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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
TVSA TAMS coverage - airing since 2006

Week 18: 30 April - 6 May

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 18 May 2012
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These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 30 April - 6 May, 2012.

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 5 957 000 Stokvel 2 939 000 Days Of Our Lives 1 596 000
2. Montana 4 871 000 7de Laan 2 368 000 National Geographic 1 512 000
3. SAMA Awards 4 255 000 Muvhango 2 351 000 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 1 428 000
4. ABSA Premiership: Kaizer Chiefs vs Mamelodi Sundowns 3 863 000 Gospel Time 1 959 000 Isidingo 1 394 000
5. Shuga 3 415 000 Mmampodi 1 903 000 Ugly Betty 1 064 000
6. Friends Like These 3 331 000 Afrikaans News 1 708 000 Survivor: Samoa 980 000
7. Zulu News 3 324 000 When Duty Calls 1 708 000 3 Talk 901 000
8. Xhosa News 3 275 000 Pasella 1 624 000 Top Billing 896 000
9. Sokhulu & Partners 2 855 000 Noot vir Noot 1 596 000 English News 872 000
10. Daddy 24/7 2 547 000 Vetkoek Paleis 1 484 000 The Voice 784 000
 
   
# Show Viewers Show Viewers    
1. Boa vs. Python 3 611 000 CSI: Miami 308 000    
2. Rhythm City 3 253 000 Carte Blanche 280 000    
3. Scandal! 2 526 000 Masterchef South Africa 224 000    
4. Step Up or Step Out 2 295 000 Red Riding Hood 224 000    
5. e.tv News 2 231 000 Blue Bloods 196 000    
6. Hollow Man 2 071 000 Homeland 196 000    
7. Phat Girls 2 071 000 NCIS Los Angeles 196 000    
8. Cheaper by the Dozen 1 987 000 CSI 168 000    
9. Modern Family 1 763 000 CSI: New York 168 000    
10. Club 808 1 596 000 Desperate Housewives 140 000    


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Montana (SABC1) 4 871 000
2) Sokhulu & Partners (SABC1) 2 855 000
3) Mmampodi (SABC2) 1 903 000
4) eKasi (e.tv) 1 456 000
5) Erfsondes (SABC2) 1 400 000

Top Reality Shows

1) Step Up or Step Out (e.tv) 2 295 000
2) Survivor: Samoa (SABC3) 980 000
3) The Big Break Legacy (SABC2) 868 000
4) The Voice (SABC3) 784 000
5) So What (e.tv) 756 000

Top Comedies

1) Stokvel (SABC2) 2 939 000
2) The Jada Grace Show (SABC1) 2 519 000
3) Modern Family (e.tv) 1 763 000
4) Vetkoek Paleis (SABC2) 1 484 000
5) My Name Is Earl (e.tv) 1 008 000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3 324 000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3 275 000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 2 231 000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1 708 000
5) e News Early Edition (e.tv) 1 327 000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 5 957 000
2) Rhythm City (e.tv) 3 253 000
3) Scandal! (e.tv) 2 526 000
4) 7de Laan (SABC2) 2 368 000
5) Muvhango (SABC2) 2 351 000

Top Talk Shows

1) 3 Talk (SABC3) 901 000
2) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 728 000
3) The Mo'Nique Show (SABC2) 392 000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1 568 000
2) Speak Out (SABC2) 1 428 000
3) Fokus (SABC2) 1 316 000
4) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1 260 000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 1 148 000

Top Magazine Shows

1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2 491 000
2) Pasella (SABC2) 1 624 000
3) Club 808 (e.tv) 1 596 000
4) Showbiz Report (e.tv) 896 000
5) Top Billing (SABC3) 896 000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 3 331 000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 1 596 000
3) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1 428 000

Top Documentaries

1) National Geographic (SABC3) 1 512 000
2) Why Are We So Angry (SABC1) 1 484 000
3) Breaking the Magician's Code (e.tv) 1 428 000
4) Man Made Marvels (SABC2) 728 000
5) Grown Too Quick (SABC2) 700 000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Boa vs. Python (e.tv) 3 611 000
2) Hollow Man (e.tv) 2 071 000
3) Phat Girls (e.tv) 2 071 000
4) Cheaper by the Dozen (e.tv) 1 987 000
5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (SABC3) 1 428 000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Generations (SABC1) 5 957 000
2) Montana (SABC1) 4 871 000
3) Friends Like These (SABC1) 3 331 000
4) Rhythm City (e.tv) 3 253 000
5) Stokvel (SABC2) 2 939 000
6) Sokhulu & Partners (SABC1) 2 855 000
7) Scandal! (e.tv) 2 526 000
8) The Jada Grace Show (SABC1) 2 519 000
9) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2 491 000
10) 7de Laan (SABC2) 2 368 000



4 Comments

tizoz
18 May 2012 12:24

So What (e.tv) 756 000 - Okay? So What happened?

biggiesmalls
18 May 2012 14:10

Even with the soccer causing havoc Generations still remains up there. Isidingo, I repeat - Laf'Elihle Kakhulu. Or maybe it was never Elihle Kakhulu...

biggiesmalls
18 May 2012 14:11

Just to add - There's no soccer on SABC 3. So where's the greatness of this show when even it's own viewers is not watching it.

bomyy
22 May 2012 10:45

wow so much dropping for all the shows, I think it is big brother, people do not want to watch anything else except it... shuuuu!!


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