@Mages W.O.R.D to that.
Namik fans for TRP is just LOL. 😆
The only reason this show is still on air and not butchered off like Haasil is because the two MLs bring in the online viewership and popularity. Many of their fans are from outside India. And yes, TRP has nothing, I repeat NOTHING to do with a popular actor. Barun Sobti had triple the fanbase of NamVik's combined fanase, but look what happened to his comeback show.
And even script cannot rope in TRPs. Shows like "Rishton ka Chakravyuh" and "Dil sambhal jaa zara" had wayyy better scripts than the TRP toppers. The thing is, the TRP audience are mostly the homemakers/elder ladies of the family who have a very limited patience with experimental subjects. They love their daily dose of romance, high-voltage drama, kitchen politics and garishly dressed vamps. EDT hardly have any of it.
The "romance" is too cheesy, the drama is never really that dramatic, the actors are all more or less believers of subtlety, there are no proper vamps and kitchen politics toh hain hi nahin.
Coming to the TM's post- Shiv does what the writer wants him to do, which, at the moment is not much apart from cry, sulk, follow Sharanya, go shirtless in the FBs, sulk some more, cry some more, repeat.