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Saraswatichandra makes it to Top 10 fiction shows

28 October 2013

Star Plus

?The TV show Saraswatichandra, which had a slow start eight months ago garnering low ratings for a long time, has now made it to the Top 10 list of fiction shows. This Sanjay Leela Bhansali show changed production hands a couple of months ago, but SLB continues to be credited for creative inputs. 

Zee overtakes Colors Zee TV, which has been No. 3, surged ahead of Colors to become No. 2, this week. Star Plus continued to be No.1. SAB TV managed to recover viewership that it had lost owing to Navratri in the previous week, while Sony and Life OK saw a dip in their gross ratings.

Dance Ka Tashan Grand Finale The grand finale of DID Dance Ka Tashan got 4,572 TVT, higher than its regular TVT.

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Top 10 fiction shows
Rank Serial Channel TVT
1 Diya Aur Baati Star Plus 9,981
2 Jodha Akbar Zee TV 8,551
3 Taarak Mehta Sab TV 7,224
4 Saathiya Star Plus 7,007
5 Pyaar Ka Dard Star Plus 6,878
6 Yeh Rishta... Star Plus 6,819
7 Saraswatichandra Star Plus 6,009
8 Balika Vadhu Colors 5,767
9 Qubool Hai Zee TV 5,412 10 Mahabharat Star Plus 4,815
Non-Fiction shows
Rank Show Channel TVT
1 Comedy Nights With Kapil Colors 5,228
2 Bigg Boss 7 Colors 4,246
3 KBC 7 Sony TV 3,796
4 DID Dance Ka... Zee TV 3,580
5 Comedy Circus Sony TV 2,436
6 The Bachelorette Life OK 1,875
7 Junior Masterchef Star Plus 1,860
8 WAAH WAAH.. Sab TV 1,352
9 Kitchen Ke Khiladi Sony TV 683

Source: Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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