Congratulations are in order for 2019’s box office king Alden Richards who successfully hosted his home studio’s “Kapuso Countdown to 2020: The GMA New Year Special” on December 31 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Now a consummate host given his expert training by the masters of “Eat Bulaga” and erstwhile “Sunday Pinasaya,” he effortlessly brought the giant production together that featured a sea of stars and bumper-to-bumper segments and numbers that made 2019’s countdown truly memorable for so many Filipinos here and abroad. TV Audience Measurement’s overnight ratings data, GMA’s New Year countdown won over competition after it recorded a people rating of 7 percent in National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM). ABS-CBN’s “2020 Rising BGC Taguig Is Where It Starts, The New Year Countdown” gathered a 6.8 percent viewership. Positive real-time online feedback supported Neilsen’s ratings, such as Instagram user @chiqui.concepcion who said, “Galing ng GMA Kapuso 2020 countdown.

Source: Manila Times January 19, 2020 16:11 UTC