Originally posted by: YHCstan
This is not the first time they have changed slots. They did the same for our parent show YHM. First they shifted it from 11 pm to 7:30 pm which payed them off quite well. Later them shifted it from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm which wasn’t a great move. They lost the 7:30 pm slot ever since they shifted YHM and still the channel is struggling with that slot. So yeah, the shift may not have worked for YRHPK but it has worked wonders for Anupama.
The idea was that YRHPK was an established show with loyal audience. StarPlus thought they’d watch the show 1 hour earlier too. But turns out the audience weren’t that committed to the show.
Let’s see if the show picks up in coming weeks. Otherwise StarPlus might consider slot change or axe. Depends on PH too.
Maybe they should assess what works well for KKB in that slot and put a show in similar taste to compete against it because the set of audience that consistently prefers to watch KKB would be different from the set of audience that likes and appreciate a YRHPK. There would never actually be a level playing field there with KKB being an old show with loyal audience.
I remember following this show called Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai on StarPlus. It was one of the better thrillers that I had seen but couldn't score high on numbers (it was up against Naagin on weekends) The show was then replaced by Aarambh which was helmed by the writers of Bahubali and turned out that Aarambh fared even poorer than KLKAH. I guess from then onwards SP dropped the idea of going with Weekend specific shows and now their dailies air for 6 Days a week.
What am trying to say is that even a new show would necessarily do well at that slot, there is no guarantee since every show cannot be Anupama.
Nonetheless such things tend to be very unpredictable and tricky. Hope YRHPK does well in the coming weeks.
Edited by beguiling - 5 years ago