![]() īeginning 28 March, three days into the lockdown, the show made a comeback on Doordarshan and two fresh episodes of the show began to be aired in as many time slots - morning and evening. The series garnered such popularity that it was rerun years later by private channels such as Zee TV and NDTV Imagine. It was aired for over a year-and-a-half, spread over 75 episodes of 35 minutes each. Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan originally went on air on Doordarshan from 25 January 1987. With much of India locked indoors on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, Doordarshan brought back its mythological classic Ramayan to keep people entertained. However, weekly BARC estimates, also released Thursday, state that DD National continues to be the most-watched channel during the lockdown. Overall, DD viewership in the period declined by 46 per cent as compared to the week before, the report, released Thursday, stated. ![]() The sixth edition of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)-Nielsen report, which focuses on changing media habits in the fifth week of India’s lockdown, said there was a 66 per cent drop in DD National viewership during the morning slot between 18 and 24 April, and a 29 per cent drop in evening viewership. New Delhi: The viewership of state-owned broadcaster DD National has nearly halved since the Ramayan reruns ended on 18 April, according to latest industry data.
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