Uzalo remains most watched TV show in SA, according to statistics

According to latest Television Audience Measurement Survey (TAMS) statistics released by The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa for December 2016, popular SABC 1 soapie Uzalo still holds the top spot as the country's most watched TV show.

According to the statistics, Uzalo was the most watched show on SABC 1, and South Africa, with 8.42 million viewers at its highest point, up from the 8.13 million viewers it managed to attract in November.

Generations: The Legacy  also increased its viewership and was hot on the heels of Uzalo, with 8.36 million viewers over the same period.

The introduction of Uzalo in 2015, two months after Generations relaunched as Generations: The Legacy, sparked a viewership battle between the two for the crown of most-watched TV show in the country.

Generations held onto the title for several months before Uzalo took over the top spot in June 2015. The two shows continued to compete for the top spot in a see-saw like battle, before Uzalo cemented its position in September last year.

Uzalo's success came as then SABC COO Hlaudi Moetseneng announced an increased local content quota on the SABC's TV properties.

The two shows remain the most popular at the SABC and beat out another popular SABC 1 soapie Skeem Saam - which registered just under 6 million viewers in December.

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Popular SABC 2 soapie Muvhango remained the most watched show on SABC 2, with 6,259,067 viewers, followed by the Live Lotto Draw which drew just over 5 million viewers.

Afrikaans soapie 7 de Laan continued its decline from 1.81 million viewers in November to 1.65 million viewers in December.

SABC 3's most popular show was international soapie Bold and the Beautiful, which drew just under 900,000 viewers.  Local soapie Isidingo was not far behind with 855,000 viewers, down from the 1 milllion it enjoyed in November.

Scandal!  showed an increase in viewership, from 4.35 million viewers in November to 4.86 million viewers in December, and remained the most popular show on e.tv. While Rhythm City drew 3.1 million viewers at its highest point in December.

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Mzansi Magic's weekly reality shows continue to be popular on social media but it was the channel's soapie Isibaya that drew its most viewers: 1.15 million. The show had also topped the channel's charts in November with 1.12 million viewers.

Our Perfect Wedding proved the most popular of the channel's reality shows, with just over 1 milliion viewers at its highest point in December. While Date My Family came in below it, with just 682,000 viewers.