These are the primetime adult television viewing figures for May 2024.
If you can't see the listing below, then click this link to access them in a document instead:
Top Shows on TV: May 2024
Special notes
Viewers were subjected no loadshedding in April. If only the elections were always just around the corner!
Kelders van 7de Laan
e.tv's step into the world of locally produced Afrikaans dailies has proven to be more successful than what was going over at SABC2 during the final days of 7de Laan.
Viewership for the most watched episode of Kelders van Geheime during its debut month this May was 83% higher than audiences for 7de Laan during its final month in
December 2023.
Kelders van Geheime attracted 1,653 738 viewers in contrast with 7de Laan that delivered 874,822
viewers for its finale.
There's also a 6.9% difference between them in Audience Share with KvG recording 15,9% and 7de Laan 9%.
A mole tells TVSA that the SABC's working on a new 18h00 soapie for SABC2 which could put a spanner in e.tv's works. Of course it may only happen in seven years time being the SABC.
If you can't see the documents above, here's an overview of the Top 5 shows per channel/broadcaster:
SABC1
| Show |
Viewers |
| Uzalo |
5,228,549 |
| Generations the Legacy |
4,451,576 |
| Skeem Saam |
4,437,004 |
| Isiswati/Isindebele |
2,939,672 |
| Xhosa News |
2,816,315 |
SABC2
| Show |
Viewers |
| Muvhango |
1,292,635 |
| Deal or No Deal |
938,679* |
| Deal or No Deal -R |
766,513 |
| Ses/Tsw/Sep News |
732,035 |
| Melody |
694,967 |
SABC3
| Show |
Viewers |
| The Masked Singer SA |
776,903 |
| News |
503,291 |
| The Masked Singer Sa-R |
439,983 |
| Nuus |
434,236 |
| Home Grown Tastes with Lorna Maseko |
414,107 |
e.tv
| Show |
Viewers |
| House of Zwide |
4,585,478 |
| Isitha - the Enemy |
4,099,594 |
| Smoke and Mirrors |
3,632,485 |
| Scandal |
3,519,892 |
| Isiphetho - Destiny |
3,240,950 |
DStv
| Show |
Viewers |
| Sibongile & the Dlaminis |
1,343,027 |
| Umkhokha:the Curse |
784,586 |
| The River (Drama) |
759,650 |
| Mnakwethu Happily Ever After |
701,018 |
| Kwa Njomane |
685,250 |
Please note: these ratings don't include viewership from DStv Catch Up, YouTube, Viu, eVOD or SABC+. 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.