by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) The week of 3 March — 9 March 2014 saw e.tv’s Big Momma House 2 usurp a Top 5 position from SABC 1 on our SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings national chart, and the international friendly soccer match between South Africa and Brazil also scored top 10 positions on both national and DStv-only tables.
This weekly roundup of South Africa’s TV audience viewership, a collaboration between the South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF) and MarkLives, reveals the best-watched shows of the week before, where it ran and how many South Africans tuned in to watch.
We offer two tables, the first covering all households — free-to-air viewing (the various SABC channels and e.tv) as well as the DStv platform — and the second charting the best-watched shows on the DStv network of channels only.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings Chart: 3 March — 9 March 2014
National (include all households — free-to-air viewing and DStv platform)
| Market | Target | Activity | |||||
| National | Total Indv (incl guests) | Live + VOSDAL | |||||
| Counter | Description (grouped) | Channel | Level 1 | Level 2\Variable | (r) AMR % | AMR | SHR % |
| 1 | GENERATIONS | SABC 1 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 20.1 | 8 621 414 | 72.24% |
| 2 | Local | 20.1 | 8 606 085 | 64.97% | |||
| 3 | NGEMPELAH | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 16.2 | 6 946 462 | 51.47% |
| 4 | AMAZA | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 16.0 | 6 875 323 | 51.84% |
| 5 | BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 | e.tv | Movies | Drama | 12.6 | 5 403 183 | 49.60% |
| 6 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY :SOUTH AFRICA VS BRAZIL | SABC 1 | Sport | Football (soccer) | 12.5 | 5 350 338 | 40.92% |
| 7 | INTERSECTIONS | SABC 1 | Variety | Variety | 12.0 | 5 163 245 | 41.39% |
| 8 | MUVHANGO | SABC 2 | Drama | Drama | 10.8 | 4 634 355 | 39.65% |
| 9 | TASK FORCE(DRAMA) | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 10.7 | 4 582 608 | 39.39% |
| 10 | XHOSA NEWS | SABC 1 | News | News | 9.0 | 3 881 939 | 32.42% |
| 11 | LITTLE MAN | e.tv | Movies | Comedy | 8.8 | 3 788 029 | 41.49% |
| 12 | POWERBALL | SABC 2 | Variety | Variety | 8.7 | 3 732 315 | 37.12% |
| 13 | SINGLE GALZ | SABC 1 | Sitcom | Sitcom | 8.6 | 3 673 944 | 29.98% |
| 14 | FRIENDS LIKE THESE | SABC 1 | Variety | Variety | 8.5 | 3 651 687 | 33.35% |
| 15 | SCANDAL | e.tv | Drama | Drama | 8.4 | 3 602 442 | 28.29% |
| 16 | LESILO RULA 4 | SABC 2 | Drama | Drama | 8.4 | 3 591 049 | 31.56% |
| 17 | SELIMATHUNZI | SABC 1 | Variety | Variety | 8.1 | 3 463 302 | 27.65% |
| 18 | RHYTHM CITY | e.tv | Drama | Drama | 8.0 | 3 429 545 | 32.85% |
| 19 | ZULU NEWS | SABC 1 | News | News | 7.9 | 3 392 011 | 27.19% |
| 20 | KHUMBUL’ EKHAYA | SABC 1 | Magazine | Magazine | 7.9 | 3 388 428 | 45.98% |
| 21 | ABO MZALA | SABC 1 | Sitcom | Sitcom | 7.0 | 3 000 414 | 27.20% |
| 22 | LOTTO DRAW LIVE | e.tv | Competition | Competition | 6.6 | 2 844 035 | 26.70% |
| 23 | WWE WRESTLING RAW | e.tv | Sport | Wrestling | 6.3 | 2 683 519 | 27.83% |
| 24 | NEWS | e.tv | News | News | 6.0 | 2 569 661 | 22.28% |
| 25 | DI WELE MAKGOLELA | SABC 2 | Variety | Variety | 5.6 | 2 407 342 | 25.74% |
| 26 | 90 PLEIN STREET | SABC 2 | Drama | Drama | 5.5 | 2 372 878 | 32.04% |
| 27 | EKASI OUR STORIES:BROTHERS IN ARMS | e.tv | Drama | Drama | 5.4 | 2 319 168 | 21.00% |
| 28 | MR BOX OFFICE | SABC 1 | Sitcom | Sitcom | 5.4 | 2 316 203 | 22.94% |
| 29 | MUVHANGO -R | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 5.3 | 2 292 754 | 46.38% |
| 30 | GENERATIONS -R | SABC 1 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 5.2 | 2 240 500 | 55.37% |
| 31 | RING OF FIRE | e.tv | Movies | Movies | 5.2 | 2 225 268 | 21.46% |
| 32 | NYAN NYAN | SABC 1 | Reality | Reality | 5.1 | 2 208 866 | 23.09% |
| 33 | GENERATIONS -R | SABC 1 | Soap opera | Local | 4.8 | 2 063 636 | 44.12% |
| 34 | CUTTING EDGE | SABC 1 | Actuality | Actuality | 4.8 | 2 048 819 | 24.72% |
| 35 | 7DE LAAN | SABC 2 | Soap opera | Local | 4.8 | 2 043 086 | 18.88% |
| 36 | VODACOM YEBO MILLIONAIRES | SABC 1 | Competition | Competition | 4.7 | 2 030 462 | 19.53% |
| 37 | SOCCER ZONE | SABC 1 | Sport | Football (soccer) | 4.7 | 2 009 960 | 18.92% |
| 38 | 7DE LAAN | SABC 2 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 4.7 | 1 997 036 | 22.38% |
| 39 | THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | SABC 3 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 4.6 | 1 970 050 | 26.72% |
| 40 | ELECTION DEBATE | SABC 1 | Reality | Reality | 4.5 | 1 944 517 | 18.55% |
DStv platform only
| Market | Target | Activity | |||||
| DStv | Total Indv (incl guests) | Live + VOSDAL | |||||
| Counter | Description (grouped) | Channel | Level 1 | Level 2\Variable | (r) AMR % | AMR | SHR % |
| 1 | GENERATIONS | SABC 1 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 16.8 | 2 270 011 | 55.02% |
| 2 | Local | 15.4 | 2 080 710 | 47.94% | |||
| 3 | MUVHANGO | SABC 2 | Drama | Drama | 8.6 | 1 158 669 | 30.09% |
| 4 | INTERSECTIONS | SABC 1 | Variety | Variety | 7.8 | 1 055 846 | 24.82% |
| 5 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY :SOUTH AFRICA VS BRAZIL | SABC 1 | Sport | Football (soccer) | 6.8 | 913 458 | 20.94% |
| 6 | BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 | e.tv | Movies | Drama | 6.7 | 901 577 | 23.55% |
| 7 | KHUMBUL’ EKHAYA | SABC 1 | Magazine | Magazine | 6.1 | 822 853 | 31.01% |
| 8 | NGEMPELAH | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 6.1 | 817 936 | 18.64% |
| 9 | RHYTHM CITY | e.tv | Drama | Drama | 5.9 | 797 910 | 20.73% |
| 10 | AMAZA | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 5.8 | 784 167 | 18.38% |
| 11 | SCANDAL | e.tv | Drama | Drama | 5.8 | 782 081 | 18.34% |
| 12 | POWERBALL | SABC 2 | Variety | Variety | 5.6 | 749 970 | 21.62% |
| 13 | XHOSA NEWS | SABC 1 | News | News | 5.5 | 740 135 | 18.20% |
| 14 | LESILO RULA 4 | SABC 2 | Drama | Drama | 5.2 | 707 095 | 18.07% |
| 15 | ISIBAYA | Mzansi Magic | Variety | Variety | 4.9 | 657 812 | 21.45% |
| 16 | NEWS | e.tv | News | News | 4.6 | 625 360 | 15.28% |
| 17 | ZULU NEWS | SABC 1 | News | News | 4.6 | 625 022 | 14.63% |
| 18 | TASK FORCE(DRAMA) | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 4.4 | 592 921 | 14.89% |
| 19 | LITTLE MAN | e.tv | Movies | Comedy | 4.0 | 540 811 | 16.44% |
| 20 | BIG BROTHER SA | Mzansi Magic | Reality | Reality | 4.0 | 539 264 | 12.56% |
| 21 | LOTTO DRAW LIVE | e.tv | Competition | Competition | 3.7 | 501 916 | 14.38% |
| 22 | 7DE LAAN | SABC 2 | Soap opera | Local | 3.7 | 496 320 | 12.61% |
| 23 | FRIENDS LIKE THESE | SABC 1 | Variety | Variety | 3.5 | 471 466 | 11.80% |
| 24 | GENERATIONS -R | SABC 1 | Soap opera | Local | 3.3 | 442 682 | 25.35% |
| 25 | SELIMATHUNZI | SABC 1 | Variety | Variety | 3.2 | 431 937 | 10.15% |
| 26 | DI WELE MAKGOLELA | SABC 2 | Variety | Variety | 3.2 | 430 519 | 12.98% |
| 27 | GENERATIONS -R | SABC 1 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 3.1 | 422 846 | 30.64% |
| 28 | SINGLE GALZ | SABC 1 | Sitcom | Sitcom | 3.1 | 419 842 | 10.11% |
| 29 | 7DE LAAN | SABC 2 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 3.1 | 416 677 | 11.88% |
| 30 | THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | SABC 3 | Soap opera | Soap opera | 3.0 | 409 846 | 13.89% |
| 31 | MUVHANGO -R | SABC 1 | Drama | Drama | 3.0 | 400 482 | 22.27% |
| 32 | ABO MZALA | SABC 1 | Sitcom | Sitcom | 2.8 | 382 243 | 9.44% |
| 33 | WWE WRESTLING RAW | e.tv | Sport | Wrestling | 2.8 | 374 938 | 10.29% |
| 34 | NOOT VIR NOOT | SABC 2 | Music | Music | 2.7 | 368 648 | 8.55% |
| 35 | NYAN NYAN | SABC 1 | Reality | Reality | 2.7 | 360 664 | 9.99% |
| 36 | VODACOM SUPER RUGBY 2014 BULLS VS BLUES | SuperSport 1 | Sport | Rugby (all) | 2.6 | 357 158 | 10.64% |
| 37 | NUUS | SABC 2 | News | News | 2.6 | 353 137 | 8.90% |
| 38 | VODACOM SUPER RUGBY 2014 SHARKS VS LIONS | SuperSport 1 | Sport | Rugby (all) | 2.6 | 352 168 | 9.11% |
| 39 | THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | SABC 3 | Soap opera | International | 2.6 | 346 663 | 9.70% |
| 40 | PASELLA | SABC 2 | Magazine | Magazine | 2.5 | 344 485 | 7.70% |
How to read the tables:
AMR% refers to the number of people in a target market who were watching an event ie programme, expressed as a percentage of the population for that demographic: “On average, 16.3% of adults aged 15+ who watched TV from 28 Jan-3 Feb 2014 watched Society on SABC 1”.
AMR is the number of people in a target market watching a specific event ie programme per minute, expressed in absolute figures: “On average, 1, 541, 066 adults aged 15+ who watched TV from from28 Jan-3 Feb 2014 watched Society on SABC 1”.
Share % (SHR %) is the share or proportion of the available audience (people watching TV at that time) that a specific channel/programme has achieved at that time: “Society achieved a share % of 52.59% from 28 Jan- 3 Feb 2014 on SABC 1″.
SAARF is the name by which the South African Audience Research Foundation is familiarly known. SAARF’s main objective is to direct and publish media audience and product/brand research for the benefit of its stake-holders, thereby providing data for target marketing and a common currency for the buying and selling of media space and time. SAARF has thus the responsibility to measure the audiences of all traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema and out of home media.
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