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Overnights: ‘IPKKND 2’ makes promising start

'IPKKND Season 2' opens up well on Star Plus UK
'IPKKND Season 2' opens up well on Star Plus UK

The second season of ‘Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon’ on Star Plus has made a decent start in the UK, according to exclusive data obtained by BizAsia.

The show, which returned with new actors, pulled in a respectable 108,500 viewers at 18:00 – peaking at 123,400 viewers. It beat old shows like ‘Saathiya’ (70,700), ‘Meri Bhabhi’ (88,200), ‘Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai’ (60,400) and ‘Ek Ghar Banaunga’ (52,300).

‘Pyar Ka Dard Hai’ was on top of the UK Asian TV ratings with 210,700 viewers, followed by ‘Veera’ with 180,500 viewers and ‘SaraswatiChandra’ with 143,300 viewers. ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ was in fourth with 142,800 viewers and ‘Diya Aur Baati Hum’ in fifth with 112,700 viewers.

On Rishtey, ‘Bhagyavidhata’ at 18:00 pulled in 66,800 viewers, followed by ‘Bani – Ishq Da Kalma’ with 50,400 viewers and ‘Jeevan Saathi’ in third with 36,300 viewers. ‘Laagi Tujhse Lagan’ first episode at 20:30 got 7,300 viewers.

On Star Life Ok, ‘Savitri’ repeat at 23:30 was top with 12,400 viewers, followed by ‘Geet’ (re-run) with 10,000 viewers and ‘Do Dil Ek Jaan’ in third with 7,900 viewers. ‘Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon’ in Hindi at 14:00 got zero rating and the English dubbed at 18:00 got 1,000 viewers.

Above data is an overnight rating ��� and may change slightly after consolidated figures become available in seven days from BARB.