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SABC, e.tv And DStv Ratings For August 2021

SABC 1:

Uzalo - 7 648 487
Generations the Legacy (Soap) - 6 384 390
Skeem Saam (Drama) - 5 149 384
Zulu News - 4 109 013
Carling Black Label Cup Kaizer Chiefs Vs Spor - 3 781 923
Xhosa News - 3 423 322
Nyan Nyan (Reality) - 3 219 812
Mtn 8 Mamelodi Sundowns vs Kaizer Chiefs - 2 999 997
Judas Kiss - 2 722 664
Judas' Kiss Movi - 2 498 793
Now or Never (Documentary) - 2 442 573
Come Again (Reality) - 2 433 356
Uzalo (Repeat) - 2 378 370
Khumbul' Ekhaya (Magazine) - 2 312 560
Born Legends (Reality) - 2 302 345
Live Amp - 2 294 448
Selimathunzi - 2 286 275
Real Goboza (Magazine) - 2 273 956
Skeem Saam (Repeat) - 2 263 239
Evolution of Mzansi Street Culture (Reality) - 2 262 219

SABC 2:

Muvhango (Drama) - 4 166 031
Presidential Address - 3 380 795
Music - 2 559 683
Live Lotto Draw - 1 818 715
7De Laan (Soap) - 1 067 589
Muvhango (Omnibus) - 989 105
Mmalonya (Drama) - 885 621
Ses/Tsw/Sep News - 831 090
Tlhakantsuke (Drama) - 747 423
Nuus - 746 775
Ladies Detective Agency (Drama) - 692 528
Die Sentrum (Drama) - 653 054
Keletso (Drama) - 628 326
Muvhango (Repeat) - 621 405
Skeem Saam (Repeat) - 620 361
Venda/Tsonga News - 593 480
Bone of My Bones (Drama) - 583 251
Morning Live News - 583 276
Mma Moeketsi (Drama) - 555 418
Uzalo (Repeat) - 533 571

SABC 3:

Costa Rica: Rise of Nature (Documentary) - 733 963
News - 692 103
Natural World Sudan: the Last of the Rhino (Documentary) - 564 934
Wild Orphans Rescue (Documentary) - 563 218
Seven Worlds One Planet (Documentary) - 549 716
The Estate (Omnibus) - 524 374
Earth's Greatest Rivers (Documentary) - 469 521
Taking of Pelham (Movie) - 380 305
The Bone Collector (Movie) - 357 725
The Estate (Repeat) - 345 127
Bundesliga Sc Freiberg vs Borussia Dortm - 341 986
The Insider Sa (Repeat) - 333 765
Songland (Reality) - 314 839
Fences (Movie) - 312 578
Unpacked with Relebogile (Magazine) - 304 444
The Estate (Drama) - 300 738
Soccer Build-up - 296 952
The Mel Robbins Show - 295 829
The Longest Date (Reality) - 293 475
Tokyo Olympics: Athletics - 292 736

e.tv:

Scandal (Soap) - 5 873 723
House of Zwide (Drama) - 4 370 112
Imbewu (Drama) - 3 810 303
Ican with Absa Drive (Advt) - 3 785 688
Durban Gen (Drama) - 2 659 552
Red (Movie) - 2 320 937
Red 2 (Movie) - 2 258 176
Bad Boys 2 (Movie) - 2 134 883
Captain America: Civil War (Movie) - 2 104 527
Family Feud South Africa - 1 938 500
Bad Boys (Movie) - 1 886 008
Captain America: the Winter Soldier (Movie) - 1 862 100
Imbewu (Repeat) - 1 775 976
Deur Dik En Dun (Drama) - 1 759 465
Guardians of the Galaxy (Movie) - 1 704 432
Marvel's Doctor Strange (Movie) - 1 679 302
Checkpoint (News) - 1 661 294
Emedia Special Announcement - 1 615 592
Imbewu: Omnibus - 1 585 937
Little Big Shots - 1 581 129

DStv:

MZANSI Gomora (Drama) - 1 307 306 & 1 625 714
MOJA Uyajola 9/9 (Reality) - 1 170 277 & 1 417 159
MZANSI The Queen (Drama) - 1 067 787 & 1 260 578
MZANSI The Queen (Movie) - 883 884 & 991 665
MZANSI Diep City (Drama) - 839 832 & 1 073 335
MZANSI The River (Drama) - 760 133 & 976 027
MZANSI Mnakwethu (Reality) - 728 606 & 932 574
MWET Our Perfect Wedding (Drama) - 705 424 & 926 458
MZANSI Nqobile (Drama) - 702 591 & 837 967
MZANSI Idols SA (Reality) - 693 760 & 864 858
MZANSI Abomama (Drama) - 646 132 & 771 424
MOJA Isencane Lengane (Drama) - 640 925 & 809 817
MZANSI Our Perfect Wedding (Magazine) - 636 112 & 795 763
MOJA Giants of the City (Reality) - 604 053 & 764 545
MZANSI The Real Housewives of Durban - 600 848 & 719 721
MWET The Queen (Repeat) - 517 673 & 659 894
MWET Ifalakhe (Drama) - 515 321 & 682 059
MOJA Mamazala (Reality) - 449 504 & 573 757
MOJA Dloz'lami (Actuality) - 445 126 & 553 272
MWET The River (Movie) - 436 678 & 551 547
MZANSI Unefa (Documentary) - 415 783 & 534 462
MOJA Single and Mingle (Magazine) - 408 173 & 502 970
MOJA Ostufuza - 398 677 & 506 144
MZANSI Lebo M Coming Home - 381 120 & 486 695
MWET The River (Repeat) - 377 125 & 412 018
MBIO Isinamuva - 359 089 & 457 174
MZANSI Gomora (Repeat) - 355 012 & 425 070
MM4 War for the Planet of the Apes (Movie) - 348 976 & 437 865
MZANSI Wangkolota (Reality) - 349 007 & 420 117
MWET Isibaya (Repeat) - 345 703 & 421 062

Three New Series Coming In October 2021 On History Africa

Brand New & Exclusive
AMERICA’S BOOK OF SECRETS WITH LANCE REDDICK
10 October
Sundays from 20h15
Hosted by film and television star Lance Reddick, America’s Book of Secrets is a one hour, non-fcton series that asks the highly intriguing question: What if there is a book that serves as a collecton of America’s most closely guarded secrets? A book that throughout tme has been carefully passed down from trusted hand to trusted hand.

Brand New and Exclusive
THE UNXPLAINED WITH WILLIAM SHATNER S2
15 October
Fridays 19h25
From the producers of Ancient Aliens® and The Curse of Oak Island® comes alleged UFO encounters to sudden disappearances and evil possessions. Series host William Shatner is back with atempts to get to the truth behind the most bizarre and mysterious events ever reported. With the help of the world’s top scientsts, frst-hand “experiencer” accounts, and dramatc re-enactments, viewers gain shocking insight into what’s really happening and more compellingly why?

Brand New & Exclusive
AL MURRAY: WHY DO THE BRITS WIN EVERY WAR?
23 October
Saturdays 19h25
In this series, comedian, Al Murray known as “The Pub Landlord”, unpacks the history of military conficts with Britain’s nearest neighbours and sometme allies to fnd out how the legacy of these military encounters and so-called victories have afected their relatons ever since, for good or bad and very probably both.

UPDATED (19/09/2021): IMPACT WRESTLING CANCELLED AFTER A YEAR??? As eMedia Investments Adds Singing Competition Britain's Got Talent In Its Timeslot On e.tv [RUMOR]

Earlier this month, eMedia Investments shocked viewers with the news they no longer have rights to La Liga after announcing last year they acquired 4 year rights to the match.

Now it looks like that might not be the only thing cancelled on eMedia's portfolio apparently through an updated schedule the twelfth season of Britain's Got Talent replaces Impact Wrestling after a year on on e.tv from September 26th.

Maybe Impact Wrestling will become an Openview exclusive through their News and Sport channel seeing as they still mention it unlike DBE TV but I have my doubts on that as mentioned they no longer have rights to La Liga even after signing a 4 year agreement and also they haven't been promoting it for a while now.

Perhaps, they're putting more focus on eVOD as mentioned a month ago. They'd be investing R100 million on fresh content for that service and those millions had to come from somewhere.

Cancellation of La Liga was probably in that R100 million perhaps even all the sports e.tv acquired for their channel alongside News and Sport. So where does that leave News and Sport?

Since the introduction of SABC Sport onto the Openview platform, eMedia Investments has been very distant with their News and Sport channel through promotion on Openview as they divert attention to a rival's sports channel and it's offering.

It wouldn't be surprising if SABC Sport picked up rights to some of these matches seeing as the channel is pretty much the glue in the relationship.

Britain's Got Talent season 12 airs Sundays at 16:40 on e.tv apparently from 26 September. Chances are this is nothing but it seems very likely to occur.

SCHEDULE UPDATE: Impact Wrestling is saved as e.tv now moves it to Saturdays at 16:20.

We Are Toonz: Could DBE TV Be The Next Channel To Go Off Air On Openview?

Openview recently put up a new advert where you can see them promote their set of channels but interesting enough on their kids segment We Are Toonz adds Takalani Sesame to the offering.

Takalani Sesame is a product of the SABC and Sesame Workshop which broadcasts on SABC 1-3 but why is this show present while others were ignored?

SABC 1-3 is available under a must-carry clause while SABC Sport serves as an additional channel so it made sense to promote their sports offering.

Takalani Sesame does form part of a division for SABC Education which operates a 24 hour channel through DTT and TelkomOne. Is it possible that SABC Education will find it's way onto Openview likely as a replacement for DBE TV?

Through this advert, Openview lists every other channel except DBE TV from what was mentioned during the launch was that it's a pop-up channel which should have ended last year but didn't for some apparent reason.

SABC Education does offer similar content to DBE TV with the likes of Geleza Nathi assisting Grade 10-12 and Words And Numbers catered towards Grade 1-3.

SABC stated earlier this year they'd be rolling out two entertainment channels which usually consists of viewers aged 18-49 and SABC Education recently adjusted their schedule and now include religious and gospel shows which appeal to that audience.

SABC Children which hasn't been finalized as yet could potentially be the replacement if DBE TV goes off air since both channels cater toward the same audience.

A Blast From The Past: The Historical Drama Kurt En Shura Is Available For Streaming On eVOD + New Developments Coming To eExtra

eVOD launched early in August offering a mix of local and international content part of which included a section known as Afrikaans Premium which serves a pay version of Kuiertyd offering current, former and future programming for Kuiertyd.

eVOD started out with two exclusive shows through Afrikaans Premium which were Voelvry which has been available through Dizi on StarTimes every weekday and eExtra every Sunday alongside the remake of the Korean drama, Dokter Ali which makes its October debut on eExtra replacing Stiletto Vendetta.

Now the platform rolled out another show taking their premium offering to 3 shows which is known other than the Dizi repeat Kurt En Shura the only twist the show is now available in Afrikaans.

Kurt En Shura (Kurt Seyit ve Şura), is about the adventures of two people in love who are forced to leave their lives and family behind and escape to Istanbul during the Russian Revolution. Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ) and (Farah Zeynep Abdullah) take up the lead roles.

Kurt En Shura alongside Voelvry are considered as repeats for those who viewed through Timeless Dizi Channel with the only exception being Dokter Ali.

With that in mind, it wouldn't surprise me if e.tv or any of its brands picked up the rights to Bana Sevmeyi Anlat (Wings Of Love) while Timeless Dizi Channel probably airs Doodsondes, Bittersoet, The Girl Named Feriha and Vierspeel Vuurspel in Turkish and English.

Kurt En Shura aired from September 13th with 10 episodes available for streaming on eVOD with no exact timeframe on when it will make its linear debut on e.tv and eExtra.

According to sources, eExtra will be making some schedule adjustments with Voelvry moving away from Sundays and occupying weekday repeat slot for Deur Dik En Dun at 21:30 from September 20th with the only repeats available on eVOD.