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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
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Week 20: 12 - 18 May

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 12 Jun 2008
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These are the primetime television viewing figures for 12 - 18 May, 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 4,493,000 Muvhango 2,620,000 Nature on Track 1,891,000
2. Jika Majika 3,358,000 Stokvel 2,412,000 Days Of Our Lives 1,652,000
3. Zulu News 3,339,000 It's Gospel Time 2,084,000 Pimp My Ride 1,081,000
4. Hopeville Mansions 3,165,000 7de Laan 2,022,000 The Healing Power of Nature 1,042,000
5. Inzingane zoBaba 3,049,000 Emzini Wezinsizwa 1,872,000 George Lopez 1,023,000
6. Xhosa News 2,793,000 Afrikaans News 1,651,000 Isidingo 1,015,000
7. True Lies 2,721,000 Fokus 1,602,000 English News 937,000
8. Sokhulu & Partners 2,625,000 Hillside 1,602,000 3 Talk 907,000
9. The Bold And The Beautiful 2,582,000 Pasella 1,389,000 Prison Break 888,000
10. All Of Us 2,412,000 Song vir Katryn 1,351,000 Rules of Engagement 888,000
 
   
# Show Viewers Show Viewers    
1. WWE Smackdown 2,393,000 Carte Blanche 367,000    
2. Rhythm City 1,745,000 Egoli 359,000    
3. Rocky III 1,640,000 Grey's Anatomy 328,000    
4. Scandal! 1,447,000 Desperate Housewives 251,000    
5. Look Who's Talking Now 1,428,000 Binnelanders 247,000    
6. e.tv News 1,417,000 Rocky Balboa 232,000    
7. Arrested Development 1,389,000 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 232,000    
8. Raise Your Game 1,274,000 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? 212,000    
9. Showbiz Report 1,216,000 CSI 212,000    
10. Friends 1,177,000 Life 212,000    


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Hopeville Mansions (SABC1) 3,165,000
2) Inzingane zoBaba (SABC1) 3,049,000
3) Sokhulu & Partners (SABC1) 2,625,000
4) Clean Hands (SABC1) 2,335,000
5) Hillside (SABC2) 1,602,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 1,891,000
2) Forgive and Forget (e.tv) 1,139,000
3) Pimp My Ride (SABC3) 1,081,000
4) Cheaters (e.tv) 1,023,000
5) The Biggest Loser (e.tv) 753,000

Top Comedies

1) All Of Us (SABC1) 2,412,000
2) Stokvel (SABC2) 2,412,000
3) House Of Payne (SABC1) 2,258,000
4) Girlfriends (SABC1) 2,181,000
5) Emzini Wezinsizwa (SABC2) 1,872,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,339,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,793,000
3) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,651,000
4) e.tv News (e.tv) 1,417,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 1,188,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 4,493,000
2) Muvhango (SABC2) 2,620,000
3) The Bold And The Beautiful (SABC1) 2,582,000
4) 7de Laan (SABC2) 2,022,000
5) Rhythm City (e.tv) 1,745,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Asikhlume (SABC1) 1,486,000
2) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1,139,000
3) 3 Talk (SABC3) 907,000
4) The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3) 803,000
5) Interface (SABC3) 560,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Fokus (SABC2) 1,602,000
2) Youth Expression (SABC1) 1,312,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,158,000
4) Head Wrap (SABC1) 1,100,000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 811,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) Nature on Track (SABC3) 1,891,000
2) Pasella (SABC2) 1,389,000
3) Showbiz Report (e.tv) 1,216,000
4) Ses'khona (SABC1) 965,000
5) Artcha (SABC2) 907,000

Top Game Shows

1) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1,775,000
2) Amazing Date (SABC1) 1,718,000
3) Raise Your Game (e.tv) 1,274,000
4) The Generation Game (SABC2) 1,061,000
5) Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (M-Net) 212,000

Top Documentaries

1) B4 Da Fame (SABC1) 2,335,000
2) Beyond the Music (SABC1) 2,026,000
3) Seconds From Disaster (e.tv) 1,042,000
4) The Healing Power of Nature (SABC3) 1,042,000
5) Pandemic (SABC2) 984,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) True Lies (SABC1) 2,721,000
2) The Nutty Professor (SABC1) 2,296,000
3) Rocky III (e.tv) 1,640,000
4) Look Who's Talking Now (e.tv) 1,428,000
5) Striking Distance (e.tv) 1,177,000



7 Comments

Renegade
12 Jun 2008 06:43

Sokhulu and Partners - Yay! Funny how KK and Forgive and Forget(FF), are numbers 1 and 2. 
Seskhona? COme now!
By the way, i've noticed that when i'm no one is really watching TV ,or when there's nothing interesting on TV, chances are the set will be tuned to SABC 1, i think that explains most of these numbers.

Nonny
12 Jun 2008 07:01

"By the way, i've noticed that when i'm no one is really watching TV ,or when there's nothing interesting on TV, chances are the set will be tuned to SABC 1, i think that explains most of these numbers."

I agree so much here Rene, even at home, when all the chanels have sh!tty programmes on, we will automatically leave the TVSA set on SABC1 and even if there is no one there actually watching *like the TV is watching itself*, it's just become a norm. So that doesn't neccessarily mean Fo Sho has the most loved and watched programmes!!!!

Toxic
12 Jun 2008 07:05

GOTTA agree about the default channel being 1. i sometimes even watch the news if any of th 7.30pm programmes elsewhere are boring-and i hate watching news broadcasts.

3Talk above O? hmm, they should give O a  later slot and those figures will change for sure! I get home too late to see Ms O and i think a lot of other people do too. 3Talk is in need of a BIG change-either the host or the name must go!

Renegade
12 Jun 2008 07:08

Exactly Nonny, My grandmother's TV set is forever on SABC 1, and i'll ask to change when i'm there, and she'll be like, "go ahead, i'm not watching". 
And that's what makes SABC 1 then say that their shows are "back by popular demand", when that really is not the case.

thinLine
12 Jun 2008 07:13

By the way, i've noticed that when i'm no one is really watching TV ,or when there's nothing interesting on TV, chances are the set will be tuned to SABC 1, i think that explains most of these numbers.
True that! Most of the shows on sabc 1 that got high rankings, i've never seen them.

Renegade
12 Jun 2008 07:17

My grandmother's tv is forever on one, and if you ask her to change teh channel when visiting, she 's like, "go ahead, i'm not watching"...
I wonder where this loyalty to SABC 1 comes from. 

@Toxic: 3Talk above O? hmm, they should give O a later slot and those figures will change for sure!
I've always wondered the logic behing the Oprah time slot, the SABC 3 schdulers must have been high.

Renegade
12 Jun 2008 07:19

Hehe, i repeated my grandmother's tv thing...lol!


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