Mumbai :According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 52 for the period between 23rd Dec’17 to 29th Dec’ 17. Star Bharat has regained its leadership from Zee Anmol with a lead margin of 10k impressions in Urban + Rural HSM Market. Colors dominated the Urban HSM market in the last week of the year 2017 while Zee TV and Star Plus settled fora distant No. 2 and No. 3 Zee Anmol was on top of the Rural HSM Market. Zee TV shows Kundali Bhagya and Kumkuma Bhagys remained as the Most watched shows of the country at the end of 2017.
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 52 – Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | STAR Bharat | 692154 |
| 2 | Zee Anmol | 682234 |
| 3 | Colors | 600546 |
| 4 | STAR Utsav | 600396 |
| 5 | Zee TV | 591855 |
| 6 | Sony Pal | 561552 |
| 7 | STAR Plus | 501322 |
| 8 | Rishtey | 465438 |
| 9 | Sony Entertainment Television | 420804 |
| 10 | SONY SAB | 388490 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 52 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Colors | 438891 |
| 2 | Zee TV | 354527 |
| 3 | STAR Plus | 353989 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 334751 |
| 5 | Sony Entertainment Television | 298884 |
| 6 | SONY SAB | 290669 |
| 7 | Sony Pal | 183680 |
| 8 | Zee Anmol | 169078 |
| 9 | STAR Utsav | 164300 |
| 10 | &TV | 148076 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 52- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 513156 |
| 2 | STAR Utsav | 436095 |
| 3 | Sony Pal | 377872 |
| 4 | STAR Bharat | 357402 |
| 5 | Rishtey | 332561 |
| 6 | Dangal TV | 247713 |
| 7 | Zee TV | 237327 |
| 8 | Big Magic | 177951 |
| 9 | Colors | 161655 |
| 10 | STAR Plus | 147332 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 52- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 12232 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 11468 |
| 3 | STAR Bharat | KYA HAAL MR PANCHAAL | 10093 |
| 4 | Zee TV | MAHEK | 9737 |
| 5 | Sony TV | SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 | 9185 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 7269 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 7011 |
| 3 | Sony SAB | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 6749 |
| 4 | STAR Plus | YE HAI MOHABBATEIN | 6361 |
| 5 | Sony TV | SUPER DANCER CHAPTER 2 | 6241 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 7179 |
| 2 | Rishtey | TERE NAAL ISHQ | 6587 |
| 3 | Sony Pal | BAALVEER | 6271 |
| 4 | STAR Utsav | IS PYAAR KO KYA NAAM DOON-EK BAR PHIR | 6084 |
| 5 | Sony Pal | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 5735 |
