Mumbai: With 2543.31 AMA, Sun TV has regained the top position in the Broadcast Audience Research Council's (Barc) most-watched channels list for the seventh week of 2022 (12 to 18 February). The Tamil GEC was behind Star Maa and Star Utsav last week with 2496.27 (‘000s).

Star Maa dropped to the second position with weekly ratings of 2392.09. At 2244.78, Star Plus was third.

After being at No. two for several weeks, Star Utsav lodged itself at the fourth position in the seventh week. It was followed by Dhinchaak, Zee TV, Star Vijay, Sony Pal, Star Jalsha and Sony SAB.

Maintaining hold over the mega cities and south, Sun TV registered average ratings of 440.68 and 2531.25 in the two markets respectively. Star Plus, Colors, Sony SAB and Star Vijay were other top performers in the mega cities, in that order. The remaining four slots in the south market were grabbed by Star Maa, Star Vijay, Zee Kannada and Zee Telugu.

Among the regional markets, Maharashtra/Goa was led by Star Pravah at 1326.7 (‘000s), West Bengal by Star Jalsha at 1328.3, Odisha by Tarang (473.99), Karnataka by Zee Kannada (1369.69), and Rajasthan and UP/Uttarakhand by Star Utsav at 225.3 and 370.3 respectively.