GEC Watch: Star Plus continues to lead the pack: BARC

Star Plus' Saath Nibhaana Saathiya was the most watched show in the genre, according to BARC.

BARC Data: Top GECs of Week 30: July 25 to July 31, 2015 - HSM: NCCS All: Prime Time (1800 - 2330 hrs) - Individuals: C&S 1Lac+)

As per BARC data, Star Plus continued to top the charts; the channel garnered 367463 GVTs. On the No.2 spot is Colors, with 348221 GVTs, followed by Zee TV and Life OK with 258488 and 221448 GVTs, respectively. SAB TV stood fifth with 221125 GVTs.

A look at the shows:
According to BARC, Star Plus' Saath Nibhaana Saathiya was the most watched show in the genre; it got 5518 TVTs. Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya followed with 5351 TVTs. At No.3 and No.4 were two shows aired on Colors, namely, Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi (5182 TVTs) and Sasural Simar Ka (5141 TVTs). Star Plus' Ye Hai Mohabbatein was the fifth most watch show in the genre; it fetched 4561 TVTs.

TAM Data: Top Hindi GECs of Week 31 - July 26 to August 1, 2015 – HSM Without LC1, C&S 4+

As per TAM data, Star Plus tops in Week 31; the channel got 229 GRPs. Colors stood second with 202 GRPs, followed by Zee TV and SAB TV with 153 and 146 GRPs, respectively.

Life OK finished fifth (122 GRPs) followed by Sony Entertainment Television (103 GRPs).

Sony was followed by &TV (62 GRPs), Zee Anmol, (31 GRPs), Star Utsav (29 GRPs), and Big Magic (21 GRPs).

A look at the shows: According to TAM, Colors' Mahayadha – Sasural Simar Ka/Swaragini was the most watched show in the genre; it got 3.55 TVR. Zee TV's Kum Kum Bhagya and SAB TV's Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma followed with 3.52 and 3.47 TVR, respectively.

At the No.4 position was Colors' Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi; the show fetched 3.44 TVR. At No.5, No.6 and No.7 were Star Plus' shows Ye Hai Mohabbatein (3.12 TVR), Diya Aur Baati Hum (3.01 TVR) and Saathiya Saath Nibhana (2.99 TVR), in that order.

At No.8 was Colors' Swaragini (2.87 TVR), followed by Zee TV's Jamai Raja (2.81 TVR) and Colors' Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat (2.8 TVR).