July 2012 ratings

RATINGS & STATS | APRIL 2012
Audience Ratings
This monthly feature selects prominent local productions and ranks them in terms of audience
ratings (ARs). Selected foreign programmes are shown only for comparison.
ARs are weighted over the period of transmission and the number of transmissions during
the calendar month. Data is supplied by the South African Advertising Research Foundation and
processed by Interactive Market Systems (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.
Date
13/04/2012
15/04/2012
26/04/2012
30/04/2012
24/04/2012
Genre
Soap
Movi
Soap
Soap
Soap
AR
6.5
6.3
6.1
5.6
4.8
M-Net
RankProgramme
1
Water For Elephants
2
Carte Blanche
3
No Strings Attached
4
The Next Three Days
5
Grey’s Anatomy
Date
29/04/2012
22/04/2012
22/04/2012
15/04/2012
16/04/2012
Genre
Movi
Actu
Movi
Movi
Dram
AR
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.0
0.9
e.tv
RankProgramme
1
Rhythm City
2
Big Momma’s House 2
3 News
4
Big Momma’s House
5
Ekasi:Our Stories My Brother’s Keeper
Date
Genre
23/04/2012 Dram
22/04/2012 Movi
19/04/2012News
15/04/2012 Movi
02/04/2012 Dram
AR
13.6
13.3
11.4
11.4
11.4
We feature the top five shows viewed for each of the channels.
Mar 2012 AR
SABC3
RankProgramme
1
Isidingo: The Need
2
Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past
3
Days Of Our Lives
4
Isidingo – R
5
7de Laan – R
Apr 2012 AR
AR
12.0
10.2
8.8
8.3
8.1
Channel
Date
Genre
10/04/2012Dram
01/04/2012Sitc
23/04/2012 Soap
26/04/2012 Actu
03/04/2012Vari
Frequency
SABC2
RankProgramme
1 Muvhango
2 Stokvel
3
7de Laan
4
Speak Out
5 Powerball
Day/s
AR
26.7
20.0
16.8
15.2
15.1
Start Time
Date
Genre
02/04/2012Soap
02/04/2012 Dram
03/04/2012Dram
23/04/2012 Y-Ent
14/04/2012 Movi
Genre
The cream of the local productions
3 Talk Talk
16:30
M-F
S5
3
3.2
2.7
3rd Degree
Actu
21:30
Tue
W
e
7.8
7.2
7de Laan
Soap
18:30
M-F
S5
2
7.7
7.2
Binnelanders
Dram18:30 M-F S5 K
Carte Blanche
Maga 19:00
Sun
W M
1.0
1.0
Fokus Actu
Sun
W
5.5
4.5
Generations
Soap20:00M-F S5 1 22.921.1
Gospel Gold
Musi
Inkaba
Dram20:30 M-T S4MM 0.3
Isidingo:The Need
Soap
19:30
M-F
S5
3
4.9
5.1
Jam Alley
Vari
18:30
Fri
W
1
5.8
5.0
Live Lotto Draw
Quiz
21.30
W/S S2
2
5.4
8.5
Morning Live
Maga 06:00
M-F
2
1.9
2.1
Muvhango
Dram21:00 M-T S4 2
9.2 9.6
News at Seven
News 19:00
Daily D
e
8.1
7.4
News at Seven on 3
News 19:00
Daily D
3
2.9
2.8
Pasella
Maga19:30 W W 2 4.8 4.2
Rhythm City
Soap
Scandal
Dram19:30 M-T S4 e
9.7 8.8
Selimathunzi
Vari 18:30 WedW 1
5.8 6.6
Special Assignment
Actu
21:15
Thu
W
3
1.5
The Wild
Dram 19:00
M-T
S4
M
0.1
Top Billing
Maga 20:00
Tue
W
2
2.9
Villa Rosa
Dram 18:00
M-T
S4
K
0.8
Yo-TV
Y-EntVari Vari D e 1.6 1.5
Name
The top five programmes
SABC1
RankProgramme
1 Generations
2
Zone 14
3 Montana
4
Soul Buddyz
5
Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past
Vari
18:30
Sun
M-F
W
S5
S5
2
2
e
5.6
11.6
4.1
9.8
1.7
3.1
Top foreign shows
Days of Our Lives
Soap
17:10
M-F
S5
1
5.1
4.7
WWE Wrestling Smackdown
Spor
20:30
W
W
e
5.5
5.4
The Bold and the Beautiful
Soap
18:00
M-F
S5
1
6.3
4.1
Key: Day/s refers to the day or days of the week the programme is transmitted. Frequency refers to how often it is transmitted
D=Daily, W=Weekly, S (followed by a number) indicates a series of that number of episodes.
Key to genres: Actu: Actuality, Docu: Documentary, Dram: Drama, Educ: Education, Maga: Magazine, Musi: Music,
News: News, Quiz: Game Show, Real: Real life, Reli: Religion, Sitc: Sitcom, Soap: Soap, Spor: Sport,
Vari: Variety, Y.Ent: Youth Entertainment,
• Television Universe estimated at 5.232 million households. • One ratings point of all viewers represents about 145 590 viewers
| SCREENAFRICA | July 2012
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0.9
The above represents a selection of programmes only, and is calculated
on the total calendar month’s weighted average of the total audience
over all age groups. If you want a particular programme included
please contact Enid Venter on +27 (0)11 339-1051 or
email [email protected]. The purpose of the schedule is to show the
types of programmes South African audiences view, and to what extent.