Head Writer of Voltes V: Legacy Suzette Doctolero took a swipe against their rival program ABS-CBN’s top-rated show FPJ’s Batang Quiapo.
In a Facebook post, Suzette said that she noticed that while Voltes V and Batang Quiapo has the same timeslot, the ABS-CBN show was trying to make it look like they’re winning the rating competition by delaying the airing of their program.
“Ang isa pang usual technique na ginagamit para palabasing malakas at number one ang isang show ay.. Idedelay ang airing ng palabas,” Suzette said.
“For example, kung usually ay umeere siya ng 8pm pero dahil natatalo siya ng katapat na program (Voltes V! *ubo*) kaya idedelay nila ang pagpapalabas (pake nila kung maghintay ang audience nila??) nila by 30 mins so sa halip na makakatapat ay yung malakas (*ubo* Voltes v!) ay tatapatan na nila ay ang kasunod na programa na mas mahina ang ratings so that mas lalabas na mas mataas ang ratings nila,” she added.
Some followers of Suzette also noticed the delays in Batang Quiapo’s airing.
“Kaya pala kagabi mga 8:15 na ata yun (narinig ko sa isang bahay pauwi) tsaka pa sabi ni NDC na “Magandang gabi, bayan!” Hmmmm.. now i know,” netizen Lenille said.
“Ganuon po talaga ang pag claim dapat ng ratings, same time slot para masabi mo na ang show ay umungos sa katapat niyang show.. ewan ko ba bakit kineclaim na #1 kahit hindi katapat na,” netizen Lulubelle said.
As of writing, the production team of Batang Quiapo has yet to give any response to Suzette’s claims.