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Primetime TV Viewing Figures
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Primetime TV Ratings - Week 51

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Primetime TV Viewing Figures on 11 Jan 2016
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These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for 14 - 20 December, 2015.

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. Uzalo 6,358,000 Muvhango 5,100,000 The Bold and the Beautiful 908,000
2. Generations 5,686,000 Speak Out 2,759,000 Isidingo 713,000
3. Skeem Saam 4,474,000 Majakathata (Reb) 2,321,000 Days of Our Lives 646,000
4. Forced Love 4,071,000 Gospel Classics (R) 2,052,000 Magic with Mo 606,000
5. Telkom Knockout Cup 3,297,000 Moferefere Lenyalong 1,144,000 Top Billing 505,000
6. Ihawu (Reb) 3,095,000 7de Laan 1,137,000 Van Helsing: The London Assignment 505,000
7. My Perfect Family (Reb) 3,095,000 The TKO 976,000 Desperate Housewives (R) 471,000
8. Zaziwa 2,927,000 Wipeout 942,000 Durban Beach Rescue 471,000
9. Selimathunzi 2,691,000 Cold Blood 875,000 Minute to Win It 471,000
10. Zulu News 2,557,000 Vusaseki 807,000 Lorraine's Last Minute Christmas 437,000
 
 
# Show Viewers Show Viewers Show Viewers
1. Scandal! 3,028,000 A Madea Christmas 168,000 isiBaya 754,000
2. Mr & Mrs Smith 2,691,000 Carte Blanche 67,000 Our Perfect Wedding 740,000
3. Beverly Hills Ninja 2,288,000 Chicago Med 67,000 Ya Lla 471,000
4. Rhythm City 2,045,000 CSI: Cyber 67,000 Date My Family 437,000
5. How I Met Your Mother 1,648,000 Two and a Half Men (Reb) 50,000 Zabalaza (2013) 185,000
6. I Shouldn't Be Alive 1,581,000 The X-Factor 47,000 Good Deeds 168,000
7. Money Train 1,514,000 Agent X 34,000 Olympus Has Fallen 168,000
8. Gold Diggers 1,379,000 Baggage Claim 34,000 Cradle 2 the Grave 135,000
9. eKasi: Our Stories 1,346,000 Blindspot 34,000 Ya Lla (R) 135,000
10. Oh Schucks It's Schuster 1,346,000 Blue Bloods 34,000 Lokshin Bioskop: The Ring 101,000


Top Shows By Genre

Top Dramas

1) Forced Love (SABC1) 4,071,000
2) Ihawu (Reb) (SABC1) 3,095,000
3) eKasi: Our Stories (e.tv) 1,346,000
4) 90 Plein Street (Reb) (SABC2) 740,000
5) Snake Park (SABC2) 740,000

Top Reality Shows

1) Nyan' Nyan (SABC1) 2,086,000
2) Friends Like These (R) (SABC1) 1,379,000
3) Kulcha Kwest (SABC1) 1,144,000
4) Wipeout (SABC2) 942,000
5) Wipeout (e.tv) 942,000

Top Comedies

1) My Perfect Family (Reb) (SABC1) 3,095,000
2) Majakathata (Reb) (SABC2) 2,321,000
3) How I Met Your Mother (e.tv) 1,648,000
4) B&B (e.tv) 1,245,000
5) Moferefere Lenyalong (SABC2) 1,144,000

Top News Bulletins

1) Zulu News (SABC1) 2,557,000
2) Xhosa News (SABC1) 2,315,000
3) Siswati/Ndebele News (SABC1) 1,120,000
4) Afrikaans News (SABC2) 703,000
5) Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi News (SABC2) 663,000

Top Soap Operas

1) Uzalo (SABC1) 6,358,000
2) Generations (SABC1) 5,686,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 5,100,000
4) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4,474,000
5) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,028,000

Top Talk Shows

1) Zaziwa (SABC1) 2,927,000
2) Vusaseki (SABC2) 807,000
3) Shift (R) (SABC1) 538,000
4) Motswako (SABC2) 505,000
5) Steve Harvey (e.tv) 458,000

Top Actuality Shows

1) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,759,000
2) Sunday Live (SABC1) 1,514,000
3) Cutting Edge (SABC1) 1,278,000
4) Checkpoint (e.tv) 908,000
5) Leihlo la Sechaba (SABC2) 774,000

Top Magazine Shows

1) Selimathunzi (SABC1) 2,691,000
2) The Real Goboza (SABC1) 1,615,000
3) Top Billing (SABC3) 505,000
4) The Close Up (e.tv) 404,000
5) Afternoon Express (SABC3) 370,000

Top Game Shows

1) Friends Like These (SABC1) 1,211,000
2) Shikisha (e.tv) 572,000
3) Minute to Win It (SABC3) 471,000
4) Musiek Roulette (SABC2) 404,000
5) MVP Jam (e.tv) 303,000

Top Documentaries

1) Mi Kasi Su Kasi (SABC1) 2,153,000
2) 100% Youth (SABC1) 1,581,000
3) I Shouldn't Be Alive (e.tv) 1,581,000
4) Sisters with Soul (SABC1) 942,000
5) Cold Blood (SABC2) 875,000

Top Primetime Movies

1) Mr & Mrs Smith (e.tv) 2,691,000
2) Beverly Hills Ninja (e.tv) 2,288,000
3) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (SABC1) 1,716,000
4) Money Train (e.tv) 1,514,000
5) Oh Schucks It's Schuster (e.tv) 1,346,000

Top 10 Regular Shows (excluding News bulletins)

1) Uzalo (SABC1) 6,358,000
2) Generations (SABC1) 5,686,000
3) Muvhango (SABC2) 5,100,000
4) Skeem Saam (SABC1) 4,474,000
5) Forced Love (SABC1) 4,071,000
6) Ihawu (Reb) (SABC1) 3,095,000
7) My Perfect Family (Reb) (SABC1) 3,095,000
8) Scandal! (e.tv) 3,028,000
9) Zaziwa (SABC1) 2,927,000
10) Speak Out (SABC2) 2,759,000

Premiere Watch
 
PREMIERE WATCH
New shows that started this week
Show Viewers Channel Genre Timeslot
Just for Laughs: Gags 437,000 e.tv Comedy Mondays, 20h30
The Muppets Less than 34,000 M-Net Comedy Wednesdays, 19h30 (db)
100% Youth 3 (Reb) 1,581,000 SABC1 Docu-series Thursdays, 18h00
Joyous Celebration 20 1,548,000 SABC1 Special Saturday, 20h00
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 1,144,000 e.tv Special Saturday, 21h15
Sisters with Soul 2 942,000 SABC1 Docu-series Sundays, 18h00

Special notes

Telkom Cup knocks out the soapies as Mamelodi topples the Chiefs

Due to the Telkom Knockout Cup final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs on Wednesday 16 December, the soapies were pushed later on SABC1, leading to large drops for both Generations and Uzalo, skewing their average numbers for the week.

Muvhango also suffered a large drop on this night, largely because viewers tuned into the later broadcast of Generations at the same time. A similar fate befell Rhythm City and Scandal! on e.tv, which both had huge drops that night.

Channels in this post: SABC1, SABC2, SABC3, e.tv, Mzansi Magic, M-Net



3 Comments

max85
11 Jan 2016 17:47

Considering it was the festive season I am not surprised tha most shows took a knock in the ratings .muvhango is now at least consistent in tha 5mil mark . Tvsa I hear The Road on msansi magic has being canned .it will come to an end in March .how come isidingo is still surviving the chop even though their ratings are dropping every week .what makes a channel come to a decision to can a show ???surely it was the ratings isidingo would have ended a year ago already ...

Timone
12 Jan 2016 09:53

Its too bad about The Road, they killed that Zwelakhe character way too soon.  Themba Ndaba is holding it down as Silas, I hope he doesn't get killed anytime soon.

Show-Time
13 Jan 2016 13:50

Time-slot and the senseless show-in-a-show storyline became detrimental. Pity it had potential to be a top show.


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