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TAM reports for week 44, 2011 are out and Star Plus is still ahead of all the GECs at 273 GRPs inspite of its ratings declining from 317 last week.

Colors registered 236.5 (208 last week) rating points this week, thereby ascending to the second spot. Sony took a slight dip at 235.9 from 258 GRPs registered last week, hence closing in neck-and-neck with Colors, but at the third spot.

Zee recorded 131 GRPs(155 last week), Sab 118 (121 last week), Imagine 61 (69 last week), Star One 40 (35 last week) and Sahara One 30 (31 last week) respectively.

Top 10 Programmes of HGEC during Week 44'11

Star Plus loses 44 GRPs in Week 44; Colors is No. 2 again

Courtesy the India-England ODI series, DD1 now occupies the sixth spot with 63 GRPs in its pocket, up from the 52 GRPs that it had garnered in the previous week.

Still on top, Star Plus, the flagship Hindi GEC from the Star stable, has lost 44 GRPs for the week ended October 29, 2011, to now stand at 273 GRPs. According to TAM (C&S 4 +, HSM), its relative channel share has also slipped from 24.8 per cent in Week 43, to 22.4 per cent in Week 44.

Meanwhile, Colors has once again risen to the second spot with an additional 28 GRPs in its pocket. The channel has moved up from 208 GRPs to 236 GRPs during the given week. The channel's relative share has also moved up -- from 16.3 per cent, to 19.4 per cent.

Down to the third position, Sony Entertainment, too, is at an approximate 236 GRPs (235.88 GRPs, to be precise), while its relative share, too, is 19.4 per cent, down from 20.3 per cent.

At No. 4, Zee TV recorded 131 GRPs (down from 155 GRPs in Week 43), and its relative share is 10.8 per cent (12.2 per cent in the previous week).

Sony Entertainment's sibling channel SAB TV is next, at 118 GRPs (121 GRPs in Week 43), while its relative share is 9.7 per cent (9.5 per cent in the previous week).

At No. 6, Imagine TV is at 69 GRPs, up from 64 GRPs. Its relative share is also up from 5.3 per cent, to 5.4 per cent.

Courtesy the India-England ODI series, DD1 now occupies the sixth spot with 63 GRPs in its pocket, up from the 52 GRPs that it had garnered in the previous week. Its relative share has also moved up from 4.1 per cent to 5.2 per cent.

Imagine TV and STAR One, with 61 GRPs and 40 GRPs respectively, follow it. Their relative shares stand at 5 per cent and 3.3 per cent.

Sahara One is at No. 9. The channel's relative share has risen marginally to 2.5 per cent, while its GRPs have moved down from 31 points to 30 points.

STAR Utsav and Zee Smile have garnered relative shares of 2.1 per cent and 0.2 per cent, respectively.

Saathiya Saath Nibhana (Star Plus) leads the list of the 10 most-watched programmes, clocking a TVR of 5.06, followed by Kaun Banega Crorepati (Sony) and C.I.D. (Sony), with TVRs of 4.64 and 4.11, respectively.

The fourth most-watched programme is Balika Vadhu, with 3.87 TVR. Uttaran (3.47 TVR) and Bade Achche lagte Hai (3.44 TVR) follow next. Is Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon, Pratigya, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Diya Aur Baati Hum are also a part of the Top 10 list.