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| Bituing Walang Ningning | |
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 Bituing Walang Ningning promotional logo (used for the trailer in April 2006) | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | ABS-CBN Studios |
| Based on | Bituing Walang Ningning (1985) by Emmanuel H. Borlaza |
| Directed by | Gilbert G. Perez Erick Salud Jerome Chavez Pobocan |
| Starring | Sarah Geronimo Angelika Dela Cruz Zsa Zsa Padilla Amy Austria Tonton Gutierrez Ryan Agoncillo John Prats Carlo Aquino Ai-Ai delas Alas |
| Opening theme | "Bituing Walang Ningning" by Sarah Geronimo |
| Composer | Willy Cruz |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Tagalog |
| No. of episodes | 105 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Emerald Suarez Kylie Manalo-Balagtas |
| Production locations | Manila Cebu |
| Running time | 25–30 minutes |
| Production companies | Dreamscape Entertainment Viva Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABS-CBN |
| Release | May 15 – October 6, 2006 |
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Bituing Walang Ningning (transl. star without a sparkle) is a 2006 Philippine television drama musical romance series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Gilbert G. Perez, Erick Salud and Jerome Chavez Pobocan, it stars Sarah Geronimo, Angelika Dela Cruz, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Amy Austria, Tonton Gutierrez, Ryan Agoncillo, John Prats, Carlo Aquino and Ai-Ai delas Alas. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up from May 15 to October 6, 2006, replacing Gulong ng Palad and was replaced by Maging Sino Ka Man.
The series was supposed to end on September 22, 2006 but ended on October 6, 2006 due to coverage of the special concert staged at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and a taped interview for the series on September 12 and also rehearsals, taping and dubbing which occurred during the run. The finale was in five parts for its finale week, introduced its current prime time series Maging Sino Ka Man with its pilot episode moved to a different timeslot and would also be the replacement of the TV series. On October 1, 2006, a "Himig of Pasasalamat Concert" was staged at the Araneta with all of the characters which was also televised live. The series also showed a glimpse of behind-the-scenes footage and also sung the themes from its successful album produced by Star Records and Viva Records. Although, it was said that some parts of the series were supposed to also be produced by Viva such as songs sung by Sarah Geronimo herself and the theme of the song was originally popularized by Sharon Cuneta in the film. This was Carlo Aquino's final appearance of the show before moving to its rival network GMA 7 in November whereas Hero Angeles who also moved to the same network when he controversially ended his Star Magic contract in 2005 and Errol Abalayan who did not continue his own acting (both former SCQ teen questors), although they both did not join the ensemble cast.
Production started in January through mid September airing the next following week of the concert airing on Sundays best two taped interviews were taped separately before Sarah and Angelika would go on doing different soaps in 2007 Sarah Geronimo did a follow-up soap with a similar storyline Pangarap na Bituin the soap was taped weekly until Geronimo turned 18 years old in August due to labor laws during filming in August her debut was also taped during the series and Dela Cruz opened up that in the past her manager Boy Abunda asked her to do this soap which became a game changer as Dela Cruz was known for playing sassy heroines in Soap or TV projects as her image was as of Maricel Soriano.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.[1]
- ^ "Bituing Walang Ningning Full Episodes". YouTube. Retrieved October 19, 2024.