Senior High | |
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Genre | |
Written by | Kay Conlu Brondial Bridgette Rebucca Jason Mondragon |
Directed by | Onat Diaz Andoy Ranay Jojo Saguin Rico Navarro |
Starring | |
Music by | Idonnah Villarico Rommel Villarico |
Opening theme | "Bazinga" by SB19 |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Original language | Filipino |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 105 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Carlo Katigbak Cory Vidanes Laurenti Dyogi Roldeo Endrinal Jamie Lopez |
Producers | Rosselle Soldao-Ganaban Minelle Nielo-Espiritu Camille Rosales-Navarro |
Production location | Metro Manila |
Cinematography | Maria Francesca Lee Mark Joshua Tirona |
Editors | Ray Ann Kristelle Endaya-Reyes Zara Terrado-Vidallo Maydelle Marcial Omar Cervantes John Ryan Bonifacio |
Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 23-39 minutes |
Production company | Dreamscape Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Kapamilya Channel [lower-alpha 1] iWantTFC |
Release | August 28, 2023 – January 19, 2024 |
Related | |
High Street |
Senior High is a Philippine teen drama television series that aired on Kapamilya Channel and streamed on iWantTFC. Directed by Onat Diaz and Andoy Ranay, it starred by Andrea Brillantes, Kyle Echarri, Juan Karlos Labajo, Elijah Canlas, Zaijian Jaranilla, Xyriel Manabat, and Daniela Stranner. The series premiered on the network's Primetime Bida evening block and worldwide via The Filipino Channel on August 28, 2023 to January 19, 2024, replacing Dirty Linen , and was replaced by Linlang in Can't Buy Me Love timeslot. [1] [2] [3]
This is the first iWantTFC original series using the teleserye format.
A sequel to the series, High Street , premiered on May 13, 2024. It is set to replace Can't Buy Me Love .
A student's death causes a scandal at the prestigious Northford High. Investigations conclude it was a suicide, but the victim's twin sister thinks otherwise. As she searches for the truth, With finding the truth she discovers that everyone around her lives in a life full of lies and desires in which the lies becomes the truth.
Luna's (Andrea Brillantes) twin sister, Sky (Andrea Brillantes), has discovered disturbing things during the school year. Sky has discovered a video on Luna's phone that Z (Daniela Stranner) bullied Luna. Having to tell Tania (Angel Aquino), Sky and Luna's mother, about the video. She was stunned by how difficult Luna had gone through all those times. Archie (Elijah Canlas) found that Harry (Baron Geisler) is the biological father of Sky and Luna, and he convinced Sky after he had a drug incident at the party. Afterward, Obet (Kyle Echarri) was in a risky situation when the school was on high alert for illegal activities. Harry's relationship came to light that his second wife, Sasha (Desiree Del Valle), & her family had left him and then came back after a settlement. Sky, Obet, and Lydia (Sylvia Sanchez) were finding ways to find disturbing CCTV videos from the school, but the hunches were seen, and it caught their attention that Lydia was able to catch and convince them. During exam time, Kenjie (Tommy Alejandrino) threw the cheat sheet on Sky after he finished, in which Sky was expelled. However, the proof of evidence overturned it, and Sanya (Gela Atayde) wasn't happy with Kenjie. He apologized to Sky and Sanya and had their friendship back. Sky was able to re-take and passed the exam. At Sanya's birthday party, Z planned on humiliate Sky, but it backfired thanks to the witness of Obet and Kenjie. Afterward, Sky and Gino (Juan Karlos Labajo) started getting close to each other, reminding her as her twin sister, Luna. On the next morning, Principal Amanda (Kakki Teodoro) had informed Sky that her pay tuition is not fully paid. Meanwhile, Sasha gaslighted to the public that Luna was pregnant and Gino was the father who would get back at Sky. His father, Gov. William Acosta (Mon Confiado), went into panic mode that tarnished Gino's reputation.
The series was pre-empted on A2Z on Wednesdays and Fridays to give way to the 2023–24 PBA season from November 8, 2023 to January 19, 2024 and continued on Kapamilya Channel and TV5. [8]
Throughout its run, Senior High was the most watched program on the streaming service iWantTFC. [9] Within its first two weeks, the series garnered more than 38 million views across Facebook and YouTube. [10] On January 19, 2024, the series received its highest online viewership with 225,118 concurrent viewers on Kapamilya Online Live. [11] [12] In January 2024, the series has accumulated over two billion combined views on TikTok. [12] [13]
According to Nielsen NUTAM People Survey, the series attained its highest television rating on January 19, 2024 with an average of 6.7% aired in the third primetime slot since ABS-CBN shutdown on May 5, 2020. It surpassed the records set by the series The Broken Marriage Vow , Dirty Linen and Init sa Magdamag , which consistently recorded a peak rating of 6.2%, while airing on the same timeslot. [14]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | VP Choice Awards | TV Series of the Year (Primetime) | Senior High | Pending | [15] |
TV Actress of the Year | Andrea Brillantes | Pending | |||
TV Actor of the Year | Kyle Echarri | Pending | |||
TV Supporting Actress of the Year | Xyriel Manabat | Pending | |||
Breakthrough Star of the Year | Zaijan Jaranilla | Pending | |||
Miggy Jimenez | Pending | ||||
BL Love Team Of The Year | Zaijan Jaranilla and Miggy Jimenez | Pending | |||
Platinum Stallion Media Awards | Best Primetime Drama Actor | Elijah Canlas | Won | [16] | |
Best Primetime Supporting Actor | Miggy Jimenez | Won |
A sequel has been announced according to a tweet from Dreamscape head Eric John Salut with a working title High Street . On March 22, 2024, Dreamscape Entertainment announced on their social media page that the title of the sequel is officially called High Street. [17]
On March 25, 2024, Dreamscape Entertainment released the video of the story con held, and announced both the returning casts and additional casts to the sequel. The sequel will be directed by first season director, Onat Diaz, with director Lino Cayetano. [18] [19] The series will release on May 13, 2024.
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