After My Korean Jagiya (Heart Evangelista and Alexander Lee), late night romantic comedy fans are in for a new hilarious series featuring three women, all sharing the same experience with the same guy as boyfriend. But, of course, he is now their beloved “ex.”
Lovi Poe, Max Collins, and Rhian Ramos play the girls that Dennis Trillo, at various points in time, were his girlfriends, and all of them ended up broken hearted when he broke up with them.
The series is called The One That Got Away, referring of course to Trillo’s character in relation to the three women, Poe, Collins, and Ramos.
At a certain point in the series, the three girls meet and funnily, all three of them are still yearning for the same man. What will happen then? Will they be friends, enemies, of frenemies?
This 2018, GMA Network starts the year with a bang proudly unveiling The One That Got Away, a sexy, romantic comedy series that will surely entertain and make Kapuso viewers believe in love, family, friendship, and all the craziness that goes with it. Kapuso’s opening salvo is all set to win the hearts of television audiences with its intriguing storyline and interesting mix of characters.
Three of the network’s sought-after leading ladies play the series’ interesting lead characters –Ramos as “Zoe”, Collins as “Darcy” and Poe as “Alex,” with the station’s Drama King, Trillo, as “Liam,” the man whom these women had a relationship with in the past.
The first ex-girlfriend, Alexandra Rey “Alex” Makalintal, is beautiful, independent, family-oriented and incredibly career-driven. She and Liam fell madly in love. Alex’s family loved Liam too, and Liam’s friends all liked Alex for him. But Alex’s career goals got in the way. She rejected Liam’s marriage proposal and they parted ways.
The second ex-girlfriend, Darlene “Darcy” Sibuyan, met Liam after he broke up with Alex . They became friends until they fell for each other. But when an opportunity abroad presented itself to Darcy, she decided to take it. The long distance relationship didn’t work for both of them, eventually breaking them apart.
The third ex-girlfriend, Sophia Elizabeth “Zoe” Velasquez is a swimwear designer and blogger who’s always out for fun. Her parents separated when she was young which is why Liam became her pseudo-family. However, Zoe’s possessive tendencies and Liam’s busy schedule are the reason their relationship fell apart. But ever since breaking up with him, Zoe regretted her decision and wants Liam back.
Dennis Trillo is William Dominic “Liam” Ilustre, the ex-boyfriend of Alex, Darcy, and Zoe. He is the ideal boyfriend – handsome, smart, loving, and a true gentleman. He manages his own organic farm and dreams of a big, happy family. He eventually meets a fatal accident and became comatose. When he wakes up, he see his three exes together in his hospital room.
Three perfectly lovely women are still in love with him. But who will win his heart again? More importantly, how does friendship thrive among Alex, Darcy, and Zoe if they were all once romantically linked with the same man?
Also featuring in this frenzied tale is a roster of talented actors with boyish good looks and arresting charm.
Ivan Dorschner is Inigo Sandoval, Liam’s college friend and a trust fund baby who graduated with a business degree. He loves traveling the world and meets a lot of women doing so. Later on, he falls in love with Darcy and this will cause a conflict with him and Liam.
Migo Adecer is Samuel “Sam” Isaac, Zoe’s mischievous half-brother. Since he came home from Australia, he moved in with Zoe and she assigned him to manage one of their coffee shops. He had a lot of girlfriends in the past. He also develops a crush on Alex.
Jason Abalos, in his very first GMA project, is Gael Makalintal. He is Alex’s elder brother and a cool single-dad to his four-year old son, Nemo. He is also a chick-magnet and begins dating Zoe, causing a rift between him and Alex.
Also in the cast are Bembol Roco as Pancho Makalintal, Alex’s jolly father and a wannabe rockstar who now teaches music part-time; Snooky Serna as Fatima “Patty” Makalintal, Alex’s conservative mother who is also a hopeless romantic and owns a small antique shop; Luz Valdez as Maria “Mama Ya” De Los Reyes, Liam’s hip and motherly yaya who raised him like her own son; Ervic Vijandre as Joni, Darcy’s elder brother who already has a son; Ayra Mariano as Mikaela “Ekay” Makalintal, the kikay younger sister of Alex who dreams of becoming an actress and develops a crush on Sam; Ashley Rivera as Paris, a constant backstabber and segment host at the cable network Alex works at; Sophie Albert as Chanel, Liam’s current girlfriend and a sophisticated marketing executive for a local clothing brand; and Jason Francisco as Moi, Liam’s childhood friend who is also the crew leader at his organic farm and crushes on Onay, among others.
The One That Got Away airs right after Kambal, Karibal on GMA Telebabad.
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One of my favorite local soaps happen to be Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin that airs Monday to Friday, 11:30 a.m. on the Kapamilya channel. Actually, I discovered this series by accident, although I knew about it, until I was searching something to watch before lunch several months ago. I stumbled upon it on SkyCable 167, the HD channel of ABS-CBN (I prefer watching shows on HD as it’s images are close to reality, so unlike the images of SD (Standard Definition) that appear distorted on wide flat screen monitors).
Now, the show is counting just two weeks before its finale. And I am saddened by its imminent departure from the screen.
I like the narrative development of the soap and currently Carlos (Jake Cuenca) gets more cunning in plotting revenge against Gabriel (Gerald Anderson) using Lola Lydia (Gina Pareño) as bait to destroy his nemesis.
Despite his perfectly laid out ploys, Carlos still fails to end his rival’s life after Gabriel managed to escape the brutal hands of the syndicate. To ensure Gabriel’s downfall, Carlos has deceived Lola Lydia into trusting him and has threatened Gabriel that he would hurt the old woman once Gabriel does any move against him.
Carlos’ secrets, meanwhile, are starting to unravel after Bianca (Kim Chiu) learned about the millions of pesos he earned from the transaction he had with the syndicate. Gabriel also discovered that Carlos is conniving with a shareholder to steal money from Tiger Shark, proving that the latter is the mastermind behind the company’s losses.
I am not surprised that it consistently leads in national TV ratings. Last Jan 8, the series recorded a national TV rating of 17.3 percent, or a 10.2-point lead over The Lolas’ Beautiful Show with only 7.1 percent (according to data from Kantar Media).
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My friend and BBC World News anchor Rico Hizon has brought pride once again to the Philippines.
Rico’s global news show Newsday won the prestigious Best News Programme at the 22nd Asian Television Awards held recently in Singapore.
Newsday beat four other nominated programs from CNN International, Al Jazeera and CNBC Asia Pacific. Rico’s other news show Asia Business Report was also nominated.
This is the first time a global news program presented by a Filipino won at the Asian Television Awards.
In his acceptance speech, Rico, the only Pinoy anchor on BBC News thanked his co-presenters Sharanjit Leyl, and Babita Sharma and Kasia Madera in London, the producers and directors from news gathering in London and Singapore for making this victory possible.
Newsday was launched in 2011 as a co-presented news program live from the BBC News global hubs in London and Singapore. Rico has anchored the show since the launch.
Celebrating his 15th year with BBC News this year, Rico is a multi-awarded journalist having won the Rotary Club of Manila Broadcast Journalist of the Year Award, The Outstanding Young Men or TOYM award for International Journalism and in 2014 was Highly Commended in the Best News Anchor category at the Asian Television Awards.
BBC News one of the most trusted sources of news has a global audience of 400 million.
