These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for May 2018.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead: Top shows on TV: May 2018
If you're unable to see the above document, this is an overview of the Top 5 shows for each channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
9,373,201 |
| Generations: The Legacy |
9,147,606 |
| Skeem Saam |
8,160,503 |
| Xhosa News |
5,145,260 |
| Zulu News |
4,852,908
|
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
5,098,917 |
| 7de Laan |
3,019,424 |
| Lesilo Rula |
2,591,597 |
| Matswakabele |
2,251,895 |
| Speak Out |
1,959,228 |
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| Mandela Centenary Cup 2018:Mamelodi Sund |
3,281,839 |
| Soccer Build- up |
1,909,082 |
| Isidingo:the Need |
1,099,360 |
| Planet Earth: Mountains |
726,689 |
| The Bold and the Beautiful |
710,460 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Scandal |
5,137,585 |
| Rhythm City |
3,927,028 |
| Hercules (Movie) |
2,649,325 |
| G.I. Joe Retaliation |
2,535,906 |
| The Game Plan |
2,495,108 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Queen |
1,533,059 |
| Our Perfect Wedding |
1,244,652 |
| Isibaya |
992,646 |
| Abomama |
968,938 |
| Date My Family |
926,515
|
Special notes
What percentage of South Africans actually watched the Miss South Africa pageant?
The answer: a maximum of 1.98%.
We thought it would be fun to do the calculations so we have.
As you'll see in the above documents, 756,855 viewers watched the pageant on Mzansi Magic.
It also aired on M-Net but the viewership wasn't high enough to make DStv's Top 30 list. Unfortunately these limited TAMS documents don't show what the viewership was so we've based the final number on the very maximum it could have been.
The very maximum viewership it could have attracted on M-Net was 372,107 viewers - one viewer below Soka Lama, at the bottom of the DStv list.
The final calculation looks like this:
| Mzansi Magic viewers |
756, 855 |
| Maximum viewers who who could have watched it on M-Net |
372,107 |
| Total maximum viewership |
1,128,962 |
South Africa currently has a population of approximately 57-million people and 1,128,962 viewers is 1.98% percent of the population.
For an explanation of the TAMS, please see:
The TAMS Ratings Explained.