BARC Week 33 : Regional GECs Sun TV and Star Maa topple Star Plus

Mumbai: Regional GECs Sun TV (Tamil) and Star Maa (Telugu) have toppled long-time leader Star Plus to lead the tally for Barc Week 33 (14 August to 20 August) at the first and second positions. While Sun TV bagged 2651.23 AMA (2710.62 in Week 32), Star Maa’s weekly AMA stood at 2625.34 (2701.4 in Week 32) according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc).

With 2595.11 (000s) AMA, Star Plus was at the third spot. It was the most viewed channel registering 2747.77 (000s) AMA last week. Clearly, the overall average minute audience saw a sharp dip in week 33.

Colors, Star Utsav, Sony SAB, Star Vijay, ZEE Kannada, and ZEE Telugu followed in that order. Colors Rishtey replaced ZEE Anmol at the tenth position.

Colors dominated the Mega Cities with 442.37 (000s) AMA. Sun TV, Star Plus, Sony SAB and Star Vijay grabbed the remaining four spots.

Sun TV (2644.04 AMA), Star Maa, and Star Vijay were the top three players in the South market, followed by ZEE Kannada and ZEE Telugu.

Star Pravah led the Maharashtra/Goa market with 1478.59 AMA. At 1068.4, Star Jalsha was the most viewed channel in West Bengal, Tarang in Odisha (422.6), ZEE Kannada in Karnataka (1595.46), Star Utsav in Rajasthan (255.75) and ZEE Anmol (348.98) in UP/Uttarakhand.