New timeslot for Showtime and Pilipinas Win Na Win

Starting on Monday, August 16, the morning program Showtime will now be seen on noontime starting at 11:45 AM.

That is to give way for the Kapamilya Blockbusters which will occupy the 10:00 AM slot, everyday from Monday to Friday, so as to give GMA 7's Kapuso Movie Festival a real competition.

Kapamilya Blockbusters on weekdays will start with "You Changed My Life" as its initial offering. The John Lloyd Cruz-Sarah Geronimo starring movie is the Philippines' all-time box office hit. Will it also break records on TV?

So what happened to Pilipinas Win Na Win? It has been shortened and will now start at 1:30. That's actually good because PWNW doesn't eat much time unlike the Willie Revillame-hosted Wowowee which most of the time exceeded the allotted time for the show and had heavy commercial load.

With that, Eat Bulaga on GMA will now have two direct competitors on noontime.

So why did ABS-CBN decide to give "Showtime" and "Pilipinas Win Na Win" new timeslots and treat viewers with Pinoy movies everyday?

The ratings chart says it all:

AGB PEOPLE'S RATINGS in MEGA MANILA

August 10
Eat Bulaga (GMA) 8.9
Kapuso Movie Festival (GMA) 7.1
Pilipinas Win Na Win (ABS-CBN) 4.3
Showtime (ABS-CBN) 3.8
Danz Showdown (GMA) 3.3

August 11
Eat Bulaga (GMA) 8.8
Kapuso Movie Festival (GMA) 6.7
Pilipinas Win Na Win (ABS-CBN) 4.4
Showtime (ABS-CBN) 4.0
Danz Showdown (GMA) 3.5

August 12
Eat Bulaga (GMA) 9.4
Kapuso Movie Festival (GMA) 6.8
Pilipinas Win Na Win (ABS-CBN) 4.6
Showtime (ABS-CBN) 4.6
Danz Showdown (GMA) 3.8

KANTAR MEDIA NATIONAL RATINGS

August 10
Kapuso Movie Festival (GMA) 16.5
Eat Bulaga (GMA) 15.9
Pilipinas Win Na Win (ABS-CBN) 13.4
Showtime (ABS-CBN) 11.7
Danz Showdown (GMA) 7.9

August 11
Eat Bulaga (GMA) 16.1
Kapuso Movie Festival (GMA) 14.6
Pilipinas Win Na Win (ABS-CBN) 13.4
Showtime (ABS-CBN) 11.5
Danz Showdown (GMA) 7.3

August 12
Eat Bulaga (GMA) 15.9
Kapuso Movie Festival (GMA) 15.1
Pilipinas Win Na Win (ABS-CBN) 13.2
Showtime (ABS-CBN) 12.0
Danz Showdown (GMA) 8.0