Originally posted by: WaqtZaya
oppo you are 40% wrong if you say only mytho shows are gonna click. Not all mytho shows do good business. Rarely any (because during qh many more mythological shows were airing in various channels and only one name that could make it to top was JA). The likes of DD's Ramayan and Mahabharat being such a huge hit is because of many factors including Nostalgia for most which is why. Not making a comparison as I don't watch or am fond of mythological shows but I do listen to discussion that Shruti has, and I can say the recent content rather the commercial mythological shows of SP / Zee / Colors etc don't work out the way the 80s mythological shows of DD did. We can see the Trps of DD as well as SP's own version of Ramayan & Mahabharatas.
Ps she will throw bigger and better light & I will ask her to carry the conversation regarding mytho shows forward. 🤗
DD shows have occupied the top slots because those shows were top notch in every department (excluding 90s era special effects) and have a
repeat value. That's why star plus didn't air its own
Siya ke Ram and aired DD
Ramayana instead. DD
Ramayana is airing on one more channel and even there it's fetching 1/1+ 😆
Moreover, DD shows have been aired so many times on several channels. All episodes are available on YT and in DVDs. Yet the ratings are damn high. Repeat value.
Even other shows could cash upon nostalgia but they hardly get over 0.6 because the repeat value and success range is missing. Even the highly successful Balika Vadhu repeats are getting only 0.4.
But, DD MB on the same channel got 1.0 in its first week of airing despite competition against MB on DD Bharati. Yeah! 🤬 Colors made the show compete against itself. Then 🤬Star Plus jumped in with DD Ramayana on the same slot. 🤪🤬
So, it was Mahabharat vs Mahabharat + Ramayana 🤧😭
Next comes the SPMB. I cannot tell you how much I abhor it but it's getting good numbers. Last week trps are 3.5 due to a high point. Before that it was 2+
Despite making a total mockery of the epic, this show gets the advantage of high level ignorance, freshness and visual appeal. And its Krishna is popular and the music is great. But, the biggest factor here is Mahabharat. It's the second adaptation of the epic after the DD classic. So, even that's a plus point.
Then come Mahadev and RadhaKrishn which fetch 1+
Not bad at all.
Other than these, TMKOC and TKSS fetch 1+
Sony is clever with TKSS. They aired episodes with Irrfan/Rishi, and the Ramayan cast.
BUT...you can't run the DD shows forever. Mahabharat has 94 episodes and Ramayana has even lesser no. of episodes.
So, people will watch the daily shows. Not the old ones as we saw the ratings aren't high. But, they will tune in for the contemporary ones.