Salman's steals TRP thunder from Hrithik

'DUM'-B STRUCK: Salman's show 'Dus Ka Dum' has opened to great ratings a week into its launch.

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Mumbai: In 2000, it was Amitabh Bachchan with Kaun Banega Crorepati, in 2008 it was Shah Rukh Khan for Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain but it seems Salman Khan is slowly stealing the TRP thunder with his Dus Ka Dum with TAM ratings showing that the show has now garnered a peak rating of 4.5 while King Khan's show got 4.14 in its first week.

The TAM ratings which were out on Thursday, reveal that the show which has Salman Khan, giving away Rs 10 crore to anyone who answers five questions, has taken over Hrithik Roshan's Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka which garnered a very low rating of 1.1.

So does that mean that Salman Khan's popularity overrides that of other actors?

"4.6 is a pretty good figure in today’s day and age. During KBC's time were getting 14-plus TRPs but now all of them are hovering around four and five. So it’s good,” says VP, India Media Exchange, Sejal Shah.

Of course the quantum of viewers watching these game shows being hosted by famous actors is reducing over the years. Amitabh Bachchan's KBC high TRP's was 14.13 in 2000 but Shah Rukh Khan's ratings fell 6 in his edition of KBC 2007.

"Reality shows have been getting around one. The continuing factor will be soaps and saas bahu serials," Shah says.

Perhaps then the next big thing to hit television would not be yet another celeb hosting a game show but a filmstar acting in a saas bahu serial. One never can say.