FPJ’s Batang Quiapo’s (FPJBQ) entry to the primetime bida line-up greatly helped fellow Kapamilya teleserye The Iron Heart and Dirty Linen.
Following the premiere of FPJBQ on Monday, February 13, The Iron Heart and Dirty Linen‘s ratings–boosted some improvements.
On Monday, The Iron Heart scored a rating of 6.1 percent, 1 percent higher than its Friday, February 10th rating of 5.1 percent. The Kapamilya action-thriller teleserye also moved four spots in the rating chart, from 12th to rank 8.
On Tuesday, February 14, the Richard Gutierrez-starrer series [even] went up further, adding 0.2 percent to its rating to 6.3 percent.
ABS-CBN’s crime-suspense series Dirty Linen also benefited from FPJBQ‘s warm reception.
On Monday, Dirty Line registered a rating of 2.9 percent, taking the 18th spot in the leaderboard.
On the following day, Tuesday, February 14, Dirty Linen made a big leap to the number 13 position on the leaderboard, with its rating moving up by 0.7 percent to 3.6 percent.
With FPJBQ‘s stellar rating performance, it proved to be a good pre-programming for The Iron Heart and Dirty Linen. It helped both series to climb to second and third slots in the primetime bida block.