These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 4 - 10 May, 2015.
For an explanation of how the viewing figures are calculated, please read
this article.
For previous weeks
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Top Shows By Channel
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Generations |
5,491,000 |
Muvhango |
4,569,000 |
The Bold and the Beautiful |
1,014,000 |
| 2. |
Uzalo |
5,158,000 |
Moferefere Lenyalong (R) |
2,370,000 |
Isidingo |
862,000 |
| 3. |
Skeem Saam |
4,865,000 |
Speak Out |
2,205,000 |
Days of Our Lives |
665,000 |
| 4. |
Tempy Pushas |
4,641,000 |
Ditlabonyane Ke Ditlaboima (Reb) |
2,107,000 |
Billy Elliot |
593,000 |
| 5. |
Mfolozi Street (Reb) |
4,016,000 |
Wipeout |
1,613,000 |
Seriously Funny Kids |
593,000 |
| 6. |
Zulu News |
3,249,000 |
Abo Mzala |
1,251,000 |
Hostages |
494,000 |
| 7. |
Selimathunzi |
3,094,000 |
Thokolosi |
1,218,000 |
Survivor: Philippines |
494,000 |
| 8. |
Thandeka's Diary |
3,061,000 |
Majakathata |
1,119,000 |
Nikita |
461,000 |
| 9. |
Xhosa News |
3,012,000 |
7de Laan |
1,099,000 |
Top Billing |
461,000 |
| 10. |
Jika Majika |
2,897,000 |
Gospel Classics |
922,000 |
The Game |
444,000 |
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Scandal! |
2,877,000 |
Carte Blanche |
66,000 |
isiBaya |
862,000 |
| 2. |
Taken |
2,403,000 |
Hercules: The Movie |
33,000 |
Our Perfect Wedding |
856,000 |
| 3. |
Rhythm City |
1,909,000 |
Celebrity MasterChef South Africa |
33,000 |
Big Brother Mzansi Eviction Show |
757,000 |
| 4. |
I Shouldn't Be Alive |
1,547,000 |
CSI: Cyber |
33,000 |
Diski Divas |
362,000 |
| 5. |
Modern Family |
1,514,000 |
Modern Family |
33,000 |
Love Back |
214,000 |
| 6. |
Anger Management |
1,383,000 |
The Fixer |
33,000 |
Big Brother Mzansi Nomination Show |
198,000 |
| 7. |
Ashes to Ashes |
1,267,000 |
MasterChef Australia |
7,000 |
Zabalaza (2013) |
174,000 |
| 8. |
WWE Smackdown |
1,119,000 |
2 Broke Girls |
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Mandla & Lexi |
165,000 |
| 9. |
Umlilo |
889,000 |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
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Big Brother Mzansi Daily Show |
132,000 |
| 10. |
eNews Prime Time |
770,000 |
Arrow |
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Dead Man Down |
99,000 |
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Top Shows By Genre
Top Dramas
1) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,641,000
2) Mfolozi Street (Reb) (SABC1) 4,016,000
3) Ditlabonyane Ke Ditlaboima (Reb) (SABC2) 2,107,000
4) Thokolosi (SABC2) 1,218,000
5) Umlilo (e.tv) 889,000
Top Reality Shows
1) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 2,831,000
2) The Perfect Sishebo Show (SABC1) 2,271,000
3) Mokapelo (SABC1) 2,238,000
4) Holiday Swap (SABC1) 1,745,000
5) Wipeout (SABC2) 1,613,000
Top Comedies
1) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,061,000
2) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 2,798,000
3) Moferefere Lenyalong (R) (SABC2) 2,370,000
4) Modern Family (e.tv) 1,514,000
5) Abo Mzala (SABC2) 1,251,000
Top News Bulletins
1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,249,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3,012,000
3) Siswati/Ndebele News (SABC1) 1,231,000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 803,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 800,000
Top Soap Operas
1) Generations (SABC1) 5,491,000
2) Uzalo (SABC1) 5,158,000
3) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4,865,000
4) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,569,000
5) Scandal! (e.tv) 2,877,000
Top Talk Shows
1) Motswako (SABC2) 625,000
2) Eksê Zwakala (e.tv) 477,000
3) Steve Harvey (e.tv) 474,000
4) Katch It With Khanyi (e.tv) 461,000
5) The Talk (SABC1) 454,000
Top Actuality Shows
1) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,205,000
2) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1,712,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 889,000
4) Checkpoint (e.tv) 724,000
5) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 593,000
Top Magazine Shows
1) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 2,008,000
2) Pasella (SABC2) 560,000
3) Top Billing (SABC3) 461,000
4) 50/50 (SABC3) 395,000
5) Nhlalala Ya Rixaka (SABC2) 362,000
Top Game Shows
1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 1,942,000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 790,000
3) I Love South Africa (e.tv) 691,000
Top Documentaries
1) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 1,547,000
2) Ba Kae? (SABC2) 395,000
3) Docuville (SABC3) 362,000
4) King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (SABC2) 230,000
Top Primetime Movies
1) Taken (e.tv) 2,403,000
2) Anger Management (e.tv) 1,383,000
3) Red Dust (SABC2) 922,000
4) Hollywood Homicide (e.tv) 757,000
5) Jozi (SABC1) 757,000
Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)
1) Generations (SABC1) 5,491,000
2) uZalo (SABC1) 5,158,000
3) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4,865,000
4) Tempy Pushas (SABC1) 4,641,000
5) Muvhango (SABC2) 4,569,000
6) Mfolozi Street (Reb) (SABC1) 4,016,000
7) Thandeka's Diary (SABC1) 3,061,000
8) Scandal! (e.tv) 2,877,000
9) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 2,831,000
10) iThuba Lokugcina (SABC1) 2,798,000
Special interest note:
SABC3's new Afternoon Express narrowly missed making the Top 5 Magazine Shows in it's debut week. It premiered on Monday, 4 May at 16h00 with 329,000 viewers and averaged 356,000 viewers for the week.
It's most popular day was Thursday, 7 May when 461,000 viewers tuned in. This halved to 230,000 viewers on the Friday (8 May).
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