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
Genre	Talk show
Presented by	Khanyi Mbau
Country of origin	South Africa
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	91 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Anton Burggraf Sivan Pillay
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	24 minutes (Season 1-3)
Production company	Endemol
Original release
Network	E.tv
Release	September 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]