I was more thinking on the lines of how come Saurabhji's next hero is a gangster from Mumbai,when there is so much opposition to a similar character in his current serial madhubala.😊
Big repetitive noise in this forum by the same ppl all day every day, does not mean there is "much opposition"!! It means what it is...big repetitive noise!
Trps play a significant part. But so does what is being appreciated in movies too. Also they know the "laddoos" that serial viewers want to eat, day in day out but also that they want something different too. So we get laddoo as a first course, now something different.
The production house has a far more accurate way of estimating popularity than just a bunch of IF phankas screaming laddooo laddooo only! Laddoo to the end! If you see what I mean!