My two words as someone who is not watching any show at this moment and have never contributed to any TRP. Strictly as someone who uses SM and watches stuff online.
There has to be a reason why SaiRat has dropped out of all popularity meters online. All the couples on TV are separated - Relationship, Auntyji, Tamarind, YHC, KKB, BL, KB etc etc. But they still have a massive fan following on social media. They all keep winning Jodi awards and still have a vast majority of fans who want them together. HC, GK, Krishna etc are still playing flawed MLs but top popularity meters on Twitter.
While I cannot speak of what TRP aunties want, as someone who grew up on ITV shows, I try to not judge the ML and FL of the shows on morality or character growth, because at the end of the day, shows are made for entertainment and rarely have a proper growth chart. Arnav forcefully marrying Khushi would have made him a monster in real life, but reel life and world is different.
However, maybe it’s the acting (less love, more aggression) or personal dynamics or flawed portrayals - SaiRat has lost its fanbase. A couple who used to win every couple poll on SM, now don’t even show up as an option.
I don’t know about TRP and most of us do not contribute to it, so it is futile talking about it, but the decline in SM popularity of both, the couple and NB individually is hard to ignore and I wonder what the reason behind it is.
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