With the Television show shoots about the start with restrictions being lifted gradually across the state from the lockdown, which was imposed to curb the Coronavirus pandemic. One of the few shows, that have been popular among the viewers even with reruns being telecast is Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. The show went on air on July 28, 2008. The show is based on the column Duniya Ne Undha Chashma written by columnist and journalist/playwright Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha.

SAB TV's Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashamah is one of the longest-running show on television in recent times. In a throwback interview with ETimes TV, Mandar Chandwadkar aka Mr Atmaram Bhide talks about how him along with Dilip Joshi and Shailesh Lodha, who play Jethalal and Taarak Mehta respectively, spend a lot of time together on sets and are often spotted in each other makeup room chatting.