GMA NETWORK NO.1 IN NATIONAL RATINGS FROM JANUARY TO MID FEBRUARY!

AGB Nielsen National Urban Ratings from January 1 to February 9, 2011 claims GMA Network as the National Leader in the ratings game after posting a 33.1% audience share from 6am to 12pm. This is the first time GMA over took ABS-CBN in the ratings game for National Ratings after the latter lorded the war for more than decades. ABS-CBN's audience share shrank from 40% to 31.9% this 2011 due to the increased weight of Mega Manila in the National Share, from 50% to 58%.

Data analysts stressed that this trend was posible because of the following reasons:

1. ABS-CBN's afternoon line-up is overwhelmingly beaten by the 3-hour Eat Bulaga and the unformidable GMA Dramarama line-up;


2. ABS-CBN's prime time ratings shrank because of TV5's Willing Willie, which caught up most of its viewers; and more importantly

3.The weight of Balance Luzon and Vizmin was reduced to 42% from 50%, making Mega Manila 38% better than the combined weight of balance Philippines.