BARC ratings are back

BARC Ratings are back, but I really wonder how much relevance they have these days -especially for the urban Indian audience. Most people we meet are talking about the Indian shows on web platforms like Amazon and Netflix, including Made in Heaven, Delhi Crime ... the latter has really found a big audience ... the original case shook the country, and this series shows a different angle. I still haven't watched it but plan to as soon as I have a free weekend.

Am still watching Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke ... Kuhu has been toned down a lot and is much more tolerable ... Mishti is still very average. She is a very pretty girl, and in the last episodes, her stylist needs to be fired ...  she has made Mishti look positively ugly with loud garish makeup and a weird chunni around her neck. 

Also watching Patiala Babes ... Babita is now developing some spunk and is slowly finding her way forward without holding her daughter's hand every inch of the way. Mini still needs major toning down, she is such a brat. Hanuman Singh and Lala are cute. 

Ladies Special is going well too .. Bindu's track is predictable, but well written, it's evolving slowly and steadily and you can see how and why Amar's feelings for Bindu and Kangana are changing. Kangana becoming more and more insecure ... with good reason ... but that's only making her drive Amar away further, which she does not realise. Liked the scene with Punit, Amar and Kangana, Amar realised Kangana's insult of Punit, and for once, instead of meekly following what Kangana said, he asserted himself to make Punit feel better. Bindu's sadness about Amar's hand and his conversation with God was also nice ... wonder what she will do next. Prarthana Viraj are okay ... good thing they showed that Prarthana was already in lovewith Viraj before the truth came out ... otherwise he would be accused of stalking her when she had turned him down repeatedly. Meghna ... pride goes before a fall ... and her fall is coming ... another good track. She has driven away everyone who genuinely cares for her in her ambitions to build her 'bizness'.

Again happy to see Sony holding its own ... second only to SP. The fictions shows ruling the roost are pretty much crappy all the way through!  Sony doing well on the back of Kapil and Super Dancer ... wonder if their singing show will keep up the weekend ratings for them. 

BARC RatingsWeek 14: Naagin 3, Kullfi, and Kumkum Bhagya bag top positions

MUMBAI: We are back with the latest BARC India ratings!

Star Plus has given a tough fight to other GECs and has bagged the number one position. It is followed by Sony TV and Colors.

In rural areas, Dangal, Big Magic, and Zee TV are the most viewed channels.

Impressions

Urban

Star Plus 430733
Sony TV 367022
Colors 334984
Zee TV 328466
SAB TV 314719
Dangal 252715

Star Bharat 190938

Big Magic 157029

&TV 120712

Star Utsav 81377

Rural

Dangal 845200

Big Magic 533329

Zee TV 214038

Star Plus 193929

Colors 161313

Sony TV 133877

SAB TV 112704

Star Bharat 88920

Sony Pal 54267

Star Utsav 43534

Naagin 3 has bagged first position, followed by Kullfi Kumar Bajewala and The Kapil Sharma Show.

In rural areas, Mahima Shanidev Ki, Ramayan, and Kumkum Bhagya are at the top positions.

Impressions

Urban

1.Colors' Naagin-3 6328
2.Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya 6214
3.Star Plus' Kullfi Kumar Bajewala 6164
4.Sony TV's The Kapil Sharma Show 5805
5.Star Plus' Kasautii Zindagi Kay 5804
6.Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya  5724
7.Star Plus' Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 5683
8.Sony TV's Super Dancer Chapter-3 5407
9.SAB TV's Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 4914
10.Zee TV's Tujhse Hai Raabta 4704
Rural

Dangal's Mahima Shanidev Ki 12056

Dangal's Ramayan 11744

Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya 10594

Colors' Naagin-3 9438

Zee TV's Kundali Bhagya 9247

Star Plus' Kulfi Kumar 8752

Star Plus' Kasauti Zindagi Kay 8215

Zee TV's Tujhse Hai Raabta 8039

Star Plus' Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 7736

Sony TV's Super Dance Chapter-3  7676

No further news on Sanaya front ... she had dinner with her Zindabad director, so season 2 must be starting to shoot soon. Also Gul responded to a fan that her show with Sanaya is very much on, but will take some time ... so fingers crossed for that one ... always hoping that it's not yet another angry young man - bubbly young girl reprise. Sanaya probably wouldn't have agreed to do a repeat Khushi ... but Gul has such a limited repertoire, that I'm not sure what else she can do! She's done Kulfi ... so hopefully she can find something else decent to copy! She's also done a supernatural nazar ... hopefully she's not planning another one on those lines!