GMA’s Sabado Star Power will have a minor makeover this Saturday.
In response to the entry of ‘The Voice of the Philippines’ to ABS-CBN’s strong Saturday night lineup, GMA decided to switch the timeslots of both ‘Marian’ and ‘Magpakailanman’. As a result, the latter will now be seen ahead of the former, in between ‘Pepito Manaloto: Ang Tunay na Kwento’ and ‘Celebrity Bluff’.
For GMA, it was just another attempt to curb the increasing popularity of ‘The Voice of the Philippines’. So far, ratings for the latter have been very strong, as they average 27% or better according to Kantar.
It can be recalled that GMA was forced to change its weekend lineup several times during the run of TVPH’s sister show ‘The Voice Kids’. As it turned out, those tweaks did not even result in a victory for the struggling network in Timog.
So what are the implications of GMA’s most recent scheduling change?
With the move to a later timeslot, ‘Marian’ will be pitted against ‘The Voice of the Philippines’, which is an obvious mismatch. Considering that the dance show never even lit up the stat sheet against TVPH’s sister show ‘The Voice Kids’ a few months earlier, it will even harder for Marian Rivera’s dancing skills to outwit the singers of Team Sarah, Team Lea, Team Bamboo and Team apl.
As for ‘Magpakailanman’, they will resume their rivalry against ‘Maalaala Mo Kaya’, albeit at an earlier timeslot. However, the tweak will do little good for the former, as the latter’s recent dominance in their head-to-head matchup will continue.
Overall, this latest change made by GMA will not change the fact that they are on the decline. While ABS-CBN will continue to put up superior projects with impressive results, the same cannot be said for its rival within Quezon City’s South Triangle, whose best days are clearly behind them.
Sabado Star Power may have a new look come this Saturday, but don’t expect better results from GMA’s Saturday night lineup.
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In the latest Kantar ratings for November 8, 2014, ‘Marian’ has rated higher than ‘Magpakailanman’. The death throes for ‘Marian’ the show are very likely with said mismatch with TVoP 2.
Too bad. Marian obviously flopped against The Voice Kids, so what more pa kung itatapat pa ito sa big brother nitong si The Voice PH na sobrang hit na sa Kapamilya network.
Another fail attempt by the Kapuso Network quire funny though na kahit pangit ang tagalized movies, mas mataas pa rin ito sa Magpakailanman at Marian back in the day na TVKids ang katapat nito
Kahit ano pang ipalit na schedule ang GMA tuwing weekends, talo pa rin sila no matter what. And that has been the case in recent years.
Marian shall be replaced soon because of her upcoming wedding. pero kung ako ang GMA and wedding special nya ang itatapat ko sa The Voice, gagawin ko itong one month special from preparations engagement to wedding itself, un maganda laban ng ratings nun. If GMA adopts this like what they did when we suggested of putting More Than Words and delaying Second Chances maniningil na tayo Ralph haha
Tingnan natin. That would be good for the network in the short run.
Tutal nman ang The Voice 13 weeks lng ata, that will be a good match for the weeks to stop its momentum. At least makaka iskor sila.
Still, tingnan natin.
Marian will be aired their final episode this Saturday after 2 seasons.
Right now after the finale (or should i say Titigbakin na), she wil be focused on the preparations for their wedding with Dingdong and My Big Bossings movie.
Hopefully yung Bet ng Bayan na ang papalit kay Marian. They can get rid of the 15-minute recaps on weekdays, and then compress them into one episode on Saturdays.