Jollitown
Overview
Jollitown is a children's television program from the Philippines produced by Jollibee, airing every Sunday mornings. The timing was chosen to highlight Jollibee’s 30th anniversary. Jollibee and his friends Yum, Twirlie, Hetty, and Popo are the stars of the show. The show left GMA Network on November 14, 2010. Jollitown moved to ABS-CBN and premiered its 4th season on July 17, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. The new season's concept is based on Time traveling. Season 5 started on July 22, 2012 based on Phippine traveling. Jollitown returns on GMA Network as The Jollitown Kids Show every Saturday starting July 20, 2013.
Seasons
Season 1
This is the first season to broadcast on GMA Network and it aired at 9:30am on Sundays. It is produced under the "Jollibee Television (JTV)" banner. The team at GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc., along with the network's programing head Jose Abacan and network's entertainment group head Willma Galvante serves as executives in charge of production and oversighters on behalf of the network (uncredited). Dan & Geri Gil and Divine Gil-Reyes serves as musical composers this season.
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Season 2 aired on GMA Network, this time at 8:30am, still on Sundays. Beginning this season, it was produced under the "Jollibee Kids TV" banner. The team at GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc., along with the network's programing head Jose Abacan and network's entertainment group head Willma Galvante returns as executives in charge of production and oversighters on behalf of the network (uncredited) this season. Also this season, Soundminds Music Design Company is now credited for the songs, and it also marks the final season for Dan & Geri Gil and Divine Gil-Reyes serves as musical composers. This is also the last season to have premiered in the Summer season.
View EpisodesSeason 3
Season 3 was the last season aired on GMA Network, it aired it at an earlier time of 8:25am, still on Sundays as a result of the carrying the Chinese live-action show "Blazing Teens" at 8:50am and the network produced program "AHA!" aired at 9:15am. Starting from this season until season 6, "Jollitown Theme Song" is used on the opening sequence, as well as the songs for the show were now produced by Hit Productions. It is aired as part of GMA Network's 60th anniversary year. This is the only season of the show to premiered in August with the finale aired in the holiday season, and it is also the last season to be oversight by the team at GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc., along with Jose Abacan which is also served as the executive in charge of production for GMA Network until season 6, but it is also mark the network's entertainment head Willma Galvante's final season as the network's executive in charge of production, all in their respective uncredited roles.
View EpisodesSeason 4
Season 4 of Jollitown was the first season of the show to be broadcast on ABS-CBN. It it is aired again on Sundays, but this time at 9:00AM. An on-air contest was aired this season, with a prize of P1,000 and Jollibee Gift Certificates given to the loyal viewers. This season's theme was focus on time traveling events. This is also the first season of the show to be premiered in July and ended in October, as well as being oversight by ABS-CBN's Corporate Communications Managment (CCM) team along with Cory Vidanes which also serves as executive in charge of production for the network.
View EpisodesSeason 5
Season 5 was the final season of Jollitown to be broadcast on ABS-CBN. The previous season's time slot of Sunday, 9:00am was kept. This season introduced new supporting characters, including the antagonists Virus Elvira (Jolly Lupisan Yu) and Robin No Good (Dene Jennel Gomez), along with the Elders (Ildelfonso Adao and Antonette Maningo). With the kids now reduced to just two, the focus shifted to exploring landmarks and embarking on a quest to find crystals. It is the only season of the series to be presented as part of ABS-CBN's "Bida Best Kid" children's programming advocacy campaign, and the final season to be overseen by ABS-CBN's Corporate Communications Managment (CCM) team and Cory Vidanes, who also serves as executive in charge of production for the network.
View EpisodesSeason 6
Season 6 was the final season of the series, this time under the title of The Jollitown Kids Show. It aired for the first time on Saturdays at 8:50AM, as part of the hour long block of advertising funded children's programming on GMA Network. Airing alongside Tropang Potchi of Columbia International Food Products Inc., the block was nicknamed "JolliPotchi" by its viewers. The season lasted for four months, premiering in July and ending in October. It is produced as part of the chain's 35th anniversary year. The team at GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (which is now credited) returns to oversight along with Jose Abacan, resuming his role as the executive in charge of production for the network for the first time since season 3. They are joined by Lilybeth G. Rasonable, the network's current entertainment head, who also serves as the executive in charge of production only for this season.
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