Star Maa pushes Sun TV out of India Top 2 - Star Vijay Bigg Boss 5 on October 3rd

Star Vijay top rated Bigg Boss 5 is scheduled for October 5th start . In another surprise, Sun TV and Star Plus which was battling for No 1 position has been pipped by Star Maa the Telugu channel.  It has reached the second position and pushed Sun TV to third spot in the All Indian ranking released by BARC Mumbai: Star Maa, the Telugu GEC from Star Network has toppled Tamil GEC Sun TV to emerge as the top channel in the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India list for week 36 (4-10 September). The channel recorded weekly AMAs of 2838.83 as against 2494.98 AMAs in week 35 when it was at the third spot. Hindi GEC Star Plus found itself at the second position with 2817.67... 

The reason for Star Maa to cross Sun TV is said to be the start of the Bigg Boss  Season 4 . It restarted after the break due to Covid on September 4..  With host Nagarjuna  and after  Kalyani’s elimination on September 19, the housemates who are still competing for the Bigg Boss Telugu 4 trophy are Monal, Abijeet, Lasya, Sujatha, Ariyana, Syed, Alekhya, Devi, Mehaboob, Amma, Noel, Divi, Akhil and Gangavva. Kumar Sai and Jabardasth Mukku Avinash, meanwhile, are the wild card contestants. NTR’s Evaru Meelo Koteeswarulu the Quiz show is expected to bring Sun Gemini back to top as NTR's  hosting of Bigg Boss In Telugu ( first season) was a big hit. Sun bought the rights from the producers and shifted the show EMK from Star Maa. Results are yet to be seen

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In Tamil Nadu, October 3 will see the start of Bigg Boss 5 with Kamal Haasan as host. On the other hand Zee Tamil's Survivor has caught the audience interest. Star Vijay claims that so far two promos of the show has garnered 20 + million views, highest so far compared to previous seasons. The Third promo was released on Sept 20th.

Though Sun TV slipped in the national ranking, it continues it No 1 position in the South. Second and third spots are Star Maa and Star Vijay. Fourth and fifth are Zee Telugu and Kannada.  The Tamil channel of Sun is alone holding ground and in other three States it has lost ground. IN Malayalam, Asianet continues the No 1 slot and all others - Flowers and Mazhavil Manorama in second and third being at a very low TRP rating.

In the case of Tamil serials, Sun TV's Roja and Star Vijay's Bharathi Kannamma are sharing the top spot. Other four spots are with Sun TV>