These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for August 2022.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: August 2022.
Special notes
Yoh!
Serial nosedivers Idols and Muvhango have plunged again, by 81,758 and 140,730 viewers respectively, between
July and August.
Idols went from 743,516 viewers in July to 661,758 for its highest episode in August.
Also, see how the viewership dropped by even more for the first live show on 28 August, by another 172,150 viewers!
This is a whopping 220,047 viewers less than the viewership for the first live show that appeared in the ratings for Season 17.
The first live show that appeared was on
19 September 2021, with a viewership of 709,655 viewers.
Audience share for live shows has dropped from 8.4 to 5.7.
Imbewu claws back
See how Imbewu reached 3-million viewers for the first time since it was pushed into 21h00 in April ths year.
Charting
Shows on the move:
- > The Real Housewives of Cape Town, which could outperform Idols soon with its 618,994 viewers for its most watched episode.
- > SABC1's docu-reality Fooled by Love, which attracted an impressive 2,120,009 viewers for 18h00 in its second week on air.
- > Is'phindiselo, which attracted its highest viewership of 1,981,088 since its premiere in April.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
6,561,077 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
5,546,492 |
| Skeem Saam |
4,306,426 |
| Zulu News |
2,642,166 |
| Xhosa News |
2,615,648 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
1,585,498 |
| 7De Laan |
992,234 |
| Kgatelopele -R |
706,785 |
| Nuus |
704,272 |
| Ses/Tsw/Sep News |
668,961 |
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Wonders of Marsupials |
625,650 |
| News |
566,757 |
| Eden Untamed Planet |
508,935 |
| Costa Rica: Rise of Nature |
480,309 |
| The Estate-R |
442,004 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
5,542,427 |
| House of Zwide |
5,142,445 |
| Imbewu |
3,059,307 |
| Durban Gen |
2,748,014 |
| The Black Door |
2,556,437 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Gomora |
1,122,155 |
| Uyajola 9/9 |
985,124 |
| The Queen |
754,539 |
| Isifiso |
683,441 |
| Idols |
661,758 |
Please note: these ratings don't include viewership from DStv Catch Up, YouTube, Viu or eVOD. They only reflect the viewership of people who watched on the day, at the time of broadcast.
For an explanation of the TAMS, please see:
The TAMS Ratings Explained.