These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for November 2022.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: November 2022
Special notes
1.6-million people sat next to the women on the Orange Couch
SABC1's gender-based violence testimonial series
Orange Couch attracted over 1.6-million viewers for its most watched episode in November, despite the fact that loadshedding played havoc with people's TVs.
It also achieved an audience share of 21, which means that one fifth of the viewers who were watching TV at the time were tuned into the show.
One fifth of TV-watching South Africans were there in solidarity and spirit with survivors of GBV.
The Black Door steps in front of Imbewu and Durban Gen
The Black Door made e.tv's Top 3 for the first time since its premiere in April.
Durban Gen and Imbewu have been contesting the spot since Imbewu moved from 21h30 to 21h00 in April, and now The Black Door's taken Imbewu's previously owned position.
That said, viewership for the 21h30 timeslot is still down by over a million when you compare it with what it used to be when Imbewu was at 21h30. Imbewu
attracted 3.4 million viewers in March before it moved to 21h00.
Isono
It was clearly a good idea to move Isono's first run episodes on e.tv to 20h00 instead of 17h30 because it's now appearing in the Top 20 with a healthy 1,4-million viewers.
The 20h00 broadcast made the Top 20 for the first time in
July with 1.7-million viewers but we missed this when it happened. Will it maintain its presence?
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
5,671,465 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
4,509,223 |
| Skeem Saam |
3,910,369 |
| Carling Black Label Cup:Mamelodi Sundown |
2,584,329 |
| Xhosa News |
2,462,906 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
1,728,874 |
| 7De Laan |
883,330* |
| Kgatelopele |
724,491 |
| Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022: Tunisia vs Fr |
720,249 |
| Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022: Senegal vs Ne |
702,108 |
Please note: Muvhango is repeated in the documents so we've removed its second mention.
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Con Air |
588,151 |
| Serengeti |
575,617 |
| News |
496,443 |
| Face Off |
485,902 |
| Sport Arena |
485,409 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
4,784,687 |
| House of Zwide |
3,964,282 |
| The Black Door |
2,231,199 |
| Imbewu |
2,228,137 |
| Durban Gen |
2,139,895 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uyajola 9/9 |
904,082 |
| Gomora |
858,986 |
| Idols SA |
739,426 |
| X-Repo |
678,499 |
| Diep City |
621,485 |
Please note: these ratings don't include viewership from DStv Catch Up, YouTube, Viu, eVOD or SABC+. 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.