GMA Network secures dominant position in nationwide ratings

GMA Network strengthened its lead in the race for nationwide ratings supremacy, based on data from the industry’s widely trusted ratings service provider Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.

For the period October 1 to 31 (with October 23 to 31 based on overnight data), GMA continued to lead competition in NUTAM with a 37.4 percent average household audience share, ahead of ABS-CBN’s 35.6 percent by 1.8 points.

GMA scored top ratings across all dayparts in NUTAM, including primetime due to the consistently strong performance of its programs on this hotly contested block.

Six of the ten most watched programs in NUTAM belonged to GMA with Encantadia, the 2016 version of the well-loved Kapuso telefantasya emerging as the highest-rating Kapuso show nationwide.

GMA Network strengthens weekend block with new programming lineup

GMA Network further intensifies its Saturday and Sunday afternoon and primetime blocks with a bigger and bolder programming schedule beginning October 27 and 28.

On Saturday, October 27, the country’s well-loved and longest running noontime show, “Eat Bulaga”, continues to bring laughter and surprises to viewers at 11:30AM. Afterwards, a totally exciting, totally exclusive, and totally explosive episode of “Startalk” follows at 2:45pm with the live guesting of Temptation of Wife’s Primetime Queen Marian Rivera and Dennnis Trillo.

The country’s pioneering wish-granting public service program “Wish Ko Lang”, hosted by Vicky Morales, continues to help the less-fortunate, reunite families and loved ones, and  treat die-hard fans to a quality time with their celebrity icons as it moves back to its original timeslot at 4:15pm. “24 Oras Weekend”, anchored by Jiggy Manicad and Pia Arcangel, shortly comes next at 5:15pm with the rundown of the day’s most pressing issues and a recap of the week that was.

JUAN MINUTE SPOTLIGHT: Mel Tiangco renews exclusive contract with GMA Network

Veteran broadcast journalist Mel Tiangco recently renewed her long-term, exclusive contract with broadcast leader GMA Network. Tiangco anchors the Network’s banner newscast 24 Oras with equally venerable news anchor Mike Enriquez. Tiangco also serves as GMA Kapuso Foundation EVP and COO.

Photo shows (from left) GMA EVP and CFO Felipe Yalong, GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe Gozon, Tiangco, and GMA President and COO Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr.