Originally posted by: -CmPunk123-
No, I don’t think BB OTT has anything to do with it. I feel the decision was made to not extend the season when the trps were towards the lower side (BB17 had a horrible 4 weeks phase in between). Plus, Munawar had prior commitments so he couldn’t have continued, which obviously would have factored in at some level. The fact of the matter is that these YTers, influencers, performers are much better for TRPs than telly actors and models (unless you are lucky to get someone huge). BB14 and BB15 both did poorly in terms of TRPs despite having some huge telly names. BB13 was averaging 2-2.2 for weekdays in the second half of the season (initially it was 1.8-1.9) while BB14 only started averaging 1.2-1.4 once they got the challengers and all. BB15 tou throughout did 0.8-0.9 lol. Last year averaged 1.8 throughout while this year initial 6 weeks was 1.6-1.7 and then last 4 weeks did 1.7+. And if we factor in the year on year decline in cable viewership (anywhere between 5 and 7%) these numbers are comparable to BB13…and considering how this season barely bad anything as spicy as BB13, its all because of this ‘new’ audience BB has managed to acquire. BB OTT2 ka success was also for the same reason!
Yeh BB extend hojana tha agar things worked out in favour - Munna’s availability, those 3-4 weeks in between etc. BB OTT3 agar hua tou around same timeline because KKK ki shooting bhi starting soon!
But munna was prepared for extension...and kjo and rohit would have hosted another 3 weeks but I guess makers didn't want to extend it