ABS-CBN CLAIMS NATIONAL RATINGS LEADESHIP ON SEPTEMBER!

Citing data from TNS, media giant ABS-CBN claims  TV Ratings leadership for the month of September with an average audience share of 40% versus rival with 34%. Nine out of the top ten most-watched programs nationwide for September were produced by ABS-CBN. These are “Agua Bendita” (32.6%), “Noah” (34.1%), “TV Patrol” (32.6%), “Wansapanataym” (29.1%), “Momay” (27.7%), “Maalaala Mo Kaya” (27.4%), “Idol” (26.9%), “Kokey@Ako” (25.9%), and “TV Patrol Weekend” (24.8%).ABS-CBN’s newest fantasy series “Imortal” took their first bite on the nationwide viewership shares and scored a rating of 34.4% on its premiere episode beating its rival program with only 22.7%. 

Meanwhile, TV5 ranked far third and remained stagnant it its place with a meager 8% audience share. Fourth placer Studio 23 is fast catching up with 5% share or only three points behind TV5. Its audience share has been on an uptrend since January month-on-month.

At the moment two of Kapamilya Network's top executives are out of the country for an uncertain reason. Rumors tell that the Political turmoil inside the network and the dipping ratings performance of its programs in Mega Manila caused the temporary absence of ABS-CBN's big bosses.