Posts from — May 2009

Mnet has finally announced that it will be showing the part 2 of the much-hyped F4 After Story or F4 Music Drama Special on Tuesday, May 19.

We’ve seen So Yi Jung (Kim Bum) and Song Woo Bin (Kim Joon) in the first installment. Part 2 will feature Goo Jun Pyo (Lee Min Ho) and Yoon Ji Hoo’s (Kim Hyun Joong) stories.

It was first reported that Lee Min Ho has not recorded any song for the special but some sources are saying that a song entitled “My Everything,” which Min Ho sang is included in the special. Min Ho has previously recorded the digital single “Extreme” for his Cass beer CF.

For those who want to see the special, go to Mnet on Tuesday.

Happy weekend!

Credits: Jazzholic, LMH’s Soompi Thread

Just barely a week after its Philippine premiere, Boys Over Flowers is moved to a new time slot starting next Monday. The Korean phenomenon switches its time slot with Pinoy Bingo Night, taking over the 6 p.m. time slot.

So what does this mean?

The pre-programming for the prime time newscast is very important for rival networks GMA-7 and ABS-CBN because it sets the mood for the viewers. The trend shows that if your pre-programming is a hit, chances are the viewers will stick through your prime time programs. When Meteor Garden became a huge hit in the Philippines, its rerun became the pre-prog for TV Patrol.

Right now, GMA-7′s pre-prog for its prime time newscast 24 Oras is the game show cum comedy skit Hole in the Wall, which has been unbeatable in the ratings game. Starting Monday, Boys Over Flowers will bear this burden on its shoulders.

The good thing about this is that ABS-CBN is becoming more and more aware of BOF’s large and still growing fan base. The network is probably confident that the return of the F4 fever would help boost their ratings.

So will the change in the time slot make or break BOF’s ratings? We’ll see what happens next.

The ratings are out. Korean drama Boys Over Flowers (ABS-CBN) is pitted against Taiwanese drama Fated To Love You (GMA-7) in the primetime ratings war.

In the nationwide household ratings by Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), the premiere of Boys Over Flowers got ahead by five points against Fated To Love You (GMA-7), which got 19.5% viewership.

However in the AGB Mega Manila TV Ratings, Fated To Love You is still ahead with 28.3% vs. BOF’s 22%.

For those who are not familiar with how the ratings work in the Philippines, the Mega Manila ratings is deemed more valuable to advertising as it is the usual basis for ad placements.

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No less than GMA7′s chairman, president and CEO Felipe L. Gozon announced last Sunday in SOP that Dingdong Dantes will be playing Cholo in the local remake of Stairway to Heaven.  Korean actor Kwon Sang Woo played the original role in the drama which brough a lot of tears to its audiences.

Dingdong Dantes became more famous when he became Sergio in the remake of the popular Mexican telenovela Marimar co-starring with Marian Rivera who played the title role.  Stairway to Heaven will be his next project after starring in three dramas with Marian Rivera.

Meanwhile, the role of Jodi played by Korea’s Queen of Tears Cho Ji Woo is still to be determined but Heart Evangelista (Luna Mystica) already expressed her interest to play the role.

Network rivals GMA-7 and ABS-CBN will again go head to head with the premiere of their new Asian dramas.

The 2009 Korean phenomenon Boys Over Flowers will be airing on ABS-CBN starting Monday, May 11, right after Tayong Dalawa.