These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for August 2024.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: August 2024
Special Notes
Muvhango pays for failing its audience
| Month |
Viewers |
| July 2024 |
1,325,878 |
| August 2024 |
1,084,399 |
See how Muvhango's viewership has suffered a result of the show's
supposed "shutdown".
It lost over 240,000 viewers between the end of Season 25 on
2 July 2024 and the start of Season 26, which only happened six weeks after the Season 25 finale - on 12 August when it was advertised as starting on 5 August.
The fake news that was announced by the production and the SABC backfired completely. They said that the show had ended when it hadn't, viewers believed it and 241,479 people didn't return.
That's a loss of 18% of the audience.
Those who did return also took a long time to do so because the most watched episode was only recorded on Tuesday 27 August, two weeks after it was back.
And what did they get? NO new logo or new title card, which was fake marketing spin too because it was promised during the big comeback announcement but didn't happen.
If these latest numbers are anything to go by, the next time we hear it's been cancelled - it will be true.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
4,939,127 |
| Generations the Legacy |
4,421,226 |
| Skeem Saam |
4,370,814 |
| Zulu News |
2,498,845 |
| Xhosa News |
2,453,599 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Rugby Championship:South Africa vs N |
1,325,878 |
| Muvhango |
1,084,399 |
| Deal or No Deal |
841,506 |
| Ses/Tsw/Sep News |
764,912 |
| The Rugby Championship Wrap up |
695,110 |
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Miss South Africa Pageant |
1,032,596 |
| News |
681,408 |
| Premier League:Manchester City vs Ipswic |
640,430 |
| Mtn 8 Mamelodi Sundowns vs Stellenbosch |
583,098 |
| Nuus |
544,731 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| House of Zwide |
4,157,664 |
| Scandal |
3,459,772 |
| Isitha - the Enemy |
3,364,993 |
| Smoke and Mirrors |
3,262,947 |
| The Karate Kid |
3,197,639 |
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DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Sibongile & the Dlaminis |
1,344,524 |
| Umkhokha:the Curse |
847,169 |
| Sibongile & the Dlaminis -R |
710,958 |
| The River (Drama) |
689,766 |
| Isencane Lengane |
684,716 |
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.