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Kap's Amazing Stories

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Kap's Amazing Stories
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Title card
GenreInfotainment
Written by
  • Brian Geli
  • Trina Velasco
Directed byRico Gutierrez
Presented by
Country of originPhilippines
Original languageTagalog
Production
Executive producerMildred Natividad
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time45 minutes
Production companyGMA Entertainment TV
Original release
NetworkGMA Network
ReleaseAugust 19, 2007 (2007-08-19) –
July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06)

Kap's Amazing Stories is a Philippine television infotainment show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Bong Revilla, it premiered on August 19, 2007. The show concluded on July 6, 2014.

Overview

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An image of Bong Revilla.
Bong Revilla serves as a host.

The show uses five clips sourced from various foreign documentary television series, ranked from five up to one. Clips are usually from National Geographic's Most Amazing and Astonishing Moments, Totally Wild, and Wild Case Files, truTV's Most Daring, Animal Planet's The Most Extreme,[1] BBC's Life, Planet Earth, Life in the Undergrowth, The Blue Planet, Frozen Planet, and Africa, and History Channel's Stan Lee's Superhumans.

It also had a children's spin-off titled Kap's Amazing Stories Kids Edition that premiered on January 31, 2010, as Revilla was campaigning for a senator in the 2010 Philippine Senate election.[2] Its presenters were Ramboy Revilla, Jayda Avanzado and Angeli Nicole Sanoy. Guest presenters in Kap's Amazing Stories Kids Edition include Ogie Alcasid, Carmina Villarroel and Elmo Magalona. The show ended in July 2010, after Revilla's re-election as Senator of the Philippines.[3]

Hosts

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Ratings

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According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the final episode of Kap's Amazing Stories scored a 12.9% rating.[6]

Accolades

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Accolades received by Kap's Amazing Stories
Year Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
2009 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Educational Program Host Bong Revilla Won [7]
2010 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television Nominated [8]
2011 25th PMPC Star Awards for Television Nominated [9]
2012 Anak TV Seal Makabata Awards Most Well-Liked Program Kap's Amazing Stories Won
26th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Educational Program Host Bong Revilla Nominated [10]
2013 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television Nominated [11]
2014 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television Nominated [12]

References

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  1. ^ KAP'S AMAZING STORIES (Dec, 21 2008) b on YouTube
  2. ^ "Kap's Amazing Stories, Kids Edition will air its pilot episode on Jan 31". PEP. January 29, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Bong Revilla returns to Kap's Amazing Stories this Sunday". PEP. July 11, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "Fil-Am singer Jasmine Villegas brings prodigious talent to Philippine showbiz". PEP. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Kap's Amazing Stories investigates Wild Case Files". GMA Network. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  6. ^ Ching, Mark Angelo (July 13, 2014). "AGB Nielsen Mega Manila Household Ratings (July 4 to 6, 2014): Lauren Young's Magpakailanman episode hits historic high". PEP. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  7. ^ Reyes, William R. (October 26, 2009). "23rd Star Awards for Television nominees bared". PEP. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  8. ^ Reyes, William R. (October 25, 2010). "24th Star Awards for Television nominees bared". PEP. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  9. ^ Llanes, Rommel R. (October 29, 2011). "25th Star Awards for TV nominees bared". PEP. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  10. ^ "PMPC bares nominees for 26th Star Awards for TV". PEP. September 26, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  11. ^ "Full list of winners of the 27th Star Awards for Television". LionhearTV. November 24, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  12. ^ "28th Star Awards for Television nominees revealed". PEP. November 5, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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