The journey towards the end of the first half was just as jampacked as the preceding quarter.
As we prepare to bid adieu to 2024, Trendrod is taking a trip down memory lane and revisit the stories that made our year across our online platforms.
For the second part of this special series, we take a look at the most-popular articles from April until June.
• ‘It’s Showtime’ makes historic GMA premiere (April 6, 2024)
For its special GMA-7 premiere in April, ‘It’s Showtime’ logged the peak concurrent live online views of more than 400,000, on top of high TV ratings that averaged 9.7-percent, according to Nielsen’s National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM).
• “Patr-ALL ng Pilipino”: ABS-CBN newscast ‘TV Patrol’ makes channel 2 comeback via ALLTV (April 12, 2024)
In a Facebook post by ALLTV News, the news team of TV station ALLTV, it confirmed through an art card that ABS-CBN’s flagship primetime newscast ‘TV Patrol’ will be seen on the channel via a simulcast starting Monday, April 15.
• ‘Sakay na All!’: ALLTV simulcasts ABS-CBN’s Jeepney TV channel (April 15, 2024)
Instead of broadcasting its own set of shows, ALLTV did the opposite on Monday, April 15, and began airing archived shows from ABS-CBN, which was the former operator of free television channel 2.
• GMMTV announces ‘Scarlet Heart’ Thailand remake (April 23, 2024)
During their mid-year upfront presentation on Tuesday, April 23, Thai content production giant GMMTV announced that they are set to do a local remake of time-slip melodrama ‘Scarlet Heart.’
• Byeon Woo Seok sets date for ‘Summer Letter’ Manila fanmeet (May 14, 2024)
‘Lovely Runner’ lead star Byeon Woo Seok brought his ‘Summer Letter’ fan meeting tour to the Philippines last June.
• ABS-CBN bids farewell to ‘The Voice of the Philippines’ franchise (May 19, 2024)
After 10 seasons since 2013, the recent season of ‘The Voice Teens’ would be the last time ABS-CBN Studios will be handling the local ‘The Voice’ franchise.
• F4 from different countries: Jerry Yan, Win Metawin meet in Thailand (May 24, 2024)
On Thursday, May 23, Thai actor Win Metawin shared on his Instagram account photos from that he took from his encounter with none other than Taiwanese superstar Jerry Yan.
• Teleradyo Serbisyo makes free TV debut via Prime TV on May 27 (May 26, 2024)
On Monday, May 27, Teleradyo Serbisyo — the television hook-up channel of AM radio news, talk, and public service station DWPM Radyo 630 — made its free-to-air debut via Prime TV (now PRTV Prime Media) on BEAM’s digital terrestrial frequency.
• Vic Sotto’s GMA sitcom ‘Open 24/7’ closes down (June 1, 2024)
Reruns of children-oriented fantasy show ‘Daig Kayo Ng Lola Ko’ took over the 9:30 pm, Saturday time slot vacated by the weekly situational comedy program ‘Open 24/7,’ which aired its final episode in May.
• Vice Ganda issues statement on controversial ‘Expecially’ moment on ‘Showtime’ (June 4, 2024 )
On Tuesday, June 4, ‘It’s Showtime’ hosts led by Vice Ganda addressed the controversial moment during their ‘Expecially For You’ segment last May 31.
• BGYO drops new single ‘Gigil’ (June 7, 2024)
On Friday, June 7, Filipino male pop group BGYO dropped their newest single titled ‘Gigil,’ the band’s second song to be released this year.
• ‘Newswatch Plus’ to launch online, RPTV, Aliw 23 (June 8, 2024)
The organization, which brought back to life the iconic ‘Newswatch’ brand, is fronted by several former CNN Philippines anchors, reporters, and personalities, which were affected by the news channel’s shutdown in January 2024.
• BINI holds first of three-night sold-out ‘Biniverse’ concert (June 28, 2024)
On June 28, trending P-pop group BINI held the first show of their sold-out three-night concert titled ‘BINIverse’ at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City, with the other two nights held over the two subsequent nights on June 29 and 30.
• BTS member V to release photo book ‘Type 1’ in July (June 28, 2024)
V, who is currently on a break from his idol activities to serve in South Korea’s mandatory military service, released his photo book titled ‘Type 1’ last July.
