ANO? HINDI KA PA NAKAKAPANOOD NG MUNTING HEREDERA?

Munting Heredera is the best drama series in Philippine television today. If you asked me a month ago I would have said that ABS-CBN’s 100 Days to Heaven is the show to watch. But Heredera slowly captured the attention of viewers thanks to its fast pacing, superb actors and an engaging storyline.

I still believe that come awards season Coney Reyes, Jodi Sta. Maria and Xyriel Manabat should get a triple-tie for best actress. But 100 Days current guest of the week set-up got the show kind of dragging. Since last night, the show had stopped with the guest stars and now returns to finding out who killed Madam Anna. We’ll see where it goes from here and I hope that the next time there’ll be another guest star is that it would be really, really integral to the story and not just another way to extend the teleserye.

On the other hand, the writers of Munting Heredera seem to be enjoying their work. Yes, we know that eventually they’ll all find out that Jennifer is the real heredera but by killing off one of the main villains, Lynette as played by Katrina Halili, they gave the viewers An unexpected jolt. With this show, you’ll never really know what will happen. It also worked for the program when they reveal the coming episodes in the end credits. It made the viewers want to see more.

It’s funny but when this program first aired it was placed in a latenight timeslot perhaps because it didn’t star any of GMA7’s top artistas. What the TV channels should understand that sometimes a good and compelling story is enough to pull in the audience.