Kapuso screenwriter Suzette Doctolero aired her frustration over alleged “fake” TV ratings.
ABS-CBN’s action-drama teleserye FPJ’s ‘Batang Quiapo’ (FPJBQ) is in the lead against GMA Network’s portal fantasy teledrama ‘Maria Clara at Ibarra’ (MCAI).
In her Facebook post on Tuesday, February 14, she lamented an unfair TV ratings report from unnamed entities. Doctolero expressed, “Mahirap kalaban ang mga taong wala yatang integrity. At hindi yata naniniwala sa pagiging fair.” She furthered, “Maglalabas ng mga numerong may bawas ng katotohanan. Dadaanin sa maduming hype, para lang palabasing nangunguna? Nang maniwala ang mga tao? Kahit na di totoo?”
The Kapuso writer concluded her post by chiding the dirty competition. She expressed, “Maganda ang isang kumpetesyon kung ito ay totoo, fair at hindi nanloloko! Bakit lolokohin ang mga tao? Ang duming maglaro.”
TV5 reported in a tweet on Tuesday, February 14, that FPJBQ’s rating of 11.7 percent beat MCAI’s 10.9 percent rating during its linear airing at 8 p.m. MCAI has a delayed telecast on GTV at 9:30 p.m.
Panalo sa ratings ang pilot episode ng inaabangang action serye na FPJ’s #BatangQuiapo na nakakuha ng 11.72% combined rating, base sa Nielsen Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM).
Mapapanood ito Lunes hanggang Biyernes, 8 p.m, sa TV5. #News5 pic.twitter.com/z8h6p2VI34
— News5 (@News5PH) February 14, 2023
Meanwhile, in another Facebook post, Doctolero acknowledged the “neck-and-neck” rating results between FPJBQ and MCAI. She, however, argued that MCAI still won in the total combined TV ratings of its 8 p.m. airing on GMA Network and 9:30 p.m. airing on GTV.
She declared, “Wow, ang lapit ng laban. Pero panalo pa rin. Ilalabas ko ito at may kumakalat na fake news (combined sa combined dapat ) Congrats Mcai! Huwag bibitiw mga kapuso. Fight!”
FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, on the other hand, only airs at 8 p.m. on A2Z, TV5, Kapamilya Channel, and CineMo.
