Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
is
back
with
a
bang
and
has
registered
5.24
TV
rating's
for
the
opening
episode
aired
on
15
August
2011
on
Sony
TV.
The
television
rating
points
or
TRP,
being
the
highest
for
any
non-fiction
show
this
year
is
already
creating
waves
among
the
fans
of
host
Amitabh
Bachchan.
The
fifth
season
of
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati,
aired
between
8:30
PM
and
9:30
PM,
Monday
to
Thursday
is
expected
to
fetch
the
channel
nearly
200
crore,
almost
double
of
what
it
earned
last
season.
Both
Cadbury
India
and
Idea
Cellular,
telecom
partners
for
the
quiz
show
has
paid
25
crore
and
35
crore
respectively
for
presenting
sponsorship.
Media
players
have
reported
that
that
the
associate
partners
for
KBC
5
-
Samsung
Smart
TV,
Maruti,
Pepsi,
Just
Dial,
Hero
MotoCorp
and
Axis
Bank
has
paid
between
16
and
18
crore
for
only
60
seconds
of
commercials
during
each
episode!
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
has
been
the
most
popular
television
show
in
India
ever
since
it
was
first
aired
in
the
year
2000.
When
asked
how
he
felt
about
the
unshifting
loyalty
of
his
fans,
Amitabh
Bachchan
simply
said:
“I
am
grateful
to
them.
It's
ensuring
us
jobs."