GEC Watch: ICC T20 World Cup Semi Final match between India and Windies the most-watched programme in Week 13

Virat Kohli’s spectacular performance for India in the previous match versus Australia was the second most-watched programme for Week 13

BARC Data: Top Hindi 10 GECs of Week 13 -- March 26-April 1, 2016-HSM: NCCS All: Individuals: BARC India base - All India (U+R). (Impressions in 000s.)

In Week 13 of BARC's viewership data, Star Plus, Colors and Zee have maintained their No.1, No.2, and No.3 slots, respectively.

Star Plus' viewership figures have gone down marginally to 710397 Impressions, from 710064 last week. Colors’ gross viewership also decreased to 653402 compared to last week's 657379, while Zee TV, at No.3, garnered a gross viewership of 593004 Impressions versus 613620 Impressions in Week 12.

FTA channel Zee Anmol continued to be at No.4 position with 567596 Impressions compared to 568682 Impressions last week. DD National jumped up the ladder to No.5 from No.7, thanks to the ICC T20 World Cup, with 551556 Impressions as compared to 517653 Impressions in Week 12. That pushed down Sony Pal to No.6, from No.5. The latter’s gross viewership increased to 538463 Impressions from that of 533954 in Week 12.

Life OK climbed the ladder to No.7 from the eighth position last week, with 491079 Impressions (last week: 468788 Impressions).

FTA channel Rishtey went up to No.8 with 469554 Impressions as compared to last week when it was at No.9 with 433109 Impressions.

Star Utsav suffered a loss in viewership. It was pushed to No.9 with 457072 Impressions, from its No.6 position last week (519207 Impressions).

SAB TV continued to be at No.10, with a gross viewership of 367992 Impressions, a dip from last week's 387634 Impressions.

Top five shows in Hindi GECs

As per select data (HSM: NCCS All: Prime Time (1800 - 2330 hrs): Individuals: BARC India base - All India (U+R). (Impressions in 000s)

The ICC T20 World Cup Semi-Final match on DD National between India and West Indies was at No.1 position with an average viewership of 26501 followed by India versus Australia at No.2, with an average viewership of 24134.

Colors' Naagin was at No.3 with an average viewership of 16314 (last week: 18184).

Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya continued to be at No.4, with an average viewership of 12074 as compared to last week’s 12515. Star Plus' Ye Hai Mohabbatein, after missing from the list last week was back at No.5 with an average viewership of 10825.