Star World India

Star World India
Launched	15 December 1991 (as Star Plus) 31 March 1996 (as STAR World)
Owned by	Star India
Picture format	576i (16:9/4:3) (SDTV) (March 1996 - March 2011) 1080i (HDTV) (April 2011-present)
Country	India
Language	English
Broadcast area	South Asia
Headquarters	Mumbai
Sister channel(s)	STAR World Premiere Star Movies India Star Movies Action (India) STAR Movies Select HD
Website	Star World on hotstar
Availability
Satellite
Airtel digital TV (India)	Channel 148 (SD) Channel 149 (HD)
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 28
Dish TV (India)	Channel 457 (SD) Channel 39 (HD)
Reliance Digital TV (India)	Channel 253
Sun Direct (India)	Channel 82
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 206 (SD) Channel 204 (HD)
Videocon d2h (India)	Channel 179 (SD) Channel 934 (HD)
Dish Home (Nepal)	Channel 405 (SD) Channel 963 (HD)
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Check local listings for channels
Hathway (India)	Channel 321 (SD) Channel 377 (HD)
Asianet Digital TV (India)	Channel 472 (SD) Channel 857 (HD)
DL-GTPL	Channel 31 (SD) Channel 861 (HD)
IPTV
PEO TV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 77

Star World India is a 24-hour English language basic cable and satellite television channel owned by STAR TV and Fox Networks Group, two fully owned subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox. The channel primarily airs popular shows from the United States, United Kingdom and sometimes Australia along with some local shows to appeal to the English-speaking population of India and a few other South Asian countries. An HD simulcast of the channel was started in April 2011. The channel focuses on 14- to 35-year-old urban population, with 24-year-old working professionals being its primary target demographic. The channel has been quoted as "India's most loved and leading General English Entertainment Channel" (GEC). The channel mainly airs TV shows from the leading American entertainment networks such as FOX, ABC, NBC, ABC Family, CBS, USA Network and sometimes from AMC and The CW. Some original programs which are solely made and produced in India are also aired on this channel which include the celebrity talk show Koffee with Karan and The Tara Sharma Show which deals with parenting and maternal child care issues. The channel is available both in standard definition and high definition. As of June 2016, STAR World India's Facebook page has been hit with nearly 2.5 million likes. Some high-rated notable television shows aired on this channel include Game of Thrones,^[1] Downton Abbey, Friends, Grey's Anatomy, Homeland, House M.D.,^[2] Lost, Mad Men, MasterChef Australia, Modern Family, Monk, One Tree Hill, Smallville, The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, The X-Files, Two and a Half Men, Yes, Dear etc. The channel is also an official broadcaster of the Primetime Emmy Awards in India.

History

Star World HD India Logo

When the channel was first launched on 15 December 1991 as STAR TV, it was an English language television channel airing international content from the U.S., UK and Australia, with Zee TV being the Hindi-language entertainment channel. However, after STAR (subsequently acquired by a News Corporation) ended its partnership with Zee TV, Star Plus was transformed into a Hindi-language channel, with STAR World becoming the network's English-language channel. In April 2011, an HD feed of STAR World India was launched by Star India. This channel is also available in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Programming

Star World India airs popular English television shows from mostly the U.S. but sometimes it also airs shows from the United Kingdom and Australia. Various Australian and British Series such as MasterChef Australia and Downton Abbey have been aired on the channel. The latest seasons of numerous shows are aired shortly after their American telecast mainly on Star World India's sister channel STAR World Premiere HD which airs popular television shows along with the US. However, sometimes fresh episodes of some shows are also aired shortly after their American telecast on Star World itself. One notable example is the Priyanka Chopra starrer Quantico. Starting from the fall season of 2016, Star World India will air eight American television shows shortly after their U.S. broadcast throughout the week, which include notable new seasons of shows like The Blacklist, How to Get Away with Murder etc. and all-new series' such as Pitch and Son of Zorn. With this initiative, the channel is aiming to take one more step forward in the world of English entertainment in India; by offering the latest and new seasons of highly popular TV shows to its viewers to watch along with the world.^[3]

Shows are mainly aired on a Monday to Friday format on the channel. The main prime time schedule of the channel during weekdays begins at 8 pm IST and ends at 12 am IST.

Current programming

Upcoming programming

2015 Rebrand

On 1 January 2015 at 12:00 amIST, during the telecast of a Season 3 episode of 2 Broke Girls, Star World India revealed its brand new on-air graphics.

STAR World Weekend Binge

STAR World Weekend Binge Title screen on STAR World India

On 25 April 2015, STAR World launched its weekend special programming block known as STAR World Weekend Binge.^[5][6][7] On this programming block, during weekends i.e. Saturdays and Sundays, latest seasons of high-rated English television shows are aired throughout the day (from 12 pm IST to approximately 7 pm IST). Sometimes, previous seasons of some shows are also rerun on this programming block.

List of Weekend Binge shows in 2015

The Weekend Binge block debuted this year with its first show (season 1 of How to Get Away with Murder) airing on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 12:00 pm IST and ended on December 27, 2015 with its last show of the year (season 4 of Arrested Development). Over the course of the year 2015, there were 31 seasons of 30 TV shows which aired on the Weekend Binge block. Some notable shows like How to Get Away with Murder (season 1), Black-ish (season 1) and Glee (season 5) were aired twice as Emmy specials during September 2015. The second season of the supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow aired as a Halloween special in October 2015. The Weekend Binge block lasted for forty-one weeks during this year.

List of Weekend Binge shows in 2016

The Weekend Binge block debuted this year with the first season of horror black comedy series (season 1 of Scream Queens) airing on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 12:00 pm IST. The last season of the hit British historical period drama Downton Abbey was also aired as a Weekend Binge on 16 & 17 January 2016. Season 1 of Manhattan Love Story was aired as a Valentine's Day special on 14 February 2016. The X-Files: Event Series also aired on this block on 19 March 2016. Those episodes of Angel from Hell which were not aired in the U.S. (along with those which were aired) because of its mid-season cancellation were aired on this block on 24 April 2016, prior to the original U.S. airing because CBS did not release the following eight un-aired episodes until July 2016.

Programming Details

Programming Synopsis of 2015

A still from Homeland: Season 4 promo on STAR World India aired during May 2015

Starting from 2015, Star World India began using its new set of on-air graphics and idents. The logo remained as it was over the previous years. The fifth season of Glee premiered on 5 January 2015 airing every Monday to Friday at 11:00pm IST. Season 1 of Downton Abbey premiered on 23 January 2015 replacing the eighth and final season of House M.D., and the series was aired Monday to Friday at 10:00pm IST. The second season of Melissa & Joey also premiered on the channel during the month of January and it was aired every Monday to Friday at 8:30pm IST. The Season 5 finale of Glee was aired on 30 January 2015 and on 2 February 2015, the fourth season of Homeland premiered on 2 February 2015 airing every Monday to Friday at 11:00pm IST. The Season 4 finale of Homeland was aired on 17 February 2015. The first season of the American Supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow based on Washington Irving's 1820 Halloween short-story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow premiered on the channel on 18 February 2015 and was aired every Monday to Friday at 11:00pm IST with the Season 1 finale airing on 6 March 2015 and the Season 2 finale airing on 1 April 2015. The third season of Melissa & Joey was also aired along with the second season and the Season 3 finale was aired sometime during the end of March and was replaced by the third season of Last Man Standing. After the end of the second season of Sleepy Hollow, the fifth season of White Collar premiered on 2 April 2015 at 11:00pm IST. The third season of Last Man Standing came to an end on 24 April 2015 and it was replaced by The Goldbergs Season 1, which premiered on 27 April 2015 at 8:30pm IST. After airing five consecutive seasons of Downton Abbey, its Season 5 finale was aired on 10 April 2015. The Mentalist Season 1 premiered on 13 April 2015. The sixth season of Castle premiered on 29 April 2015 at 11:00pm IST replacing White Collar whose series finale was aired on 28 April 2015. Starting from 28 April 2015, STAR World began to air complete latest seasons of various TV shows at one go which was titled as STAR World Weekend Binge. The first season of the courtroom drama series How to Get Away with Murder was the first to be binge-aired during the Weekend Binge on April. Monk came to an end after its eight long seasons on 3 June 2015 and was replaced by the first season of The Blacklist which was aired in its replacement starting from 4 June 2015, every Monday to Friday at 9:00 pm IST. The seventh season of Castle came to an end on 1 July 2015 followed by How to Get Away with Murder (2nd time entire first season run on the channel) which was aired on its replacement.

Programming Synopsis of 2016

• Agent Carter Season 1 premiered on January 1, 2016 and was aired every Mon-Fri at 11 pm IST with the Season Finale being aired on January 12, 2016.
• Season 4 of Baby Daddy premiered on January 5, 2016 and was aired very Mon-Fri at 8:30 pm IST. The Season Finale was aired on February 3, 2016.
• Once Upon a Time Season 4 premiered on January 13, 2016 at 11 pm IST (was aired every Mon-Fri). The Season Finale aired on February 11, 2016.
• The third season of Melissa & Joey premiered on February 4, 2016 (was aired every Mon-Fri) at 8:30 pm IST. The fourth season was also aired simultaneously, with the series finale being aired on April 22, 2016.
• Season 8 of Castle resumed with new episodes on Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 9 pm IST. New episodes were aired shortly after they aired in the United States. The series finale was aired on May 22, 2016.
• The sixth season of MasterChef US premiered on January 20, 2016 and was aired on weeknights (Mon-Fri) at 9 pm IST. The Season 6 Finale was aired on February 16, 2016.
• The late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! (which previously aired Mon-Fri at 10 pm) was shifted to 11 pm IST to make way for Game of Thrones.
• Game of Thrones Season 1 premiered on February 15, 2016 at 10 pm IST. Consecutively, the first five seasons of this series were aired every Mon-Fri with the Season 5 Finale airing on April 22, 2016.
• The sixth and final season of Downton Abbey premiered on February 17, 2016 (was aired on weeknights) and the Series Finale was aired on March 3, 2016 at 9 pm IST with UnREAL taking over.
• UnREAL: Season 1 premiered on March 4, 2016 and was aired every Mon-Fri at 9 pm IST. The Season Finale was aired on March 17, 2016.
• The second half of the first season of Quantico resumed airing on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 9 pm IST. Until now, the second season of Agent Carter was aired along with the U.S. on this time slot as a mid-season replacement for Quantico.
• Season 5 of Homeland premiered on March 18, 2016 at 9 pm IST and was aired on weeknights. The Season Finale aired on April 4, 2016.^[13]
• On the occasion of Holi, a day-long marathon of the twelfth season of Two and a Half Men and the freshman season of The Odd Couple were aired on March 24 and 25 respectively, starting from 12 pm IST.
• The second season of the much anticipated legal U.S. drama series How to Get Away with Murder premiered on April 5, 2016 at 9 pm IST and was aired on weeknights (Mon-Fri). The Season 2 Finale aired on April 25, 2016.^[14]
• The fourth season of Last Man Standing premiered on April 14, 2016 replacing Season 4 of Arrested Development. The fourth and fifth season of Last Man Standing were aired one after another with the Season 4 finale airing on May 13, 2016 and the Season 5 finale airing on June 14, 2016.
• Season 4 of 2 Broke Girls premiered on Monday, April 25, 2016 at 8:30 pm IST replacing Melissa & Joey and aired every weeknights. The fourth and fifth seasons were aired at one go with the Season 4 finale airing on May 24, 2016, and the Season 5 finale airing on June 22, 2016.
• The first season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend premiered on Monday, April 25, 2016 at 10 pm IST replacing the fifth season of Game of Thrones and ran on weeknights.
• The X-Files: Event Series (a.k.a. Season 10 of The X-Files) premiered on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 replacing the second season of How to Get Away with Murder and aired every weeknights from 9 pm to 10 pm IST.
• The eighth season of MasterChef Australia premiered on Monday, May 9, 2016 at 9 pm IST and aired every Monday to Friday. This season was an exception as this was the first season of the show which was aired shortly after its Australian telecast on Star World itself (both SD and HD) and not on STAR World Premiere HD, where it usually airs in its first run in the country. Various different sponsors were roped in to promote this season. A #SpeakGourmet hashtag was used throughout the promoting campaign and its run on the channel.^[15][16][17] On the evening of May 22, 2016, Star World hosted a gourmet gala at the Olive Bar Kitchen in Mumbai to celebrate the launch and success of this season of MasterChef Australia.^[18][19] The season finale was aired on Friday, August 26, 2016.
• The first season of the hit American musical drama television series Empire premiered on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 10 pm IST. Both the first and second seasons of this show will be airing on the channel one after another with the Season 1 finale airing on June 3, 2016, and the Season 2 finale airing on June 29, 2016.
• The Season 1 finale of Quantico was aired on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 9 pm IST.
• The fourth season of The Tara Sharma Show premiered on Saturday, June 12, 2016 at 11 am IST and is aired every Saturday.^[20]
• The Grinder premiered on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 8 pm IST replacing the fifth season of Last Man Standing and ran on weeknights. The series finale was aired on July 15, 2016.
• Season 1 of The Odd Couple premiered on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 8:30 pm IST, replacing the fifth season of 2 Broke Girls. The second season was also aired along with the first season and the Season 2 finale aired on July 27, 2016.
• The third season of The Blacklist premiered on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 10 pm IST and aired on weekdays. The Season 3 finale aired on Monday, August 1, 2016.^[21]
• Angel from Hell premiered on Monday, July 18 at 8:30 pm IST and was aired on weekdays. The final episode aired on Wednesday, August 3, 2016. This run of Angel from Hell marks its second run on the channel, as it has previously been aired on the Weekend Binge block on the month of April.
• Season 1 of Life in Pieces premiered on Thursday, July 28, 2016, replacing The Odd Couple and ran on weekdays at 8:30 pm IST.
• The rerun of the first season of Quantico started airing from Tuesday, August 2, 2016 onward and aired every weekdays at 10 pm IST. The season finale was aired on Wednesday, August 31, 2016.^[22]
• Season 26 of The Simpsons premiered on Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 8 pm IST and followed the regular Mon-Fri prime-time format of the channel. Both Season 26 and Season 27 will be aired one after another on the channel.
• On the occasion of Independence Day, Star World aired back-to-back episodes of Two and a Half Men: Season 12 on August 15, 2016, starting from 10 am IST.^[23]
• Grandfathered premiered on Monday, August 29, 2016. This season will air every Monday to Friday at 8:30 pm IST. The final episode aired on September 28, 2016.
• The fourth season of the American junior culinary cook-off competition MasterChef Junior premiered on Monday, August 29, 2016, replacing the eighth season of MasterChef Australia and aired weekdays at 9 pm IST. The Season finale was aired on Tuesday, September 13, 2016.
• The final season of Castle was re-aired on weekdays starting from September 1, 2016 at 10 pm IST. The series finale aired on Monday, October 3, 2016.
• The seventh season of MasterChef US premiered on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 10 pm IST. This season was aired on weekends.^[24] The Season finale was aired on Saturday, 19 November 2016.
• The second season of Scream Queens premiered on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 9 pm IST. This season will air on Wednesday nights. New episodes air very shortly after their U.S. telecast on Tuesdays. This show is a part of the Star World Now Trending block.^[4]
• The third season of Empire premiered on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 9 pm IST.^[25] This season will air on Thursday nights. New episodes are aired very shortly after their U.S. telecast on Wednesdays. This show is a part of the Star World Now Trending block.
• The fourth season of The Blacklist premiered on Friday, September 23, 2016 at 9 pm IST.^[4] This season will air on Friday nights. New episodes are aired very shortly after their U.S. telecast on Thursdays. This show is a part of the Star World Now Trending block.
• The third season of How to Get Away with Murder premiered on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 9 pm IST.^[4] This season will air on Saturday nights. New episodes are aired shortly after their U.S. telecast on Thursdays. This show is a part of the Star World Now Trending block.
• The second season of the much anticipated drama series Quantico premiered on Monday, September 26, 2016 at 9 pm IST.^[26][27] This is the only show which is aired on the Thank God It's Monday block. New episodes are aired very shortly after their U.S. telecast on Sundays. This show is a part of the Star World Now Trending block. Ahead of the season premiere on Indian television, a special screening of the first episode of this season was hosted by the channel at the Social Offline clubs in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi respectively.^[28]
• The first season of an all-new sports drama Pitch premiered on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 9 pm IST.^[4] This new show will air on Tuesday nights. New episodes are aired the very same week they are aired in the U.S.. This show is a part of the Star World Now Trending block.
• The final season of American science fiction crime drama series Person of Interest premiered on Tuesday, 4 October 2016 at 8 pm IST. This has happened after a long time that a crime drama has aired at such an early prime-time slot (i.e. 8 pm). The series finale aired on Thursday, 20 October 2016.
• Season 1 of Black-ish was aired every weeknight starting from Tuesday, 4 October 2016 at 10 pm IST on the channel's new one-hour comedy block 10 Tickles. Both Seasons 1 and 2 will be aired one after another; and the Season 2 finale is set to air on Thursday, 8 December 2016.^[29][30]
• Season 4 of New Girl was also aired as a part of the 10 Tickles comedy block every weeknight at 10:30 pm IST. Both Seasons 4 and 5 will be aired one after another; and the Season 5 finale is set to air on Friday, 2 December 2016.^[30]
• The rerun of the first five seasons of the hit political thriller series Homeland began airing on the channel starting from Friday, 21 October 2016 at 8 pm IST onward; and will be aired on weeknights. The Season 5 finale will air on Thursday, 12 January 2017.^[31]
• Season 5 of STAR World's original celebrity talk show Koffee with Karan premiered on Sunday, 6 November 2016 at 9 pm IST. Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt were invited as guests for the Season premiere.^[32]

Former programming

Note: Shows marked in bold-italics indicate that only one season or a few seasons of that particular show has aired on the channel and the entire series has yet not finished its run on the channel and is on hiatus at present or is currently being aired on the channel.

References

External links

• Star World on hotstar
• Official Facebook page of Star World India
• Official Twitter page of Star World India
• Official Instagram page of Star World India