Iskul Bukol, Two Years Later

January 6, 2019

The top-rating and award-winning curriculum-based program marked on its 2nd year.

Iskul Bukol: The 2nd Anniversary Trailer (Joyce Abestano (school uniform)) (YouTube)

Last night marked the second anniversary of ‘Iskul Bukol’, the school-themed curriculum-based sitcom starring Joyce Abestano and as the Diliman High School era of the longest-running sitcom became a hit not only among the young viewers but also among the Filipino learners and the best high school students and older verwers like moms and dads. The sitcom, which first premiered on January 7, 2017, has aired a total of 103 episodes as of yesterday (one date in a year were preempted due to Holy Week).

A production of IBC-13 and Secarats Television, ‘Iskul Bukol’ became one of the top-rating programs of IBC-13 under the tagline ‘Trese ng Bayan’ as the corporate slogan.

With ‘Iskul Bukol’ joining the gold standard of comedy programs every Saturday night, IBC-13 now has two longest-running comedy programs that have reached the milestone. ‘T.O.D.A.S.’ remained at the top of the game and turned a 38 year old, and like ‘Iskul Bukol’, is a top-rater in its timeslot and turned its 2nd year

Speaking of top-raters every Saturday night, ‘Iskul Bukol’ has been a ratings leader from the start. From its premiere garnered a 24.8% national rating in 2017 to a new era garnered a 38.5% national rating in 2018 (according to Kantar), and has consistently hit or come close to this mark ever since. The sitcom, airing every Saturday night, which managed to dominate a number of top-rating local shows in the ratings game.

Along the way, some rivals fell. First came in 2017 are the first season of ‘Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids’ and ‘Pepito Manaloto,’ then came the premiere of ‘The Voice Kids,’ followed by ‘Little Big Shots,’ ‘Pilipinas Got Talent,’ second season of ‘Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids,’ ‘The Kids’ Choice,’ and now the rivals of ‘Pinoy Big Brother Otso’ and ‘Daddy’s Gurl,’

Much of ‘Iskul Bukol’s success with the hilarious high school story aligned with the K to 12 high school curriculum and develop for teachers and education leaders. In an era where the learners and lessons are common in curriculum-based educational programs, while ‘Iskul Bukol’ takes cue from such news, and in the process, gives viewers a lesson in the best and the brightest high school students and educate its viewers about Philippine basic education and Filipino learners with access to more learning opportunities and rich learning experiences. The sitcom will showcase the role of Joyce in her comedic skills as she shifts from one role after another such as high school student, daughter of a father and high school varsity player.

While ‘Iskul Bukol’ was a huge success, it also weathered numerous casting changes during its first year in 2018. The revamp of the curriculum-based sitcom from a trio-starrer (Joyce, Keith and Raisa) in 2017 to a solo-starrer (Joyce Abestano-starrer) in 2018 as the current era. Along with Tonton Gutierrez, Maxene Magalona and Patrick Destura as the main cast, the most notable of these changes include the departures of Keith Cruz and Raisa Dayrit are the triumvirate, and the entry of Basti Gonzales.

An instant success, ‘Iskul Bukol’ dominates the ratings game, forming part of IBC-13's duumvirate of the top-rating shows for male and younger viewers (alongside ‘PBA’ and ‘Bida si Raval’) on the Saturday primetime slot and continues to gain ratings in Metro Manila as well as earn positive response from viewers.

From its consistent high national TV ratings every Saturday night, ‘Iskul Bukol’ develops and distributes the curriculum-based multimedia learning resources (such as videos, games, session guides, etc.) for K-to-12 high school level, online and on-demand, and truly conquered the nation as a huge hit proven by its top trending topics on Twitter; one of the most liked fanpages on Facebook, Instagram and the most viewed program in the video-on-demand site IBC Video and HOOQ with more than 25 million page viewers; mall tours; school tours; the top-curriculum Iskul Bukol app and Iskul Bukol Mobile Game App (Android Apps on Google Play and iOS), two of the best-selling soundtracks and merchandise like school supplies (notebooks, pencils, erasers, bags, pencil case, watches and ballpen), Diliman High School uniforms and P.E. T-shirts, dolls, wall clocks, stickers, posters, among others available in the market; educational activities and games; the curriculum-based online channel ‘Iskul Bukol Online’ to watch your daily webisodes about learners and lessons, Iskul Bukol educational videos (including secondary students and teachers); and numerous magazine covers; and recently, the box-office curriculum-based movie ‘Iskul Bukol: The Diliman High School Movie,’ an official entry to the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival in cinemas nationwide.

The sitcom has garnered more awards than any other comedy show in the country, winning top honors from the PMPC Star Awards for TV, Anak TV Seal Awards, 2018 Aral Parangal Awards, Guillermo Mendoza Box-Office Entertainment Awards, EdukCircle Awards and Catholic Mass Media Awards.

With the show’s phenomenal success, Tonton and Maxene became a household names for their roles as Tonton Escalera and Ma'am Maxene; Patrick and Basti were hailed as their generation’s young superstars; and Joyce regarded as the country’s one and only Comedy Princess. and the ‘teen princess’ of primetime TV

With the success, the second year of ‘Iskul Bukol’ became memorable in more ways than one. DepEd secretary Leonor Briones was impressed and encouraged with the show, saying that it helps imrprove the Filipino learning value in the Department of Education.

Iskul Bukol: Eskwelang-Kwela Party Anniversary Concert (YouTube) (Iskul Bukol (logo): Eskwelang-Kwela Party, The 2nd Anniversary Concert, January 8 * 7:30pm, Araneta Coliseum (left) (Joyce Abestano) (school uniform with school bags and books) (right))

As tribute to its second anniversary, a thanksgiving concert will take place on January 8 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City -- a culmination of the cast's mall tour in the past months. Now that it concludes its second year, one can only hope that ‘Iskul Bukol’ will continue to provide some memorable moments as it enters its third year.

Earlier, ‘Iskul Bukol’ marks on its 2nd year as the top-rating and award-winning curriiculum-based sitcom with the addition of AC Bonifacio and Bailey May in the main cast. AC and Bailey are truly a welcome addition in the show that educates learners in the Saturday night viewing of the best and brightest high school students at the public high school. AC, who came from the first-ever grand champion of ‘Dance Kids’ since 2016, plays the role of a high school classmate who is a dancer and very active as she paired with Joyce, while Bailey plays a high school classmate who involved Angelica (Angelica Marañon), the high school villain girl of Diliman High School.

Iskul Bukol
Taping for Iskul Bukol
 * December 3, 2018 (Episode 103) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Joyce Abestano (Gina, Raniaah, Tonton, Joyce (school uniform) at the Escalera house/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Grae Fernandez) (aired in January 5, 2019)
 * December 10, 2018 (Episode 104) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform) at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Tonton Gutierrez (Tonton, Maxene, Mr. Fu at the principal's office of Diliman High School/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene, Joyce (school uniform) at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Vitto Marquez) (aired in January 12, 2019)
 * December 17, 2018 (Episode 105) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano as triplets (Joyce (school uniform with coat), Joyce (P.E. uniform), Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Maxene Magalona (Joyce (P.E. uniform) and Maxene at the hallway of Diliman High School/Fenech (P.E. uniform), Joyce (P.E. uniform), Dexie (P.E. uniform) and Maxene; Mianne (P.E. uniform), Sajj (P.E. uniform), Andrea (P.E. uniform) and Amanda; and Angelica (P.E. uniform), Veyda (P.E. uniform), Marcine (P.E. uniform) and Alodia)) (with guest: Denise Laurel) (aired in January 19, 2019)
 * December 28, 2018 (Episode 106) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Tonton Gutierrez (Tonton, Raniaah, Robby at the supermarketJoyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform) at the hallway of Diliman High School/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Elmo Magalona, with Yves Flores, Alexander Diaz and Venus Raj) (aired in January 26, 2019)
 * January 2, 2019 (Episode 107) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform)/Joyce's bedroom of the Escalera house)) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Tonton Gutierrez (Tonton, Maxene, Mr. Fu at the principal's office of Diliman High School/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Kat Alano) (aired in February 2, 2019)
 * January 10, 2019 (Episode 108) (the opening scene led by Tonton Gutierrez (Tonton, Maxene, Raymond, Matthew, Alodia, Amanda, Mr. Fu, Robby at the principal's office of Diliman High School/Joyce (P.E. uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene voiced by Carlo Tirona (Celebrity Sports Plaza/Mr. Fu at the volleyball court/Celebrity Sports Plaza with anchor Carlo/Andres (P.E. uniform) for bowling at the bowling center/Nathaniel (P.E. uniform) at the volleyball court/Mianne (P.E. uniform) at the volleyball court/Carlo detailed Tonton and Jef/Tonton for racing/Jef for bowling/Tonton is the winner and Jef is the loser/Carlo detailed Joyce), led by Joyce Abestano (Tonton, Joyce (P.E. uniform), Mianne (P.E. uniform), Miguel (P.E. uniform), Patrick (P.E. uniform) at Celebrity Sports Plaza)) (with guest: Mara Aquino) (aired in February 9, 2019)
 * January 14, 2019 (Episode 109) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Maxene Magalona (Joyce (brown sando), Tonton at Joyce's bedroom of the Escalera house/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Gabbi Garcia) (aired in February 16, 2019)
 * January 21, 2019 (Episode 110) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce Abestano (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Joyce Abestano (Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School/Joyce (school uniform), Tonton, Maxene Mr. Fu, Robby at the principal's office of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Isabela Vinzon) (aired in February 23, 2019)
 * January 28, 2019 (Episode 111) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Tonton Gutierrez (Tonton, Maxene at the hallway of Diliman High School/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Ali Abinal) (aired in March 2, 2019)
 * February 4, 2019 (Episode 112) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Joyce Abestano (Basti (P.E. uniform), Eric, Andrea (P.E. uniform), Joyce (P.E. uniform), Patrick (P.E. uniform), Melanie, Tonton, Raniaah, Maxene, Tess, Victor, Mianne (P.E. uniform), Sajj (P.E. uniform) at Aning's Coffeeteria near Diliman High School) ((after the commercial break, Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform) at the hallway of Diliman High School/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Rish Ramos) (aired in March 9, 2019)
 * February 11, 2019 (Episode 113) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Joyce Abestano (Andrea (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform) at the hallway of Diliman High School/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: James Teng) (aired in March 16, 2019)
 * February 18, 2019 (Episode 114) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (P.E. T-shirt))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Tonton Gutierrez (Tonton, Basti (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform) at the hallway of Diliman High School/Tonton, Mr. Fu, Maxene/Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Dianne Medina) (aired in March 23, 2019)
 * February 26, 2019 (Episode 115) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in March 30, 2019)
 * March 4, 2019 (Episode 116) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform) for the recognition day)) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Joyce Abestano (Andres (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Joyce (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform), Andrea (school uniform), AC (school uniform), Fenech (school uniform), Dexie (school uniform), Angelica (school uniform), Bailey (school uniform), Nathaniel (school uniform), Miguel (school uniform), Mianne (school uniform), Sajj (school uniform), Gwen (school uniform), Benedict (school uniform), Aries (school uniform), Veyda (school uniform), Marcine (school uniform), Antonio (school uniform), Maxene at the classroom of Diliman High School)) (with guest: ) (aired in April 6, 2019)
 * March 11, 2019 (Episode 117) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (P.E. uniform) doing a slide at the playground)) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Tonton Gutierrez (Tonton and Joyce (P.E. uniform); Patrick (P.E. uniform), Basti (P.E. uniform), AC, (P.E. uniform), Bailey (P.E. uniform), Fenech (P.E. uniform), Dexie (P.E. uniform), Andres (P.E. uniform), Andrea (P.E. uniform), Mianne (P.E. uniform), Sajj (P.E. uniform), Nathaniel (P.E. uniform), Miguel (P.E. uniform), Gwen (P.E. uniform), Aries (P.E. uniform), Benedict (P.E. uniform), Antonio (P.E. uniform), Angelica (P.E. uniform), Veyda (P.E. uniform), Marcine (P.E. uniform), Maxene, Spencer at the bus; Mr. Fu, Amanda, Alodia, Robby, Tess, Victor)) (with guest: Ramon Bautista) (aired in April 13, 2019)
 * March 18, 2019 (Episode 118) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Joyce Abestano (Tonton, Joyce (brown sando) at the living room of the Escalera house/Joyce (school uniform), Basti (school uniform), Patrick (school uniform) at the hallway of Diliman High School)) (with guest: Joshua Garcia) (aired in April 27, 2019)
 * March 25, 2019 (Episode 119) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by Melanie Marquez (Patrick (school uniform), Melanie at the Loyzaga house/Patrick (school uniform), Basti (school uniform) outside the Cristobal house)) (with guest: ) (aired in May 4, 2019)
 * April 1, 2019 (Episode 120) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (school uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: Jojo Alejar) (aired in May 11, 2019)
 * April 8, 2019 (Episode 121) (the opening scene led by Joyce Abestano (Joyce (P.E. uniform))) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: Janina Vela, Klea Pineda and Nikki Gonzales) (aired in May 18, 2019)
 * April 15, 2019 (Episode 122) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in May 25, 2019)
 * April 22, 2019 (Episode 123) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in June 1, 2019)
 * April 29, 2019 (Episode 124) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in June 8, 2019)
 * May 6, 2019 (Episode 125) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in June 15, 2019)
 * May 15, 2019 (Episode 126) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in June 22, 2019)
 * May 20, 2019 (Episode 127) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in June 29, 2019)
 * May 27, 2019 (Episode 128) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in July 6, 2019)
 * June 3, 2019 (Episode 129) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in July 13, 2019)
 * June 10, 2019 (Episode 130) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in July 20, 2019)
 * June 17, 2019 (Episode 131) (the opening scene led by  ) (after the intro (opening theme), back in the scene led by  ) (with guest: ) (aired in July 27, 2019)