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Lockdown Impact: Will TV Shows with Low Ratings Shut Shop?
News 18With shoots coming to a halt in Maharashtra owing to the resurgent wave of Covid cases, the TV industry has been the worst hit. Popular shows such as “Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah” and “Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!” are so far relying on episode banks created before lockdown to keep fresh episodes rolling. Asit Kumarr Modi, creator of “Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah”, says they have an episode bank till early May, and reruns are not an option for a popular show. But if lockdown continues, shows that did not have good ratings will go off air and channels may reintroduce their successful shows as repeats.” Actress Shubhangi Atre, who plays Angoori Bhabhi in “Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain” and who is currently battling Covid, says her show has an episode bank but they need to get back to the set soon as possible. Actress Mitali Nag, who is part of the show “Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyar Meiin”, says in the case of shows that have moved outside Maharashtra, the entire team is not present.
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