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Commentary: How Pressure Cooker 2023 Got Me Interested in “Big Brother US”...
The last full season of Big Brother US I’ve watched was season 20. It was surprising and definitely very exciting to see Filipino-American Kaycee Clark go all the way to the end and win the season....
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Commentary/Review: “E.A.T” and “Eat Bulaga”– Philippine Noontime Settles… For...
So 2-3 months after the Philippine Noontime Tumult reached fever pitch, things seemed to have settled. Ratings show a pretty neck-to-neck battle between the three shows: TV5’s E.A.T, TAPE Inc and GMA...
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Commentary: Eat Bulaga – It’s Time to Move On
When it comes to two simple words, it’s time for everyone to move on. Those words are “Eat” and “Bulaga”. After the initial IPO decision this week and regardless of any appeals that may come in the...
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Top 50 of 2023 – My Favorite Songs of the Year!
It’s that time of year again! And as always, I had trouble putting together my list of favorite music from this year. Initially, I wasn’t sure again if I even had 50 songs I could list. But once I did...
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My Top 10 Favorite Korean Dramas of 2022!
In previous years since I was able to watch many more K-Dramas during COVID in 2020. I was able to list my Top 20 shows every year with a couple of extra just outside of the Top 20. In 2023, I was...
View ArticleMy Top 16 Favorite OSTs of 2023
“Perfect,” “encapsulate,” “capture,” “evoke”; I’ll use those words a lot here. But it really is those things that make a song well-suited to be part of a TV or film soundtrack. Here are 16 of my...
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My 2023 K-Drama All-Stars
Last year, I decided to put together my K-Drama All-Stars list. That is, actors who I might have seen the most in my drama watching during the year. Though I watched less Korean dramas in 2023, I...
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My 2023 K-Drama All-Stars (Ensemble Cast)
This year, I decided to single out some wonderful ensemble performances in Korean drama from 2023. Sometimes it takes an entire cast to come together to help make a show so good, or even elevate a...
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Happy New Year!
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Commentary: Eat Bulaga/Tahanang Pinakamasaya – NOW, Can Everyone Move On?
I feel like a good rant this Friday evening (Saturday noontime, Philippine time). I posted back in December that it was time to move on from the Eat Bulaga drama. I closed out my post back then by...
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Commentary: Filipino Schadenfreude, Network War Culture and The End of...
Warning: Looooong rant incoming! Friday evening here in California at 10:32 p.m. Scrolling on Facebook, I saw that the TAPE Inc livestream of Tahanang Pinakamasaya was still on and live. I was...
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Shows I’m Looking Forward to From GMMTV2024 UP&ABOVE PART2
I’ve had a lot of fun watching GMMTV’s annual trade launches these last few years. Even though I end up watching maybe one or two shows from the line-ups each year, just watching this big event and...
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Fan Casting a GMA Network Filipino Adaptation of Korean Drama “Penthouse”
There’s been some tsismis about the potential of a Philippine adaptation of the blockbuster Korean drama series Penthouse. Everything from it becoming the second GMA Network-ABS-CBN collaboration to...
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