BARC India Ratings: RadhaKrishn gets bumper opening, KBC in top 3, and Bigg Boss sees a dip
MUMBAI: It's BARC time! TellyChakkar brings to you this week's ratings of your favourite shows and channels.
Star Plus is at the first position in the urban sector, followed by Sony Entertainment Television and Colors.
Zee Anmol, Star Utsav, and Sony Pal have the maximum viewership in the rural sector.
Impressions
Urban
1 STAR Plus 486109
2 Sony Entertainment Television 472936
3 Colors 437079
4 Zee TV 424332
5 STAR Bharat 370431
6 SONY SAB 342530
7 STAR Utsav 242987
8 Sony Pal 194859
9 Zee Anmol 159766
10 &TV 130435
Rural
1 Zee Anmol 672316
2 STAR Utsav 584191
3 Sony Pal 490505
4 STAR Bharat 393121
5 Dangal TV 370139
6 Rishtey 341272
7 Zee TV 265478
8 Big Magic 219090
9 STAR Plus 214069
10 Colors 177292
Colors' Naagin 3 is the most viewed show in the urban area, followed by Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya and Sony's Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Kumkum Bhagya is at the first position in the rural area, followed by Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma and Rabba Ve.
Impressions
Urban
1.Colors's Naagin-3 9901
2.Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya 7930
3.Sony Entertainment Television's Kaun Banega Crorepati 7380
4.STAR Plus' Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 7376
5.STAR Plus' Kulfi Kumar Bajewala 6952
6.STAR Bharat's Radhakrushna 6427
7.Sony Entertainment Television's Indian Idol 6307
8.Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya 6216
9.SONY SAB's Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma 5995
10.Zee TV's Ishq Subhan Allah 5782
11.Colors' Shakti-Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki 5779
12.Colors' Ishq Mein Marjawan 4826
13.Zee TV's Tujhse Hai Raabta 4777
14.STAR Plus' Nazar 4621
15.STAR Plus' Kasauti Zindagi Kay 4607
16.STAR Plus' Krishna Chali London 4547
17.STAR Plus' Ishqbaaz 4539
18.STAR Plus' Qayamat Ki Raat 4512
19.Colors' Bigg Boss 4381
20.STAR Bharat's Nimki Mukhiya 4338
Rural
Zee Anmol's Kumkum Bhagya 10686
Sony Pal's Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma 7568
STAR Utsav's Rabba Ve 7207 
Zee Anmol's Mahek 6835
STAR Bharat's Radhakrushna 6591
Sony Pal's Baalveer 6286
Dangal TV's Ramayan 5451
Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya 5316
Dangal TV's Mahima Shanidev Ki 5299
STAR Utsav's Veera 5102
Zee Anmol's Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi 5017
Colors' Naagin-3 4740
Sony Pal's Sabse Bada Kalakar 4606
Zee Anmol's Ek Main Aur Ek Tu 4509
Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya 4318
STAR Bharat's Nimki Mukhiya 4263
Rishtey's Bani Ishq Di Meher 4142
STAR Bharat's Muskaan 3829
Dangal TV's Dwarkadheesh Bhagwaan Shree Krishna 3749
Sony Pal's Tenali Rama 3438
SP firmly back at number 1, followed by Sony. Nice to see my two favorite programs, KBC and Indian Idol, in the top ten ... doesn't happen often at all!!!
Rabba Ve, the original IPKKND, is still at number 3 in the rural charts! That show has some amazing recall and repeat value ... almost 6 years after it ended, and despite two clones after it, the show still holding strong! And this is not counting the innumerable reruns and dubbed versions both in India and abroad.
Radhekrushna makes a strong start ... will check it out online! Hotstar subscription is so far somewhat paisa vasool!
Big Boss drops low ... heard that its very boring this year. Colors shows have all dropped ... except for Naagin at number 1, the rest are struggling in the lower half of top 20. Bepanah and Silsila both drop out of top 20 ... not surprising. I used to watch both sporadically in ad breaks of KBC ... now I find them both unwatchable.
The problem is that with the widening of the TRP net, the popular shows reflect the choice of viewers in small towns and villages. Urban viewers have mostly switched to online viewing. So urban, modern thinking shows will struggle to find a foothold and gain any TRPs - they already are. No wonder TV channel honchos are moving back to regressive crap. Having said that, the golden days of Indian TV included shows like Saans, Astitva, Hasratein, Dekh Bhai Dekh ... all very progressive shows with good storylines ... and they were ll popular with the masses ... Doordarshan and the earlier new channels were free everywhere ... so are the TV honchos just being really, really LAZY???!!!
I feel that sooner or later, Indian TV is going to switch to two separate programming streams, one for mainstream TV viewers, and one for urban online viewers. I subscribed to Hotstar a week ago to watch Dandiya Nights, and already find myself checking out other SP shows more frequently, simply because it's so much easier to browse when I have the time, rather than sit down to watch TV at a specific time. If Voot, the Colors online platform, and SonyLIV, the Sony online platform become available to international viewers, I might just subscribe to those channels regularly, and cancel my regular TV subscription. At the very least, I will use the online channels to watch shows that appeal to me, and use TV only to catch up on movies. And if the movies are available on the online platforms as well, I don't need a TV subscription at all, especially if I can stream my shows on the TV screen and watch them on the large screen.
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