Mumbai : According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 5 for the period between 28th Jan’17 to 03rd Feb’17. Colors managed to grab the top spot in U+R and Urban market, while Zee TV moved up to No. 3 in U+R pushing Rishtey down to No. 5. Star Utsav witnessed a sudden spike to emerge as a Leader in Rural and became No. 4 in U+R and the same was guided by the increase in numbers of its fiction show Saathiya. DD National Managed to hand on in Top 10 list in all the markets with the help of 2nd & 3rd Ind vs Eng T20 match. The Live telecast of Pay TM T20 series match no. 2 and 3 emerged as the most viewed programs in U+R and Rural Market.
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 5- Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression |
| 1 | Colors | 643963 |
| 2 | STAR Plus | 614349 |
| 3 | Zee TV | 436860 |
| 4 | STAR Utsav | 406468 |
| 5 | Rishtey | 404313 |
| 6 | Sony Entertainment Television | 378383 |
| 7 | Zee Anmol | 373498 |
| 8 | Life Ok | 367714 |
| 9 | SONY SAB | 338203 |
| 10 | DD National | 336816 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 5 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression |
| 1 | Colors | 445372 |
| 2 | STAR Plus | 434300 |
| 3 | Sony Entertainment Television | 263996 |
| 4 | Zee TV | 249114 |
| 5 | SONY SAB | 248034 |
| 6 | Life Ok | 240115 |
| 7 | DD National | 134626 |
| 8 | &TV | 133941 |
| 9 | Rishtey | 105202 |
| 10 | STAR Utsav | 104061 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 5- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression |
| 1 | STAR Utsav | 302407 |
| 2 | Rishtey | 299111 |
| 3 | Zee Anmol | 284423 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | 225613 |
| 5 | DD National | 202191 |
| 6 | Colors | 198591 |
| 7 | Zee TV | 187746 |
| 8 | STAR Plus | 180049 |
| 9 | Life Ok | 127598 |
| 10 | Big Magic | 114488 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 5- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions |
| 1 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 3 T20 IND/ENG | 17563 |
| 2 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 2 T20 IND/ENG | 17215 |
| 3 | Colors | Naagin – Season 2 | 11396 |
| 4 | Zee TV | Kumkum Bhagya | 10040 |
| 5 | STAR Plus | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | 8497 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions |
| 1 | Colors | Naagin – Season 2 | 7416 |
| 2 | Colors | BIGG BOSS (Sat-Sun) | 6183 |
| 3 | Colors | Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki | 5987 |
| 4 | Zee TV | Kumkum Bhagya | 5937 |
| 5 | Sony TV | The Kapil Sharma Show | 5842 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions |
| 1 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 3 T20 IND/ENG | 11791 |
| 2 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 2 T20 IND/ENG | 11691 |
| 3 | Rishtey | Naagin – Season 2 | 5850 |
| 4 | STAR Utsav | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | 4846 |
| 5 | Zee TV | Kumkum Bhagya | 4104 |
