IBC-13's first-ever teen drama 'Friends 4Ever' premeires March 2

February 27, 2014

Friends 4Ever is topbilled by Janella Salvador, Sue Ramirez, Liza Soberano (up); Marlo Mortel, Francis Magundayao, Khalil Ramos and Diego Loyzaga (down).

It's been a while since the youth-oriented drama series dominated the Saturday afternoon slot of TV networks.

After the success of T.G.I.S. and Gimik, Saturday afternoon viewing has been dominated by showbiz talk shows and public affairs program. Now, armed with its aim to offer weekend experience, IBC-13 launches the very first teen drama series for feel-good habit every Sunday, Friends 4Ever featuring today's hottest teen stars.

Leading the cast of Friends 4Ever are Janella in Wonderland lead stars Janella Salvador and Marlo Mortel, with the launch of showbiz careers like Sue Ramirez, Khalil Ramos and Francis Magundayao, as well as the most-anticipated Superstar Circle winner Liza Soberano and the runner-up Diego Loyzaga.

With its unique mix of romantic love, comedy and light drama, IBC-13's feel-good teen drama about the hottest love-teams were a breed of stars MarNella (Marlo and Janella), SueLil (Sue and Khalil) and LizGo (Liza and Diego) on the local showbiz scene.

Like former teen shows, the light drama series will surely engaged as a "boy-meets girl" theme. A teenage romantic feel-good drama series, following the friends of lucky and rich Bagets of students of high-schools with a young love and fall in love again and revolves around a group of young people making the journey from adolescence to the adulthood like a best friends forever of couple in friendship. The youth-oriented drama series presents the lives of a group of teens from different backgrounds in a campus setting have a fun and exciting ultimate barkada experience about a group of high school teenagers.

"IBC-13 has started producing its own fantasy series and heavy drama series on weeknights. Now we're making our own weekend dramas more exciting for teens."

Friends 4Ever It Girls: Liza Soberano, Sue Ramirez and Janella Salvador

Friends 4Ever Boys: Marlo Mortel, Francis Magundayao, Khalil Ramos and Diego Loyzaga

The story of young individuals coming from different high-schools in a campus despite their class differences and clashing personalities. When the babies and kids were watching the elementary school at the young student, at the time of Nicole (Abby Bautista) as 5-year-old, Miguel (Harvey Bautista) as 11-year-old, Bianca (Sofia Millares) as 7-year-old, Victor (Lance Lucido) as 8-year-old, Sanjay (Miguel Vergara) as 4-year-old, Sandra (Mutya Orquia) as 6-year-old and Tom (Aldred Nasayao) as 9-year-old in millennium for future during his grade school days of teacher for the classes at children's pupils at the time.

Kids will shows them from elementary school and so that they will now be grown up a young stars counting to the teenager classmates from high school. Nicole is happy and chases the kids in school of bus, with Nicole on the classes. Nicole starts counting to 15 for them to come out, and Miguel suggests they go to high school (the future) so that they will be grown up. Nicole says multiple a teenager random numbers in incorrect order before reaching 15, so this gives the kids time to into a time-travel device. At the exact moment Nicole reaches fifteen, Miguel opens the class and there is a swirling vortex and the kids see themselves in the future.

Janella Salvador topbill IBC-13's new youth-oriented series, Friends 4Ever, where she play the female lead character—who is also the lead role from the network's first fantaserye Janella in Wonderland.

Coincidentally, they are now 15 years younger. These interesting characters in school uniform as 15-year-old teen classmate sweetheart Nicole Gonzales (Janella Salvador) who loves a popular boy 21-year-old Miguel Richards (Marlo Mortel). Meanwhile, those attention is a boy next door named 14-year-old Sanjay Martin (Francis Magundayao), who is popular with the girls because of his good looks, charm, and affluence.

Marlo Mortel joined as love interest for Janella (MarNella)

There is also the 16-year-old “kikay” girl Sandra Reyes (Liza Soberano) who's talks “emo” guy 18-year-old Tom Rodrigo (Diego Loyzaga). On the other hand, 18-year-old Victor Halili (Khalil Ramos), who comes from a family, is linked to 17-year-old girl for the painting art and poser Bianca Escueta (Sue Ramirez). When Victor falls in love with Bianca, she gets caught between her lies and revealing her true feelings to Victor.

So that the teenager, Nicole, Sanjay, Bianca, Tom and Sandra went to high school for school uniforms, while Miguel and Victor went to college.

Sue Ramirez and Khalil Ramos (SueLil)

Francis Magundayao

Liza Soberano and Diego Loyzaga (LizGo)

Joining the cast are Maricar Reyes, Tonton Gutierrez, Franchesca Salcedo, Gloria Sevilla, Anjo Yllana, Dimples Romana, Jong Cuenco, Malou de Guzman, John Arcilla, Angela Velez, Noel Trinidad, Tess Antonio, Marlon Mance, Sandy Aloba, Joseph Bitangcol and Teresa Loyzaga, with Dexie Daulat, Arvic Tan, Chienna Filomeno, Rico dela Paz, Kazel Kinouchi, Julian Estrada, Elisse Joson, Piero Vergara, Celine Lim, Paul Salas, Alexandra Macanan, Carlo Lacana and Erin Ocampo.

Friends 4Ever is directed by Laurent Dyogi (from Gimik) and Mark Reyes (from T.G.I.S.).

Don’t miss the start of the feel-good youth drama, Friends 4Ever every Sunday starting March 2 at 3 p.m. after the initial premiere live telecast of Hey it's Fans Day! on IBC-13's Panalo Weekend.

Marlo Mortel, Janella Salvador, Francis Magundayao, Sue Ramirez, Khalil Ramos, Liza Soberano and Diego Loyzaga

List of youth-oriented series (teen dramas)
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 * Gimik (1996–1999, every Saturday afternoon)
 * G-mik (1999–2002, every Saturday afternoon)
 * Tabing Ilog (1999–2003, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Berks (2002–2004, every Saturday afternoon)
 * Buttercup (2003–2004)
 * SCQ Reload (2004–2005, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Gimik 2010 (2010, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Good Vibes (2011, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Growing Up (2011–2012, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Luv U (2012–present, every Sunday afternoon)
 * T.G.I.S. (produced by Viva Television, 1995–1999, every Saturday afternoon)
 * Growing Up (produced by Viva Television, 1997–1999)
 * Click (1999–2004, every Saturday afternoon)
 * Tween Hearts (2010-2012, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Together Forever (2012, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Teen Gen (2012-2013, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Dormitoryo (2013, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Lipgloss (2008–2009, every Saturday afternoon)
 * Goals & Girls (2009, every Sunday afternoon)
 * BFGF (2010–2011, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Luv Crazy (2011, every Sunday afternoon)
 * Bagets: Just Got Lucky (produced by Viva Television, 2011–2012, every Sunday afternoon)
 * H2K: Hati-Hating Kapatid (produced by Viva Television, 2000-2001)
 * Friends 4Ever (2014-present, every Sunday afternoon)