Mumbai: Garnering weekly AMAs of 2844.59 (‘000s), Sun TV emerged as the most viewed channel in Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc) week 40 (2 to 8 October 2021). The Tamil GEC replaced Star Plus which had been ruling the position for the past two weeks. Star Plus slipped to the second spot with 2788.88 AMA.

Star Sports 1 Hindi maintained its hold on the third spot with 2609.43 (‘000s) AMA. Star Maa, Star Vijay, Star Utsav, Colors, Sony SAB, Zee Telugu, and Zee TV followed in that order.

The mega cities were also led by Sun TV at 493.9 AMA. Star Plus, Colors, Star Vijay, and Star Sports 1 Hindi grabbed the remaining four positions.

With 2838.2 (‘000s), Sun TV was the leader in the South market as well. Star Maa, Star Vijay, Zee Telugu, and Zee Kannada were at the second to fifth spots.

Among the regional markets, Maharashtra/Goa was dominated by Star Pravah with 1263.24 AMA. Zee Bangla was the top performer (1085.45) in West Bengal, Tarang (415.14) in Odisha, Zee Kannada (1401.55) in Karnataka, and Star Utsav (206.81) in Rajasthan.

Clocking 291.14 (‘000s) AMA, Dangal made a surprise entry at the top position in UP/Uttarakhand, replacing long-time leader Zee Anmol which slipped to the third spot making way for Star Utsav as the second most viewed channel.