@sam -see point 2. I'm not challenging you or saying you wrong but want to understand more. Are you suggesting producers limit or control the show in a way to keep TRP at a certain point? Pls tell me more
An impression I get from your question is 'the producers deliberately manipulate the show to keep it at a certain point (say 1.0 or 0.9)'. I don't think that happens or may be it does. Reminded of the football club Arsenal, who almost never win the EPL , cause their goal is to end on the top 4, to qualify for the Eu Champions league... and thus keep the revenue flowing. [At least this used to be the case, don't know if things have changed.] So fans who are waiting for them to win the EPL - may have to wait for another lifetime.
Perhaps there is a parallel here too - be the 4th after the three Bhagyas... you are doing fine enough. May be that's what the instruction from the channel is - 'stay fourth / top 4 is fine enough'. Deliberately underplaying the show or eps will be akin to Arsenal deliberately losing a match so that they dont go 3rd ... both of which, at least in a fair world, is not likely to happen. More likely that they know 'keep it around 1.0' and frame the ep / week in that way... nothing too fancy ... nothing too logical... just keep it going the way it does ... 'itna kaafi hai'... 'no need to bang our heads to do/get better'.
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