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Star Plus and Sony take a small dip, ratings for Colors and Zee TV plummet by eight points

Star Plus registered 289 GRPs for Week 39 as per TAM's recent reports targeting HSM CS 4+ yrs. Though the channel's ratings went down by three points from the last week, it still maintains its rank at the top. Sony further narrows the gap with Star Plus by registering 270 (271) GRPs.

Ratings for Colors at 211 (219) and Zee TV at 176 (184) have gone down by eight rating points in this week.

SAB registered 123 (124) GRPs while Imagine TV experienced a gain of three rating points with 78. Star One registered 39 (43) GRPs and Sahara One 33 (31) GRPs.

Star Utsav gained two points at 27 while DD1's ratings went down by 29 points to close at 17. Zee Smile registered 4 (3) GRPs.

GEC Watch: Star Plus scores 289 GRPs in Week 39

At No. 2, Sony Entertainment has seen a one-point dip in GRPs -- from 271 points to 270 points, but its relative share has gone up from 20.6 per cent to 21.3 per cent.

Still on top, Star Plus, the flagship Hindi GEC from the STAR stable, has scored 289 GRPs for the week, down from the 292 GRPs that the channel had scored in the previous week. The channel's relative share has however moved up from 22.2 per cent in Week 38, to 22.8 per cent for the week ended September 24, 2011, TAM, C&S4+, HSM.

At No. 2, Sony Entertainment has seen a one-point dip in GRPs -- from 271 points to 270 points, but its relative share has gone up from 20.6 per cent to 21.3 per cent.

At No. 3, Colors too, has lost in GRPs while its relative share remains stable at 16.7 per cent. Its GRPs have fallen from 219 GRPs to 211 GRPs in Week 39.

No. 4, Zee TV recorded GRPs of 176 GRPs (down from 184 GRPs in Week 38) and its relative share is 13.9 per cent (14 per cent in the previous week).

Sony entertainment's sibling channel, SAB TV, is at 123 GRPs (124 GRPs in Week 38), while its relative share is 9.7 per cent (9.4 per cent in the previous week).

At No. 6, Imagine TV is at 78 GRPs, up from 75 GRPs. Its relative share is also up from 5.7 per cent to 6.1 per cent.

STAR One, with 39 GRPs and a channel share of 3.1 per cent, follows it.

Sahara One is at No. 8. The channel's relative share and GRPs have moved up marginally to 2.6 per cent (2.4 per cent in the previous week), and 33 GRPs (31 GRPs in the previous week), respectively.

STAR Utsav and DD1 have garnered relative shares of 2.1 per cent and 1.4 per cent, respectively.

Saathiya Saath Nibhana (Star Plus) leads the list of the 10 most-watched programmes, clocking a TVR of 5.63, followed by Kaun Banega Crorepati (Sony) and Balika Vadhu (Colors), with TVRs of 5.6 and 4.25, respectively.