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Star Plus back to No.1, Zee No.3

8 November 2013

?Last week Zee TV dislodged Star Plus and became No.1 owing to Chennai Express' TVT. But the latter is back and this week, Colors has zoomed up to No.2, pushing Zee to the third position.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani aired on TV The Ranbir-Deepika starrer that was aired on October 27 got a good 6,995 TVT. But given the film's success at the box office, there were hopes that the film would generate higher ratings.

ChannelsGVT (This Week-Last Week)

Plus 4,86,066 4,92,849

Colors 4,63,778 4,23,584

Zee TV 4,34,987 5,05,442

SAB TV 3,37,099 3,31,674

Life OK 3,23,897 3,34,635

Sony TV 2,99,964 2,81,638

Sahara One 31,647 36,323

Top 10 fiction shows

Rank Serial Channel TVT

1 Diya Aur Baati ... Star Plus 10155

2 Jodha Akbar zee tv 8,101 Zee TV 8, 101

3 Taarak Mehta... SAB TV 7,637

4 Pyaar Ka Dard Star Plus 7,752

5 Saathiya Star Plus 7,509

6 Balika Vadhu Colors 7,080

7 Yeh Rishta... Star Plus 6,986

8 Qubool Hai Zee TV 5,625

9 Sasural Simar Ka COLORS 5,214

10 Saraswatichandra Star Plus 5,111

Non-Fiction shows

Rank Shows Channel TVT

1 Comedy Nights With Kapil Colors 6631

2 Dance India Dance ZEE TV 5186

3 Bigg Boss 7 Colors 5024

4 KBC 7 Sony TV 2436

5 The Bachelorette Life OK 2073

6 Waah Waah... SAB TV 1465

7 Jr. Masterchef Star Plus 1457 star plus 1457

8 Kitchen Ke Khiladi Sony TV 694

These ratings for Week 44 (2013) are based on industry sources. 

Television Rating Point (TRP) is now called Television Viewership In Thousands (TVT). Likewise, Gross Rating Point (GRP) has become Gross Viewership In Thousands (TVT).

Source: Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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