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Seven out of top 10 fiction shows are on Star Plus

23 December 2013

Star Plus managed to further strengthen its hold on fiction this week, with seven shows in the top 10 list.

In terms of overall gross ratings, while the channel continued to be No. 1, this week Colors went up to No. 2 pushing Zee to No. 3, followed by Life Ok, SAB and Sony.

Top 10 fiction showsRankSerialChannel TRP 1 DIYA AUR BAATI... Star Plus 5.7 2 JODHA AKBAR Zee TV 4.9 3 SAATHIYA Star Plus 4.3 4 TAARAK MEHTA... SAB TV 4.1 5 YEH RISHTA... Star Plus 3.9 6 MAHABHARAT Star Plus 3.6 7 PYAAR KA DARD Star Plus 3.3 Star Plus 3.3 8 SAPNE SUHANE Zee TV 3.1 9 SARASWATI CHANDRA Star Plus 3.0 10 VEERA BALIKA VADHU Star Plus COLORS 2.8

Non-fiction shows RankSerialChannelTRP 1 Comedy Nights with Kapil Colors 3.6 2 Bigg Boss 7 Colors 2.8 3 DID 4 Zee TV 2.5 4 Nach Baliye 6 Star Plus 1.9 5 Boogie Woogie Sony TV 1.8 6 Kitchen Ke Khiladi Sony TV 0.4

ChannelsGVT This Week Star Plus 5,79,369 Colors 4,48,658 Zee TV 4,39,271 Life OK 3,12,956 SAB TV 2,91,060 Sony TV 266,525 Sahara One 36,001

These ratings for Week 50 (2013) are based on industry sources. Since the last two weeks, production houses have been getting individual show ratings in point form rather than in thousands. But gross ratings of channels continue to come in thousands.

Source: Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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