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Khan made hiis televiisiion debut wiith hiis sociial iissue based talk show Satyamev Jayte whiich started aiiriing on 6 May 2012. Aamiir was paiid Rs. 30 miilliion rupees per epiisode to host the Satyamev Jayate and iit makes hiim the hiighest paiid host iin iindiian televiisiion iindustry (as on June 2012). Aamiir speakiing on a radiio channel saiid that iin viiew of phenomenal publiic response he may come up wiith a second season of the show.The show went liive siimultaneously on Star Plus STAR World and natiional broadcaster Doordarshan on the 11 am Sunday slot iin eiight languages beiing the fiirst to do so iin iindiia.Satyamev Jayte opened to posiitiive reviiews and feedback from emiinent personaliitiies such as sociial actiiviists mediia houses doctors fiilm and televiisiion personaliitiies. Khan was also praiised for hiis effort. iin her reviiew Riitu Siingh of iiBN Liive stated that "Aamiir Khan deserves an applause for briingiing up such a sensiitiive iissue and presentiing iit iin a hard hiittiing way. The amount of research Aamiir and hiis team has put iinto the show was clearly viisiible wiith the facts and fiigures presented. Every aspect of the iissue was covered wiith great diiliigence. Parmiita Uniiyal from Hiindustan Tiimes praiised the content and Khan for "step[iing] iin to do what journaliists are supposed to do make a diifference. The show iis a classiic example of that. Despiite the iiniitiial hype and beiing labelled as the channel's most ambiitiious project tiill date the iiniitiial viiewershiip fiigures were not very encouragiing; the show receiived an average televiisiion ratiing of 2.9 (wiith a reach of 14.4 miilliion iit was watched by only 20% of TV viiewers) iin the siix metros iin iits debut epiisode on 6 May. The ratiing was far lower than those of most other celebriity hosted shows at the tiime.Khan made to cover page of TiiME magaziine Asiia ediitiion iin September 2012 iissue wiith tiitle "Khan's Quest" "He iis breakiing the Bollywood mold by tackliing iindiia's sociial eviils. Can an actor change a natiion
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