Overnights: Star Plus stays top on Friday in UK; Sony TV follows

Star Plus remained the nation’s most watched Asian TV channel on Friday, while rival Sony Entertainment Television was in second, according to exclusive data obtained by BizAsiaLive.com .

Top 10 most watched Asian TV channels on Friday
1. Star Plus – 0.18% (Share)
2. Sony TV – 0.08% (Share)
3. Hum TV – 0.06% (Share)
4. New Vision TV – 0.05% (Share)
5. Star Gold – 0.04% (Share)
6. Star Bharat – 0.04% (Share)
7. Rishtey – 0.04% (Share)
8. Colors – 0.03% (Share)
9. &TV – 0.03% (Share)
10. Zing – 0.03% (Share)

ZEE TV remained lower than its rivals with a share of just 0.02%.

Star Plus’ biggest shows on Friday were ‘Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala’ at 20:30 with 61,900 viewers, followed by ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ at 18:30 with 61,800 viewers, ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ at 19:30 with 56,200 viewers, ‘Krishna Chali London’ at 21:00 with 55,100 viewers, ‘Ishqbaaaz’ at 20:00 with 49,600 viewers and ‘Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Yeh’ at 18:00 with 42,800 viewers. The final episode of ‘Winter Sun’ at 21:30 was watched by 18,700 viewers over a 90-minute period.

Sony TV stayed strong with ‘Crime Patrol’ at 01:15 pulling in 32,000 viewers, followed by ‘Crime Patrol’ at 16:00 with 27,200 viewers and ‘Zindagi Ke Crossroads’ at 14:30 with 21,900 viewers.

Hum TV’s biggest shows on Friday were ‘Band Khirkiyan’ with 18,600 viewers, followed by ‘Jago Pakistan Jago’ at 09:00 with 16,000 viewers, ‘Kaisi Aurat Hun Main’ repeat at 08:00 with 13,000 viewers and ‘Zun Mureed’ at 20:00 with 12,200 viewers.

Colors top show was ‘Roop’ with 27,900 viewers at 07:00 (repeat), while ‘Zindagi Ki Mehek’ topped ZEE TV with 22,900 viewers at 18:00.

Please note: Above data is overnight figures, which may change slightly after seven days when consolidated data has been accounted for. BizAsiaLive.com publishes consolidated figures every Monday.