GEC Watch: Balika Vadhu and Tarak Mehta share top slot

Star Plus leads with 4 shows in Top 10, followed by Colors with 3 shows, Zee TV with 2 and SAB with one in Week 3 of TAM 2013

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | January 31, 2013

According to TAM data sourced from TAM subscribers for Week 4 (January 20 - 26, 2013), Colors' Balika Vadhu has topped the charts followed by SAB's Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma separated with fraction of points. Among the top 10 weekday shows, Star Plus continued to lead with four shows followed by Colors with three shows, Zee TV with two shows and SAB with one show.

Sony's CID continues to be at the top position among weekend shows followed by Kaun Banega Crorepati and Nach Baliye 5 on Star Plus.

Zee Cine Awards rated 3.9 TVR over 4 hours on January 20, 2013 while movie premiere of Student of the Year on Sony rated 4.2 TVR. KBC Finale on Sony rated 3.1 TVR over 2 hours on January 26.

Weekday toppers

Colors' Balika Vadhu continued to be the chart topper in the fourth week of TAM 2013. The show averaged at 4.4 TVR this week (last week 4.4).

SAB's Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma is the No. 2 show with a difference of fraction of point from Balika Vadhu. The show has averaged 4.4 TVR this week (last week 4.4).

Diya Aur Baati Hum on Star Plus has slipped to No. 3 with an average TVR of 4.1 (last week 4.4).

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus climbed one position to No. 4 this week. The show garnered an average rating of 3.9 TVR (last week 3.8).

Zee TV's Sapne Suhane Ladakpan ke slipped one position to No. 5 this week. The show recorded an average TVR of 3.8 (last week 4.0).

Colors' Madhubala climbed four positions to No. 6. The show fetched an average TVR of 3.6 (last week 3.4).

At No. 7, Colors' Sasural Simar Ka garnered an average TVR of 3.5 this week (last week 3.5).

Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV slipped one position to No. 8 with an average of 3.4 TVR (last week 3.5).

Star Plus' Pyaar Ka Dard Hai continues to hold No. 9 with average TVR of 3.4 this week (last week 3.5).

At No. 10 this week is Star Plus' fiction show Saathiya with an average TVR of 3.4 (last week 3.7).

Weekend toppers

Sony's crime show CID topped the weekend programming with an average TVR of 2.9 (last week 3.4).

On the back of the Finale episode that fetched 3.1 TVR, KBC averaged 2.7 TVR (last week 2.7).

Nach Baliye on Star Plus slipped to third position with an average of 2.4 TVR against last week's 3.0 TVR.

Sony's Comedy Circus ke Ajoobe averaged at 2.3 TVR (last week 2.9).

Sony's other crime show, Crime Patrol, fetched 2.3 TVR this week (last week 2.7).

Colors' crime show, Shaitan: The Criminal Mind, recorded an average TVR of 1.6 (last week 1.3).

Fear Files on Zee TV dropped to an average rating of 1.6 TVR this week (last week 2.4).

Adalat on Sony fetched an average TVR of 1.6 this week (last week 1.7).

Star Plus' crime fiction Arjun has fetched 1.2 TVR (last week 1.3).

(Data sourced from TAM subscribers is based on TG CS 4+ years, HSM markets.)

(Also read: GEC Watch: Zee TV grabs No. 1 position, pushing Star Plus to No. 2)

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