GMA Network (GMA) grabbed the nationwide TV ratings leadership in August on the back of its strong performance in the daytime blocks, according to data from the industry’s leading ratings service provider, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement. For the period August 1 to 31 (August 25 to 31 based on overnight ratings), GMA triumphed over ABS-CBN in National Urban Television Audience Measurements (NUTAM) ratings with a 34.3 percent total day audience share, higher than ABS-CBN’s 33.7 percent and TV5’s 12.9 percent. GMA bested ABS-CBN in the morning and afternoon blocks in NUTAM with 32.3 and 36.2 percent, respectively, higher than the latter’s 30.5 and 30.3 percent. GMA was ahead of TV5 across all day parts in NUTAM. Likewise, GMA continued to dominate in viewer-rich Urban Luzon and Mega Manila, which respectively account for 76 and 59 percent of the total urban television households in the country. Leading across all day parts, GMA recorded an average total day hou...