MUMBAI: Colors has kept its stranglehold on the No. 1 position in the Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) genre in week 2  Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) all India data. 

Star Plus pipped last week’s No. 2 - the free to air (FTA) channel Zee Anmol - to climb up to the second spot, thus pushing the latter to the third position.

Colors grabbed the leadership position with 762023 (‘000s) followed by Star Plus, which saw a rise in ratings with 727809 (‘000s) as against 699211 (‘000s) in the previous week.

Zee Anmol at the third spot stood with 682983 (‘000s) as against 719713 (‘000s). 

Though Zee Entertainment Enterprises’ flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV saw a fall in ratings, it maintained its claim on the fourth spot with 636989 (‘000s) as against 681259 (‘000s) in the previous week. At fifth spot was Star India’s FTA channel Star Ustav with 506714 (‘000s), followed by Life OK in the sixth slot with 425798 (‘000s).

Rishtey with 365968 (‘000s) and Sony Pal with 339073 (‘000s) stood at the seventh and eighth position respectively.

While Sony Entertainment Television grabbed the ninth spot in the genre with 325509 (‘000s), Sony’s comedy channel Sab TV fell to the tenth spot with 323649 (‘000s).