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
Original release
NetworkE.tv
ReleaseSeptember 15, 2014 (2014-09-15) –
2016 (2016)

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.

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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