Mumbai : According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 7 for the period between 11th Feb’17 to 17 th Feb’17. Star Plus has gained 48602 Impression(000s) in U+R, when compared with the previous week to over take Colors to top the charts. Star Plus also emerged as the leader in Urban market while Ristey retained its leadership in Rural market. Failure of Raising Star to back up Big Boss is one of the reasons that resulted in Colors suffering a massive erosion of viewership. The following are the details of market wise performance of Hindi GECs:
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 7- Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | STAR Plus | 657742 |
| 2 | Colors | 571698 |
| 3 | Rishtey | 428466 |
| 4 | Zee TV | 414538 |
| 5 | Zee Anmol | 406528 |
| 6 | Sony Pal | 398584 |
| 7 | Sony Entertainment Television | 396285 |
| 8 | STAR Utsav | 392261 |
| 9 | Life Ok | 373881 |
| 10 | SONY SAB | 325293 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 7 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression(000s) sum |
| 1 | STAR Plus | 459268 |
| 2 | Colors | 386969 |
| 3 | Sony Entertainment Television | 281448 |
| 4 | Life Ok | 247733 |
| 5 | SONY SAB | 245561 |
| 6 | Zee TV | 245392 |
| 7 | &TV | 134598 |
| 8 | Sony Pal | 119920 |
| 9 | Rishtey | 111353 |
| 10 | STAR Utsav | 97600 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 7- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression(000s) sum |
| 1 | Rishtey | 317113 |
| 2 | Zee Anmol | 313648 |
| 3 | STAR Utsav | 294662 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | 278664 |
| 5 | STAR Plus | 198474 |
| 6 | Colors | 184729 |
| 7 | Zee TV | 169147 |
| 8 | Life Ok | 126148 |
| 9 | Sony Entertainment Television | 114837 |
| 10 | Big Magic | 109681 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 7- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions(000s) sum |
| 1 | Colors | Naagin – Season 2 | 11837 |
| 2 | Zee TV | Kumkum Bhagya | 10903 |
| 3 | Rishtey | Naagin – Season 2 | 9354 |
| 4 | Sony TV | The Kapil Sharma Show | 9059 |
| 5 | Colors | Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki | 8212 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions(000s) sum |
| 1 | Colors | Naagin – Season 2 | 7377 |
| 2 | Sony TV | The Kapil Sharma Show | 6876 |
| 3 | Zee TV | Kumkum Bhagya | 6554 |
| 4 | Colors | Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki | 5862 |
| 5 | STAR Plus | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | 5834 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions |
| 1 | Rishtey | Naagin – Season 2 | 7264 |
| 2 | Zee Anmol | Jodha Akhbar | 5294 |
| 3 | Sony Pal | Baalveer | 4487 |
| 4 | Colors | Naagin – Season 2 | 4460 |
| 5 | STAR Utsav | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | 4396 |
