Friday 16 May 2008
 
   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bhabhi to go off-air

UTV’s Bhabhi is reportedly going off-air after running successfully (barring some hiccups) for six years. The show currently in its seventh year may soon shut down and Shobhana Desai’s Hamari Devrani will replace it. In an attempt to revamp its afternoon slot, Star Plus, reportedly, is axing Bhabhi from its afternoon band. It is the number two show across all the channels after Kumkum. According to the latest TRPs Bhabhi has garnered a TRP of 1.8 as compared to its competitor Rakhi on Zee, which has garnered a TRP of 1.2. As per the average of TRPs of last 10 weeks, Bhabhi is ahead of all the afternoon shows except for Kumkum. Surprisingly it still is the first show to get axed from the afternoon band of the channel.

When contacted, Prem Kamath chose to take no comments stance. He said, “We can’t talk on it right now. We will hold a press conference where we will announce everything.”

Though a source from the show informs, “The show is going off-air after May ends. We are very disappointed as the show was doing well.”

Another show that is been considered to fill in the channel’s afternoon slot is Shreya Creations’ Jaha Pe Basera Ho, which is about strong family values. Sheel Kumar from Shreya Creations, confirms the news and says, “We are producing Jaha Pe Basera Ho for Star Plus for their afternoon slot but they still have to give us the time of its airing.”

As we figure out which show will be replaced by Jahan Pe Basera Ho the nail biting continues.

 


Neha Maheshwri

Posted on 9 May 2008 5:30 pm

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