(TV) Rape Scene in ‘Walang Hanggan’ Tops Nationwide Ratings, Trended on TWITTER.

Paulo Avelino and Julia Montes‘ controversial rape scene in the phenomenal TV drama “Walang Hanggan” recently reigned not only in national TV ratings but also in the popular microblogging site Twitter. According to the latest data of Kantar Media last Wednesday (August 1), the said episode ranked first in the country’s overall top 20 programs, as it garnered 38.7% national TV rating, compared to its rival program in GMA “Makapiling Kang Muli” which only got 16.7%. The said episode was also a hot topic in several social networking sites, particularly on Twitter where Julia and Paulo’s characters ‘Nathan’ and ‘Katerina’ made it on the microblogging site’s top trending topics. Meanwhile, the plot of “Walang Hanggan” intensifies even more now that Katerina was able to escape from the hands of her brother, Tomas (Joem Bascon). Will Daniel (Coco Martin) be able to save Katerina from the evil plans of Nathan, Tomas, and Johanna (Melissa Ricks)? Now that Marco (Richard Gomez) and Emily’s (Dawn Zulueta) wedding is getting near, what will Jean/Black Lily (Eula Valdes) do to stop them? Don’t miss the explosive revelations of “Walang Hanggan,” weeknights, after “Princess and I” on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. For more updates, log-on to http://walanghanggan.abs-cbn.com/, ‘like’ http://facebook.com/abs.walanghanggan, or follow @walanghanggan_ on Twitter.