The Mumbai-Delhi, English janta, is usually taken up by what Arnab Goswami or Rajdeep Sardesai have to say. About five news channels, that may or may not include the world-class Al Jazeera and BBC, have become the TV news universe for a large number of people in these two metros.

But what do a bulk of Indian news consumers watch? Here are the three surprises that trawling through TAM Media Research data for three years ending 2013 threw up.