| Abangan Ang Susunod na Kabanata | |
|---|---|
| Format | Comedy |
| Created by | ABS-CBN Entertainment Dept. |
| Written by | Jose Javier Reyes |
| Directed by | Johnny Manahan Ipe Pelino |
| Starring | Tessie Tomas Nova Villa and others |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| No. of episodes | n/a |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original run | February 6, 1991 – June 17, 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Tonight with Dick and Carmi |
| Followed by | !Oka Tokat |
| Related shows | Eto Na Ang Susunod Na Kabanata |
Abangan Ang Susunod Na Kabanata (translated in English as Wait for the Next Chapter) is a political satire of the Philippine government. A situational comedy that depicts the lives of the common “tao” and their interactions with the “demi-gods” of politics. It shows us the funny side of the state of Philippine affairs while making us very aware of what is really happening to the country.
Contents |
| Actor | Character | Character Description |
|---|---|---|
| Noel Trinidad | Anding Tengco | Anding Tengco is a corrupt congressman, an endless evil doer, and a filthy rich womanizer. He will stop at nothing to get to the Presidency, and conscience and truth are two words unknown to him. |
| Tessie Tomas | Barbara Tengco | Barbara is Anding's drug crazed wife, whose only concerns in life are plastic surgery and shopping. Her character has been distorted, actually, a spoof of an ex-president's ironfisted wife who can only sympathize with what's true, good, and beautiful. |
| Anjo Yllana | Dino Tengco | Dino is the only child of Anding and Barbaba- - - spoiled and totally vulgar. Violence is the only way he ever expresses himself, having grown up psychologically impaired (at a very young age, he got thrown off a building window and survived!). |
| Joji Isla | Del | Del is the bodyguard of Anding, proverbial yes-man, hitman, and executor. He is as ruthless as his boss, more scheming than his boss wife, and dangerously at par with his boss son when it comes to violence. He is paid to protect his boss, and protect him and his interests he will, though sick and dastardly they may be. |
| Nova Villa | Tita delos Santos | Tita delos Santos is the ultimate representation of a social climber. She is the constant companion of Barbara Tengco, and she's as cheap as they come, obsessed with plastic and easymoney making gimmicks. |
| Roderick Paulate | Benny dela Croix | Benny dela Croix, read natively as Benny dela Cruz, is Barbara Tengco's beautician. He doesn't hide his being gay one bit, and that has never been a problem to him. His one great problem, though, is that he's married to a dumb nightclub dancer, Clara. |
| Carmi Martin | Clara | Clara is Benny's wife. She works as a cultural dancer for a local night club, Kulasisi bar. She bore Benny kids (twins, actually), and she forever insists that her husband is not gay. That is a clear indication of how dumb she is. |
| Sammy Lagmay | Sammy Lagmay | Sammy Lagmay is a poor, unfortunate soul. His indolence has deprived him of ever landing a job and improving his living conditions. He lives with his family in a shanty, and food on the table is a rarity in his life. He tries odd jobs, but nothing ever seems to work. In between jobs, he sleeps. |
| Winnie Cordero | Liwanag Lagmay | Liwanag Lagmay can outtalk and out-nag anybody in the world. She is Sammy's wife, and her greatest obsession and preoccupation in life is to nag her husband. |
| Jennifer Sevilla | Jenny | Jenny is Sammy's charming daughter out of a previous marriage. She exemplifies the poor who struggle to succeed in life. She studies, is intelligent, but will probably not amount to much, what with her father endlessly breathing down her neck, and her cousin Clara, tirelessly convincing her to become a dancer for the night club. |
| Jolina Magdangal | Jolina | Jolina, Jenny's best friend, is a stowaway who is bored of being rich. You'll always find her with her acid tongue, roaming the Lagmay household, picking at everyone. |
| Ina Raymundo | Trina delos Santos | Trina is Tita's niece who came from the U.S. recently. She's young, beautiful and sexy, and that's probably her problem. Dino Tengco is an ardent admirer, and won't stop at anything to get to her. |