Ipaglaban Mo!

Ipaglaban Mo! (lit. 'Fight For It!'), also known as Kapag Nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo! or Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo! was a Philippine television public service and advocacy-driven legal drama anthology show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel under ABS-CBN Entertainment and ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, featuring dramatizations of actual cases brought and settled in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the Philippines.

Ipaglaban Mo!
Title card of the 2014 edition
Also known as	Kapag nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo! Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!
Genre	Legal drama Crime Anthology
Developed by	ABS-CBN
Written by	Various
Directed by	Nick Lizaso (1988-1999) various directors
Presented by	Atty. Jose C. Sison Jopet S. Sison
Opening theme	"Ipaglalaban Ko" by Freddie Aguilar (1988) "Ipaglaban Mo!" by April Boy Regino (1999) "Ipaglaban Mo!" by Gloc-9 and KZ Tandingan^[1] (2014)
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	IBC: N/A ABS-CBN: 274 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Edyl Macy Delos Santos
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	44–50 minutes 60 minutes (2020–present)
Production companies	Nova Enterprises Production International (1988–1992) Milliard Productions (1992–1999) RSB Unit (2014–present) RGE Unit (2019–present) ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs (2023–present)
Release
Original network	IBC/Islands TV 13 (1988–1992) ABS-CBN (1992–1999, 2014–2020) Kapamilya Channel (2020–present) A2Z (2021–present)
Picture format	NTSC HDTV 1080i
Original release	First incarnation: June 13, 1988 (1988-06-13) – March 7, 1999 (1999-03-07) Second incarnation: June 7, 2014 (2014-06-07) – July 5, 2020 (2020-07-05)
Chronology
Related	Ikaw at ang Batas Kapag nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!

Final Hosts

• Atty. Jose C. Sison (1988–1999; 2014–2020)
• Joseph Peter "Jopet" S. Sison (2014–2020)

History

1988–1999: Original run

Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo! was originally aired over IBC on June 13, 1988, and last aired on August 14, 1992. The program transferred to ABS-CBN on August 16, 1992, under Milliard Productions as a blocktime program. After 52 episodes, the show "premiered" in September 1993 as a station produced program and ended on March 7, 1999, being replaced by Tabing Ilog on its Sunday timeslot.

This past episodes (1992-1999) is currently streaming on Jeepney TV YouTube Channel every 1st quarter of the month, together with Calvento Files & Star Drama Theater every 5:00 pm.

This series is currently airing (1992-1999 era) on Kapamilya Online Live Global every Sunday and Monday, 5:00 am.

Also past episodes (1988-1992 and 1999-2000) will be uploaded on Ipaglaban Mo Foundation YouTube Channel.

2012–2014: GMA News TV

Ipaglaban Mo!
Also known as	Kapag nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!
Genre	Legal drama
Written by	Christian Vidallo Raymund Dimayuga
Directed by	Dante Nico Garcia
Presented by	Atty. Jose C. Sison Jopet Sison
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	64
Production
Executive producer	Angelina Samson-Valvieja
Producers	Paolo R. Leaño Louanda D. Lomibao Oliver Valvieja
Cinematography	Rain Yamson II
Editor	Laser Diaz
Production companies	Bigtop Entertainment Inc. Ipaglaban Mo Foundation
Release
Original network	GMA News TV
Original release	November 10, 2012 (2012-11-10) – June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16)

A new series of Kapag nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo! (transl. If it is Right ... Fight for it!) was broadcast by GMA News TV (now GTV), premiering on November 10, 2012. It was hosted by Jose C. Sison and Jopet Sison.^[2] On June 16, 2013, the show returned for a 3rd season.^[3]

2014–2020: ABS-CBN/2020–present: Kapamilya Channel/A2Z

Fifteen years after the show ended on ABS-CBN, the legal drama returned on June 7, 2014, as part of the Yes Weekend! block, airing every Saturday at 3:30 pm, after It's Showtime and before S.O.C.O. while the replay is every Wednesday at 2:00 pm, and every Thursday at 1:00 am, on DZMM TeleRadyo and every Sunday at 3:00 pm, on Jeepney TV. The show is still hosted by Atty. Jose Sison together with his son Jopet Sison. It is simply called Ipaglaban Mo!.

On March 21, 2020, the show temporarily ceased production of the new episodes due to the 2020 Luzon enhanced community quarantine, hence halting the schedule of airing the new episodes. Re-runs of previous episodes were re-aired for the time being.

Following the temporary closure of ABS-CBN due to the cease and desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on account of its franchise expiration, on June 14, 2020, the show returned on the newly established Kapamilya Channel with new episodes but later on, it reverted to past episodes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. It aired its last episode on July 5, 2020, and has since aired random past episodes every Sunday at 4:00 pm and simulcasts with A2Z and on July 4, 2021, on free TV.

Episodes

Main article: List of Ipaglaban Mo! episodes

See also

• List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN
• List of programs broadcast by Kapamilya Channel
• List of programs previously broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
• List of programs previously broadcast by QTV, Q, GMA News TV and GTV

References

1. . ABS-CBN Corporation. June 8, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
2. "Returning". The Philippine Star. May 26, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
3. Isah V. Red (June 16, 2013). "Ipaglaban Mo back on screen". Manila Standard. Retrieved March 26, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Ipaglaban Mo! at IMDb