Mumbai :According to the BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC for week 44 for the period between 28th Oct’17 to 03rd Nov’ 17, Zee TV has broken the long lasting dominance of Zee Anmol in Urban + Rural and also scooped the No. 1 position in Urban market from Colors. This was due to the strong back up from its leading fiction shows Kumkuma Bhagya and Kundali Bhagya and its Non fiction property Lil Champs. Star Bharat remained at No. 2 in U+R while Colors and Star Plus were down at No. 5 & No. 6 respectively.
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 44 – Urban +Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | 741062 |
| 2 | STAR Bharat | 698635 |
| 3 | Zee Anmol | 676733 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | 593863 |
| 5 | Colors | 582344 |
| 6 | STAR Plus | 517871 |
| 7 | Sony Entertainment Television | 462257 |
| 8 | SONY SAB | 379771 |
| 9 | STAR Utsav | 373404 |
| 10 | Rishtey | 370051 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 44 – Urban | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | 443982 |
| 2 | Colors | 410856 |
| 3 | STAR Plus | 356148 |
| 4 | Sony Entertainment Television | 334106 |
| 5 | STAR Bharat | 316666 |
| 6 | SONY SAB | 285031 |
| 7 | Sony Pal | 188157 |
| 8 | &TV | 150009 |
| 9 | Zee Anmol | 146688 |
| 10 | Rishtey | 108878 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 44- Rural | ||
| Rank | Channel Name | Impression (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee Anmol | 530044 |
| 2 | Sony Pal | 405706 |
| 3 | STAR Bharat | 381969 |
| 4 | Zee TV | 297080 |
| 5 | STAR Utsav | 284532 |
| 6 | Rishtey | 261172 |
| 7 | DD National | 244068 |
| 8 | Dangal TV | 190630 |
| 9 | Colors | 171488 |
| 10 | STAR Plus | 161722 |
| BARC Ratings of Hindi GEC week 44- Top 5 Programs |
| Hindi GEC (Urban +Rural) | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 1 T20 IND/NZ | 15526 |
| 2 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 11862 |
| 3 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 3 ODI IND/NZ | 10757 |
| 4 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 10747 |
| 5 | Zee TV | AMUL SA RE GA MA PA LITTLE CHAMPS | 9858 |
| Hindi GEC Urban | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | Zee TV | KUNDALI BHAGYA | 6932 |
| 2 | Zee TV | AMUL SA RE GA MA PA LITTLE CHAMPS | 6557 |
| 3 | Zee TV | KUMKUM BHAGYA | 6224 |
| 4 | STAR Plus | YEH RISHTA KYA KEHLATA HAI | 6213 |
| 5 | Sony TV | JIO KBC PLAY ALONG SPECIAL WEEK | 5424 |
| Hindi GEC Rural | |||
| Rank | Channel Name | Programme | Impressions (000s) sum |
| 1 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 1 T20 IND/NZ | 12210 |
| 2 | DD National | L/T PAYTM-17 3 ODI IND/NZ | 8231 |
| 3 | Sony Pal | BAALVEER | 6672 |
| 4 | Sony Pal | TAARAK MEHTA KA OOLTAH CHASHMAH | 5422 |
| 5 | Zee Anmol | GANGA | 5394 |
