Filipino leading broadcast network GMA keeps providing top-notch content to Kapuso viewers here and abroad. On the first months of 2022, the Kapuso Network posted a solid start with both GMA and its second free-to-air channel GTV, reigning supreme.
According to Nielsen’s January and February official data, the channels tallied a combined average of 52.1% total day people audience share in Total Philippines. Their dominance is more pronounced in the primetime block (6pm-10.30pm), with a combined average of 54.7 percent people audience share. Kapuso shows 24 Oras, Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho, First Lady, Happy Together, The World Between Us, I Left My Heart in Sorsogon, Magpakailanman, Agimat ng Agila, and Daig Kayo ng Lola Ko dominated the list of top programs for the said period.
Amidst the risk and limitations brought about by the pandemic, GMA Network continues to produce quality programs for its viewers. It has recently launched First Lady, the much-awaited sequel to the Philippines’ No. 1 show for 2021, First Yaya. Gabby Concepcion and Sanya Lopez headline the primetime series as they make viewers fall in love anew with the characters of President Glenn Acosta and Melody Reyes. With its engaging storyline and well-loved cast, First Lady is poised to become one of the Network’s high-rating programs this year.
Keeping viewers in curious anticipation on weeknights is GMA’s first suspenserye Widows’ Web headlined by Ms. Carmina Villarroel, Vaness Del Moral, Ashley Ortega, Pauline Mendoza. The four women are caught up in a twisted murder case that will entangle them in a web of secrets, mysteries, and lies.
GMA Entertainment Group recently launched the riveting legal drama Artikulo 247. Top-billed by Rhian Ramos, Kris Bernal, Benjamin Alves, and Mark Herras, the series powerfully portrays a woman’s journey as she fearfully moves on from the consequences of her past entanglement with her boss and his wife. After the highly-successful run of Mano Po Legacy: The Family Fortune, viewers are now looking forward to the next installment of GMA Network and Regal Entertainment’s hit Mano Po Legacy franchise featuring sought-after Kapuso stars Ken Chan, Bianca Umali, and Kelvin Miranda in Mano Po Legacy: Her Big Boss. This rom-com series tells the story of a coldhearted Chinese-Filipino businessman and his street-smart secretary.
The Network also promises to deliver fun with the world’s favorite game show and best family bonding experience with the Filipino franchise of Family Feud, hosted by Kapuso actor Dingdong Dantes. GMA is soon to bring an inspiring new addition to its Afternoon Prime block with the family drama Raising Mamay. This Kapuso offering is about a teenager who takes care of her mother, who is stricken with brain regression after an unfortunate shooting incident. However, she soon discovers her identity that led to her mother’s assassin. It stars seasoned actress and Comedy Concert Queen Aiai Delas Alas and Sparkle Loveteam Shayne Sava and Abdul Raman.
Another world-class drama awaits viewers with Bolera. This original series serves as the much-awaited TV comeback of multitalented Kapuso actress Kylie Padilla. Joining her are hot leading men Rayver Cruz and Jak Roberto. Cameras are also rolling for GMA Public Affairs’ primetime programs Love You Stranger and Lolong.
The network recently announced that it is producing a local adaptation of the hit Korean drama series Start-Up. The program is about a group of young individuals eager to fulfill their dreams and start their own business. In partnership with leading entertainment company CJ ENM, the remake is headlined by two of the country’s highly-acclaimed and bankable actors: Asia’s Multimedia Star Alden Richards and New Generation Movie Queen Bea Alonzo in her first soap project as a Kapuso.
New Kapuso actor Xian Lim joins Glaiza De Castro in the primetime series False Positive. The romance-comedy showcases a neglected wife, who is made to feel inferior by her husband’s utter disregard of her feelings and sense of value as an expectant mother. In her frustration, she malevolently wishes in front of a magical fountain, resulting in the husband developing a fetus in his tummy.
Other upcoming Kapuso shows include: The Witness, which talks about the life of a man with Asperger’s syndrome who witnesses the death of a loved one and becomes obsessed with seeking justice; Love Before Sunrise, follows the story of two ex-lovers as they rekindle their feelings at a time when the two are already married; What a Joy, is a tale of a woman who is forced by her mother to assume another identity to improve their lives, but she only ended up being the object of affection of two brothers; and Sang’gre, which is about a young woman who manifests magical powers, not knowing she is the only child of the goddess Danaya.
The much-awaited Philippine franchise of the SBS Korea Original Running Man Philippines also airs this 2022. A new breed of talented artists who can make beautiful music together is also set to be discovered in the innovative singing contest Sing for Hearts. The Network is likewise keeping it good with new shows in its second free-to-air channel, GTV: Sweet Sixteen, Heart of an Angel, and One Knife Only.
