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Exclusive: Shahrukh Khan vs Amitabh Bachchan KBC ratings comparision
Just as Shah Rukh Khan's Don in 2006 paled at the box office in comparision to the 1978 platinum jubilee blockbuster Don featuring Amitabh Bachchan, the ratings of Shahrukh Khan hosted KBC 3 were soundly beaten by the Amitabh Bachchan hosted version also. Though it had not been widely reported in media until now, in an exclusive, below is presented the actual show by show TRP all India ratings comparision of the viewership of KBC II vs KBC III
The opening night of Bachchan's KBC 2 drew an initial of All India TAM rating of a 14.0. That is to say 14% of all TV sets were tuned in to KBC II . The initial for KBC3 hosted by Shah Rukh Khan in comparision was only 9.3% . So the initial of the Amitabh Bachchan hosted version was over 50% higher than the one hosted by Shahrukh Khan.
That trend continued throughout the run of KBC III right through its finale, which featured even Salman Khan with Shahrukh Khan, along with Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, but failed to make par. However the TRPs were not close. The 30th episode of KBC3 for example drew only a tepid 3.6 compared to the 7.3 of the corresponding episode featuring Amitabh Bachchan in 2005.
The data shows the peak rating of Shahrukh Khan hosted version was matched or surpassed atleast 5 times by the Bachchan hosted version of KBC, whereas the Shahrukh Khan version was never able to approach the peak ratings of the Bachchan hosted telecasts.
This should put the scale of reach of the two stars as hosts in its proper perspective, regardless of ambiguous reports implying they were both similar ratings phenomena.
The following is a show by show comparision of KBC 2 and KBC 3 ratings viewership in detail:
Just as Shah Rukh Khan's Don in 2006 paled at the box office in comparision to the 1978 platinum jubilee blockbuster Don featuring Amitabh Bachchan, the ratings of Shahrukh Khan hosted KBC 3 were soundly beaten by the Amitabh Bachchan hosted version also. Though it had not been widely reported in media until now, in an exclusive, below is presented the actual show by show TRP all India ratings comparision of the viewership of KBC II vs KBC III
The opening night of Bachchan's KBC 2 drew an initial of All India TAM rating of a 14.0. That is to say 14% of all TV sets were tuned in to KBC II . The initial for KBC3 hosted by Shah Rukh Khan in comparision was only 9.3% . So the initial of the Amitabh Bachchan hosted version was over 50% higher than the one hosted by Shahrukh Khan.
That trend continued throughout the run of KBC III right through its finale, which featured even Salman Khan with Shahrukh Khan, along with Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, but failed to make par. However the TRPs were not close. The 30th episode of KBC3 for example drew only a tepid 3.6 compared to the 7.3 of the corresponding episode featuring Amitabh Bachchan in 2005.
The data shows the peak rating of Shahrukh Khan hosted version was matched or surpassed atleast 5 times by the Bachchan hosted version of KBC, whereas the Shahrukh Khan version was never able to approach the peak ratings of the Bachchan hosted telecasts.
This should put the scale of reach of the two stars as hosts in its proper perspective, regardless of ambiguous reports implying they were both similar ratings phenomena.
The following is a show by show comparision of KBC 2 and KBC 3 ratings viewership in detail:
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