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BARC Week 18: Zee Kannada, Asianet, Star Maa, Sun TV lead in South

by Aboli Kadam
May 14, 2021
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The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) released its week 18 data.

In the weekly report of Kannada Genre, Zee Kannada maintained the first spot with 1007.31 of weekly AMA (Average Minute Audience), Colors Kannada took the second spot with 865.15 AMA, 3rd spot was claimed by Star Suvarna with 613.74 of AMA, followed by Udaya Tv on 4th place with 600.41 of AMA Udaya TV was on 3rd spot in week 17 and lastly Udaya movies on 5th spot with 523.26 of AMA. The Top Programs in the Kannada Genre were Satya, Mangala Gowri Maduve, Naagini 2, and two new programs on the list, which were Geetha and Kannadathi.

In Malayalam Genre, Asianet bagged the first place with a weekly AMA of 828.36, Mazhavil Manorama claimed the second spot with 241.83 AMA, Zee keralam came on 3rd spot with 238.89 AMA followed by Flower Tv on 4th place with 232.43 AMA and lastly Asianet Movies on 5th place with 213.21 of AMA. The Top Programs in the Malayalam genre were Santhwanam, Kudumbavilakku, Mounaragam, Padatha Painkili, and Koodevide.

In Tamil Genre, Sun Tv maintained the 1st spot with 2412.72 of weekly AMA, Star Vijay claimed the second place by 1614.04 AMA, Zee Tamil took the 3rd spot with 1035.68 of weekly AMA followed by KTV on 4th place with 667.59 AMA, and lastly Star Vijay Super of 5th place with 470.02 AMA. The Top programs in Tamil Genre were Roja, Vanathai Pola, Bharathi Kannamma, TFF- Karuppan, and Bhagyalakshmi.

In Telugu Genre, Star Maa Bagged the first spot with 2165.55 of weekly AMA. Zee Telugu claimed the 2nd spot with 1564.47 AMA, and the 3rd spot was taken by ETV Telugu by 1246.83 of weekly AMA, followed by Gemini TV of the 4th spot with 741.97 AMA and lastly Star Maa Movies on 5th place with weekly AMA of 683.43. The Top programs in the Telugu Genre were Karthika Deepam, Intinti Gruhalakshmi, Guppedantha Manasu, Janaki Kalaganaledu, and Devatha.

Tags: AsianetBroadcast Audience Research CouncilStar MaaSun TVZee Kannada

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