Channel 13 'fights' the network war once more

June 14, 2014

For 16 years in a raw, a third player in Philippine television is The Kapinoy Network IBC-13 has presenting its new shows to Philippine media will relaunch its new primetime programs, fighting once more with a vengeance with the powerful dominance of ABS-CBN and GMA-7.

The frontrunners for Monday-to-Friday primetime slot for the daily soaps are:

The child twins Mavy Legaspi and Cassy Legaspi in Batang Genius

The twins of child stars Mavy Legaspi and Cassy Legaspi will star in Batang Genius (6 p.m.), a first-ever live-action fantaserye on Philippine TV. Directed by Erick M. Reyes, The twins of Mavy de Guzman (Mavy) and Isabelle de Guzman (Cassy), the youngest agency of those kids learned against each other in a trivial for the chance to win a scholarship advance. Mavy and Isabelle who were becoming to the next level for the child. Organization of agent Jessica Reyes (Nicole Andersson), is leading a team of agents attempting to capture a criminal named Syndrom (Joross Gamboa), who purchases a mini-disk stolen from OSS. Jessica meets her spy-hunting TV host husband, Wilbur Wilson (Jake Cuenca), who thinks she is an decorator.

Janella Salvador and Marlo Mortel in Janella in Wonderland

A hottest teen sweetheart Janella Salvador, who she in Janella in Wonderland (7:30 p.m.), a mermaid tale fantasy drama serial as Salvador play her character in the lead role Janella Bernardo, an ordinary girl who she is pretty for the princess of the sea while the mermaid girl in her island and a beautiful sea creature. "Oh my gee, I'm so exciting about her favorite mermaid girl like a princess of the sea ako."

Janella's leading men for the hottest hit fantaserye are Freddie Gutierrez and Marlo Mortel. The fantasy series is under the direction of Joyce E. Bernal.

Claudine Barretto and Raymart Santiago in Your Heart, My Love

Primetime hit teleserye is Your Heart, My Love (9:30 p.m.), wich is topbills the queen of Philippine soap opera Claudine Barretto and the action star Raymart Santiago. Claudine plays a strong woman Sophie dela Cruz who she is mother word with a grandmother with a responsible leadership behind the program.

"The contract is for a quality soap operas and fantasy series that," she said. "Also, to be a drama and primetime queen of teleserye, because of the much-awaited for opera for his mom. I'm happy with this hit teleserye kasi gusto ko naman sa drama. Drama na ako sa pelikula naman ang TV mo."

Raymart Santiago is his homegrown action star as play Roel Veneracion, a man of father of office and action. Diether Ocampo plays the role of Richard Buenavista, a rich father man who will her life into a nightmare. With its boosting a powerhouse cast in some of the biggest showbiz industry respected names such as Christopher de Leon, Cherry Pie Picache, Ronaldo Valez, Ces Quesada, Ian Veneracion, Sandy Andolong, JC Tiuseco, Maene Magalona, Juan Rodrigo, Princess Punzalan, Bimby Yap, Jr., Nathan Lopez, Abigain Macapagal, DJ Durano, Nikki Bacolod, Steven Silva, Joyce Jimenez, Xyriel Manabat, Janeena Chan, Dino Imperial, Tetchie Agbayani, Andi Manzano, Maui Taylor, Noel Trinidad, Elisse Joson, Bojo Molina, Jaclyn Jose, Ramil Rodriguez and Gardo Versoza with a special participation of Cheska Garcia and Rommel Padilla.

The soap opera is written by Rondel Lindayag and Emman dela Cruz, it tells the compelling love story and romantic stories of the family behind the mother and father at them. The drama series is directed by the box-office movie director Wenn V. Deramas reunited as Clauine' director.

Dingdong Dantes, Cristine Reyes and Maricar Reyes in Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Another kilig-serye is Dingdong Dantes and Cristine Reyes' Crazy Little Thing Called Love (10 p.m.), based on the 2010 hit That film turnd into Philippine television version of the dramedy series. Nam is a girl who is secretly attracted to P'Shone (many people pronounced it as Shone), her senior at school. However, she feels that Shone is too good-looking for her. Instead, Nam and her three friends turn to the help from the book 'Nine Recipes of Love', which is believed to have a magical power to win affection from the boy of choice. During the presscon, Cristine wasaked about her, which is also aired on Saturday nights. It is also boosting an impressive cast like Maricar Reyes, Vandolph Quizon, Cogie Domingo, Say Alonzo, John Wayne Sace, Joanna Morales, Paul Jake Castillo, Nicole Uysiuseng, Joe Vargas, Rebecca Chiongbian, Biboy Ramirez, Anna Luna and MJ Cayabyab with a special participation of Olyn Membian. Directed by Jerry Lopz-Sineneng and Monti Parundao and written by Raymund Barcelon.

TreseBella

Resurging ahead in a trend-setting telenovelas with the Filipino-dubbed Mexican content and Asian dramas from Koreanand Taiwan through TreseBella on ATC @ IBC.

Ana Layevska and Rafael Amaya will top-billed in The Two Sides of Ana (Dalawang Mukha ni Ana), a hit Mexicanovela airing on weeknights at 10:30 p.m. It is a compelling drama of tragedy, revenge and love story, a story of a girl named Ana, who is a sweet and kind-hearted person who was forced to change because of anger and hatred. Ana, who wants to take vengeance for her family’s death, plans to make the father and sons who killed her mother and brother fall in love with her. She ultimately sows discord among the three, but unaware that the love of her life, Gustavo, is a part of the family she’s determined to destroy.

Mexican actress Maria Fernanda Yepes will star in the action-packed hit series La Teniente (Saturday nights at 9:15 p.m.) takes a cinematic approach to scripted TV, using locations throughout Mexico and top Spanish-language TV actors as it depicts the adventures of a Special Operations unit of the Mexican Navy. It’s a story of conspiracy with equal doses of thriller and melodrama. TV audiences will be amazed by its scenic shots using an array of helicopters, boats and planes. Centering on Mexican Naval graduate Lieutenant Roberta Ballesteros (María Fernanda Yepes), the series shows the challenges facing her immediate and emotional entry into the elite Special Operations unit after a violent tragedy occurs to the group. The series follows her assimilation into the unit, which is filled with drama, action, love triangles, heroes and family. Often mirror real-life challenges that the Mexican Navy deals with as it protects its citizens, such as apprehending drug and human traffickers, disasters, superstition, politics and corruption, these are only some of the challenges which Lieutenant Roberta Ballesteros and her team will face during this action packed series. The cast also includes Matías Novoa, Héctor Arredondo, Armando Torrea, Sylvia Sáenz and Fernando Sarfati.

'Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap in Maya Loves Sir Chief'

Then there's a  comedy leading lady Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap, who are in Maya Loves Sir Chief (Saturdays at 10:30 p.m.), a romantic comedy-sitcom in a Filipino family vanues about the kilig bonding. Jodi is a simple girl Maya dela Rosa, whose main goal in mother is to became a rich. So she is at home with kids. Richard plays the wealthy widower Sir Chief, the father is a men who is the office will tries to protect his from the new family bonding. During the presscon, Jodi was asked about her hit sitcom Maya Loves Sir Chief, which is already the no.1 primetime sitcom every Saturday nights. "The contract was for the sitcom and that is," she says. "At first, it was a comedy, because the kid in his mom.

Directed by Malu Sevilla and Mervyn B. Brondial and written by Jimuel dela Cruz, Natividad del Leon and Alpha Kristine Fortun. So, the sample in the couple of the family. Maya and Sir Chief agrees to become a maid and nanny in their household for the family imparts of Filipino family values, going a strong of romantic-comedy sitcom on its weekend time slot who has together with the latter's family under one roof at the names on the street becoming a nanny for a wealthy family in Manila and pregnant with his children.

Aki Torio, Abra and Josh Padilla in Iskul Bukol Men

Another sitcom is Iskul Bukol Men (Thursday 8:45 p.m.), an all-male cult action comedy which is topbills Aki Torio, Abra and Josh Padilla, is directed by Bert de Leon.

Aki plays the character Tito Escalera, one half of the Escalera brothers, who plots harebrained schemes in every episode. Abra is his gwap Vic" Ungasis, the good-looking and smart teacher's pet with a chick-magnet personality. The Escaleras often pick on him during class. Later became a professor of Wanbol University. Josh Padilla lays the role menboy Joey Escalera as their neighbors in the most powerful gang as the other Escalera sibling. Miss Tapia has a crush on him.