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Disaster Strikes Comedy Nights Bachao, Viewership Drops By 22%. Did Kareena, Akshay, Hrithik & John Dig Its Grave?

High-handed, disrespectful, uncultured, crassly, impudent, uncouth... what else do you want me to say about Comedy Nights Bachao?

Vickey Lalwani

Fri Nov 18 2016, 07:00:16 143900 views
The numbers that have come on my table today regarding Comedy Nights Bachao Taaza compel me to believe that the viewers have rejected the show outright, and now with the negativity that the show has garnered especially after John Abraham's refusal to take jokes on himself, it won't be surprising if Colors decides to pull it off in the next few weeks.

Clearly, Mona Singh & Co's entry has not helped the show anyway, and its rechristened title Comedy Nights Bachao Taaza looks rather contradictory.

The viewership of the show has gone down by 22 per cent since its revamp in September.  Yes, you read it right! 22 PER CENT.

Take a look:

Source: BARC; HSM (Urban); NCCS 4+; Impression '000; Colors TV




Krushna and Bharti Singh's humour is clearly not only rubbing the industry the wrong way but also not going down well with the viewers either.

Not too long ago, Kareena Kapoor turned down the invitation to make an appearance on the show. Krushna had himself told us, "Kareena said that she would prefer coming on 'Live' since she didn't want to get 'roasted'." (Krushna Abhishek: I Want To Get Kapil Sharma On My Show And ROAST Him, Sep 25, 2016).

Akshay Kumar lost his cool when his Housefull 3 co-star when Lisa Haydon was ridiculed with racist remarks. Siddharth Jadhav called her a ‘black African’. In fact, he also compared Lisa with a kangaroo since she’s from Australia.

Hrithik politely turned down the offer during the time of Mohenjo Daro and we akk knew why.

And then John (in)famously stormed out of the show's set when Krushna took a dig at his acting abilities and choice of films.


Image Source: facebook/comedynightsbachao

Not to forget the Parched actress Tannishtha Chatterjee who (justifiably) blew the whistle when fun was made of her skin tone. Shameful racist remarks-  'Kaali kalooti', 'Aap ko jamun bahut pasand hoga zaroor, kitna jamun khaya aapne bachpan se?'- Eeks!

In my personal opinion, if Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and John Abraham had even participated in Comedy Nights Bachao--- the show's producer Vipul D Shah (Optimystix) and broadcaster (Colors) would still have had a lot to complain. Look at the nadir that the humour (humour really?) in the show has touched.

So, is it all over for Comedy Nights Bachao Taaza? Or does it need yet another revamp? Colors needs to call for an urgent meeting with its Creative Heads. I had raised these 3 points in my story (Comedy Nights Bachao Taaza Goes Quickly Stale, Colors Needs Nayi Soch, Oct 27). The revamped version was 3 weeks old then and I had compared it to the older version.

The numbers which stared in my face were too glaring for me to give it a miss, even then:



Aur ab? Khuda Khair Kare!

Thumbnail Image Source: facebook/comedynightsbachao & Manav Manglani

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