Zorro's Pilot Episode Tops AGB and TNS Mega Manila Ratings

Zorro is the seventh primetime series of Richard Gutierrez on GMA-7 and its pilot episode topped both AGB and TNS Mega Manila ratings with 38.2%, his 3rd best pilot episode after Kamandag and Codename: Asero.

So far, Zorro holds the record for the best pilot rating by a GMA primetime series for 2009. The Richard Gutierrez-starrer bested Totoy Bato’s 36.7% last Feb. 23, Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang’s 32.9% last Feb. 9 and All About Eve’s 26.1% last March 9.

Pilot Ratings of Richard Gutierrez’s primetime series:

1. Kamandag 42.7% (November 19, 2007)
2. Codename: Asero 40.1% (July 14, 2008)
3. Zorro - 38.2% (March 23, 2009)
4. Lupin - 37.8% (April 9, 2007)
5. Captain Barbell - 37.5% (May 29, 2006)
6. Sugo - 36.5% (July 04, 2005)
7. Mulawin - 33% (August 2, 2004)

Here are Top 10 daytime and primetime programs on March 23 based on the overnight survey of AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households:

Daytime
1. Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? (GMA-7) - 23.4%
2. Paano Ba ang Mangarap? (GMA-7) - 21.2%
3. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) - 20.5%
4. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 18.3%
5. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 16.7%
6. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 16%
7. Parekoy (ABS-CBN) - 12.2%
8. Pieta (ABS-CBN) - 11.2%
9. Chil Princesses (GMA-7)- 10.7%
10. Gokusen 3 (GMA-7) - 10.3%

Primetime
1. Zorro (GMA-7) - 35.8
2. Totoy Bato (GMA-7) - 35.2%
3. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 29.6%
4. Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang (GMA-7) - 29.3%
5. May Bukas Pa (ABS-CBN) - 29.1%
6. Tayong Dalawa (ABS-CBN) - 28.9%
7. I Love Betty La Fea (ABS-CBN) - 27.7%
8. All About Eve (GMA-7) - 26.6%
9. Fated To Love You (GMA-7) - 23.7%
10. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 21.5%

Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime programs on March 23 based on the overnight survey of Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) among Mega Manila households:

Daytime
1. Paano Ba ang Mangarap? (GMA-7) - 23.6%
2. Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) / Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? (GMA-7) - 22.2%
3. Daisy Siete (GMA-7) - 21.2%
4. Wowowee (ABS-CBN) - 17.9%
5. Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) - 14.8%
6. Lalola (GMA-7) - 12.4%
7. Parekoy (ABS-CBN) - 10.4%
8. Pieta (ABS-CBN) - 10.2%
9. Chil Princesses (GMA-7) / Gokusen 3 (GMA-7) - 9.2%
10. Slamdunk (GMA-7) - 9%

Primetime
1. Zorro (GMA-7) - 38.2%
2. Totoy Bato (GMA-7) - 35.3%
3. Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang (GMA-7) - 30.6%
4. 24 Oras (GMA-7) - 28.5%
5. Tayong Dalawa (ABS-CBN) - 28.1%
6. I Love Betty La Fea (ABS-CBN) - 27.9%
7. All About Eve (GMA-7) - 27.3%
8. May Bukas Pa (ABS-CBN) - 26.8%
9. Fated To Love You (GMA-7) - 25.5%
10. TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) - 22.8%

Source: Starmometer