TV Ratings (Aug. 20-25 2008) “ASAP ‘08″ and “PDA” rule Sunday viewership

ABS-CBN programs dominated the ratings game last Sunday, August 24, when it topped both the daytime and primetime races.

ASAP ‘08 maintained its No. 1 position in the daytime race by virtue of its 19.9 percent rating; beating rival SOP, which placed second with 16.1 percent.

One of the highlights of ASAP ‘08 last Sunday was its grand promo for For The First Time, the first team-up of KC Concepcion and Kapuso top leading man Richard Gutierrez. Over at SOP, Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera—considered as the hottest love team today—also promoted their birthday concert at the Araneta Coliseum. Incidentally, the birthday blowout of Dingdong and Marian will happen on the night of the first day of showing of Richard and KC’s movie, August 27.

In the battle of showbiz talk shows, The Buzz once again prevailed over rival Showbiz Central with a slim margin—12.7 percent versus 12.2 percent.

In the primetime race, the junior edition of Pinoy Dream Academy led all shows with 27.8 percent; followed by the return of GMA-7’s game show Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok which generated 26.3 percent rating.

Mel & Joey came in third with 26.3 percent while Sharon was in fourth place with 24.8 percent. Sharon Cuneta’s guests last Sunday were daughter KC, Richard and his mom Annabelle Rama.

Completing the Top 10 were Kap’s Amazing Stories, Goin’ Bulilit, Rated K, All Star K, TV Patrol World, and Ful Haus.

Eat Bulaga! and Bitoy’s Funniest Videos, meanwhile were the top winners last Saturday, August 23.

Consistent Saturday-daytime toprater Eat Bulaga! got 23.3 percent; followed by Pinoy Records (18.6 percent), Wish Ko Lang (18 percent), Startalk (17.3 percent), and Wowowee (17.2 percent) to complete the Top 5.

Bitoy’s Funniest Videos reclaimed its No. 1 position by garnering a 30.1 percent rating with Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho a close second with 29.6 percent.

Pinoy Dream Academy was in third place with 26.7 percent while Imbestigador came in fourth with 25.6 percent. The second season of Celebrity Duets debuted at No. 5 with 24.8 percent.

Although Dyesebel still rules the weekday primetime race, Ako Si Kim Samsoon is showing a remarkable improvement in the ratings game. The Regine Velasquez-Mark Anthony Fernandez starrer ranked second for the first time last Friday, August 22, with 31.1 percent behind Dyesebel’s 39.6 percent. Ako Si Kim Samsoon overtook Richard Gutierrez’s Codename: Asero, which had been consistently ranking second since its pilot episode until this point. Regine’s romantic-comedy series has been placing third and fourth the previous days.

Codename: Asero dropped to third place with 30.8 percent; followed by 24 Oras (27.3 percent), The Singing Bee (26.4 percent), Dyosa (25.3 percent), the final episode of Dalja’s Spring (23.3 percent), My Girl (23.2 percent), Iisa Pa Lamang (22.7 percent), and Pinoy Dream Academy (20.7 percent) to complete the Top 10.

Magdusa Ka, on the other hand, lorded it over all daytime shows with its 21.7 percent rating. The said GMA-7 Sine Novela also topped the daytime race last Wednesday and Thursday.

Yesterday, August 25, Magdusa Ka and Dyesebel also topped the daytime and primetime races, respectively.

Interestingly, the ratings of almost all ABS-CBN primetime shows went up, although GMA-7 programs Dyesebel, Codename: Asero, and 24 Oras still ranked higher.

The Singing Bee zoomed to fourth place with 28.7 percent; followed by Dyosa with 27 percent, Iisa Pa Lamang with 26 percent. GMA-7’s Ako Si Kim Samsoon dropped considerably to seventh place with 25.6 percent.

Here are the comparative ratings of ABS-CBN and GMA-7 shows from August 20 to 25 based on the overnight ratings conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households:

August 20 (Wednesday)

Non-Primetime:

SiS (GMA-7) 12.4%; Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) 12.5%

Marimar (GMA-7) 20.1%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 17.9%

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 24.1%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 18.7%

Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 20.1%; Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) 24.4%; Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) 15.6%
Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) 23.9%; El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) 18.9%; Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) 10.8%

Primetime:

Gobingo (GMA-7) 16.5%; Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal (ABS-CBN) 16.1%

24 Oras (GMA-7) 33.1%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 23%

Codename: Asero (GMA-7) 34.2%; The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) 24.1%

Dyesebel (GMA-7) 35.6%; Dyosa (ABS-CBN) 22.5%; Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) 19.9%

Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) 27.2%; My Girl (ABS-CBN) 20.5%

Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) 20.6%; Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) 15.3%

Masquerade (GMA-7) 19.9%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 9.2%; Saksi (GMA-7) 11.8%

August 21 (Thursday)

Non-Primetime:

SiS (GMA-7) 10.8%; Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) 8.8%

Marimar (GMA-7) 18.6%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 16.7%

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 21.3%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 18.9%

Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 23.1%; Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) 13%
Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) 24.1%; El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) 16.5%

Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) 22%; Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) 9.6%

Primetime:

Gobingo (GMA-7) 12.7%; Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal (ABS-CBN) 14.1%

24 Oras (GMA-7) 29%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 21.4%

Codename: Asero (GMA-7) 33.5%; The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) 28%

Dyesebel (GMA-7) 40.2%; Dyosa (ABS-CBN) 28.3%; Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) 25.8%

Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) 31.6%; My Girl (ABS-CBN) 22.4%

Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) 20.8%; Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) 19%

Obra (GMA-7) 17.5%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 10.9%; Saksi (GMA-7) 7.5%

August 22 (Friday)

Non-Primetime:

SiS (GMA-7) 10.9%; Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) 8.6%

Marimar (GMA-7) 17.5%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 16.3%

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 21.4%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 18.3%

Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 19.7%; Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) 21.7%; Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) 16.7%

Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) 21%; El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) 17.3%

Primetime:

Gobingo (GMA-7) 11.8%; Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal (ABS-CBN) 12.8%

24 Oras (GMA-7) 27.3%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 19.8%

Codename: Asero (GMA-7) 30.8%; The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) 26.4%

Dyesebel (GMA-7) 39.6%; Dyosa (ABS-CBN) 25.3%; Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) 22.7%

Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) 31.1%; My Girl (ABS-CBN) 23.2%

Dalja’s Spring (GMA-7) 23.3%; Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) 20.7%

Bubble Gang (GMA-7) 20.6%; Daboy Sa ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) 8.3%

Saksi (GMA-7) 10.2%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 3.8%

August 23 (Saturday)

Non-Primetime:

Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 11.1%; Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) 15.2%

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 23.3%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 17.2%

Startalk (GMA-7) 17.3%; Entertainment Live (ABS-CBN) 10.4%

Wish Ko Lang (GMA-7) 18%; Cinema FPJ (ABS-CBN) 13.4%

Pinoy Records (GMA-7) 18.6%; That’s My Doc (ABS-CBN) 15.1%

Primetime:

Celebrity Duets (GMA-7) 24.8%; Varga (ABS-CBN) 21.7%

Bitoy’s Funniest Videos (GMA-7) 30.1%; Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) 26.7%

Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7) 29.6%; Maalaala Mo Kaya (ABS-CBN) 20.3%

Imbestigador (GMA-7) 25.6%; XXX (ABS-CBN) 15.2%

Nuts Entertainment (GMA-7) 11.6%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 5.8%

Sine Totoo (GMA-7) 7%; Sports Unlimited (ABS-CBN) 2.6%; Walang Tulugan With Master Showman (GMA-7) 2.1%

August 24 (Sunday)

Non-Primetime:

Takeshi’s Castle (ABS-CBN) 12.7%; Matanglawin (ABS-CBN) 12.5%

SOP (GMA-7) 16.1%; ASAP ‘08 (ABS-CBN) 19.9%

Dear Friend (gma-7) 12.9%; Your Song (ABS-CBN) 13.1%

Showbiz Central (GMA-7) 12.2%; The Buzz (ABS-CBN) 12.7%

Primetime:

Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) 23.5%; Rated K (ABS-CBN) 21.4%

Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok (GMA-7) 27.3%; Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) 23.2%

Mel & Joey (GMA-7) 26.3%; Pinoy Dream Academy: Little Dreamers (ABS-CBN) 27.8%

All Star K (GMA-7) 19.1%; Sharon (ABS-CBN) 24.8%

Ful Haus (GMA-7) 14.1%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 15%

SNBO (GMA-7) 13.2%; Sunday’s Best (ABS-CBN) 7.8%

August 25 (Monday)

Non-Primetime:

SiS (GMA-7) 14.9%; Boy & Kris (ABS-CBN) 8%

Marimar (GMA-7) 18.9%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 15.5%

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 21.6%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 20.2%

Daisy Siete (GMA-7) 19.3%; Magdusa Ka (GMA-7) 23.4%; Ligaw Na Bulaklak (ABS-CBN) 16.4%
Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (GMA-7) 21.9%; El Cuerpo del Deseo (ABS-CBN) 17.2%; Las Tontas (ABS-CBN) 10.2%

Primetime:

Gobingo (GMA-7) 16.2%; Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal (ABS-CBN) 17.2%

24 Oras (GMA-7) 30.3%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 25.1%

Codename: Asero (GMA-7) 33.7%; The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) 28.7%

Dyesebel (GMA-7) 37.2%; Dyosa (ABS-CBN) 27%; Iisa Pa Lamang (ABS-CBN) 26%

Ako Si Kim Samsoon (GMA-7) 25.6%; My Girl (ABS-CBN) 24.3%

My Husband’s Woman (GMA-7) 13.9%; Pinoy Dream Academy (ABS-CBN) 20.3%

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not (GMA-7) 12.9%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 10%; Saksi (GMA-7) 9.6%

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