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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
TVSA TAMS coverage - airing since 2006

Week 29: 14 - 20 July

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 14 Aug 2008
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These are the primetime television viewing figures for 14 - 20 July, 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 4,759,000 Stokvel 2,740,000 Days Of Our Lives 1,779,000
2. Glory to Victory 3,802,000 Muvhango 2,629,000 Pimp My Ride 1,274,000
3. Mirror Mirror 3,782,000 Mzee Wa Two Six 2,046,000 Isidingo 1,251,000
4. Jika Majika 3,049,000 7de Laan 1,849,000 Prison Break 1,119,000
5. Zulu News 2,904,000 Fokus 1,602,000 Aliens In America 1,065,000
6. Xhosa News 2,824,000 Hillside 1,582,000 Moonraker 1,061,000
7. The Bold And The Beautiful 2,814,000 Afrikaans News 1,536,000 English News 1,009,000
8. Sokhulu & Partners 2,682,000 A Mandela Portrait 1,370,000 Octopussy 1,003,000
9. Live 2,605,000 Crazy Games 1,274,000 3 Talk 957,000
10. This Place I Call Home 2,470,000 Pasella 1,158,000 The Amazing Race 888,000
 
   
# Show Viewers Show Viewers    
1. WWE Smackdown 2,663,000 Carte Blanche 386,000    
2. Spider-Man 2,296,000 Blades of Glory 367,000    
3. Rhythm City 2,069,000 Egoli 313,000    
4. Men In Black II 1,795,000 CSI: Miami 289,000    
5. Forgive and Forget 1,602,000 Eli Stone 270,000    
6. Scandal! 1,597,000 Deal Or No Deal 251,000    
7. How I Met Your Mother 1,582,000 Binnelanders 235,000    
8. Coca Cola Football Stars 1,544,000 Brothers And Sisters 232,000    
9. e.tv News 1,519,000 Army Wives 212,000    
10. Cheaters 1,332,000 CSI 212,000    


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Mirror Mirror (SABC1) 3,782,000
2) Sokhulu & Partners (SABC1) 2,682,000
3) Down Under (SABC1) 2,258,000
4) Hillside (SABC2) 1,582,000
5) Song vir Katryn (SABC2) 1,139,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Zola 7 (SABC1) 2,412,000
2) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 2,065,000
3) Forgive and Forget (e.tv) 1,602,000
4) Cheaters (e.tv) 1,332,000
5) Pimp My Ride (SABC3) 1,274,000

Top Comedies

1) Stokvel (SABC2) 2,740,000
2) Girlfriends (SABC1) 2,335,000
3) All Of Us (SABC1) 2,296,000
4) House Of Payne (SABC1) 2,065,000
5) Mzee Wa Two Six (SABC2) 2,046,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 2,904,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,824,000
3) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,536,000
4) e.tv News (e.tv) 1,519,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 1,083,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 4,759,000
2) The Bold And The Beautiful (SABC1) 2,814,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 2,629,000
4) Rhythm City (e.tv) 2,069,000
5) 7de Laan (SABC2) 1,849,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Asikhlume (SABC1) 1,235,000
2) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1,100,000
3) 3 Talk (SABC3) 957,000
4) The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3) 888,000
5) Interface (SABC3) 579,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Fokus (SABC2) 1,602,000
2) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,196,000
3) Head Wrap (SABC1) 926,000
4) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 695,000
5) 3rd Degree (e.tv) 656,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) Pasella (SABC2) 1,158,000
2) Showbiz Report (e.tv) 1,081,000
3) 50/50 (SABC2) 1,061,000
4) Countdown 2010 (SABC1) 1,042,000
5) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 1,003,000

Top Game Shows

1) Amazing Date (SABC1) 1,930,000
2) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1,428,000
3) Crazy Games (SABC2) 1,274,000
4) Raise Your Game (e.tv) 1,139,000
5) Ken Jou Laan (SABC2) 753,000

Top Documentaries

1) B4 Da Fame (SABC1) 2,046,000
2) A Mandela Portrait (SABC2) 1,370,000
3) Seconds From Disaster (e.tv) 965,000
4) Astronomy & Space (SABC1) 811,000
5) The Healing Power of Nature (SABC3) 560,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Spider-Man (e.tv) 2,296,000
2) Honey (SABC1) 1,853,000
3) Men In Black II (e.tv) 1,795,000
4) Kindergarten Cop (SABC1) 1,505,000
5) Moonraker (SABC3) 1,061,000



21 Comments

Brown Shuga
14 Aug 2008 16:04

Wow, great to see B4DaFame is doing so well! 

And as much as we criticized Amazing Date, it did well. Better than Jam Alley...

Shocker 1: Isidingo does NOT feature in the Top 5 soapies? Tjo! 7de laan kicking it's butt
Shocker 2: More people watch Countdown 2010 than RGB! Wow!
                   
I must start watching Motswako, more and more peeps are talking about it....even the figures look good. 

Showbiz Report is holding it down!

Segololo
14 Aug 2008 16:11

Ha haha! Here is where my contribution counts: Cheaters (e.tv) 1,332,000 

This damn show is just too funny! hell! I am starting to think if it is all an act, they know how to choose great actors for a great script! Gaaad! all the things there just seem so unreal every week!

BUT I am smelling a rat here! Is it an independent auditor who does this checks... some of those shows, I could swear no-one watches them and they are there with a high number. Aoa! Looks like the inflation scam all over again!

tizoz
15 Aug 2008 08:30

Suga, Interestin thing is these figures dont correspond with the figures I have seen somewhere else. just thought it's interesting cause the difference is huge!

Brown Shuga
15 Aug 2008 08:35

For the same period Tizoz 14-20 July?

tizoz
15 Aug 2008 08:39

normally when I compare they dont match. but lemme follow it up

carino
15 Aug 2008 08:41

I see not so many South Africans watch the Ms Patta Degree, hey...

Citanul
15 Aug 2008 09:49

>>Interestin thing is these figures dont correspond with the figures I have seen somewhere else. just thought it's interesting cause the difference is huge!<<

What's the source for your figures?  The figures here come from those provided by SAARF.

Citanul
15 Aug 2008 09:50

Sorry, that link didn't come out properly.  The URL for SAARF's website is http://www.saarf.co.za/

tizoz
15 Aug 2008 10:02

I need to check where they get the figures from, will let you know ASAP

Brown Shuga
15 Aug 2008 10:16

I'm not smart enough to understand this website....

Bra Bizza
15 Aug 2008 11:34

@Tizoz....represent my man. Can you say Hi to NG for me

tizoz
15 Aug 2008 11:55

LOL, maybe i am just mixin up the dates...... i think that's wot it is. I will holler at NG.lol!

Brown Shuga
15 Aug 2008 12:19

Bra Bizza, why NG and not Namhla?

Cande
15 Aug 2008 12:26

Who are those people...he BS, Tizoz & Bra B???

Sokhulu & Partners, am so pissed at them for taking us for a ride!!!

Brown Shuga
15 Aug 2008 12:29

What do you mean they took you for a ride?

Cande
15 Aug 2008 12:34

didnt you see they  repeated the same 2 episodes 4 times? and it has ended.
1 episode played on thursday repeated on tuesday, and  then the same thing with the other episode..
and then at the end of it, they said it was the final episode of it and it was going to take 2 hours and then they repeated those two episodes last week thursday and then this week tuesday...

Brown Shuga
15 Aug 2008 12:45

OMG! So the 2 hour finale didn't happen, it was instead a repeat of previous shows? 

I thought what happened is that they played the final episode before the 2nd last by mistake so they tried to fix it by playing both as a 2 hour finale. Isn't that what happened? 
I thought the show ended last week...

Cande
15 Aug 2008 13:27

it did end last week, but it was a repeat of the previous 2 shows...

Bra Bizza
16 Aug 2008 10:08

@Shuga...i like her thats why

theocfan2
16 Aug 2008 13:56

Why is "Chuck" not included in these counts on M-Net?

Citanul
18 Aug 2008 02:09

>>LOL, maybe i am just mixin up the dates......<<

That could be it, SAARF usually only releases the figures 2-3 weeks after the shows, and then I have to process them by sorting them and converting them into number of viewers (some of it's automated, but there's still some manual work involved).  As a result, TVSA's figures are always going to be a month behind.

But if you haven't got the dates mixed up, please let me know.  If there's something wrong with these figures I'd want to fix them as soon as possible.

>>Why is "Chuck" not included in these counts on M-Net?<<


Chuck is included, but it didn't make the top 10 - only 193,000 viewers.


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