Bollywood actors quite lucky for small screen

Mumbai: Bollywood stars continue to hold the small screen audience at sway by commanding good ratings for their programmes as compared to others.

Dharmendra, who debuted on TV as a judge on reality show `India`s Got Talent`, saw the opening episode garner better ratings than its previous seasons. As per the data provided by Colors, the show`s opening day (July 29) average rating was 3.91 TVR, which is higher than any other non-fiction launched in 2011. The peak rating of the launch episode was 5.4 TVR. The show surpassed actor Hrithik Roshan`s debut dance reality show `Just Dance` on Star Plus, which scored a TVR of 3.7. Among the other top-rated reality shows this year were actress Preity Zinta`s show `Guinness World Records Ab india Todega`, which opened with a 3.3 TVR, followed by actor Akshay Kumar`s `Khataron Ke Khiladi?4` (both Colors) with 3.0 TVR while Zee TV`s `Saregamapa Li`l Champs` opened with a 2.7 TVR. PTI