15 November 23-29, 2023
ENTERTAINMENT
‘Batang Quiapo,’ ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ score viewership records
Good news to the fans of Coco Martin, Bell Mariano and Don Pangilinan. Their respective ABS-CBN series continue to get record live viewers via the web. Tanggol’s (Coco Martin) new adventure boosted “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” to a
new viewership record last Wednesday, ABS-CBN reported. Based on figures by Dreamscape Entertainment, the show reached 492,836 peak concurrent viewers -- or those watching on Kapamilya Online Live at the same time.
The Wednesday episode, shows Marsing (Pen Medina) and Nita (Susan Africa) raising their rent to P750. This does not sit well with Tindeng (Charo Santos) and Marites (Cherry Pie Picache) as they felt that their former friends have changed since becoming rich. Meanwhile, Santino (Ronwaldo Martin) wins his first boxing match, sealing his name in the sport, and Edwin (Ping Medina) discovers Ramon (Christopher de Leon) drug business which puts his life in danger. This marks the start of Tanggol’s new mission as they attempt to kill the members of Red Phoenix Group. “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” airs every Monday to Friday, 8 p.m. on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, Cinemo, A2Z, TV5, iWantTFC and TFC. Meanwhile, ABS-CBN also reported that its series that stars Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano “Can’t Buy Me Love” has reached a new milestone as secrets of Irene (Maris Racal) were unveiled in the latest episode aired Wednesday.
Based on figures by Star Creatives released on Thursday afternoon, “Can’t Buy Me Love” peaked at 475,131 concurrent viewers or those watching on Kapamilya Online Live at the same time. In the latest episode, Irene’s secrets are revealed by her supposed friend Kara (Shaniah Gomez) as Caroline (Mariano) looks for her. She is joined by Stephen (Darren) who questions her trust to her newfound friend Bingo (Pangilinan). Kara reveals that Irene is in debt but wants to build her own bar, thus trusting Felix (Alex Medina). However, Bingo still suspects that Felix could be friends with Caroline’s kidnappers. “Can’t Buy Me Love” airs new episodes on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, Jeepney TV, TFC, iWantTFC, Netflix, A2Z, and TV5.
‘A Very Good Girl’ cast, ABS-CBN execs celebrate film’s success weeks since its release on theaters. “A Very Good Girl” also stars Jake Ejercito, Angel “Thank you for making a very good choice to get our Aquino, and Chie Filomeno, Donna Cariaga, Gillian Vilocal cinemas up and running again. Let us keep up the cencio, Ana Abad Santos, Kaori Oinuma, Althea RuePhilo-menal support for our local films,” Star Cinema das, Nathania Guerrero, and Nour Hooshmand. said in a caption.
The cast of “A Very Good Girl” reunited to celebrate the success of the film along with the executives of ABS-CBN. In photos posted by Kathryn Bernardo, the lead star was joined by Dolly de Leon, Gillian Vicencio, Kaori Oinuma, Chie Filomeno, and Donna Cariaga. “POV: You’re with Team AVGG in front of the ABS CBN tower,” Bernardo said in the caption as reported by ABS-CBN. “Celebrating all the good things that happened to AVGG with our home network. This moment was just so heartwarming. Thank you!” she added. ABS-CBN Corp. CEO Carlo Katigbak and COO for Broadcast Cory Vidanes were also present, along with director Petersen Vargas and the film’s creative team. Latest figures from Star Cinema showed that “A Very Good Girl” earned more than P100 million, nearly two
