Week 46: 8 - 14 November

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 09 Dec 2010
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These are the primetime television viewing figures for 8 - 14 November, 2010.

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	4,659,000	Stokvel	2,065,000	The Oprah Winfrey Show	1,061,000
2.	Zone 14	3,725,000	Muvhango	1,959,000	Days Of Our Lives	988,000
3.	Intersexions	3,628,000	7de Laan	1,748,000	The Interpreter	965,000
4.	City Ses'la	3,126,000	Mokgonyana Matswale	1,698,000	Isidingo	907,000
5.	Montana	3,030,000	Ga Re Dumele	1,602,000	Top Billing	791,000
6.	Xhosa News	2,634,000	Phamokate	1,505,000	My Family	753,000
7.	Family Bonds	2,509,000	Noot vir Noot	1,428,000	Heroes	701,000
8.	Jika Majika	2,509,000	Afrikaans News	1,282,000	English News	695,000
9.	Roots	2,393,000	Mama's Love	1,235,000	Wild Touch	637,000
10.	Zulu News	2,387,000	Motswako: The Mix	1,177,000	Big Bang Theory	618,000


#	Show	Viewers	Show	Viewers
1.	The Karate Kid Part II	2,393,000	Carte Blanche	289,000
2.	Scandal!	1,891,000	Knowing	289,000
3.	Rhythm City	1,752,000	CSI: Miami	212,000
4.	16 Blocks	1,660,000	NCIS Los Angeles	193,000
5.	Musangwe	1,582,000	CSI: New York	174,000
6.	My Name Is Earl	1,563,000	Army Wives	135,000
7.	e.tv News	1,502,000	Brothers And Sisters	135,000
8.	3rd Degree	1,389,000	Private Practice	135,000
9.	Stealth Fighter	1,332,000	Sharp Shooter	135,000
10.	Forgive and Forget	1,235,000	Binneland Sub Judice	131,000

Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Zone 14 (SABC1) 3,725,000
2) Intersexions (SABC1) 3,628,000
3) Montana (SABC1) 3,030,000
4) A Place Called Home (SABC1) 1,853,000
5) Mokgonyana Matswale (SABC2) 1,698,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Ambush (SABC1) 2,007,000
2) Dance Your Butt Off (SABC1) 1,679,000
3) Forgive and Forget (e.tv) 1,235,000
4) AXN (e.tv) 1,177,000
5) Popstars (e.tv) 1,042,000

Top Comedies

1) City Ses'la (SABC1) 3,126,000
2) Family Bonds (SABC1) 2,509,000
3) Stokvel (SABC2) 2,065,000
4) Martin (SABC1) 1,872,000
5) Ga Re Dumele (SABC2) 1,602,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,634,000
2) Zulu News (SABC1) 2,387,000
3) e.tv News (e.tv) 1,502,000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 1,282,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 874,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Generations (SABC1) 4,659,000
2) Muvhango (SABC2) 1,959,000
3) Scandal! (e.tv) 1,891,000
4) Rhythm City (e.tv) 1,752,000
5) 7de Laan (SABC2) 1,748,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Asikhulume (SABC1) 1,389,000
2) Motswako: The Mix (SABC2) 1,177,000
3) The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3) 1,061,000
4) 3 Talk (SABC3) 486,000
5) Late Night With Kgomotso (SABC2) 367,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Relate (SABC1) 1,872,000
2) 3rd Degree (e.tv) 1,389,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,139,000
4) Fokus (SABC2) 1,139,000
5) Speak Out (SABC2) 849,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) Ses'khona (SABC1) 1,312,000
2) Club 808 (e.tv) 1,119,000
3) Pasella (SABC2) 1,023,000
4) Showbiz Report (e.tv) 926,000
5) 50/50 (SABC2) 811,000

Top Game Shows

1) Noot vir Noot (SABC2) 1,428,000
2) Jam Alley (SABC1) 984,000

Top Documentaries

1) Issues of Faith (SABC1) 753,000
2) Solving It (SABC3) 425,000
3) Beyond Positive (SABC3) 386,000
4) 150 Years Anniversary (SABC2) 289,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) The Karate Kid Part II (e.tv) 2,393,000
2) Miami Vice (SABC1) 2,084,000
3) 16 Blocks (e.tv) 1,660,000
4) Stealth Fighter (e.tv) 1,332,000
5) The Wedding Date (e.tv) 1,061,000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Generations (SABC1) 4,659,000
2) Zone 14 (SABC1) 3,725,000
3) Intersexions (SABC1) 3,628,000
4) City Ses'la (SABC1) 3,126,000
5) Montana (SABC1) 3,030,000
6) Family Bonds (SABC1) 2,509,000
7) Stokvel (SABC2) 2,065,000
8) Ambush (SABC1) 2,007,000
9) Muvhango (SABC2) 1,959,000
10) Scandal! (e.tv) 1,891,000

1 Comment

TVSA Team
14 Dec 2010 23:47

This release in from Intersexions ... referring to the ratings for Week 45: 1- 7 November, the week before these ratings:

"INTERSEXIONS IS SOUTH AFRICA’S FAVOURITE TELEVISION DRAMA

Only four short weeks into its 26-week run, the acclaimed SABC1 series Intersexions has become South Africa’s favourite television drama - and convincingly so.

In fact, Intersexions is South Africa’s second-favourite television show across all genres, running a close second to the popular soapie Generations, also on SABC1.

Intersexions, which is screened at 8.30pm on Tuesdays, is co-produced by Curious Pictures and Ants Multimedia, in partnership with Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (JHHESA) and SABC Education, with funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Response (PEPFAR).

According to the latest TVSA viewership figures, for the week of 1-7 November, in which Intersexions episode 4 was screened, the show garnered 4 072 000 viewers. Besides Generations, Intersexions was the only show to have broken the 4-million viewership mark.

Intersexions is supported through SABC Education by educational programming on 15 SABC radio stations, and is represented online with a blog, and Facebook and Twitter groups. Presently, the show has 10 491 Facebook friends, and is followed by 1 141 people on Twitter.

'We are over the moon at the overwhelmingly positive public response to Intersexions. We knew we had a first-class show on our hands, but I don’t think anyone anticipated such strong support for it - it’s often difficult for entertainment education such as this to compete against lighter entertainment and genres such as reality TV,' says Richard Delate, country programme director for JHHESA.

'What’s clear also from Intersexions’ online presence is that viewers are taking the show and its lifestyle messaging on board, and interacting widely about it via social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Their willingness to engage with Intersexions and other viewers, shows that they relate to the show’s content and feel sufficiently strongly about it to propagate it themselves - which is a great feather in the Intersexions cap.”

Says Jeff Borns, of USAID: 'One of the most powerful ways to impart knowledge around serious health issues such as HIV/AIDS, is to use the medium of entertainment. This is a proven communication medium that has previously been used with great success in South Africa and elsewhere - but the meteoric viewer success of Intersexions places this show in a league of its own.

'It is a given that communication is a critical tool in the efforts to prevent new infections while ensuring access to treatment for all who need it, along with interventions such as treatment. The more people are given information about how to live healthier lifestyles, protect themselves against infection and play a part in curbing new infections, the more likely they are to take heed of the messages, and here drama can make an enormous impact.

'USAID is proud to fund programming such as Intersexions. I have watched the show, and it is riveting. We trust that the series will continue to go from strength to strength, and we look forward to the announcement that it has become South Africa’s favourite show, bar none,' says Borns."

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