Mumbai : According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 39 for the period between 30 th Sep’17 to 06th Oct’17, Sony Entertainment Television emerged as the leader in Urban HSM market with the strong performance of new season of KBC. The show emerged as the most watched program in Indian Television with 11533 (000s) impressions in Urban + Rural market and 8719 (000s) impressions in Urban HSM market. Star India’s algship GEC Star Plus has fallen deep down to No. 7 in U+R, No. 4 in Urban HSM and No. 8 in Rural market.
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 40- Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 786847 |
| 2 | Colors | 626274 |
| 3 | STAR Bharat | 624082 |
| 4 | Zee TV | 616889 |
| 5 | Sony Entertainment Television | 604669 |
| 6 | Sony Pal | 546386 |
| 7 | STAR Plus | 507172 |
| 8 | Rishtey | 371110 |
| 9 | SONY SAB | 358913 |
| 10 | STAR Utsav | 345438 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 40 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Sony Entertainment Television | 443498 |
| 2 | Colors | 434409 |
| 3 | Zee TV | 367169 |
| 4 | STAR Plus | 345802 |
| 5 | STAR Bharat | 284679 |
| 6 | SONY SAB | 257118 |
| 7 | Zee Anmol | 168055 |
| 8 | Sony Pal | 164818 |
| 9 | &TV | 161778 |
| 10 | Rishtey | 95442 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 40- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 618792 |
| 2 | Sony Pal | 381567 |
| 3 | STAR Bharat | 339403 |
| 4 | Rishtey | 275668 |
| 5 | STAR Utsav | 263901 |
| 6 | Zee TV | 249720 |
| 7 | Colors | 191864 |
| 8 | STAR Plus | 161369 |
| 9 | Sony Entertainment Television | 161170 |
| 10 | Big Magic | 153662 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 40- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Sony TV | KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI | 11533 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 11216 |
| 3 | Zee Anmol | KAALA TEEKA | 10028 |
| 4 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 9706 |
| 5 | Colors | FEAR FACTOR KHATRON KE KHILADI PAIN IN SPAIN | 9193 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Sony TV | KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI | 8719 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 6581 |
| 3 | Colors | FEAR FACTOR KHATRON KE KHILADI PAIN IN SPAIN | 6358 |
| 4 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 5802 |
| 5 | Colors | UDAAN | 5774 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | KAALA TEEKA | 7439 |
| 2 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 5 ODI IND/AUS | 6478 |
| 3 | Zee Anmol | JAMAI RAJA | 5935 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | BAALVEER | 5813 |
| 5 | Sony Pal | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 5576 |
