With the series finale of Marimar last March 14, 2008, Joaquin Bordado took over the top spot on March 17 to become the newest leader on Philippine television. Marimar ruled the primetime block since August 2007 - that's 8 months of being no. 1 in Mega Manila. It even snatched the top spot nationwide last February. Although the Robin Padilla-starrer is the current no. 1 in 4 consecutive days since March 17, it wasn't able to pull a 40% and above ratings like what Marimar did when it was still running. Marimar even registered a whopping 52.6% on its last episode beating the 52.1% rating posted by Darna on April 14, 2005. In non-cable households, Marimar's final episode posted an even higher rating of 57.5 percent. With the exit of Marimar and Coffee Prince, GMA's late-night reality program "Kung Ako Ikaw" and ABS-CBN's soap "Maging Sino Ka Man" were both able to enter the top 10 from time to time. Here are the Top 10 daytime and primetime programs from March 17 to 19 (excluding the holy days March 20-22) based on the overnight ratings conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households.

March 17 (Monday)

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) – 24%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) – 19.3%
Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) – 16.5%
Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) – 15.4%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) – 15%
Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA-7) – 14.6%
Hana Yori Dango 2 (GMA-7) – 14.4%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) – 13.5%
Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) – 13.3%
Pinoy Movie Hits (ABS-CBN) – 11.4%

Primetime:

Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) – 38.4%
Kamandag (GMA-7) – 37%
24 Oras (GMA-7) – 34.2%
Coffee Prince (GMA-7) – 32.5%
The Legend (GMA-7) – 29.5%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) – 22.5%
Kung Fu Kids (ABS-CBN) – 21.7%
Lobo (ABS-CBN) – 21.5%
Palos (ABS-CBN) – 18.9%
Kung Ako Ikaw (GMA-7) – 18.6%

March 18 (Tuesday)

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) – 25.2%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) – 22.9%
Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA-7) – 20%
Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) – 16.9%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) – 16.5%
Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) – 15.3%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) – 14.2%
Hana Yori Dango 2 (GMA-7) – 12.9%
Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) – 12.1%
SiS (GMA-7) – 11.9%

Primetime:

Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) – 36%
Kamandag (GMA-7) – 35.9%
24 Oras (GMA-7) – 29.2%
The Legend (GMA-7) – 27.9%
Coffee Prince (GMA-7) – 27.4%
Kung Fu Kids (ABS-CBN) – 21.7%
Lobo (ABS-CBN) – 21.5%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) / Palos (ABS-CBN) – 20%
Maging Sino Ka Man (ABS-CBN) – 18.6%
Kung Ako Ikaw (GMA-7) – 16%

March 19 (Wednesday)

Daytime:

Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) – 22.5%
Daisy Siete (GMA-7) – 17.7%
Wowowee (ABS-CBN) – 15.6%
Maging Akin Ka Lamang (GMA-7) – 15.3%
Hana Yori Dango 2 (GMA-7) – 14.9%
Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) / Kaputol ng Isang Awit (GMA-7) – 14.8%
Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) – 14.6%
Wheel of Fortune (ABS-CBN) – 12.3%
Pinoy Movie Hits (ABS-CBN) – 11.5%
Prinsesa ng Banyera (ABS-CBN) – 10.9%
Primetime:

Joaquin Bordado (GMA-7) – 33.8%
Kamandag (GMA-7) – 33.4%
24 Oras (GMA-7) – 26.9%
The Legend (GMA-7) – 26%
Coffee Prince (GMA-7) – 22.6%
Lobo (ABS-CBN) – 20.8%
Kung Fu Kids (ABS-CBN) – 20.2%
Palos (ABS-CBN) – 18.9%
TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) – 18.2%
Maging Sino Ka Man (ABS-CBN) – 17.2%

March 23 (Sunday)

Daytime:

Kapuso Sine Special: Matakot Ka Sa Karma (GMA-7) – 17.8%
SOP (GMA-7) – 14.5%
Showbiz Central (GMA-7) – 14.3%
Takeshi’s Castle (GMA-7) – 14.2%
ASAP ’08 (ABS-CBN) – 12.8%
Gaby’s Files (ABS-CBN) – 9.1%
Your Song (ABS-CBN) – 8.7%
The Buzz (ABS-CBN) – 8.4%
Love Spell (ABS-CBN) – 7.7%
Primetime:

Mel & Joey (GMA-7) – 29.5%
Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok (GMA-7) – 28.5%
Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus (ABS-CBN) – 24.6%
Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) – 22.5%
Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) – 21.1%
All Star K (GMA-7) – 19.5%
Rated K (ABS-CBN) – 19.4%
Sharon (ABS-CBN) – 16.6%
Ful Haus (GMA-7) – 16%
SNBO: Hero (GMA-7) – 15.1%

Source: AGB Nielsen Philippines via PEP