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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
TVSA TAMS coverage - airing since 2006

Week 8: 16 - 22 February

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 19 Mar 2009
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These are the primetime television viewing figures for 16 - 22 February, 2009.

For an explanation of how the viewing figures are calculated, please read this article.

For previous weeks click here.

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Top Shows By Channel

 
 
# Show Viewers Show Viewers Show Viewers
1. Generations 4,906,000 Muvhango 2,161,000 Days Of Our Lives 1,660,000
2. Soul City 3,956,000 Mponeng 1,949,000 The Oprah Winfrey Show 1,127,000
3. Tshisa 3,840,000 Khululeka 1,891,000 Prison Break 1,042,000
4. A Place Called Home 3,725,000 7de Laan 1,841,000 The Perfect Storm 965,000
5. Ubizo: The Calling 3,570,000 Ifa La Kwa Mtethwa 1,544,000 Isidingo 926,000
6. Zulu News 3,197,000 Afrikaans News 1,395,000 National Geographic 907,000
7. Jika Majika 3,068,000 Speak Out 1,389,000 Top Billing 907,000
8. Xhosa News 2,919,000 It's Gospel Time 1,312,000 The War at Home 830,000
9. Family Bonds 2,875,000 Noot vir Noot 1,293,000 English News 788,000
10. Laduma 2,586,000 Elections Debate 1,216,000 3 Talk 764,000
 
   
# Show Viewers Show Viewers    
1. Kung Fu Hustle 3,281,000 Carte Blanche 521,000    
2. Best of the Best 3 2,470,000 I Am Legend 425,000    
3. 3rd Degree 2,084,000 Idols (Sunday) 328,000    
4. WWE Smackdown 2,046,000 Egoli 282,000    
5. Rhythm City 1,883,000 Grey's Anatomy 270,000    
6. Dracula: Dead and Loving It 1,872,000 Idols (Monday) 232,000    
7. My Name Is Earl 1,833,000 Prison Break 212,000    
8. Scandal! 1,819,000 Binnelanders 197,000    
9. Medical Detectives 1,698,000 90210 154,000    
10. Cheaters 1,505,000 Dirty Sexy Money 154,000    


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Soul City (SABC1) 3,956,000
2) Tshisa (SABC1) 3,840,000
3) A Place Called Home (SABC1) 3,725,000
4) Ubizo: The Calling (SABC1) 3,570,000
5) Khululeka (SABC2) 1,891,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Zola 7 (SABC1) 2,432,000
2) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 2,393,000
3) Cheaters (e.tv) 1,505,000
4) Real TV (e.tv) 1,389,000
5) Forgive and Forget (e.tv) 1,370,000

Top Comedies

1) Family Bonds (SABC1) 2,875,000
2) My Wife and Kids (SABC1) 2,219,000
3) Eve (SABC1) 2,142,000
4) Mponeng (SABC2) 1,949,000
5) My Name Is Earl (e.tv) 1,833,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,197,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,919,000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 1,439,000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,395,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 924,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 4,906,000
2) The Bold And The Beautiful (SABC1) 2,439,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 2,161,000
4) Rhythm City (e.tv) 1,883,000
5) 7de Laan (SABC2) 1,841,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Asikhlume (SABC1) 1,698,000
2) The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3) 1,127,000
3) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1,003,000
4) 3 Talk (SABC3) 764,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) 3rd Degree (e.tv) 2,084,000
2) Speak Out (SABC2) 1,389,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,370,000
4) Elections Debate (SABC2) 1,216,000
5) Fokus (SABC2) 1,042,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) Showbiz Report (e.tv) 1,409,000
2) Pasella (SABC2) 1,081,000
3) 50/50 (SABC2) 1,023,000
4) Ses'khona (SABC1) 926,000
5) Top Billing (SABC3) 907,000

Top Game Shows

1) The Amazing Date (SABC1) 1,814,000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 1,293,000
3) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1,274,000
4) Show Your Numbers (e.tv) 1,119,000

Top Documentaries

1) B4 Da Fame (SABC1) 2,200,000
2) Medical Detectives (e.tv) 1,698,000
3) National Geographic (SABC3) 907,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Kung Fu Hustle (e.tv) 3,281,000
2) Best of the Best 3 (e.tv) 2,470,000
3) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (e.tv) 1,872,000
4) The Perfect Storm (SABC3) 965,000
5) Bridget Jones' Diary (SABC1) 907,000



44 Comments

Lahvee
20 Mar 2009 09:21

Isidingo has lost the numbers...badly - even kicked out of the top 5 - Ouch!! Rhythm City on the other hand is climbing!!! Nice one!

Paralyzer
20 Mar 2009 16:34

Hellooo lahvee! Isidee has gained 100k since da last time lahv!

ThatDude
20 Mar 2009 16:58

The lab the best drama in s.a doesnt even feature,ppl dont no what to watch!good 1 4 etv 3rd degree,since they moved 2 new timeslot

tlhoks
20 Mar 2009 19:06

It's amazing that people actually still watch jam alley that show died ages ago sabc1 should axe it and play everybody hates chris instead at that time slot.

Bra Bizza
21 Mar 2009 22:12

what the ckuf...more people watch Egoli than Dirty Sexy Money???

Cnglemother
21 Mar 2009 22:18

Yebo!zola 7?tjo!

mjj
21 Mar 2009 22:19

Kaloku its the repeat of Season 2 Bra Bizza......

Cnglemother
21 Mar 2009 22:22

My shows aint doing bad at all-medical detectives and cheaters.

Firstdvd
21 Mar 2009 23:05

iCompetition itight...big up to etv! Otherwise, i need indishi manje ngijoyine abo...............

Cnglemother
21 Mar 2009 23:10

Im looking 4ward to the new soapie,they mentioned it on selimathunzi.

Firstdvd
21 Mar 2009 23:13

New soapie? The one dat BS mentioned before? Iqala nini?

Cnglemother
21 Mar 2009 23:18

Ingathi ngolosthathu.tashi had an article ngayo.

Cnglemother
21 Mar 2009 23:20

These figures are 4 feb mara.

Kakapana
21 Mar 2009 23:36

yebo, angithi nje march is not over.

Kakapana
21 Mar 2009 23:49

Tjoe! soul city is the most watched drama!

Firstdvd
22 Mar 2009 00:09

*gudnite guyz"

Paralyzer
22 Mar 2009 07:09

No mjj it's not repeat of Dirty sexy money, these figures lag seriously! But advertisers are more interested in the demo watchin oprah than days of our lives...only a few idols watchers,lol

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 10:48

Jade Goody is no more,i cried seeing her little boys.cancer is a devilish monster.tabloids wont be the same without this drama queen.

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 10:57

Her decision to put her cancer ordeal and last days on reality tv was a good move.i dont see anything detasteful (sp) about it.hopefully the money will take good care of her boys.i was against the marriage though,i hope they signed a prenup to protect her children's money from that vulture.

mjj
22 Mar 2009 11:13

eish...I'm watching SkyNews.....and they are talking about her.....so sad......

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 11:22

Hey Mjay its very sad indeed.The Fritzl doccie is on monday the 23rd at 10PM they are 2hrs behind so do yo maths.atleast i got u to tune into sky and u found out about Jade Goody.

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 11:34

The funeral is gonna a be a paparazzi affair.apparently the paparazzi behaved themselves ever since she was released from hospital to go die at home.so r human afta all lol!

mjj
22 Mar 2009 11:49

lol...........eish i don't like SkyNews...I'm a CNN person...and aljazeera........Eish her young 2 kids........I will record the Fritzl doccie...eish I'm listening to Rebecca's 29th Album - UJehova UnguMadida......the 30th is out and i'll be buying it on Wednesday.......

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 12:04

Yo sis Ribs 30 albums!wow i didnt know.Mjay is her wealth that of a person with 30 albums?she looks like she has a comfortable life.CNN aint my cuppatea,when is the zapiro doccie?

Cande
22 Mar 2009 12:05

who is that guys? I cant believe there were so many people watching that Ubizo scary crap, SHOOO!!

mjj
22 Mar 2009 12:15

The zapiro doccie was yesterday...i don;t know if they'll be a repeat.....Yes Sis Ribs has a comfortable life.........

Eish Cande i didn;t want to sound strange....but what is Ubizo?

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 12:22

Cande, Jade Goody was a controvesial Big BrothaUK contestant.she was accused of being racist towards a fellow housemate(Shelpa Shetty).lst year she got diagnosed of cervical cancer and the whole struggle with cancer was televised and documented.she got married lst month while in hospital.conservatives were not happy with the whole media spotlight on a dying person.she got a million pound deal with people magazine and the tv network for their involvement in her life and that will go towards her boys education.

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 12:25

Just checked mjay,the repeat is at 8 tonite.

mjj
22 Mar 2009 12:31

what has happened to our society people -

I also discovered that, these days, mourners cry according to their rank and status, which is determined by their closeness to the deceased. There are chief mourners and rank-and-file mourners. In the case of a married man’s death, the obvious chief mourner would be the wife — in a perfect world, that is.

Source - http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Insight/Article.aspx?id=963664

Cnglemother
22 Mar 2009 13:06

Mjay i just go home when it comes to after tears im too rural for such display of glam at a funeral.i cant even wear pants,the only sinister act i cant stop myself from is checking out guys and exchanging numbers.

mjj
22 Mar 2009 13:39

sinister act i cant stop myself from is checking out guys and exchanging numbers. kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa.....let me confess.....

I always want to know the Gossip wrt the cause of DEATH......i get angry if no one knows how the person died...I mean the real story.....you know mos they will always tell you the person was sick or died in his/her sleep.........

People even hire cars just for the funeral....one time i went home for a funeral.....people were asking me where was my car just because i was in the "bus" that transports wonke wonke.........really now?

Cande
22 Mar 2009 13:48

Michael Jackson Junior is that drama where Linda Sokhulu is the main character and she has a calling and her mother(Somizi's mother in real life) has some evils spirits. I think they were repeating it like they are repeating After 9 now.Check the Top 5 drama's

Thanx The Cngle one for that info

mjj
22 Mar 2009 13:58

Hayi wena I'm not Michael Jackson Jnr........Hayi i've never heard of it.....

Joe
22 Mar 2009 14:01

People are commenting on ARs, things are really boring here! Can someone write an article about the SAMA 2009 nominations, I think that would be interesting!

Paralyzer
22 Mar 2009 14:12

Damn, i missed zapiro! I will hav to switch between elections debate and that! I nt sure bout jade goody, it's like saying prostitutes are doing for their kids....

Paralyzer
22 Mar 2009 14:18

Lol @ cnga checking out guys @ funerals, so samantha of you. These days when ppl say, the deceased was sick, its code for aids! Eish this e weather guy is irritating! Joe why dnt u give us the rundown....

mjj
22 Mar 2009 14:22

Yes i agree...JOE write the article, I'm sure "bored" people will reply.......

Piz, i'll cyber c u at 5:15pm.....i need to cook now.....

Paralyzer
22 Mar 2009 14:25

Yes, idols watch! Im sure its gona be betta than last week! Lol @ bored people that will reply, tl tl tl tl!

lejazz
22 Mar 2009 14:50

SAFTA committe tried to bring down Generations but they dismally failed.SABC 1 is failing on movies but with other programmes is tops.

Paralyzer
22 Mar 2009 15:41

Most people hav access to 1 and 1 caters to the masses! Safta is about "acting" not awkward script reading!

Paralyzer
22 Mar 2009 15:43

Peeps are singing mhike waiting for JZ in limpopo, lol

mjj
22 Mar 2009 15:55

lol @ Piz.....

mjj
22 Mar 2009 15:56

Piz...I'm gonna create a blog for Top 8 performances so that everyone can blog.....this one is full already.....

babyOmuhle
23 Mar 2009 15:40

happy at etv's progress n nw we knw 3rd degree kicks arse than special assignment, thank god they dicided to change time slot, nw they more than doubled the viewership level

isidingo must start at 7pm, u'll c wat will happen.


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