Overnights: Rishtey surges ahead of Colors on Monday

The battle between sister channels, Colors and Rishtey intensified on Monday after the network’s “catch-up” channel, Rishtey proved a ratings winner, according to exclusive data obtained by BizAsiaLive.com .

The biggest show on the entire network was ‘Thapki’ on Rishtey at 20:00 with 53,400 viewers – peaking at 61,300 viewers. It was followed by ‘Uttaran’ at 18:30 with 24,500 viewers and ‘Balika Vadhu’ at 21:00 with 18,800 viewers. While, Colors’ top rated show was ‘Shakti’ with 19,900 viewers, followed by ‘Udann’ at 20:30 with 18,500 viewers and ‘Swabhimaan’ at 21:30 with 17,000 viewers.

When analysed closer, Rishtey had a greater audience between 19:00 – 23:00 averaging at 17,400 viewers and an all-day audience (06:00 – 02:00) of 8,300 viewers. Comparatively, Colors raked an average 10,500 viewers during 19:00 – 23:00 and its all-day (06:00 – 02:00) average stood at just 3,800 viewers.

Star Plus remained ahead of both the two rival channels with ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ leading with 126,200 viewers at 19:30, followed by ‘Saathiya’ at 19:00 with 108,300 viewers and ‘Mere Angne Mein’ at 18:00 with 78,800 viewers. Earlier in the day, ‘Meri Durga’ was watched by 12:30 with 32,600 viewers, followed by ‘Ek Aastha Aisi Bhee’ at 13:30 with 18,900 viewers and ‘Love Ka Hai Intezaar’ at 14:30 with 18,100 viewers.

On &TV, ‘Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi’ led with 36,900 viewers at 19:30, followed by ‘Gangaa’ at 20:00 with 34,900 viewers and ‘Agnifera’ at 19:00 with 32,400 viewers.

On Life OK, ‘Chandrakanta’ at 19:00 attracted 19,900 viewers, followed by ‘May I Come In Madam’ at 18:30 with 17,300 viewers.

Above data is overnight ratings supplied by Attentional – and may change slightly after consolidated figures become available in seven days from BARB.