Katch It With Khanyi

Katch It With Khanyi was a South African television talk show produced by Endemol Africa and hosted by Khanyi Mbau[1] where she interviewed South African celebrities, including politicians, footballers and artists.

Katch It With Khanyi
GenreTalk Show
Presented by
Country of originSouth Africa
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes91 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Anton Burggraf
  • Sivan Pillay
Camera setupMultiple
Running time
  • 24 minutes
    (Season 1-3)
Production company
Release
Original networkE.tv
Original releaseSeptember 15, 2014 (2014-09-15) –
2016 (2016)

Before the season finale of season 1, the show was renewed for a second season and production was ongoing.[2] The show was scheduled to screen 26 episodes in its second season.[3] Season 1 was filmed from her kasi studio at the Nambitha Restaurant on Soweto's Vilakazi Street. For season 2, the show and production have been at Orlando Stadium.[4]

Season 3 premiered on 20 April 2015 on E.tv.[5] In the first episode, Mbau interviewed the former First Lady of South Africa, Thobeka Madiba Zuma, about her life, career and relationship with President Jacob Zuma.[6]

Reception

Katch It With Khanyi debuted in September 2014 with a viewership of 785,000, exceeding SABC 2's Motswako by over 30,000 viewers. Motswako's viewership in the same week was 753,000 viewers.[7] According to the South African TV Authority, it was the most watched TV talk show in the country at the end of that month.[8]

In the first week of November 2014, the show's ratings reached 1,669,000 viewers with a difference of 884,000 viewers from the second most watched talk show of that week.[9]

Awards and nominations
Year Nominated Award Result Ref.
2015 Katch It With Khanyi South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA), Best Talk Show Nominated [10]

References
  1. Khanyi, Mbau. "Khanyi's Official Website". My Khanyi Mbau. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. "Renewed! Katch It With Khanyi". TVSA. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. E, Tv. "Katch it with Khanyi". Etv. Etv. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. "Katch it with Khanyi TONIGHT!". channel24. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  5. Munya, Vomo. "Khanyi's show one of SA's most-watched". IOL. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. "Kach It With Khanyi Season 3". TVSA. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. "Khanyi Mbau's talk show hits no.1 - VIDEO". Sunday World.
  8. "Khanyi talks her way to the top". Times Live. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  9. "Primetime TV Ratings — Week 45". TVSA. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  10. Bernice, Maune. "Generations, Muvhango snubbed as Isibaya, Binnelanders lead SAFTA nominations". Times Live. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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