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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
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Primetime TV Ratings - Week 17

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 05 May 2015
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These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 20 - 26 April, 2015.

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 5,952,000 Muvhango 4,207,000 The Bold and the Beautiful 1,106,000
2. Skeem Saam 5,425,000 Mopheme 2,271,000 Isidingo 1,067,000
3. Uzalo 5,323,000 Speak Out 2,008,000 The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream 790,000
4. Tempy Pushas 4,576,000 Moferefere Lenyalong (R) 1,975,000 Days of Our Lives 737,000
5. Zulu News 3,565,000 Ga Re Dumele 1,843,000 Top Billing 658,000
6. Thandeka's Diary 3,456,000 Thokolosi 1,547,000 The Mentalist 625,000
7. Jika Majika 3,325,000 Bulletproof Monk 1,514,000 Nikita 560,000
8. Zaziwa 3,325,000 It's Gospel Time 1,383,000 Hostages 494,000
9. Xhosa News 3,318,000 Ke Ba Bolelletse 1,251,000 Special Assignment 494,000
10. Nyan' Nyan 3,061,000 Wipeout 1,218,000 3 Talk (R) 428,000
 
 
# Show Viewers Show Viewers Show Viewers
1. Scandal! 3,042,000 22 Jump Street 132,000 Our Perfect Wedding 823,000
2. The Book of Eli 2,370,000 Carte Blanche 66,000 isiBaya 790,000
3. Rhythm City 2,008,000 Celebrity MasterChef South Africa 66,000 Big Brother Mzansi Eviction Show 691,000
4. Modern Family 1,712,000 Grey's Anatomy 66,000 Diski Divas 329,000
5. Meet the Fockers 1,415,000 Modern Family 66,000 Love Back 214,000
6. I Shouldn't Be Alive 1,317,000 MasterChef Australia 46,000 Big Brother Mzansi Daily Show 165,000
7. 2012 1,251,000 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 33,000 Big Brother Mzansi Nomination Show 165,000
8. Ashes to Ashes 1,169,000 Arrow 33,000 Mandla & Lexi 132,000
9. WWE Smackdown 1,119,000 Chicago Fire 33,000 Zabalaza (2013) 125,000
10. Umlilo 1,020,000 Gotham 33,000 Our Perfect Wedding (R) 99,000


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,576,000
2) Mopheme (SABC2) 2,271,000
3) Thokolosi (SABC2) 1,547,000
4) Umlilo (e.tv) 1,020,000
5) Matatiele (e.tv) 790,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 3,061,000
2) The Perfect Sishebo Show (SABC1) 2,601,000
3) Mokapelo (SABC1) 2,436,000
4) Holiday Swap (SABC1) 1,909,000
5) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 1,317,000

Top Comedies

1) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,456,000
2) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 2,831,000
3) Moferefere Lenyalong (R) (SABC2) 1,975,000
4) Ga Re Dumele (SABC2) 1,843,000
5) Modern Family (e.tv) 1,712,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,565,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3,318,000
3) Siswati/Ndebele News (SABC1) 1,488,000
4) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 885,000
5) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 803,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 5,952,000
2) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 5,425,000
3) uZalo (SABC1) 5,323,000
4) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,207,000
5) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,042,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Motswako (SABC2) 593,000
2) The Talk (SABC1) 560,000
3) Steve Harvey (e.tv) 507,000
4) Katch It With Khanyi (e.tv) 461,000
5) 3 Talk (R) (SABC3) 428,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,008,000
2) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1,580,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,317,000
4) Checkpoint (e.tv) 922,000
5) Interface (SABC2) 625,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2,403,000
2) Inside Access (SABC1) 2,354,000
3) Nhlalala Ya Rixaka (SABC2) 724,000
4) Top Billing (SABC3) 658,000
5) Pasella (SABC2) 461,000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 2,205,000
2) I Love South Africa (e.tv) 889,000
3) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 691,000

Top Documentaries

1) Come Again (SABC1) 1,448,000
2) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 1,317,000
3) Come Again (R) (SABC1) 790,000
4) One Humanity (SABC1) 494,000
5) Ba Kae? (SABC2) 329,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) The Book of Eli (e.tv) 2,370,000
2) Bulletproof Monk (SABC2) 1,514,000
3) Meet the Fockers (e.tv) 1,415,000
4) 2012 (e.tv) 1,251,000
5) The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream (SABC3) 790,000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Generations (SABC1) 5,952,000
2) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 5,425,000
3) uZalo (SABC1) 5,323,000
4) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,576,000
5) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,207,000
6) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,456,000
7) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 3,061,000
8) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,042,000
9) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 2,831,000
10) The Perfect Sishebo Show (SABC1) 2,601,000

Channels in this post: SABC1, SABC2, SABC3, e.tv, M-Net, Mzansi Magic



12 Comments

HandsomeSteve
05 May 2015 17:14

SKEEM SAAM ROCKS!!!!

max85
05 May 2015 17:40

Wow skeem saaam keeps growing higher n higher .generations still doing well .enews primetime is dying a slow death cz of that timeslot .

Show-Time
05 May 2015 17:58

What an improvement by Skeem Saam. Scandal and Generations doing pretty well. The dustbin man is back and Scandal does better. Well, all my favourite shows are not doing bad at the moment.

Show-Time
05 May 2015 18:14

Could it be that by Week 18 Skeem Saam would be number One? I think so, judging by the rate at which its viewership is growing.

RONDA
05 May 2015 20:27

It seems the 7pm timeslot worked for RC but not for their eNews. I llove that Scandal and Umlilo are doing well. Soon Muvhango will reach that 5mil

Robyn...
05 May 2015 23:14

Generations just keeps on slaying, well done skeem saam. Thandekas diary's improvement wow.

lecibarr
07 May 2015 00:55

skeemsaam is doing well and I think the success emanates from the reality tv element of the production. im worried about isibaya, I think my favourite show ""uzalo"" is actually isibayas coffin

Kem Moc
07 May 2015 09:59

I think if moved to the 19:30 slot Skeem Saam would easily surpass the 6 million mark

Timone
07 May 2015 11:51

Wow well done to Skeem Sam, Muvhango and Uzalo.  I thought Umlilo and Ashes would be doing better than this.
Moving the etv prime time news to 20h30 was a bad move shame.

max85
07 May 2015 12:45

@kem moc I agree with if skeem saam is moved to 19h30 it will definately become the number 1 soapie in the country.

Show-Time
11 May 2015 18:57

max85, I doubt it would be that simple. At 18:30 it virtually has no competition that is why its viewership increased rapidly. But at 19:30 there is Scandal which is doing well.

Kem Moc
12 May 2015 14:24

This Show-Time guy is talking bull.. When Skeem Saam came onto the scene Rhythm City ruled the 18:30 slot, Isidingo was even moved to the 19:00 slot because of it. I love Scandal to bits mara Skeem Saam will have it slaughtered if moved to that slot... And remember R.C had a bigger audience.


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