Tabing Ilog

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Tabing Ilog
Format	Youth Oriented
Created by	ABS-CBN
Starring	See cast list
Country of origin	Philippines
Production
Running time	90 minutes/every Sunday
Broadcast
Original channel	ABS-CBN
Original run	March 1999 – October 2003
Chronology
Preceded by	Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!
Followed by	Girls Morching On

Tabing Ilog (Riverside) is a youth-oriented Filipino television drama series which aired on ABS-CBN Channel 2 for more than four years from 1999 to the early 2000s.

[edit] Main Cast

Among the original main characters that were launched in 1999 were:

Paula Peralejo as Angela 'Anne' de Guzman
John Lloyd Cruz as Ronaldo Victor 'Rovic' Mercado
Kaye Abad as Epifania 'Eds/Ponyang' delos Santos-Mercado
Jodi Sta. Maria as Georgina 'George' Fuentebella
Baron Geisler as Alfonso 'Fonzy' Ledesma
Paolo Contis as Salvador 'Badong' Magtibay
Desiree del Valle as Corrinne Ledesma
Patrick Garcia as Jaime 'James' Collantes

July 2003, additional characters were introduced which are:

Camille Pratts
Brian Tan^{[citation needed]}
Juddha Paolo
Zhen cac
Angelene Aguilar
Maui David^{[citation needed]}
Paolo Paraiso

[edit] Supporting Cast

Caridad Sanchez as Lola Juling (Rovic's grandmother)
Angel Aquino as Tita Pia (George's stepmother)
Matt Ranillo III as Carlos Fuentebella (George's father)
Susan Africa as Esperanza 'Esper' Magtibay (Badong's mother)
Pen Medina as Epifanio 'Panyong' delos Santos (Eds' father)
Daria Ramirez as Azon delos Santos (Eds' mother)
Mylene Dizon as Jennifer 'Jerry' Ricafort (James' cousin)
Mico Palanca as Perry
Janette McBride as Fair
Rafael Rossell IV as Oliver McFuller
Leandro Muñoz as Fran Ledesma (Fonzy & Corrinne's stepbrother)
Julia Clarete as Cynthia Ledesma (Fonzy & Corrinne's stepsister)
Lito Legaspi as Francisco Ledesma (Fonzy & Corrinne's father)
Gio Alvarez as Boyet delos Santos (Eds' older brother)
Dimples Romana as Jacqueline/Jackie
Eugene Domingo as Badong & Corrinne's drama class professor
Dan Fernandez as Tito Jun (Rovic's stepfather)
Beth Tamayo as Sonia
Al Tantay as Anne's father
Efren Reyes as Badong's father
Carol Banawa as Andoy (Badong's tomboyish friend)
Utchie Sison as "Sandra"
Gerard Pizzaras

[edit] Trivia

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At the time it started the most popular loveteam among the four pairs is Kaye and John Lloyd. The loveteam of Patrick and Paula became well-known in the teleserye Mula sa Puso
Paula Peralejo didn't appear on the last two episodes of the series. She was supposed to be the maid of honor of Kaye Abad in the wedding scene with John LLoyd. She was then replaced by Jodi.
Barbie Almabis sung the theme song, 'Tabing-Ilog'.
The show was shot mostly in Pagsanjan, Laguna.
It was tagged as the Philippine version of Dawson's Creek.
Among the 4 pairs that were originally launched, 3 of them were once real-life sweethearts. The exception being Paula Peralejo and Patrick Garcia, having never been romantically involved in real life.
In the show, Paolo and Kaye's character was portrayed as best friends. Few people know that they are really the best of friends off-cam.
The show was "reformatted" in July 2003, with the show introducing new characters.