News Broadcasting
GSN presents ‘The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time’
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Game Show Network (GSN) has announced that it will count down the 50 best game shows ever produced from 18 July 2006 . The programme is called The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time.
Shows that will be featured include Deal Or No Deal, Jeopardy! and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. GSN president and CEO Rich Cronin said, “At a time when everyone is rediscovering game shows, we thought that our audience would enjoy seeing the greatest series and past episodes in this genre. These programs are landmarks in television entertainment, and we’re proud to be able to feature the best game shows in TV history.”
To help create the ranking, GSN executives voted on the best game shows from a list that included hundreds of broadcast titles representing series produced since commercial television began in the US in the 1940’s.
In course of telecasting these classic shows The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time will bring back memorable episodes from the game show library.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
