Mumbai :According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 49 for the period between 2nd Dec’17 to 08th Dec’ . Star Bharat has snatched the No. 1 position in Urban+ Rural HSM from Zee TV while Colors moved up in the chart to No. 2 position, Zee TV has falled down to No.3. On the Urban front Colors continued its dominance in this week also while Zee TV ramined at No. 2 in this week also. Zee Anmol reatined its leadership in Rural market while Sony Pal stood at No. 2. On the Programme side Kya Haal Mr Panchal became the most watched show of the week with 12126 impressions (000s) pushing Kumkuma and Kundali bagya to No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 49 – Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | STAR Bharat | 725644 |
| 2 | Colors | 643097 |
| 3 | Zee TV | 636443 |
| 4 | Zee Anmol | 611444 |
| 5 | Sony Pal | 606991 |
| 6 | STAR Utsav | 546771 |
| 7 | STAR Plus | 493837 |
| 8 | Rishtey | 425303 |
| 9 | Sony Entertainment Television | 395579 |
| 10 | SONY SAB | 393338 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 49 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Colors | 460584 |
| 2 | Zee TV | 387912 |
| 3 | STAR Plus | 349333 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 340796 |
| 5 | SONY SAB | 287022 |
| 6 | Sony Entertainment Television | 286284 |
| 7 | Sony Pal | 178945 |
| 8 | &TV | 151942 |
| 9 | Zee Anmol | 144997 |
| 10 | STAR Utsav | 142734 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 49- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 466446 |
| 2 | Sony Pal | 428046 |
| 3 | STAR Utsav | 404036 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 384847 |
| 5 | Rishtey | 312805 |
| 6 | Zee TV | 248531 |
| 7 | Dangal TV | 243983 |
| 8 | Colors | 182512 |
| 9 | Big Magic | 153487 |
| 10 | STAR Plus | 144503 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 49- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | STAR Bharat | KYA HAAL MR PANCHAAL | 12126 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 11780 |
| 3 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 11683 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | BAALVEER | 9631 |
| 5 | Sony TV | SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 | 9539 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 7362 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 7345 |
| 3 | Sony SAB | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 6973 |
| 4 | Sony TV | SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 | 6571 |
| 5 | Colors | UDAAN | 6089 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Sony Pal | BAALVEER | 7774 |
| 2 | STAR Bharat | KYA HAAL MR PANCHAAL | 6994 |
| 3 | Sony Pal | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 6463 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | CHINTU BAN GAYA GENTLEMAN | 6356 |
| 5 | STAR Bharat | JIJI MAA | 5354 |
