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• Top Shows on TV: October 2023
  10 Nov 2023 15:37 (6 replies)

  

  e.tv owns 66.6% of the country's Big 3 and My Brother's Keeper debuts in DStv's Top 5.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2023
  10 Oct 2023 18:16 (0 replies)

  

  Umkhokha: The Curse takes the No.1 spot on DStv and the SAFTAs viewership reflects the signs of our times.
  

• Top Shows on TV: August 2023
  11 Sep 2023 16:27 (6 replies)

  

  Saturday evenings belong to S3 instead of Mzansi Magic as The Masked Singer and Miss SA give S3 a much needed boost.
  

• Top Shows on TV: July 2023
  16 Aug 2023 17:11 (3 replies)

  

  Skeem Saam nips at Uzalo's heels, 7de Laan gets even closer to Muvhango and Umkhokha outperforms Gomora for the first time.
  

• Top Shows on TV: June 2023
  11 Jul 2023 15:04 (0 replies)

  

  The Masked Singer SA flops on SABC1 and Shaka iLembe knocks Gomora off its DStv perch.
  

• Top Shows on TV: May 2023
  14 Jun 2023 15:19 (1 replies)

  

  Umkhokha: The Rise doubles its audience share in three months and Isitha outperforms The Black Door.
  

• Top Shows on TV: April 2023
  10 May 2023 19:20 (1 replies)

  

  Are Nikiwe's ratings just Smoke & Mirrors?
  

• Top Shows on TV: March 2023
  18 Apr 2023 19:41 (1 replies)

  

  See how viewership soured during the national shutdown revealing the government's fear of the EFF.
  

• Top Shows on TV: February 2023
  14 Mar 2023 15:14 (1 replies)

  

  The Uzalo Sunday Omnibus makes SABC1's Top 5 as people struggle to catch up amidst the loadshedding scourge.
  

• Top Shows on TV: January 2023
  22 Feb 2023 17:55 (2 replies)

  

  The TAMS viewership ratings are officially irrelevant. Loadshedding has destroyed them. See why.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2022
  31 Jan 2023 12:36 (0 replies)

  

  Hello darkness my old friend. Stage 6 loadshedding and the holidays collided in a ratings crash for the country's top shows.
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2022
  20 Dec 2022 13:08 (1 replies)

  

  Over 1.6-million viewers show solidarity with the women on Orange Couch and The Black Door makes e.tv's Top 3 for the first time.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2022
  9 Nov 2022 16:53 (3 replies)

  

  Tropika Island of Treasure shoots up by 38% on S3, the week after Katlego Maboe's return as host.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2022
  11 Oct 2022 16:27 (1 replies)

  

  Muvhango now has more viewers during SABC1's morning repeat than in SABC2's primetime, and The Wife's first numbers are in.
  

• Top Shows on TV: August 2022
  13 Sep 2022 18:37 (0 replies)

  

  The Idols live shows nosedive by 220,000 viewers between Season 17 and 18 and Imbewu claws back to 3-million.
  

• Top Shows on TV: July 2022
  11 Aug 2022 18:16 (0 replies)

  

  No high note for Idols despite Somizi's comeback.
  

• Top Shows on TV: June 2022
  8 Jul 2022 17:35 (2 replies)

  

  Isono makes e.tv's Top 10 for the first time and Muvhango free falls, losing 57% of its audience in a year.
  

• Top Shows on TV: May 2022
  9 Jun 2022 11:40 (2 replies)

  

  The Stage 4 loadshedding wreaked havoc on the country's top shows and the Imbewu producers lost the most.
  

• Top Shows on TV: April 2022
  9 May 2022 15:46 (2 replies)

  

  Audiences are not turned on by e.tv's The Black Door as the channel's 21h30 timeslot plummets by 1-million viewers.
  

• Top Shows on TV: March 2022
  13 Apr 2022 16:23 (0 replies)

  

  Mzansi Magic lost 25% of its viewers between January and March in its once popular early evening Sunday timeslot.
  

• Top Shows on TV: February 2022
  15 Mar 2022 12:29 (0 replies)

  

  DStv's top shows drop to under 1-million viewers for the first time since July 2016.
  

• Top Shows on TV: January 2022
  14 Feb 2022 14:14 (4 replies)

  

  Viewers protest Big Brother Mzansi by using their remote controls. See how low the ratings are.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2021
  12 Jan 2022 16:31 (0 replies)

  

  The finale of SABC2's Sunday singer Stand Up South Africa scores a Top 20 spot.
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2021
  12 Jan 2022 16:31 (0 replies)

  

  The Estate hit turbo charged ratings in November when it aired in Gen's timeslot on SABC1 and the Omnibus made No.1 on S3 for the first time.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2021
  11 Nov 2021 16:02 (0 replies)

  

  Record ratings for The Estate Omnibus on S3 this month as Idols continues its low note of losing a third of its audience.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2021
  19 Oct 2021 13:06 (0 replies)

  

  The reload of The Estate on SABC1 knocks the primetime broadcast off S3's Top 20 list.
  

• Top Shows on TV: August 2021
  13 Sep 2021 12:28 (0 replies)

  

  Idols viewership crashes by a third.
  

• Top Shows on TV: July 2021
  13 Aug 2021 11:32 (3 replies)

  

  House of Zwide debuts with 4.2-million and The Estate plummets by 28,6% in primetime, while the Omnibus remains stable.
  

• Top Shows on TV: June 2021
  13 Jul 2021 12:43 (4 replies)

  

  Imbewu and Durban Gen deliver record ratings for Family Feud SA and Meikie's gun fires more shots for Skeem Saam.
  

• Top Shows on TV: May 2021
  10 Jun 2021 17:53 (2 replies)

  

  The SAFTAs hits a critical low and the Kwaito/John shocker turbo-boosts Skeem Saam by over 700,000 viewers.
  

• Top Shows on TV: April 2021
  12 May 2021 15:26 (2 replies)

  

  uBettina Wethu, Die Sentrum, DiepCity, The Estate, The Station and more. See the ratings for April's blitz of new local shows.
  

• Top Shows on TV: March 2021
  12 Apr 2021 13:22 (2 replies)

  

  No Compact boost for Lingashoni and Love Island SA.
  

• Top Shows on TV: February 2021
  11 Mar 2021 12:10 (8 replies)

  

  eHostela 2 drops by almost a million viewers on DStv, revealing it would be best served if it was an Mzansi Wethu signature show.
  

• Top Shows on TV: January 2021
  12 Feb 2021 10:40 (2 replies)

  

  eHostela 2 topples The Queen to take the No. 2 spot on DStv amidst a buoyant Top 3.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2020
  12 Jan 2021 12:45 (0 replies)

  

  Emergency! Skeem Saam lost its signature spot as the country's No. 3 show, replaced by Scandal!
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2020
  8 Dec 2020 17:06 (0 replies)

  

  2.9-million want to braai chops with AKA and Durban Gen's siren sounded louder at 2-million.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2020
  10 Nov 2020 12:31 (1 replies)

  

  Durban Gen disrupted the 18h30 timeslot in its debut month, attracting almost the same viewership as 7de Laan. Skeem Saam may need a doctor.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2020
  8 Oct 2020 10:02 (3 replies)

  

  Scandal! escapes losing Top Spot, SABC1's short films make an impact and Morning Live's viewership is revealed.
  

• Top Shows on TV: August 2020
  7 Sep 2020 11:36 (3 replies)

  

  The unbanning of alcohol was a hit for SABC2. It was the channel's no.1 attraction and the country's no.4 most watched.
  

• Top Shows on TV: July 2020
  14 Aug 2020 09:14 (3 replies)

  

  The dust has settled on Lockdown mayhem and Uyajola 9/9 is officially the No.1 show on DStv while Bittersoet makes a mark for e.
  

• Top Shows on TV: June 2020
  7 Jul 2020 13:21 (4 replies)

  

  SABC1's transgender film attracted almost 3-million viewers, Uzalo's comeback was a dramatic anti-climax and Level 3 killed the heady heights of March to May.
  

• Top Shows on TV: May 2020
  9 Jun 2020 19:16 (2 replies)

  

  Skeem Saam's deadly school trip gives Gen the boot, Makoti hits the spot as a telenovela and Access viewers prove the power in their numbers.
  

• Top Shows on TV: April 2020
  7 May 2020 12:29 (2 replies)

  

  See our shows soar! Uzalo, Gen, Skeem Saam and Rhythm City hit record ratings and Gomora toppled The Queen from its throne with 2.5-million.
  

• Top Shows on TV: March 2020
  7 Apr 2020 11:45 (0 replies)

  

  Ka-Ching! Lockdown SA. NO loadshedding. Now extended to DStv Family and Access too. Mzansi Magic hits the jackpot with record ratings.
  

• Top Shows on TV: February 2020
  1 Apr 2020 11:21 (0 replies)

  

  Rather late never! But be warned: the numbers have been shoddily compiled and aren't for Primetime. They're a mix of Prime and Daytime.
  

• Top Shows on TV: January 2020
  18 Feb 2020 15:05 (1 replies)

  

  Load shedding hit Mzansi's Big Four shows hard in January with a plunge of 3.5 million viewers between them.
  

• Top Shows on TV: December 2019
  21 Jan 2020 15:51 (3 replies)

  

  Viewership for 2019's Miss World on SABC3 was almost identical to Miss South Africa on Mzansi Magic.
  

• Top Shows on TV: November 2019
  13 Dec 2019 17:07 (2 replies)

  

  Giyani ended with a bang, reaching over 2-million viewers for the first time for its penultimate episode.
  

• Top Shows on TV: October 2019
  11 Nov 2019 10:26 (2 replies)

  

  Idols dethrones The Queen as the No. 1 show on DStv after The Queen's two year reign.
  

• Top Shows on TV: September 2019
  14 Oct 2019 14:52 (4 replies)

  

  Mzansi Bioskop makes a major showing on DStv this month but this is because the BRC set the incorrect parametres for DStv's Top 30.
  

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