The Best TV Shows on KykNET

Every KykNET Show Ranked From Best To Worst

For top-tier entertainment, KykNET delivered DIY Met Riaan and Villa Rosa in 2003 and 2004. A broadcaster of distinction, KykNET has aired more than 20 shows between 2003 and 2026. Check out the most acclaimed shows on KykNET, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for August 2026.

  • Die Oord
    Die Oord (2026)10.0

    A holiday town on the coast. Families who have been camping at the same caravan park for generations. Children playing on the beach. Braai under the trees. Everything is idyllic - until a body washes up on the beach.

  • Republiek van Zoid Afrika
    Republiek van Zoid Afrika (2014)9.0

    Karen Zoid's talk show with comic sketches, visits with influential and exceptional people, and music that will take your breath away.

  • Mooimaak met Clare Wiese-Wentzel
    Mooimaak met Clare Wiese-Wentzel (2017)9.0

    A reality series focusing on radical transformations that will make anyone look and feel more beautiful - inside and out.

  • Een Keer Om Die Son
    Een Keer Om Die Son (2024)9.0

    Over the course of a year, the Van Wyk's mourn the loss of a loved one and struggle with divorce, illness, forgiveness, high school and secrets as they heal and find each other again.

  • Getroud Met Rugby
    Getroud Met Rugby (2009)8.5

    Getroud met Rugby is a drama revolving around four stars of a Johannesburg rugby team and their wives as they become involved in various interconnected scandals.

  • Diepe Waters
    Diepe Waters (2022)8.2

    A South African, Afrikaans-language telenovela which takes place in and around a competitive swimming club, Die Swartmarlyne.

  • Bravo!
    Bravo! (2012)8.0

    A local weekly entertainment news magazine show.

  • Die Byl
    Die Byl (2016)8.0

    The unit specializes in the investigation of serial murders and is led by Van der Bijl, a former murder and robbery detective who gained fame for his handling of several high-profile cases. Each episode focuses on a serial killer. The main character, Colonel Piet van der Bijl, also known as Die Byl, is loosely modeled on the famous ex-detective Piet Byleveld.

  • Dankie, Lottoland
    Dankie, Lottoland (2021)8.0

    The aim of Dankie, Lottoland is to identify individuals and charities in need, so that Lottoland South Africa can intervene, roll up its sleeves and support and assist them. Through this popular television series, 13 charities (or vulnerable individuals) also gain the opportunity for national exposure on television, with a view to gaining further support from the public in the future.

  • Koppieteefontein
    Koppieteefontein (2021)8.0

    A cup of tea may be just the thing that lets people open themselves up to a good, honest, and friendly chat.

  • Boer Soek 'n Vrou
    Boer Soek 'n Vrou (2008)7.0

    Boer Soek 'n Vrou is a reality program based on the international series "Farmer Wants A Wife". The farmers for the program are selected from hundreds of applications and then introduced to the public in a special program on KykNET earlier in the year. Singles then get the chance to send a romantic love letter to the farmer of their choice. Based on the letters that the farmers receive, they choose 10 potential life partners that they would like to get to know better on the program.

  • Jukebox
    Jukebox (2008)7.0

    Jukebox is a South African Afrikaans-language music video request television show in which a selection of viewer's choice music videos are played.

  • Suidooster
    Suidooster (2015)7.0

    Suidooster is a South African television soap opera produced by Suidooster Films which revolves around a matriarch, her family, friends and the people of Suidooster, a small shopping and business centre in the fictional Cape Town suburb of Ruiterbosch.

  • Spoorloos
    Spoorloos (2018)7.0

    Spoorloos is a South African crime drama anthology television series created by Ilse van Hemert and developed by Ochre Moving Pictures. The first season is based on the 2014 novel Daddy Long Legs by Vernon W. Baumann and set in the fictional town of Digtersdal in the Eastern Cape. Each subsequent season follows a new small town and cast of characters.

  • DIY Met Riaan
    DIY Met Riaan (2003)6.0

    An Afrikaans language Do-It-Yourself show that gives step-by-step instructions on how to tackle various home improvement projects.

  • Villa Rosa
    Villa Rosa (2004)6.0

    In Bloemfontein there is a guest house where the walls have ears and where there is daily drama, intrigue and also a lot of comedy.

  • Molly & Wors
    Molly & Wors (2009)6.0

    Molly en Wors is a situation comedy (sitcom) that was broadcast on kykNET from 2009 to 2011. The program revolves around the dysfunctional Visagie family who live in a luxurious Tuscan Villa within Johannesburg. The family members consist of Wors, Molly, Vaatjie and Blapsie. The underlying humor lies in irony, the exposure of double standards, allusion, as well as the "parvenu" that comes out.

  • Jan Braai vir Erfenis
    Jan Braai vir Erfenis (2011)6.0

    An entertaining travel show with a heavy dose of 'braaing', South African humor, great food and heritage.

  • Binnelanders
    Binnelanders (2005)5.5

    A South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital, Binneland Kliniek, in Pretoria, and the storyline follows the trials, trauma and tribulations of the staff and patients of the hospital.

  • Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie
    Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie (2016)3.0

    Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie is a South African soap opera based on the feature film and later drama series Getroud met Rugby by Deon Opperman, which is set amongst a rugby-playing community.