up by over a million viewers per bulletin since February.
More nonsons
Please note: the Broadcast Research Council (who compile the TAMS) included daytime shows again this month, which means there are primetime shows that haven't gotten a look-in on these lists.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
10,295,063 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
8,217,345 |
| Skeem Saam |
7,257,988 |
| Xhosa News |
5,399,834 |
| Zulu News |
5,282 819
|
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
5,045,128 |
| SABC News:Covid - 19 Lockdown |
2,890,985 |
| Music |
2,388,035 |
| 7De Laan |
2,033,825 |
| S2 2000-2159 (undefined) |
1,977,649
|
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Isidingo -R(epeat) |
877,800 |
| Isidingo:the Need |
781,504 |
| Momentum One Day International:South Afr |
740,463 |
| Tropika Island of Treasure -R |
726,670 |
| Knight Rider |
712,226 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
5,170,945 |
| Imbewu: The Seed |
4,140,563 |
| Rhythm City |
3,890,167 |
| Ride Along 2 |
3,258,677 |
| Fast & Furious 6 |
3,197,593 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Queen |
2,287,130 |
| Our Perfect Wedding |
1,833,975 |
| Gomora |
1,708,142 |
| Date My Family |
1,636,734 |
| Omen |
1,443,068 |
For an explanation of the TAMS, please see: The TAMS Ratings Explained.