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Top Shows on TV: March 2023

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 18 Apr 2023
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These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for March 2023.

If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead: Top Shows on TV: March 2023
    

Special notes

See how viewership soured during the national shutdown when loadshedding was suddenly suspended in between being reduced to Stages 1 and 2.

Viewership for every soapie increased dramatically on 20 March and the public holiday on 21 March, with some shows increasing by over a million viewers between their most watched episode in February (when there was loadshedding from Stage 2 to 6 every day) and their most watched episode in March. 

As you'll see from our chart below, viewership for the country's soapies increased by a whopping 7,725,248 viewers in total between February and March - an increase of 26%. All of these increases happened on 20 and 21 March.

Also, viewership for SABC2's Morning Live shot up by 66% between February and March, increasing from 500,870 viewers on 10 February to 829,822 on 20 March.

Our interpretation of this turn of events:

A. Viewership soars when there's electricity.

B. Fans haven't given up on their shows, they just cannot watch them when there's no power.

C. The government is scared of the EFF.
 
Show February
2023
March
2023
Increase between
February and March
Uzalo 5,058,378 6,248,825 1,190,447
Scandal! 4,018,588 4,947,613 929,025
Generations: The Legacy 4,006,227 4,924,949 918,722
Skeem Saam 3,521,888 4,603,485 1,081,597
House of Zwide 3,105,669 4,085,038 979,369
Imbewu 1,922,723 2,580,621 657,898
The Black Door 1,811,064 2,237,953 426,889
Durban Gen 1,742,957 1,998,804 255,847
Muvhango 1,417,132 1,775,386 358,254
7de Laan 829,549 1,109,733 280,184
Giyani 817,681 982,107 164,426
Gomora 667,334 885,304 217,970
Gqeberha - The Empire 482,800 589,267 106,467
The River 480,148 586,939 106,791
The Wife 336,811 388,173 51,362
Total increase between
February and March 2023
30,218,949 37,944,197 7,725,248
 

If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:

SABC1
 
Show Viewers
Uzalo 6,248,825
Generations: The Legacy 4,924,949
Skeem Saam 4,603,485
Zulu News 2,971,263
Xhosa News 2,797,204

SABC2
 
Show Viewers
Muvhango 1,775,386
7De Laan 1,109,733
Giyani 982,107
Ke Kgwebo Ya Ka Ye 926,859
Morning Live 829,822

SABC3
 
Show Viewers
Caf Champions League Mamelodi Sundowns V 581,526
Kfc T20 International:South Africa vs We 561,722
News 526,478
Coastal Africa 480,410
The Great Elephant Tale 472,694

e.tv
 
Show Viewers
Scandal 4,947,613
House of Zwide 4,085,038
Imbewu 2,580,621
The Black Door 2,237,953
Abafana Ababi 2,210,472

DStv
 
Show Viewers
Gomora 885,304
Isencane Lengane 632,499
Sizok'thola 589,801
Gqeberha:the Empire 589,267
X-Repo 588,547
 

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.
             

 

Channels in this post: SABC1, SABC2, SABC3, e.tv, Mzansi Magic, Moja Love, Mzansi Wethu



1 Comment

SipheleleMzingi
19 Apr 2023 00:18

Spot on interpretation team, especially on point number 3. We should have more of these shutdowns. 
 


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