India ratings: Colors just inches away from Star Plus in Urban region

Equipped with new shows ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ and ‘Mahakali’, Colors excelled in latest India television ratings from BARC.

Data for Week 30 of 2017 put Star Plus at No.1 in the Urban market with 406.906 million Impressions, followed by Colors closely behind with 406.427 million Impressions and ZEE TV in third with 397.441 million Impressions. Sony Entertainment Television was next with 283.749 million Impressions and Sony SAB TV in fifth with 276.979 million Impressions.

The top rated show in the Urban market was ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa – Lil Champs’ with 8.375 million Impressions, followed by ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ and ‘Mahakali’ on Colors at No.2 and No.3 respectively with 7.349 million Impressions and 6.507 million Impressions.

In the Rural region, ZEE Anmol was the top rated Hindi entertainment channel with 538.434 million Impressions, followed by Rishtey with 437.724 million Impressions and Sony Pal with 372.985 million Impressions. In fourth was ZEE TV with 260.485 million Impressions and Star Utsav next with 218.670 million Impressions.

The top rated show in the Rural market was ‘Naagin – Season 2’ with 8.988 million Impressions, followed by ‘Jamai Raja’ on ZEE Anmol with 7.218 million Impressions and ‘Tashan-e-Ishq’ on ZEE Anmol with 5.037 million Impressions.

In combined Urband & Rural data, ZEE channels, ZEE Anmol and ZEE TV dominated. ZEE Anmol was No.1 with 691.174 million Impressions, followed by ZEE TV with 657.927 million Impressions and Star Plus slumping to No.3 with 599.698 million Impressions.