These are the primetime television viewing figures for 20 - 26 October, 2008.
For an explanation of how the viewing figures are calculated, please read
this article.
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Top Shows By Channel
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| # |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
| 1. |
Generations |
5,442,000 |
Muvhango |
2,634,000 |
Days Of Our Lives |
1,876,000 |
| 2. |
Tshisa |
4,651,000 |
I Want to Sing Gospel |
2,026,000 |
Special Assignment |
1,737,000 |
| 3. |
Zulu News |
3,430,000 |
Moferefere Lenyalong |
2,026,000 |
Isidingo |
1,243,000 |
| 4. |
Xhosa News |
3,409,000 |
7de Laan |
1,926,000 |
About Us |
984,000 |
| 5. |
Interrogation Room |
3,281,000 |
Strictly Come Dancing (Part 2) |
1,756,000 |
The Oprah Winfrey Show |
973,000 |
| 6. |
A Place Called Home |
3,242,000 |
Motswako: The Mix |
1,582,000 |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
965,000 |
| 7. |
Tsha Tsha |
3,184,000 |
Noot vir Noot |
1,563,000 |
3 Talk |
957,000 |
| 8. |
Jika Majika |
3,146,000 |
Hillside |
1,544,000 |
Be the Creature |
907,000 |
| 9. |
So You Think You Can Dance |
2,972,000 |
Afrikaans News |
1,514,000 |
English News |
893,000 |
| 10. |
City Ses'la |
2,856,000 |
Song vir Katryn |
1,293,000 |
Survivor |
849,000 |
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Show |
Viewers |
Show |
Viewers |
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| 1. |
WWE Smackdown |
2,046,000 |
Because I Said So |
347,000 |
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| 2. |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
1,872,000 |
Carte Blanche |
309,000 |
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| 3. |
Medical Detectives |
1,795,000 |
Egoli |
289,000 |
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| 4. |
I Spy |
1,756,000 |
Women's Murder Club |
232,000 |
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| 5. |
Rage and Honor |
1,756,000 |
Dirty Sexy Money |
212,000 |
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| 6. |
Scandal! |
1,746,000 |
Binnelanders |
208,000 |
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| 7. |
Rhythm City |
1,683,000 |
CSI: Miami |
193,000 |
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| 8. |
America Gladiators |
1,544,000 |
Army Wives |
174,000 |
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| 9. |
Real TV |
1,486,000 |
The Return of Jezebel James |
174,000 |
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| 10. |
e.tv News |
1,469,000 |
CSI |
154,000 |
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Top Shows By Genre Top Dramas 1) Tshisa (SABC1) 4,651,000
2) Interrogation Room (SABC1) 3,281,000
3) A Place Called Home (SABC1) 3,242,000
4) Tsha Tsha (SABC1) 3,184,000
5) Hillside (SABC2) 1,544,000
Top Reality Shows 1) So You Think You Can Dance (SABC1) 2,972,000
2) Zola 7 (SABC1) 2,644,000
3) So You Think You Can Dance (results) (SABC1) 2,528,000
4) Khumbul'ekhaya (SABC1) 2,219,000
5) I Want to Sing Gospel (SABC2) 2,026,000
Top Comedies 1) City Ses'la (SABC1) 2,856,000
2) Girlfriends (SABC1) 2,625,000
3) House of Payne (SABC1) 2,528,000
4) Moferefere Lenyalong (SABC2) 2,026,000
5) How I Met Your Mother (e.tv) 1,409,000
Top News Bulletins 1) Zulu News (SABC1) 3,430,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 3,409,000
3) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,514,000
4) e.tv News (e.tv) 1,469,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 1,144,000
Top Soap Operas 1) Generations (SABC1) 5,442,000
2) The Bold And The Beautiful (SABC1) 2,652,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 2,634,000
4) 7de Laan (SABC2) 1,926,000
5) Days Of Our Lives (SABC3) 1,876,000
Top Talk Shows 1) Asikhlume (SABC1) 1,833,000
2) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1,582,000
3) The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3) 973,000
4) 3 Talk (SABC3) 957,000
5) Interface (SABC3) 444,000
Top Actuality Shows 1) Special Assignment (SABC3) 1,737,000
2) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,081,000
3) Fokus (SABC2) 946,000
4) Leihlo La Sechaba (SABC2) 791,000
5) 3rd Degree (e.tv) 405,000
Top Magazine Shows 1) Pasella (SABC2) 1,254,000
2) Countdown 2010 (SABC1) 1,216,000
3) Ses'khona (SABC1) 1,139,000
4) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 1,119,000
5) 50/50 (SABC2) 1,061,000
Top Game Shows 1) Jam Alley (SABC1) 1,621,000
2) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 1,563,000
3) America Gladiators (e.tv) 1,544,000
4) Show Your Numbers (e.tv) 1,061,000
5) Where Were You? (SABC2) 849,000
Top Documentaries 1) Medical Detectives (e.tv) 1,795,000
2) Be the Creature (SABC3) 907,000
Top Primetime Movies 1) Collateral Damage (SABC1) 2,181,000
2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (e.tv) 1,872,000
3) I Spy (e.tv) 1,756,000
4) Rage and Honor (e.tv) 1,756,000
5) Breakin' All The Rules (e.tv) 1,100,000