ABS-CBN HITS 51% PRIMETIME AUDIENCE SHARE NATIONWIDE!

ABS-CBN further bolstered its leadership in primetime (6 p.m. to 12 midnight) as it hit a 51% audience share or half of the Philippine TV households tuning in to ABS-CBN and almost twice more than GMA’s audience share of 27%.

ABS-CBN continued its winning streak across other territories in primetime. In Metro Manila, ABS-CBN beat its rival with an average audience share of 37% vs GMA’s 32%. ABS-CBN also challenged GMA in Mega Manila with an audience share of 36%, slightly higher than GMA’s 34%.

ABS-CBN also managed to trounce competition in Luzon with bulk of its primetime viewership coming from Total South Luzon where ABS-CBN scored an average audience share of 63% vs GMA’s 20%. ABS-CBN hit an audience share of 53% vs GMA’s 27% in Total Balance Luzon or areas outside Mega Manila; and 53% vs 27% in Total North Luzon.

Meanwhile, ABS-CBN "Primetime Bida" block garnered an audience share of 60% vs GMA’s 22% in the Visayas and 66% or four times bigger than GMA’s 16% in Mindanao.

“Walang Hanggan” remains to be the most watched program in the country with an average TV rating of 41.8%.

Royal teleserye “Princess and I” came in second place with a national TV rating of 38.6%, followed by the No. 1 weekend program “Maalaala Mo Kaya” in third with 35.9%.

“TV Patrol” remained the leading newscast in the country scoring a national TV rating of 31.8% vs rival “24 Oras” with 17.6%.

New entries

New shows in the top 15 included “The X Factor Philippines” and “Aryana” at No. 8 and No. 10, respectively. ABS-CBN's new talent search scored a national TV rating of 24.4%, while the series about a tween mermaid hit 22.4%.

Other Kapamilya programs in the top 15 are “Wansapanataym” (33.2%), “Rated K” (26%), “Dahil sa Pag-ibig” (25.3%), “Kapamilya Deal or No Deal” (23.1%), “Goin Bulilit” (22.3%), and “ Sarah G Live” (20.3%).

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