These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for June 2022.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: June 2022.
Special notes
Oh... what's happening with Isono?
It's the first time that Isono's appeared in e.tv's Top 20 list since it premiered on the channel in April 2022.
But wait... it's actually in the Top 10 with 2,322,415 viewers and an audience share of 29.3 for its most popular episode .
More than Muvhango!
It's very strange that it's never featured before and suddenly it's right up the charts. It could be a once-off fluke this month because it happened on 16 June - more people would have been home for the public holiday and therefore been able to tune in at 17h00.
We'll know whether its numbers are a regular trend or not once we see the viewership figures for July.
Muvhango hits free fall in its 25th anniversary year
Muvhango lost over 500,000 viewers between
May and June this year and it's lost a whopping 57% of its audience between last year and now.
In July 2021 it attracted 4,364,992 viewers, with an audience share of 39,7.
This month its viewership was 1,885,401 viewers for its most popular episode, with an audience share of 20.9.
This equates to 56.8% fewer viewers than in July last year, with a decline in audience share of 18,8.
Why? Loadshedding, yes, but what else?
Was this month's radical decline because of Vho-Mukondeleli's death or the Azwindini storyline in which he died and came back to life?
Let us know your thoughts.
Notable mentions
These three shows might not be topping the charts but they're attracting healthy viewership numbers so we're giving them a mention:
Makoti on SABC1
It's viewership of 1,940,645 viewers for its most popular episode in June cannot be snuffed at, especially seeings as its up against Scandal!
Is'phindiselo on e.tv
It atttacted 1,849,328 viewers for its most popular episode in June, with an audience share of 21.
Good numbers for a Sunday night at 20h00.
Murder She Wrote on SABC2 Daytime
Its viewership of 452,865 for a Wednesday at 14h00 can either be seen as a travesty or cool.
Travesty: The season we're seeing is 30 years old.
Cool: It's vintage TV, man.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
6,103,846 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
4,959,896 |
| Skeem Saam |
4,279,734 |
| Zulu News |
2,769,385 |
| Xhosa News |
2,763,049 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
1,885,401 |
| 7De Laan |
990,032 |
| Hlala Kwabafileyo |
933,299 |
| Kwa Mamazala |
719,792 |
| Nuus |
716,185 |
,
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Twilight |
596,374 |
| Serengeti |
587,267 |
| News |
539,067 |
| The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
536,388 |
| Maze Runner:the Death Cure |
504,531 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
5,152,960 |
| House of Zwide |
4,653,752 |
| Sarafina |
3,968,144 |
| Durban Gen |
2,947,572 |
| Just for Laughs Gags Filler |
2,693,328 |
,
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| *Gomora |
1,189,324 |
| The Queen |
785,625 |
| The River |
683,860 |
| Our Perfect Wedding |
614,625 |
| Epk:Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice |
613,302 |
*We've adjusted the Top 5 to ensure each show is only listed once instead of twice as is the case in the Broadcast Research Council documents.
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.