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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
TVSA TAMS coverage - airing since 2006

Week 16: 14 - 20 April

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 15 May 2008
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These are the primetime television viewing figures for 14 - 20 April, 2008.

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 4,516,000 Stokvel 2,586,000 Days Of Our Lives 1,660,000
2. Zone 14 4,091,000 Muvhango 2,432,000 National Geographic 1,602,000
3. Entabeni 3,454,000 It's Gospel Time 2,161,000 Isidingo 1,069,000
4. Zulu News 3,216,000 7de Laan 1,976,000 3 Talk 919,000
5. Jika Majika 3,126,000 Afrikaans News 1,549,000 The Oprah Winfrey Show 884,000
6. Nomzamo 2,933,000 Malan En Kie 1,544,000 Desperate Housewives 868,000
7. Xhosa News 2,846,000 Hillside 1,525,000 Law & Order 868,000
8. Zola 7 2,818,000 Emzini Wezinsizwa 1,467,000 Pimp My Ride 868,000
9. Bay Of Plenty 2,798,000 Pasella 1,409,000 English News 863,000
10. Friends Like These 2,721,000 Motswako: The Mix 1,254,000 Rules of Engagement 849,000
 
   
# Show Viewers Show Viewers    
1. Agent Cody Banks 2,277,000 Carte Blanche 405,000    
2. WWE Smackdown 2,142,000 World Trade Center 386,000    
3. Speed 2,084,000 Prison Break 367,000    
4. Rhythm City 1,582,000 Egoli 332,000    
5. Scandal! 1,486,000 Grey's Anatomy 328,000    
6. e.tv News 1,395,000 Binnelanders 235,000    
7. Showbiz Report 1,389,000 Ugly Betty 232,000    
8. Arrested Development 1,332,000 CSI 193,000    
9. Dark Warrior 1,332,000 Desperate Housewives 193,000    
10. Seconds From Disaster 1,254,000 Ella Blue 193,000    


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Zone 14 (SABC1) 4,091,000
2) Entabeni (SABC1) 3,454,000
3) Bay Of Plenty (SABC1) 2,798,000
4) Malan En Kie (SABC2) 1,544,000
5) Hillside (SABC2) 1,525,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Zola 7 (SABC1) 2,818,000
2) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 1,949,000
3) Renovate My Family (SABC2) 1,254,000
4) Cheaters (e.tv) 1,177,000
5) Real TV (e.tv) 1,023,000

Top Comedies

1) Stokvel (SABC2) 2,586,000
2) All Of Us (SABC1) 2,451,000
3) Eve (SABC1) 2,335,000
4) Emzini Wezinsizwa (SABC2) 1,467,000
5) Arrested Development (e.tv) 1,332,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,216,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,846,000
3) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,549,000
4) e.tv News (e.tv) 1,395,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 1,139,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 4,516,000
2) The Bold And The Beautiful (SABC1) 2,532,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 2,432,000
4) 7de Laan (SABC2) 1,976,000
5) Days Of Our Lives (SABC3) 1,660,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Asikhlume (SABC1) 1,486,000
2) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1,254,000
3) 3 Talk (SABC3) 919,000
4) The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3) 884,000
5) Interface (SABC3) 444,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Fokus (SABC2) 1,235,000
2) Head Wrap (SABC1) 1,177,000
3) Youth Expression (SABC1) 1,139,000
4) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 946,000
5) 3rd Degree (e.tv) 695,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) EMS Volume 1 (SABC1) 2,296,000
2) Ses'khona (SABC1) 2,103,000
3) Pasella (SABC2) 1,409,000
4) Showbiz Report (e.tv) 1,389,000
5) Artcha (SABC2) 946,000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 2,721,000
2) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1,930,000
3) The Generation Game (SABC2) 1,061,000
4) Raise Your Game (e.tv) 946,000
5) Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (M-Net) 174,000

Top Documentaries

1) National Geographic (SABC3) 1,602,000
2) Seconds From Disaster (e.tv) 1,254,000
3) Earth: The Power of the Planet (SABC2) 1,177,000
4) Families Under Attack (SABC1) 1,177,000
5) Pap & Attitude (SABC3) 367,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Agent Cody Banks (e.tv) 2,277,000
2) Speed (e.tv) 2,084,000
3) Blue Crush (SABC1) 1,872,000
4) The Matrix Revolutions (SABC1) 1,621,000
5) Dark Warrior (e.tv) 1,332,000



3 Comments

Renegade
16 May 2008 07:42

I think some people's tv sets are just tuned to SABC1 all the time

alex
16 May 2008 08:49

LOL Renegade - that's the only reason I can think of too!

realist
19 May 2008 23:32

Must be the language problem or challenges as the ANC brigade likes to call it.


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