GEC Watch: Star Plus reduced to 5 slots in top-10 weekday shows; Bigg Boss boosts Colors

Zee TV and Colors have two shows each in top 10 while SAB has one show. At the weekend, Comedy Night with Kapil grows further in Week 51 of TAM 2013

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | December 30, 2013

The dominance of Star Plus was reduced to five slots in the top 10 weekday shows but its top shows added huge viewership. According to TVT data sourced from TAM subscribers for Week 51 (December 15 - December 21) CS 4+, HSM markets, Zee TV and Colors had two slots each while SAB TV retained one slot among the top 10 weekday shows.

Week 51, the second last week for 'Bigg Boss 7' on Colors, touched its peak during the week. The flagship reality show recorded 6 TVM in Week 51 against 5.7 TVM in Week 50.

Among weekend shows, 'Comedy Night with Kapil' on Colors witnessed a huge jump in viewership.

Weekday toppers (all data in TVM, 000000's)

Diya Aur Baati Hum on Star Plus strengthened its leadership and recorded 12.2 TVM this week (last week 11.6 TVM).

Jodha Akbar on Zee TV held its viewership and No. 2 position with 10.1 TVM (last week 10.1 TVM).

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus jumped two positions to No. 3. The show recorded an average viewership of 9.4 TVM (last week 8 TVM).

Star Plus' Saathiya slipped one position to No. 4 with an average TVM of 9.3 (last week 8.8 TVM).

SAB's Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma slipped one position to No. 5 despite a significant jump in its viewership. The show recorded an average TVT of 9.1 TVM against last week's 8.5 TVM.

Star Plus' epic series, Mahabharat, touched its peak ratings this week and retained its position at No. 6. The show recorded an average TVM of 7.7 TVM (last week 7.4 TVM).

Pyaar Ka Dard Hai held its viewership as well as No. 7 position with 6.6 TVM (last week 6.7 TVM).

Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke on Zee TV was at No. 8 position with 6.5 TVM (last week 6.4 TVM).

Balika Vadhu on Colors recovered this week and came in at No. 9 garnering 6.2 TVM (last week 5.7 TVM).

Bigg Boss on Colors retained its position in the top 10 club with an average viewership of 6 TVM (last week 5.7).

Weekend toppers

Comedy Night with Kapil on Colors strengthened its leadership garnering 8.8 TVM this week (last week 7.4 TVM).

Sony's crime series, CID, fetched 4.7 TVM against last week's 5.1 TVM.

Dance India Dance Season 4 slipped to No. 3 position this week recording a viewership of 4 TVM (last week 5.1 TVM).

Nach Baliye 6 on Star Plus fetched 3.8 TVM (last week 3.9 TVM).

Sony's other crime show, Crime Patrol, averaged at 3.8 TVM (last week 3.8 TVM).

Colors' thriller, 24, ended on a high with an average viewership of 3.5 TVM (last week 2.9 TVM).

Boogie Woogie on Sony dropped further to 3.2 TVM in its third week (last week 3.6).

Life OK's Shapath recorded 3.1 TVM (last week 3.1).

Fear Files on Zee TV fetched 2.5 TVM (last week 2.6 TVM).

Star Plus' crime fiction, Arjun, recorded 1.7 TVM (last week 1.8 TVM).

Bh Se Bhade on Zee TV further dropped to 1.5 TVM (last week 2 TVM). 

(Data sourced from TAM subscribers is based on TG CS 4+ years, HSM markets. All the data are in TVM = Television Viewership in Millions)

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