The introductory episode of the second season of TV reality show Bigg Boss drew maximum viewership in its time slot among general entertainment channels (GECs). Over four million viewers sat glued to their TV sets watching contestants such as Rahul Mahajan, Sanjay Nirupam, Monica Bedi and Jade Goody.
According to Audience Measurement and Analytics Limited's overnight TV audience measurement system, Amap, Bigg Boss, the Indian version of popular British reality show Celebrity Big Brother got an average television rating point (TRP) of 1.4 between its 10:00-11:45 p.m. time slot on Sunday in the North, East and West Indian regions.
The channel Colors, on which the show is being aired, emerged winner in the time slot, leaving behind major players like Star Plus which garnered an average rating of 0.8, closely followed by Sony TV whose rating was pegged at 0.7 by Amap.