Mumbai: Star Plus regained the top spot after a gap of two weeks as per Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc) data for week 46 (13 to 19 November). The channel garnered weekly AMAs of 2726.35 (‘000s). It was at the second position last week with 2575.03 AMA.
Tamil major Sun TV followed Star Plus with 2694.33 AMA. At 2603.83, Star Maa stood third. Star Utsav, Colors, Sony SAB, Star Vijay were at number four to seven, respectively. Marathi GEC Star Pravah, which entered the all-India top-10 league at the tenth spot last week, was at eighth position. Zee TV and Zee Telugu grabbed the ninth and tenth positions, respectively.
Sun TV continued to lead the mega cities with weekly AMAs of 457.05 (‘000s). It was followed by Colors, Star Plus, Star Vijay, and Sony SAB.
The South market was also dominated by Sun TV at 2688.73 (‘000s). Star Maa, Star Vijay, Zee Telugu, and Zee Kannada grabbed the remaining four slots.
Among the regional markets, Star Pravah was the most viewed channel in Maharashtra/Goa with 1559.13 AMA, Star Jalsha in West Bengal (1173.04), Tarang in Odisha (476.19), and Zee Kannada in Karnataka (1308.6).
The Hindi heartland was led by Star Utsav with 219.79 weekly AMAs in Rajasthan and 355.03 in UP Uttarakhand.