News Broadcasting
‘The Orange County’ Season II on Zee Cafe from 30 June
MUMBAI: Zee Café will unveil the second season of The O.C. (Orange County) this month. The second season will premiere on 30 June at 10:00 pm.
Announcing the launch, Zee Café business head Neil Chakravarti said, “The first season of The O.C. on Café was immensely popular. We received innumerable requests from loyal viewers across the country to air the second season and we are indeed happy to be able to respond to those requests, and to bring it exclusively on Zee Café.”
The first season saw Ryan Atwood (Benjamin McKenzie) fall in love with the girl next door, Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) Their romance, however, is ill-fated, constantly tested by the young lovers’ inability to escape from their pasts. At the end of the season, Ryan returned to Chino to protect his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Theresa from her abusive ex-boyfriend.
As the tumultuous summer comes to an end, both Seth (Adam Brody) and Ryan must make decisions on their futures in The O.C. and their futures with Summer (Rachel Bilson) and Marissa. And the adults in town face fresh challenges as well, with Caleb’s past coming back to haunt him causing big problems for Sandy, and Jimmy’s fortunes taking a turn. Meanwhile, Julie and Kirsten are thrown together in a surprising and contentious alliance.
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: 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.
