ALDUB THEME SONG is Number 1 in iTunes: TADHANA by Denise Barbacena

So how is the first Aldub teleserye faring? As expected, the two rating agencies are proclaiming their respective champions. Almost as expected, the familiar Twitter deluge was there, almost a signature Aldub phenomenon.

And, well, the theme song is the top song at iTunes too. Nice song & singer.

Will this be the teleserye that will introduce Aldub to a wider audience in foreign shores, like how teleseryes have made stars of many young Pinoy loveteams in many parts of the world?

Teleserye Trailer: DESTINED TO BE YOURS Starring ALDUB

This is a milestone for GMA's top loveteam. Their first teleserye will be a test for the so-called Aldub Nation, how their actual numbers will be reflected in the TV Ratings. Definitely, one of the more suspenseful moments in Pinoy loveteam history. Will the AGB Nielsen & Kantar figures jive this time?

DESTINED TO BE YOURS: First Aldub Teleserye

So, the top loveteam of GMA, Aldub of Alden Richards & Maine Mendoza, will finally have a teleserye.

With the recent renaissance of GMA in the wake of the success of Encantadia & Alyas Robin Hood, the network wars will surely become really interesting come 2017. The top loveteams of ABS-CBN are preparing theirs as we speak. KathNiel of Kathryn Bernardo & Daniel Padilla has La Luna Sangre while LizQuen of Liza Soberano & Enrique Gil already has one in the backburner.

Will they battle each other head on? As they say in Tagalog, Abangan...

REGIONAL ALDEN: Alden Richards hosts Asian TV Awards 2016

"One True Love" shown on October 14 at My TV Africa (all Subsaharan African countries except South Africa)

I'm on travel and the internet connection sucked. I usually allot 10 minutes sneak time to post my articles via my smartphone but my attempts the past days were really a struggle, be it via Wi-Fi or LTE. Sorry for the missed posts.

Anyway, we have here an encouraging news from GMA, the second TV broadcast station of the Philippines. It sold a teleserye starring Alden Richards & it's going to be aired on My TV Africa on October 14. I criticized GMA before for undermining the world-class Pinoy capacity to produce teleseryes by continuing to ply low-rating Korean dramas, acting like the Peruvian Panamericana TV of the Philippines (Panamericana showed kdramas for 10 years though they were perennially at the bottom of the Peruvian ratings lorded over by telenovelas from Mexico, Peru, Turkey, Colombia & the Philipines, but it was a low-rating station generally which needed other sources of income, while GMA should have had more self-respect because it was supposed to be in a higher class- its shows could still rate rather highly). But we'll continue to encourage so it can outgrow its inferiority complex (and help some Pinoys outgrow their liit ng tingin sa sarili) and join in strengthening the Pinoy brand- because teleseryes have only one brand- Pinoy.

Pinoy Teleseryes @ KTN KENYA: "FOREVERMORE" Starring LIZQUEN & "CARMELA" Starring Marian Rivera & Alden Richards

So the international hit Forevermore is now showing at KTN Kenya, primetime at 6-6.59 pm Eastern African Time on weekdays. The hot teleserye of the Lizquen loveteam of Enrique Gil & Liza Soberano was already shown via cable throughout Africa on StarTimes late last year but the Kenyan masses will now have the opportunity to watch it on free TV.

The other telenovela being shown at KTN is also another Pinoy teleserye, the Marian Rivera & Alden Richards starrer Carmela which is a reissue having been shown at primetime by the same station last year. It can be watched now at 9 AM Eastern African Time, KTN.

PINOY TELESERYE@ SNTV Vietnam: Carmela/ Ikaw Lamang/Dyesebel

MOVIE TRAILER: "Imagine You and Me" starring Aldub

Pinoy Teleserye Marches On Throughout The World

Pinoy teleserye is really going places, No need for words, just watch a few clips I selected. I have to repeat the word few. Needless to say, there are more...

Pangako Sa Yo in Spanish (La Promesa)
Forevermore (in English), after taking Central Asia by storm, now making waves in Africa

Marian Rivera's "CARMELA" in Vietnam, Africa, Cambodia & Malaysia

NEW YORK BOUND Alden RIchards as Jose Rizal in "ILUSTRADO"

The local entertainment blogs were awashed with the news that heartthrob Alden Richards' teleserye, Ilustrado, was nominated for Best Mini-Series at the 2016 New York Festival. Well, I was still not too keen on local showbiz when it was shown in late 2014 so that made me curious to make up for lost time. It must have been special if it was noticed in New York. It turned out he played Jose Rizal  here.

Interesting images. Alden Richards could easily transcend his multi-racial pretty boy looks and very much looked the part. Without doubt, he was Jose Rizal here. The mark of a great Pinoy actor in the making.

Pinoy Teleserye "CARMELA" Now Showing on KTN Kenya

You can watch Marian Rivera & Alden Richards speaking in English (dubbed), just click  here . Primetime, 6:00- 6:59 PM Kenya time.

I would like to welcome our Kenyan readers. I was surprised to learn the Kenyans were the third largest group of readers of our blog for the month of November.

GMA Christmas Station ID 2015: Recording Session

OFFICIAL TRAILER: "My Bebe Love"

Alden Richards hugs Maine Mendoza, First Dance and Maine's Real Voice Message ALDUB Oct 24, 2015

Alden Richards - Wish I May - Official Music Video

Alden Richards - God Gave Me You - Lyric Video

ALDUB FASTFOOD

Alden Richards - Thinking Out Loud - Recording (BTS)/ Snippet

Alden Richards - Wish I May Album Pictorial BTS Footage

ALDUB VS KATHNIEL: Who's the 2015 Philippines' Most Popular Love Team?

While the ALDUB loveteam lords over at noontime, the KATHNIEL pair sizzles at nighttime. A lot of people can't wait for the inevitable head-on collision, the Clash of the Titans- to determine once and for all, who really is the most popular love team in the country.

 Consider this post as a teaser. I love making intriga sometimes.