Coming Soon: Syrena, Plus Other IBC 13 Updates

February 27, 2016

Liza Soberano as 'Syrerna'; slated to launch this March 7.

The fantaserye that will put IBC-13 on top is about to splash.

Last January 2014, IBC-13 decided to move the PBA games on Saturday and Sunday primetime, will be given away by airing the primetime fantasy series about the mermaid Janella in Wonderland. This March, the Kapinoy network is set to introduced another mermaid-based fantasy series as a follow-up.

Enter Syrena, a fantasy series starring Liza Soberano as the title role Syrena, with Diego Loyzaga, Maricar Reyes, Richard Quan, Tom Taus, Virginia Pozon and Angel Aquino as the mermaid queen Elisa. This will be Soberano's third weeknight primetime series after Janella: A Teen Princess and Before I Fall in Love. Soberano and Loyzaga are the fourth project of the network after the teen drama Friends 4Ever, Janella: A Teen Princess and Before I Fall in Love. The fantasy series debuts this March 7.

The movie block Viva Box Office (VBO) now aired this Saturday at 10:45 p.m. after the longest-running gag show T.O.D.A.S., starting last February 13.

Last February 15, due to insistent public demand, IBC-13 brings back the hit fantaserye Janella in Wonderland, which is topbilled by Janella Salvador as a mermaid tale Janella, re-aired at 5 p.m. on HapoNation in the afternoon slot. Weeknight primetime will give away for the much-awaited return of TreseBella on primetime starting with the telenovela Simplemente María, which is the remake of the 1989 telenovela hit. It is starring Claudia Álvarez as María, it airs at 10 p.m. back-to-back with the Taiwanovela Love Around at 10:30 p.m.

It has been said that IBC-13 can be relevant today is already established norms in television viewership. And with more programs coming in the succeeding weeks, expect IBC-13 to expand its effort in bringing a kind of programming to more knowledgeable viewers.

Kapinoy Primetime (IBC)

 * 05:45 Glory Jane (Cherryz Mendoza)
 * 06:30 Express Balita
 * 07:45 Syrena (Liza Soberano)
 * 08:30 You Light Up My Life (Sue Ramirez and Aljur Abrenica)
 * 09:15 Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan (Onemig Bondoc, Sam Pinto and Rodjun Cruz)
 * 10:00 TreseBella: Simplemente María
 * 10:30 TreseBella: Love Around
 * 11:15 News Team 13