Joaquin Bordado is no. 3 in strong debut

GMA Network's newest action-adventure series premiered Monday night with a bang. Joaquin Bordado, played by Robin Padilla, ranked third (36.6 percent) in the February 8 to 11 overnight ratings conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines among Mega Manila households. Marian Rivera's Marimar remained in the top slot with 43.8 percent followed by Richard Gutierrez's Kamandag with 39.8 percent. The other GMA programs that made it in the top 10 were: Coffee Prince (No. 4 with 33.1 percent), 24 Oras (No. 5 with 27.2 percent), and Kung Ako Ikaw (No. 10 with 18.4 percent). The other slots were occupied Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin's Lobo at No. 6 with 23.3 percent followed by Kung Fu Kids, 21.4 percent. TV Patrol World was in eight slot with 19.8 percent while Palos was in 9th slot with 19.5 percent. Joaquin Bordado was an original created by writer Carlo J. Caparas in the late 1970s. It is about the adventures of Joaquin Apacible, played by Padilla. In the TV series, he is a sales agent-cum-police asset-assassin whose life changes when he becomes the chosen heir of powerful tattoos. The story is premised on powerful tattoos which supposedly originated from the land of the witches hundreds of years ago. In that land hundreds of years ago, an evil witch named Elixera wanted to seize all the powers of the good witches. To succeed, she sought the help of witch goddess Ivanna who gave Elixera the Xelvarria, a magical chest that contains the most evil forces known to man. Elixerra uses the Xelvarria to send out all the beasts and evil warriors to kill the good witches and seize their powers. Elixera was able to conquer all the good witches in the land except for one – Jilco (BJ Forbes), a powerful young boy who was able to summon all his tattoos to kill Elixera. But the young warlock fails to destroy the powerful chest of Xelvarria. Decades later, a man named Joaquin Bordado discovers a secret that totally changes his life. A series of unfortunate events lead him behind bars and introduce him to Jilco (Pen Medina), the warlock who almost destroyed the Xelvarria years before. With the help of this mysterious new friend, Joaquin will be able to defy death and take on a new identity and mission. - GMANews.TV