Is Indian Television really down in dumps? - Page 3

Originally posted by: Jaitreya23

It's humongously unfair that for TV viewing audience of 780 million ( 78 Cr) plus , there are ONLY 30,000 metered houses for BARC ratings.
That minuscule numbers define TV content in India. It actually does not represent what most Indians want to see. Besides tastes differ across regions and strata. Most Indians are plain lazy to bother about it. Until they speak up the pathetic/regressive/nonsensical/weird content shall be continued to be forced down upon.

Mercifully news media is little less affected.

Agree, my family prefers watching comedy shows in free time.. But there are very few sensible ones on TV right now..

With social media in picture now, does the TRP play the same role as before?
I remember the last serial I loved watching was Iss Pyaar ko kya naam doon.. It didn't have much TRP ratings, but the social media hue and cry when Arnav left the serial was so much that they had to shut it down altogether.. So more than TRP ratings I think there should be something which can take into consideration the opinions of online junta as well.. Today there are very few people(atleast in the urban areas) who don't voice their concerns or opinions on social media.

Originally posted by: HakunaMatata.

.. Humare yaha toh ek do mahine just pass away in eye sex 😆

+1000 on historical shows.. There is no freaking accuracy.. Even they are stretched to no limits.. I remember watching one Jodha Akbar promo, where there was one naag kanya who poisons Akbar with her zeher.. like really 😆

I watched couple of episodes of POW & it was so well done. Stands out more from this absymal POS shows they have on telly!!! Mahi Way & Rishta.Com were such good, nice shows but nothing like the 90s era. Truly the Golden Era of Indian Telly which will never return.

Originally posted by: Angel-likeDevil

You have to watch movies by one of the best directors of all time - Satoshi Kon's movies, I'm crazy about his movies 😃please look them up and decide.

Paprika

Millennium Actress

Perfect Blue

...there are many other excellent movies too - I'll just write the list of my favorites :)

Mamoru Hosoda films -

Wolf Children

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Summer Wars

Beast and the Boy

Studio Ghibli films -

Grave of the Fireflies

Kiki's Delivery Service

Only Yesterday

Whisper of the Heart

My Neighbours the Yamadas

Howl's Moving Castle

Ocean Waves

Tale of Princess Kaguya

When Marnie was There

That's enough for now I guess.. hope this list doesn't scare you lol😛

WOW.. That's a long list of recommendations.. I'll have to look up all of these and pick one or two to begin with...
But thanks a lot ALD for the recommendations.. Will definitely try it out 😳

Like someone said... We are not the target audience... Tv is not geared towards the metropolitan jantaa... I remember hearing an interview of a channel head... He said that the target was the tier 3 and tier 4 towns .. Not the urban metropolis

Na bole tum na maine kuch kaha 1 remains my fav TV serial, ab toh pata nahi kya hi aata hai🥱 watching Bepanah these days like the leads but that's about it, BB & Naagin 3 rule n ruin Indian TV Epic channel is also good.

Originally posted by: HawasKaPujari

People complaining are no longer the main consumers of TV, it's moved to the interiors and what they like will be shown. Look at the demographics of the 90s watching TV which accepted shows like Shanti and Hasratein, now they all prefer online content.

Exactly, the TV shows in 90s had such progressive content.. I remember watching this serial Choti si Asha with my family.. The female lead had to give away her three kids for adoption when her husband passes away. The way she picks up her life after that and her struggle to see one far away glimpse of her kids when they are all grown up.. Limited episodes and to the point..

We can only wish that such shows make a comeback.. but reality is TV is mainly for reality shows these days and content u can get from web shows... Aint no one got the time to watch an entire show at a particular time with full dedication.. But a good show for family viewing during lunch/dinner is the least I expect from TV now..

The reason ITV will never get out of saas bahu stuff is b/c TRP..

Only 2 good shows on tv right now- both on sony - yeh pyar nahi to Kya hai & ye un dino ki baat hai.

Originally posted by: HakunaMatata.

Exactly, the TV shows in 90s had such progressive content.. I remember watching this serial Choti si Asha with my family.. The female lead had to give away her three kids for adoption when her husband passes away. The way she picks up her life after that and her struggle to see one far away glimpse of her kids when they are all grown up.. Limited episodes and to the point..

We can only wish that such shows make a comeback.. but reality is TV is mainly for reality shows these days and content u can get from web shows... Aint no one got the time to watch an entire show at a particular time with full dedication.. But a good show for family viewing during lunch/dinner is the least I expect from TV now..