by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) by SAARF & MarkLives. See who made it to the top of our National and DStv charts for the week of 11–17 August 2014! A collaboration between the South African Audience Research Foundation and MarkLives, this #Top40TVratings column is a weekly roundup of South Africa’s TV audience viewership, revealing the best-watched shows of the week before, where it ran and how many South Africans tuned in to watch.
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#Top40TVratings: There’s a Schuster on my stoep!
by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) So, the 2014 FIFA World Cup is done and dusted, and has vanished off our SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings national and DStv charts, but Leon Schuster’s There’s a Zulu on My Stoep (1993) is still tickling the rainbow nation’s funny bones more than 20 years on, having made it to no. 16 nationally and no. 26 on DStv for the week of July 14–20!
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: “When we were black” back in top 10
by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) SABC 1 drama “When we were black” returned to the top 10, at no. 4 position, during the week of 2–8 June 2014, our SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings national chart shows. Meanwhile, on our DStv chart, International Rugby: South Africa vs World XV made it to no. 14.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: Family Bonds enter Top 10
by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) The week of 24 March — 30 March 2014 saw Family Bonds on SABC 1 entering our into one of our Top 10 positions on the SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings national chart.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: Battle of the news broadcasts
by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) The week of 17 March — 23 March 2014 saw SABC 1 dominate eight of the Top 10 positions on our SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings national chart, while Isibaya continued its climb on our DStv table, from no. 4 to no. 3, by growing its viewership from 965 632 to 1 115 462.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: e.tv moves into top 5
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.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: Absa Premiership game scores
by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) The week of 24 February 2014 — 2 March 2014 saw a number of shows switch positions on our SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings chart: Amaza crept into second place; the Mamelodi Sundowns vs Orlando Pirates game of the Absa Premiership scored into our Top 5; and the MetroFM Music Awards hit the 17th slot on our national table while landing in fourth spot on our DStv one.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: SABC 1 holding steady
by SAARF & MarkLives (@marklives) For the week of 17 February — 23 February 2014, the top five SABC 1 shows from previous weeks still remained in place on the SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings Chart, but with dramas Loxion Lyric and Amaza swapping places.
SAARF/MarkLives #Top40TVratings: Generations rules the roost
MarkLives and the South African Audience Research Foundation are collaborating to publish a weekly round up of South Africa’s TV audience viewership. The SAARF/MarkLives Top40 TV Ratings Chart reveals the best watched shows of the week before, where it ran and how many South Africans tuned in to watch.