These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for August 2021.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: August 2021.
Glossary
R = Repeat
O = Omnibus
Special notes
Idols hits a major low note
Viewership for Idols tanked this month, by a whopping 31.89%, almost a third of its audience.
It attracted 1,018,607 for its highest episode
last month after its Season 17 premiere and this month it plunged to an unprecedented 693,760 viewers on Sunday 8 August.
This was the Sunday immediately after the
Somizi/Mogale scandal and M-Net's announcement that
Somizi won't be judging on the season.
He still appeared as a judge until 22 August but the ratings didn't recover after 8 August.
Deur Dik en Dun 3: in the Top 10 soapie list
e.tv's 17h30 broadcast of the Afrikaans-dubbed Turkish novela Deur Dik en Dun has proven to be a competitive contender.
It's holding its own amongst local soapies, coming in at Number 9 in this latest Top 10 list:
| Uzalo |
7,648,487 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
6,384,390 |
| Scandal! |
5,873,723 |
| Skeem Saam |
5,149,384 |
| House of Zwide |
4,370,112 |
| Muvhango |
4,166,031 |
| Imbewu |
3,810,303 |
| Durban Gen |
2,659,552 |
| Deur Dik en Dun |
1,759,465 |
| Gomora |
1,307,306 |
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
7,648,487 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
6,384,390 |
| Skeem Saam |
5,149,384 |
| Zulu News |
4,109,013 |
| Carling Black Label Cup Kaizer Chiefs Vs |
3,781,923 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
4,166,031 |
| Presidential Address |
3,380,795 |
| Music |
2,559,683 |
| Live Lotto Draw |
1,818,715 |
| 7De Laan |
1,067,589
|
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Costa Rica: Rise of Nature |
733,963 |
| News |
692,103 |
| Natural World Sudan: the Last of the Rhi |
564,934 |
| Wild Orphans Rescue |
563,218 |
| Seven Worlds One Planet |
549,716 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
5,873,723 |
| House of Zwide |
4,370,112 |
| Imbewu |
3,810,303 |
| Ican with Absa Drive |
3,785,688 |
| Durban Gen |
2,659,552 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Gomora |
1,307,306 |
| Uyajola 9/9 |
1,170,277 |
| The Queen |
1,067,787 |
| *DiepCity |
839,832 |
| The River |
760,133
|
*The Queen is listed twice in the document so we've removed the second listing to be more representative.
Please note: these ratings don't include viewership from DStv Catch Up, YouTube, Viu or eVOD. They only reflect the viewership of people who watched on the day, at the time of broadcast.
For an explanation of the TAMS, please see:
The TAMS Ratings Explained.