'Sarah Girl' is Now One of TV5's Biggest Moneymakers

November 8, 2013

Philippine TV is a three-way game as third player of The Kapatid Network TV5, the broadcast landscape by the two giant stations in the coveted Top 20 slots of TV programs in terms of viewership ratings.

The Kapatid Network is now pit Primetime Bida of ABS-CBN and Telebabad of GMA-7 via their Primetime Panalo. Starting this Monday, TV5 is now offering new soap operas TV series on primetime. These are the popstar fantaserye Sarah Girl, the tawa-serye Madam Chairman, the weekly TV series on Thursday: For Love or Money and Positive, and the telenovela A Shelter for Love.

TV5 executives recently attested to the unprecedented sucess of the country's number 1 primetime hit popstar fantaserye Sarah Girl, one of the network's original concept programs as boost the ratings performance of the network contributed in the double-digit growth in airtime revenues that began in November also conquered the list of Twitter’s nationwide trending topics, has in the Top 20 and fighting head to head in the double-digit-ratings game with ABS-CBN's and GMA's weeknight primetime shows.

“Popstar princess Sarah Geronimo’s fantasy series is turning out to be the biggest surprise hit,” remarked Ms. Wilma Calvante, TV5’s chief entertainment content officer continues to capture the hearts of primetime TV viewers nationwide. According to TV5 president and CEO Noel Lorenzana, advertising revenues show signs of strengthening in the year because of the network’s top-rating shows like Sarah Girl. He said, “We’re also experiencing double-digit growth in terms of airtime starting November.”

This can be viewed as a significant leap for TV5 because it shows that the network is indeed a strong third contender and that it is attracting more viewers who welcome TV5's fresh programming alternative that is very different from the shows of the two giant networks.

From its consistent high national TV ratings in phenomenal success, Sarah Girl truly conquered the nation as proven by its top trending topics on Twitter and Facebook almost every night; fans of mall tours; best-selling official soundtrack and merchandise; and numerous magazine covers. Sarah now hailed as the country's newest popstar fantaserye princess and the one and only popstar princess of primetime TV.

With its impressive fantasy, adventure and fairytale stories, cast, locations, suit costumes, and musical score while combined the Pinoy live-action and computer-animated 3D, The musical fantasy series top-billed by the one and only popstar princess Sarah Geronimo as her lead role character Sarah Girl Archer, a young girl of her world. Geronimo she wearing a pink Sarah Girl suit drew up a superhero costume for a superstar. Sarah's puppy dog like Anna Archer (Chloe Dominique Reyes) while Sarah surely who she save the world her talent should go with glamour saves the day by urging her to join the Search for The Next Singing Sensation Superstar where she could win as much as true love a hundred thousand pesos by sharing her music with glamour and a golden voice.

Sarah truly had come a long way with all her achievements as a recording artist, concert performer, actress, TV host, movies and even product endorser, a pop princess fairytale of singer-actress for the superstar idol while Archer she wearing a pink Sarah Girl suit drew up a superhero costume. Assured that The Kapatid Network will come up with more quality shows like the fantasy series Sarah Girl to provide the viewers more exciting on TV.

Meanwhile, Sarah Girl continues to perform in the ratings game garnered by the well-loved Kapatid fantaserye. Based on the latest data of Kantar Media last Monday (November 4), the musical-fantasy drama series is now of the top spot of the country’s top overall TV programs with 30.5% national TV rating, or 15 points higher than its rival program ABS-CBN's Honesto with 29.6% and GMA's Genesis with only 13.6%.

Sarah's leading men are the two of Kapatid actors like the Kapatid hunk Daniel Matsunaga (Daniel dela Cruz) and the prime leading men Onemig Bondoc (Butch Padilla) as the main cast.

Together with Sarah Girl cast members are Divina Geronimo, Victor Silayan, Anthena Tibi, John Lapus, homegrown talent Eula Caballero, Jason Zimmerman, Claire Ruiz, Rico dela Paz, Bobby Andrews and Gelli de Belen.

Continue to feel the‘magic of Sarah Girl Archer’s unique love and fantasy stories, Sarah Girl everyday 7:45pm, right after Aksyon on TV5’s Primetime Panalo. For more updates, log on to www.tv5.com.ph, follow @sarahgirl on Twitter; and ‘like’ the show’s official Facebook fanpage at www.facebook.com/sarahgirl.