GMA management is once again at the forefront of last-minute changes.
The latest of these moves took place Monday night, as ‘Once Upon a Kiss’ was placed after ‘More Than Words’ on GMA’s Telebabad block. Prior to the late switch, ‘Once Upon a Kiss’ was scheduled to premiere after ’24 Oras’.
Despite the last-minute change in schedule, the pilot episode of ‘Once Upon a Kiss’ still failed to impress viewers. The teleserye only managed a 15.2% rating against the 23.6 % of ABS-CBN’s ‘Forevermore’, according to Kantar.
That said, the series starring Bianca Umali and Miguel Tanfelix will have a lot more work to do if they want to get past the increasingly popular tandem of Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano. Considering the momentum that ‘Forevermore’ generated from day one, it will be a daunting task for the former to overcome.
Meanwhile, the long-overdue premiere of ‘Second Chances’ will take place this Monday. The series had been scheduled to air back in November, but GMA postponed its premiere in hopes of making a splash for the new year.
As seen in the teasers released by the network, the series tells the story of four different individuals whose lives will change by way of a traumatizing event. Portraying these life-changing characters are Jennylyn Mercado, Camille Prats, Raymart Santiago and Rafael Rosell.
‘Second Chances’ has been in production since early August, and was intended to replace ‘Ilustrado’ on Telebabad back in November. But due to some last minute programming changes, the series premiere was postponed until the early part of 2015.
Now that ‘Second Chances’ finally gets its due, it will be interesting to see how a story of inspiration and determination fare against one featuring infidelity and jealousy. Its pilot week will be against the hot-as-lava ‘Two Wives’, who has thoroughly dominated the former’s predecessor ‘Hiram na Alaala’ for the most part.
That said, GMA now hopes to have a second chance of their own. A traumatizing event like low ratings, declining revenue and front office mismanagement are definitely worth overcoming, but unless GMA finds a way to make a second chance, they will again find themselves on the losing end of ABS-CBN’s dominance.
‘Second Chances’ premieres this Monday after ‘Once Upon a Kiss’ on GMA Telebabad.
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Sigaw ng Bayan: OVERHAUL! OVERHAUL!
I agree with you, ramones. GMA will most likely air a Tagalog-dubbed movie tonight versus the Papal documentaries of the other networks.
As proof of GMA’s incompetence, the movie Wrath of the Titans will be aired tonight on SNBO while ABS-CBN and TV5 are airing documentaries on Pope Francis.
Overhaul the network, not just on Sundays!!!
True that!!!
Papayag pa ba kaya ang mga solid Kapuso fantards?
Who cares? Change is inevitable on GMA’s side. Kailangan nila itong tanggapin, masakit man ito sa kalooban nila.
depende sa kanila. not all kapuso fans have the same reactions.
True that.
Babawi na lng cla uli
Babawi if they do the right thing and make some changes. If they stick to the same ol’ formula, wala na silang pagasa.