Sony DISCONTINUES Crime Patrol Satark On Fridays. Patrolling Gone Wrong?

It’s been more than a year since Sony’s Crime Patrol turned into a daily to take on the Life OK show, Savdhaan India (Crime Patrol Goes Daily, Turns The Heat On Savdhaan, Oct 13).

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Sony DISCONTINUES Crime Patrol Satark On Fridays. Patrolling Gone Wrong?

From the very beginning, the episodes which aired between Monday and Thursday - Crime Patrol Dial 100-were lacklustre (the show initially aired from Friday to Sunday). Slowly but surely, the episodes  went from substandard to atrocious.

And from the looks of it, if you are a real whodunit fan, you will say that things are getting crazy on the Crime Patrol front.

crime patrol satark on weekends
Crime Parol Satark

Crime Patrol Satark has SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED from the small screen on Fridays.

Why discontinue something that had high production values, great actors (especially the lady who plays the cop) and intriguing plots?

Clearly, the focus is on numbers only which are strangely higher from Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The GRPs registered are anywhere in the region of 1.5 - 2.5, in contrast to the 1.2 recorded on Fridays.

crime patrol satark
Crime Parol Satark

Crime Patrol Satark on Saturdays and Sundays continues to maintain a steady rate of 1.5 to 2GRPs.

Sad but true.

We texted Sanjeev Vyas of Optimystix for his take on this programming decision of Sony, but he chose to not respond.


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