‘Instadad’ ran for four months and 14 episodes, with little success. It will be replaced by ‘Heart of Asia Presents’ and ‘Alamat’ this coming Sunday. (Photo credit: GMA Network)
So long, ‘Instadad’.
The comedy-drama series that starred Gabby Eigenmann, Gabbi Garcia, Ashley Ortega and Jazz Ocampo aired its final episode Sunday afternoon. Overall, ‘Instadad’ aired for only a mere 14 episodes, from April 5 until yesterday.
‘Instadad”s pilot episode was pitted against ‘The Buzz”s finale, and had an impressive start as far as ratings are concerned. But when ABS-CBN moved ‘Luv U’ to a later timeslot the following week, ‘Instadad’ failed to keep up to its new rival.
Not even the premiere of ‘Wowowin’ nearly a month later helped ‘Instadad’ regain its opening day fortunes, nor did the former’s suddenly declining ratings in subsequent weeks. In the end, GMA’s latest attempt at a teen-oriented series was doomed as a failure once again.
Now that ‘Instadad’ is already out of picture, both Gabby Eigenmann and Gabbi Garcia can now focus on their primetime projects in ‘Pari ‘Koy’ and ‘Let the Love Begin’, respectively. At least they still have something to keep busy with.
Moving on, GMA has lined up a pair of programs to replace ‘Instadad’. They are:
Heart of Asia Presents
If five Asianovelas on weekdays are not enough, then a weekend with GMA’s ‘Heart of Asia’ block should satiate the desires of Asianovela fans. As the title suggests, ‘Heart of Asia Presents’ will feature special presentations of various Asian dramas, particularly from Korea.
‘Heart of Asia Presents’ airs every Sunday at 4:30 p.m. starting July 12.
Alamat
GMA dubs it as the first-ever local animated anthology series. Produced by GMA News and Public Affairs, ‘Alamat’ will feature a some of the greatest myths and legends the country has ever told, and will be voiced by some of the country’s most popular and distinguished personalities.
‘Alamat’ airs every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. starting July 12.
This should be another acid test for GMA’s predictably weak Sunday offerings. ‘Alamat’ and ‘Heart of Asia Presents’ may pack some potential, but it remains to be seen if they are definitely good enough for viewers to see.
With that, good luck to both shows.
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Just great. Another Asianovela. Overdependent na ang GMA sa mga Asianovelas these days. This proves that GMA is weak on weekends.
Technically not an Asianovela, but an Asian drama anthology. Still the same nevertheless.
Technically not an Asianovela, but an Asian drama anthology. Still the same nevertheless.
Will ‘To The Top’ replace Asia’s Next Top Model Season 3 in a few weeks?
Alamat looks promising on paper.
When those two new GMA Sunday afternoon shows end, will GMA Blockbusters replace them, or will Wowowin extend its timeslot in light of its ratings blunders and a very recent controversy?
Better keep tuning in. We don’t know when To the Top will air on GMA.
AFAIK, GMA only allotted an hour for Wowowin, nothing else. They didn’t want to see any untoward incident that affected Willie on 2 and 5. GMA Blockbusters will be short on time if it were to replace the two upcoming programs, unless GMA suddenly cancels Wowowin.
According to its newspaper ads this morning, To The Top will air on weekends beginning July 18. Probably, the Sunday edition will replace ANTM.
The same ad also mentioned that the GMA 65th anniversary show will be at the Mall of Asia Arena on July 26 starting at 11 am. Most likely, it will be aired live until Wowowin comes in at 3:30 pm.
More on To the Top once the airing times come to light. We’ll have to first evaluate Heart of Asia Presents and Alamat.
bka kaya wala ng asianovela sa Dos dhil overkill na ang GMA,
We’ll never know.
too give way for PBB 737
That’s an obvious reason. May mas malalim pa diyan. Remember, they could have used the weekday Kapamilya Blockbusters in the morning for new Asianovelas, but they didn’t do it.
May mga open slots ang ABS para i-ere ang mga Asianovelas, pero hindi nila sinamantala. Kaya masyadong mababaw ang rason mo. Kung ang GMA nga sa umaga rin umeere ng Asianovela, sa ABS pa kaya.
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Between the two shows, I think Alamat has a good chance of getting some viewers. It’s been a long time since there was a regular animated series on TV. I remember, there was Ang Panday on RPN 9 before.
Actually, there was an animated Super Inggo on ABS-CBN not long ago.
That’s three months I counted not four for the duration of InstaDad.
Staying in the topic of such replacement, I agree with John Rodrigo, it’s just great, another Asian anthologies despite different genre on James Ty III’s favorite day!
But when to comes to “Alamat,” that’s another story to tell (no pun intended). It would reinvigorate not children’s programming — even a small spark — since Ang Mahiwagang Baul but also the efforts and fruits of our homegrown animators.
Ok then. GMA needs to make all the stops in order to revitalize their Sunday lineup.
At least, GMA is nowadays doing efforts to fix their Sunday afternoon sked after failing so many times already in the recent years.
Although they still have movies at noontime. But a good step forward nonetheless.
I talked to Ashley Ortega at the PBA games last night and she admitted to me that InstaDad was no match for Luv U in the ratings. One of her co-stars, Jazz Ocampo, was a former Luv U mainstay.
GMA hasn’t fared well with teen-oriented programs since Click signed off. Speaking of which, TGIS turns 20 this week, and I’ll write about that soon.
Please also update us on all of the cast members of TGIS and what they are doing now.
GMA once had an article about that. To update on that article, Antoinette Taus is now part of Bridges of Love, Polo also appeared on ABS shows and Sunshine is now part of Pari ‘Koy alongside Dingdong. The ‘Where are They Now’ thing may be too long for inclusion, so either none of that or just a simple summary. I’d rather focus on the show’s legacy and success, and how it led to similar teen-oriented series.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/community/photos/2014-09-19/553/7846/TGISbatch2
Here’s more ‘Where are They Now’ of TGIS stars. You might as well get updated on that if you were really serious about showbiz.
http://8list.ph/watn-tgis-stars/
http://www.pep.ph/celeb/photos/7194/click-tgis-and-growing-up-teen-stars-where-are-they-now
The Philippine Entertainment Portal has just reported that Wowowin will air its last show tomorrow. According to the report, Willie Revillame is suffering from financial problems because of his show’s low ratings and he will meet with GMA executives regarding his plan to make his show a daily one.
GMA management can only accommodate Willie for 30 minutes everyday.
http://www.pep.ph/news/55098/willie-revillamersquos-wowowin-to-go-off-air-due-to-financial-woes
Before you confirm, there is a question mark on the title. Meaning it’s still up in the air. Better wait till next week for the official confirmation.