Over the years, the Pakistani theatre industry has developed extremely rapidly. Private channels and producers have completely changed the trend.
This has also led to increased competition, prompting viewers to watch specific channels. It is precisely because of this competition that TRP appears.
Advertisers want to know what content is worth sponsoring, that is, when to attach special gauges in specific areas to measure which channels viewers enter at specific times.
Since opinions can tell everything, it is easier to evaluate the popularity of TV series online. Discussions and trends on social media are also an important indicator.
However, the ratings of TV series are very important to the channel, the producers and all related personnel. The rating system is considered unreliable, but these are the only parameters available, so all channels use the same method to measure their ratings.
How does TRP affect content?
Even if a certain class of society may like a TV series without proper TRP, it is regarded as a loss by the channel. Over the years, many writers, producers, and directors have talked publicly about the changes they must make to the dramas they participate in because there are certain formulas that can benefit TRP.
So far, the most basic formula is that strong women are usually seen as threats. The viewers who decide which way these ratings go obviously like to watch the victimized women.
Everyone in the industry agrees that a TV series shows strong women like Kankar and even Dil Lagi, and past TV shows like Adhoori Aurat and Mann Mayal cannot get this kind of ratings.
Sometimes, a drama suddenly becomes more than ever, because like Dil Lagi, a strong woman is hit or thrown out of the house more than ever.
TRP [Television Rating Point]
Since these numbers determine how much revenue producers and channels will receive in the form of advertising, they tend to produce dramas that can appeal to such audiences.
As a result, the writer was forced to add some scenes, with women as victims. For every strong female character, in order to attract audiences responsible for these ratings, there must be the same weak characters in the drama.
Of course, there are some viewers who don't want to watch such TV shows, but obviously, their numbers are small.
The highest TRP drama
The only way anyone knows the ratings of a TV series is the channel itself. They are the people who release TRPs for those TV shows at the top of the game.
According to the ratings released by the channel in the past 4 weeks, the highest TRP drama list was obtained. There must be some shocked viewers to see what is viewed by the public every day.
Pakistani dramas are played at 3 different time slots at 7 pm, 8 pm and 9 pm. During the rest of the day, most of these TV shows will be repeated on the channel or have other content besides TV shows.
These time slots are the center of competition for all channels. This is the current list of the highest TRP dramas.
Raaz-e-Ulfat
Raaz-e-Ulfat was broadcast on Geo, and recently, its ratings are higher than ever. Since the story has undergone a tragic turn and showed forced marriage, TRP has a higher status than ever.
This is currently the highest-rated TV series because people put all their energy into Mushk’s story.
Muqaddar
Muqaddar is another TV series broadcast on Geo, which is ahead of its competitors. This story covers the politician’s wish to marry a young woman.
Recently, this story became a power struggle between the young woman who is now his wife and his first wife! Obviously, the people responsible for these ratings like to watch women fight for men! No wonder producers use this strategy to repeatedly attract audiences.
Tarap
Tarap is a 9 p.m. TV series that only recently started to gain ratings because of a tragic change in the story.
Tarap's TRP is not as impressive as the other TV series on the list, which shows that most TV series have high ratings on ARY or Geo.
Sabaat
In all the dramas aired on HUM at 8pm, Sabaat seemed to perform relatively well. Last month,
Sabaat led the scene with TRPs that were not too high, but they were higher than the ratings of other TV series in the same period.
Meherposh's
Meherposh's ratings are not as good as some of the other Geo dramas on this list, but it is ahead of the game compared to other channels.
This is another drama that divorces at the beginning of the story, and then has a romantic turn. It is also full of tragedies, it seems to be a "rating generator"!
Umeed
Umeed is a bar of soap that has been on the air for several weeks. At the same time, the TV station’s ratings also surpassed other TV series on all other major channels.
There was a time when Pakistani audiences didn't like soap, but it doesn't seem to be the case now.
Uraan
Uraan started a few weeks ago and it has already received positive reviews. Last month, Uraan was at the top of the TRP chart more than once.
Ulan is another commercial drama, essentially a love story. This is a drama that even viewers who don't usually like Geo can watch it.
Nand
Nand aired at 7pm, which certainly provided ARY with the much-needed ratings they desperately wanted to show on social media.
The conclusion drawn from these figures is that there is nothing wrong with broadcasting TV series for the channel four times a week. Like all the other plays in the list, this movie also has an extremely negative personality and a victim woman.
Jalan
Jalan may have been criticized on social media. It has also been temporarily banned by PEMRA, but it is also the most watched drama at the moment.
In fact, Jalan's popularity soared when it was banned. This is another story about two sisters fighting for a man, which seems to be the favorite of the public.
Bandhay Ek Dor Se
Bandhay Ek Dor Se is Ahsan Khan's comeback series, it is another love triangle. Its star rating may be the reason for the rating.
Although the ratings of "Bandai Ek Dor Se" are not as high as other dramas on the list compared to all other dramas broadcast on the same day, the performance of this drama is still good.