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GEC Watch: Colors at top spot again; rides high on Naagin

Life OK, Sony TV and Zee TV see drop in viewership, while Rishtey sees rise in its numbers.

BARC Data: Top Hindi 10 GECs of Week 52: December 26, 2015- January 1, 2016-HSM: NCCS All: Individuals: BARC India base - All India (U+R)

According to the BARC ratings for Week 52, Colors has retained its top spot among Hindi GECs, with 744 million ratings versus 725 million ratings last week.

Zee Anmol with 743 million ratings in week 52 continued to be at No. 2. The channel witnessed a rise in ratings from 712 million last week. Coming in at No. 3, Star Plus saw a gain in ratings at 712 million, up from 676 million last week, while Zee TV was at the fourth spot, with 651million ratings, less than last week's ratings of 669 million.

GEC Watch: Colors at top spot again; rides high on Naagin
Star Utsav came in at the 5th spot again with ratings down to 514 million, from the 464 million it raked in last week, while at No. 6 was Life OK with 396 million ratings (last week it had a rating of 437 million). Rishtey jumped up to the seventh spot from its ninth position at 379 ratings (last week it had a rating of 286 million).

At the eighth and ninth spots were Sony SAB and Sony Pal with 328 million and 323 million ratings respectively, while Sony Entertainment Television slipped down from its seventh position, and came in at No. 10 (314 million ratings vs 342 million).

In the top five shows of Week 52, Colors' Naagin continues its reign while Zee Anmol's Ek Se Bhale Do came in at No. 2 and Star Plus' Ye Hai Mohabbatein came in at the third spot. Zee's Kumkum Bhagya was at fourth position, while Colors' Sasural Simar Ka took up the fifth spot.

TAM Data: Top Hindi GECs of Week 1 - December 27, 2015 to January 1, 2016-HSM without LC1, C&S 4+

In TAM's latest data, Star Plus is at the No. 1 position with GRPs at 249 while Colors is at the second position with 242 GRPs.

Zee TV comes in at No. 3 with 161, while Sony SAB came in at No. 4 at 130 GRPs. Sony Entertainment TV was at No.5 spot (109 GRPs), while Life OK came in sixth with 112 GRPs followed by &TV (84 GRPs) and Zee Anmol (36 GRPs). Rishtey was at the ninth position with 36 GRPs, followed by Sony Pal at the 10th spot with 31 GRPs.

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