The Best TV Shows on KykNET

Every KykNET Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 20 shows from 2004 up until 2026, KykNET stands as a beacon of television excellence. Leading the pack on KykNET are Villa Rosa and Binnelanders, with their initial broadcasts in 2004 and 2005. As of July 2026, our compilation of KykNET’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • 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.

  • In Die Sop: Gastehuisrevolusie
    In Die Sop: Gastehuisrevolusie (2026)10.0

    From small towns to well-known destinations, this series brings hope, inspiration and practical advice to owners who are truly “in the thick of it.”

  • Sterlopers
    Sterlopers (2014)9.0

    Sterlopers is a South African musical youth drama television series created and written by Deon Opperman and produced by Bottom Line Entertainment which follows the fortunes of a group of young people who are all trying to make it in the entertainment industry, as viewers get an inside view into the secrets that are to be found behind the scenes of success.

  • Hotel
    Hotel (2016)9.0

    Fictionally in the heart of Mpumalanga, in the small town of Fransenburg, stands the Fransen Hotel. Once the town's pride. Once a beacon. Once. Now barely a one out of five star on Trip Advisor. Ferdie Kruger, the middle-aged hotel manager and his small-town staff, struggle to keep the substandard hotel's doors open.

  • Fynskrif
    Fynskrif (2018)9.0

    A legal drama that revolves around the law firm Van Wyk & Vennote, in which the lawyers must handle both their legal cases and their personal and family dramas.

  • Projek Dina
    Projek Dina (2020)9.0

    A south African series that takes place in the work and life environment of the emergency response task force, where the pressure is sky high and the room for error is tiny. Now that the task force has just been set up by the Western Cape police - as a way to combat the rapidly increasing cases of missing persons in South Africa - the members of the task force have a seemingly impossible task at hand: to find the missing persons in Cape Town and bring them home one by one.

  • Frank
    Frank (2026)9.0

    Frank Opperman is a chameleon who was just as convincing as the tormented reverend in Dominee Tienie as he was as the bumbling mechanic Ouboet in Orkney snork nie. His portrayal of these beloved characters has made him a national treasure. Frank doesn't just play a role - he becomes the character. Now, Frankie Opperman, director and Frank's son, has made an intimate documentary series about his father.

  • 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.

  • Die Boekklub
    Die Boekklub (2016)8.0

    The series tells the story of Tom Niemandt who receives an unexpected call that leads him to the Karoo. While trying to make sense of Merweville, the village in the Karoo, he meets a group of people who change his life irrevocably.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Die Toring
    Die Toring (2026)6.0

    In an elite Cape Town firm, a group of ambitious junior analysts must navigate power, desire and dangerous ambition as they compete for success and struggle for self-preservation.

  • 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.