Even though the storyline was stretched too far alfready, Tayong Dalawa managed to keep its audiences gripping their seats last Friday, July 24, 2009, based on the Mega Manila ratings released by AGB-Nielsen. Tayong Dalawa topped the most-watched programs list for that day with 33.7%. Rival Adik Sa ‘Yo recorded 25.2%.

But it was not just Adik Sa ‘Yo. GMA7′s primetime block dropped below 30% in Mega Manila. The strongest Kapuso teleserye Zorro, topbilled by the now controversial Richard Gutierrez, fell to 27.6%, beaten by the inspirational drama May Bukas Pa with 30.4%, one of the two programs that hit the 30s mark that day.

Rosalinda and Fernando Jose have nothing to be happy about; their teleserye Rosalinda was deeper in the list with 25.6%. Only You registered a 28.3% rating.

Although it defeated TV Patrol World by more than 3%, 24 Oras was not able to reach the 30% bar either.

Saturday was a different story though. GMA 7 swept the entire day save for Cinema FPJ which edged out Wish Ko Lang by 1%.

Sunday was also a Kapuso Day. The only Kapamilya shows that rated higher than competition were Your Song and Sunday’s Best Presents The Michael Jackson Story. The rest were battles won by GMA7.

Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho and Mel and Joey ruled Saturday and Sunday respectively.

AGB-NIELSEN MEGA MANILA RATINGS
July 24-26, 2009

Friday (July 24)
SiS 8.7% vs. Ruffa and Ai 5%;
Lalola 9.9% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 12%;
Eat Bulaga 25.8% vs. Wowowee 17.1%;
Daisy Siete 18.5% at Ngayon at Kailanman 20% vs. Kambal sa Uma 15.9%;
Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat sa Akin 22.7% vs. Precious Hearts 11.3% at Maria de Jesus 8.5%;
Hole in the Wall 15.3% vs. Love or Bread 7.9%;
All My Life 18.9% vs. Boys Over Flowers 15.8%;
24 Oras 28.1% vs. TV Patrol 24.8%;
Zorro 27.6% vs. May Bukas Pa 30.4%;
Rosalinda 25.6% vs. Only You 28.3%;
Adik sa ‘Yo 25.2% vs. Tayong Dalawa 33.7%
Cruel Love 18.9% vs. The Wedding 22.4%
Bubble Gang 13.1% vs. Showbiz News Ngayon 16.8%
SOCO 12.3% at Bandila 6.2%

Saturday (July 25):
Joey’s Quirky World 14.6% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 11%;
Eat Bulaga 25.7% vs. Wowowee 21%;
Startalk 12.9% vs. Entertainment Live 10.5%;
Wish Ko Lang 14% vs. Cinema FPJ 15%;
Pinoy Records 13.3% vs. Komiks 11%;
Are You The Next Big Star 15.8% vs. The Singing Bee 15.7%;
Bitoy’s Funniest Video 19.5% vs. Maalaala Mo Kaya 17.2%;
Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho 29.7% vs. XXX 17.2%;
Imbestigador 26.4% vs. Banana Split 12.7%;
Cool Center 10.5% vs. TV Patrol 7.9%;
Weekend Report 6.5% vs. Sports Unlimited 4.1%

Sunday (July 26):
Joey’s Quirky World 15.4% vs. Matanglawin 13.2%;
SOP 16.5% vs. ASAP 14.9%;
Dear Friend 11.2% vs. Your Song 12.5%;
Showbiz Central 15.1% vs. The Buzz 14.2%;
Kap’s Amazing Stories 23.5% vs. Goin’ Bulilit 16.1%;
Power of Ten 20.3% vs. The Singing Bee 19.7%;
Mel and Joey 26.8% vs. Rated K 23.7%;
All Star K 23.9% vs. Sharon 23.1% at George and Cecil 20.8%;
Fulhaus 16.2% vs. TV Patrol 19%;
Gusto Kong Maging Pangulo 9.2% vs. Sunday’s Best 17%

GMA7 and ABS-CBN2 seem to have divided weekend dominance with the Kapuso network ruling Saturday ratings and the Kapamilya, Sunday, based on the July 17-19 TV audience measurement by AGB-Nielsen in Mega Manila.

GMA7 almost swept Saturday ratings but Banana Split, the gag show topbilled by Angelica Panganiban, got in the way. Banana Split had always been on the losing end but last weekend was a rare triumph for the cast of Banana Split which also includes Jayson Gainza, Pokwang, Zanjoe Marudo, John Prats, RR Enriquez and Pooh. Jayson and Angelica’s impersonation of Boy Abunda and Kris Aquino finally paid off.

Regine Velasquez outsang Cesar Montano as singing competition Are You the Next Big Star edged out game show The Singing Bee.

On the other hand, Sunday was ruled by ABS-CBN, which also almost swept Sunday ratings. What spoiled the fun for the Kapamilya fans was Kap’s Amazing Stories, hosted by Sen. Bong Revilla Jr., spanking the kids of Goin’ Bulilit to shame.

Meanwhile, Your Song Presents: Gaano Kita Kamahal starring controversial actress Maricar Reyes, Sid Lucero and Jodi Sta. Maria-Lacson also outplayed Dear Friend.

But as early as Friday, the ratings arena was action-packed. Eat Bulaga hit the 30s while Rosalinda sank even deeper to 23.5%. Only you beat Rosalinda by almost 3%. Do you think Rosalinda is a hopeless case? Will its ratings improve or will it continue to drop?

Cruel Love also ruined The Wedding. La Lola defeated Pilipinas Game KNB. 24 Oras still led the pack.

FRIDAY (July 17, 2009):
SiS 9.9% vs. Ruffa and Ai 7%;
Lalola 15.7% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 15.4%;
Eat Bulaga 30.1% vs. Wowowee 19.5%;
Daisy Siete 23.5% vs. Ngayon at Kailanman 24.4% vs. Kambal sa Uma 20.2%;
Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Lahat sa Akin 25.4% vs. Precious Hearts 15.6%;
Hole in the Wall 20.6% vs. Love or Bread 14.1%;

All My Life 24.8% vs. Boys Over Flowers 23.2%;
24 Oras 31% vs. TV Patrol 24.5%;
Zorro 30.8% vs. May Bukas Pa 29.2%;
Rosalinda 23.5% vs. Only You 26% ;
Adik sa ‘Yo 23.6% vs. Tayong Dalawa 29.1%%;
Cruel Love 20.9% vs. The Wedding 20.4;
Bubble Gang 15.7% vs. Showbiz News Ngayon 14.9% at SOCO 9.9%.

SATURDAY (July 18, 2009 ):
Joey’s Quirky World 16.8% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 9.4%;
Eat Bulaga 25.6% vs. Wowowee 17.8%;
Startalk 12.6% vs. Entertainment Live 11.2%;
Wish Ko Lang 20.1% vs. Cinema FPJ 16.7%;
Pinoy Records 19.4% vs. Komiks 14.9%;

Are You the Next Big Star 19.5% vs. The Singing Bee 16%;
Bitoy’s Funniest Video 23% vs. Maalaala Mo Kaya 17.7%;
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 33.2% at Imbestigador 29.9% vs. XXX 17.7%;
Cool Center 12.2% vs. Banana Split 13.6% at TV Patrol 8.9%;
Weekend Report 6.3% vs. Sports Unlimited 4.6%.

SUNDAY (July 19):
Joey’s Quirky World 13.4% vs Matanglawin 15.5%;
SOP 15% vs. ASAP 16.5%;
Dear Friend 9.3% vs. Your Song 11.4%;
Showbiz Central 10.2% vs. The Buzz 12.8%;

Kap’s Amazing Stories 21.8% vs. Goin’ Bulilit 15.9%;
Power of Ten 19.5% vs. The Singing Bee 19.8%;
Mel and Joey 22.7% vs. Rated K 22.9%;
All Star K 16% vs. Sharon 21.2%;
Fulhaus 10.1% vs. George and Cecil 15.6%;
Sunday Night’s Box Office 9.9% vs. TV Patrol 11.6% at Sunday’s Best 8.7%.

It’s been an action-packed weekend in the Mega Manila ratings arena! The Kapuso and Kapamilya networks both have winning and losing battles but here are some of the most remarkable!

• Last Friday, Totoy Bato‘s final episode hits the top spot after a series of injuries from romantic comedy Korean adaptation Only You. At least, the Robin Padilla-Regine Velasquez starrer exited gracefully.
• TV Patrol (25%)finally steals news supremacy from 24 Oras (23.5%)!
• All My Life (19.3%) still had no muscle to topple Boys Over Flowers (21.4%).
• Adik Sa ‘Yo (28.2%), meanwhile, inched closer to Tayong Dalawa (29%)!
• Eat Bulaga was the highest rater last Saturday with 28.4%. This was higher than any of the primetime shows that day.
• On the other hand, FPJ made Vicky Morales wishing for higher ratings as Cinema FPJ (15.8) beat Wish Ko Lang (11.6).
• Your Song Presents Gaano Kita Kamahal, topbilled by the very controversial Maricar Reyes, won a war of its own last Sunday. Gaano Kita Kamahal garnered 13.2%, defeating Dear Friend with 12%.
• Ruffa Gutierrez can take credit to The Buzz‘s high ratings last Sunday. The show featured an exclusive live interrogation of Ruffa by Boy Abunda regarding the rumored relationship between her and John Lloyd Cruz. The Buzz scored 15.2% against Showbiz Central with 13.7%.

Here are the complete ratings this weekend.

Friday, July 03, 2009:

SiS 8.9% vs. Ruffa and Ai 4.2%;
Lalola 12.4% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 12.9%;
Eat Bulaga 28.3% vs. Wowowee 17.1%;
Daisy Siete 18.8% at Ngayon at Kailanman 19.5% vs. Kambal sa Uma 17.9%;
Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Lahat sa Akin 20.8% vs. Precious Hearts 12%;
Hole in the Wall 16.1% vs. Love or Bread 9.9%;

All My Life 19.3% vs. Boys Over Flowers 21.4%;
24 Oras 23.5% vs. TV Patrol 25%;
Zorro 28% vs. May Bukas Pa 27.7%;
Totoy Bato 30.4% vs. Only You 24.1%;
Adik sa ‘Yo 28.2% vs. Tayong Dalawa 29%
Cruel Love 20.7% vs. The Wedding 21.6%;
Bubble Gang 16.3% vs Showbiz News Ngayon 16.3%

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Saturday, July 04, 2009:

Joey’s Quirky World 15.5% vs. Game Ka Na Ba 7.5%;
Eat Bulaga 28.4% vs. Wowowee 16.1%;
Startalk 12.4% vs. Entertainment Live 11.1%;
Wish Ko Lang 11.6% vs. Cinema FPJ 15.8%;

Pinoy Records 15.7% vs. Komiks 12.7%;
Are You The Next Big Star 15.2% vs. The Singing Bee 16.3%;
Bitoy’s Funniest Video 20.7% vs. Maalala Mo Kaya 18.4%;
Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho 27.8% vs. XXX 20%;
Imbestigador 25.8% vs. Banana Split 15.2%;
Cool Center 9.7% vs. TV Patrol 9.4% at Sports Unlimited 4.7%.

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Sunday, July 05, 2009:

Joey’s Quirky World 11.3% vs. Matanglawin 11.7%;
SOP 16.5% vs. ASAP 15.7%;
Dear Friend 12% vs. Your Song presents Gaano Kita Kamahal 13.2%;
Showbiz Central 13.7% vs. The Buzz 15.2%;

Kap’s Amazing Stories 20.8% vs. Goin’ Bulilit 15%;
Power of Ten 18.4% vs. The Singing Bee 20.2%;
Mel and Joey 22.1% vs. Rated K 21.2%;
All Star ‘K’ 21.3% vs. Sharon 19%;
Fulhaus 16.5% vs. George and Cecil 17%;
World View 12.1% vs. TV Patrol 10.3% at Sunday’s Best 4.6%.