These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 27 April - 3 May, 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
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Generations |
5,537,000 |
Muvhango |
4,095,000 |
Isidingo |
1,053,000 |
| 2. |
Skeem Saam |
5,478,000 |
Speak Out |
2,370,000 |
The Bold and the Beautiful |
1,020,000 |
| 3. |
uZalo |
5,408,000 |
Moferefere Lenyalong (R) |
2,238,000 |
Yours, Mine & Ours |
790,000 |
| 4. |
Tempy Pushas |
4,016,000 |
Mopheme |
2,074,000 |
Days of Our Lives |
625,000 |
| 5. |
Thandeka's Diary |
3,555,000 |
Wipeout |
1,745,000 |
Nikita |
593,000 |
| 6. |
Xhosa News |
3,499,000 |
Majakathata |
1,580,000 |
The Mentalist |
593,000 |
| 7. |
Nyan' Nyan |
3,456,000 |
When Duty Calls |
1,185,000 |
Dallas (2012) |
560,000 |
| 8. |
Selimathunzi |
3,325,000 |
Ke Ba Bolelletse |
1,119,000 |
Desperate Housewives |
560,000 |
| 9. |
Zaziwa |
3,292,000 |
7de Laan |
1,113,000 |
Hostages |
560,000 |
| 10. |
Zulu News |
3,252,000 |
It's Gospel Time (R) |
1,086,000 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
494,000 |
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Scandal! |
3,193,000 |
Carte Blanche |
66,000 |
isiBaya |
830,000 |
| 2. |
Unknown |
2,173,000 |
Celebrity MasterChef South Africa |
33,000 |
Our Perfect Wedding |
823,000 |
| 3. |
Rhythm City |
2,041,000 |
Fire with Fire |
33,000 |
Big Brother Mzansi Eviction Show |
757,000 |
| 4. |
Modern Family |
1,646,000 |
MasterChef Australia |
33,000 |
Diski Divas |
395,000 |
| 5. |
Ashes to Ashes |
1,580,000 |
Modern Family |
33,000 |
Love Back |
214,000 |
| 6. |
Mr Deeds |
1,481,000 |
The Fixer |
33,000 |
Big Brother Mzansi Daily Show |
158,000 |
| 7. |
I Shouldn't Be Alive |
1,448,000 |
2 Broke Girls |
16,000 |
Zabalaza (2013) |
148,000 |
| 8. |
The Mask of Zorro |
1,218,000 |
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Big Brother Mzansi Nomination Show |
132,000 |
| 9. |
Matatiele |
955,000 |
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Four Brothers |
132,000 |
| 10. |
Umlilo |
955,000 |
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Mandla & Lexi |
132,000 |
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Top Shows By Genre
Top Dramas
1) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,016,000
2) Mopheme (SABC2) 2,074,000
3) Loxion Lyric (Reb) (SABC1) 1,284,000
4) Thokolosi (SABC2) 1,053,000
5) Matatiele (e.tv) 955,000
Top Reality Shows
1) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 3,456,000
2) Mokapelo (SABC1) 2,699,000
3) Holiday Swap (SABC1) 2,535,000
4) The Perfect Sishebo Show (SABC1) 2,205,000
5) Wipeout (SABC2) 1,745,000
Top Comedies
1) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,555,000
2) Moferefere Lenyalong (R) (SABC2) 2,238,000
3) Modern Family (e.tv) 1,646,000
4) Majakathata (SABC2) 1,580,000
5) Ke Ba Bolelletse (SABC2) 1,119,000
Top News Bulletins
1) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3,499,000
2) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,252,000
3) Siswati/Ndebele News (SABC1) 1,383,000
4) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 889,000
5) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 836,000
Top Soap Operas
1) Generations (SABC1) 5,537,000
2) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 5,478,000
3) uZalo (SABC1) 5,408,000
4) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,095,000
5) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,193,000
Top Talk Shows
1) Katch It With Khanyi (e.tv) 691,000
2) Motswako (SABC2) 625,000
3) Steve Harvey (e.tv) 612,000
4) The Talk (SABC1) 593,000
5) Eksê Zwakala (e.tv) 444,000
Top Actuality Shows
1) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,370,000
2) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1,383,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,185,000
4) Checkpoint (e.tv) 724,000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 691,000
Top Magazine Shows
1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2,601,000
2) Pasella (SABC2) 560,000
3) Hush (e.tv) 461,000
4) Top Billing (SABC3) 461,000
5) Nhlalala Ya Rixaka (SABC2) 395,000
Top Game Shows
1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 1,942,000
2) I Love South Africa (e.tv) 856,000
3) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 724,000
Top Documentaries
1) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 1,448,000
2) Come Again (R) (SABC1) 988,000
3) Ba Kae? (SABC2) 708,000
4) Docuville (SABC3) 494,000
Top Primetime Movies
1) Unknown (e.tv) 2,173,000
2) Mr Deeds (e.tv) 1,481,000
3) The Mask of Zorro (e.tv) 1,218,000
4) Nothing for Mahala (SABC1) 1,152,000
5) Yours, Mine & Ours (SABC3) 790,000
Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)
1) Generations (SABC1) 5,537,000
2) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 5,478,000
3) uZalo (SABC1) 5,408,000
4) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,095,000
5) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,016,000
6) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,555,000
7) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 3,456,000
8) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,193,000
9) Mokapelo (SABC1) 2,699,000
10) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2,601,000
Special interest note:
Generations almost lost it's record spot at No#1 this week: notice how Skeem Saam needed just over 59,000 to take the number one spot! This is because Generations suffered a meltdown on Wednesday, 29 April when it changed time to accommodate the ABSA Premiership soccer. It aired at 21h30 instead of 20h00 and viewership plunged.
On the Tuesday night before, Generations averaged 6,221,000 viewers and on the Wednesday of the soccer this plunged to 3,226,000 viewers. The soccer also averaged 3,226,000 viewers in the Generations timeslot.
Where did the rest of the Gen' viewers go? Over a million went to Ashes to Ashes. On the Wednesday of the soccer the ratings for Ashes to Ashes hit at all-time high of 2,535,000 viewers.
A chart showing what happened:
| Show |
Tuesday 28 April 2015 |
Wednesday 29 April 2015 |
Thursday 29 April 2015 |
| Generations |
6,221,000 |
3,226,000 |
6,090,000 |
| Ashes to Ashes |
1,350,000 |
2,535,000 |
1,284,000 |
| ABSA Premiership |
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3,226,000 |
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