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'''Jollitown''' is a Filipino children's program produced by Filipino fast-food conglomerate Jollibee together with the chain's advertising agency of record Mccain WorldGroup Philippines (Mccain Erickson in seasons 1-3) and commercial production company Unitel, and which is aired for six seasons from April 13, 2008 to October 12, 2013. The series was commissioned for the celebration of the chain's 30th founding anniversary and it created by Ernesto Tanmantiong, President of the chain's business unit and later president of JFC Philippines. It is run on two neworks including GMA Network (2008-2010, 2013) and ABS-CBN (2011-2012). It is won for Best Innovative and Integrated Campaign in the Asia Pacific Tambuli Awards and for Integrated Media Campaign in Araw Values Awards in 2009 as well as being nominated for the 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television for Best Children's Show in 2014.
'''Jollitown''' is a Filipino children's program produced by Filipino fast-food conglomerate ''Jollibee'' together with the chain's advertising agency of record Mccain WorldGroup Philippines (Mccain Erickson in seasons 1-3) and commercial production company Unitel, and aired for six seasons from April 13, 2008 to October 12, 2013. The series was commissioned for the celebration of the chain's 30th founding anniversary and it created by Ernesto Tanmantiong, president of the chain's business unit and later president of JFC Philippines. It ran on two networks including GMA Network (2008-2010, 2013) and ABS-CBN (2011-2012). It won for "Best Innovative and Integrated Campaign" in the Asia Pacific Tambuli Awards and for Integrated Media Campaign in Araw Values Awards in 2009 as well as being nominated for the 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television for Best Children's Show in 2014.


==Premise==
==Premise==
The series featured Jollibee and his best friends on a journey of lessons and values to children. He also joined by the human characters on their fun journeys. In season 6, the show became a variety-style show with games, stories and more.
The series featured Jollibee and his best friends on a journey of lessons and values to children. He is also joined by actors on their fun journeys. In season 6, the show became a variety-style show with games, stories, and more.


==History==
==History==
The show was officially announced by Jollibee in March of 2008, with the premiere date and network was announced in newspaper ads on April 6, 2008, GMA themselves meanwhile did not mentioned the program in the newspaper ads regarding the network's new shows during the 2008 Summer Season, but they did mentioned in the network's promo plugs. After the rating success of the first season, GMA renews the show for the second season, with the season was premiered on April 19, 2009. Despite the ratings of the 2nd season is struggling as a result of the chain's revenues affected by the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, GMA renews the show for the third season with a Summer 2010 tentative date, but however due to some delays in the production of the show, the third season was premiered on August 22, 2010.
The show was officially announced by ''Jollibee'' in March of 2008, with the premiere date and network announced in newspaper ads on April 6, 2008. GMA themselves meanwhile did not mention the program in the newspaper ads regarding the network's new shows during the 2008 Summer Season and in their network's promo plugs. After the rating success of the first season, GMA renews the show for the second season, with the season premiering on April 19, 2009. Despite the ratings of the 2nd season struggling as a result of the chain's revenues affected by the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, GMA renews the show for the third season with a Summer 2010 tentative date, but however due to some delays in the production of the show, the third season was premiered on August 22, 2010.


After GMA programming management cancels the show after three seasons due to disappointed ratings during the third season, the show was saved by rival network ABS-CBN in 2011, with season 4 was premiered on July 17, 2011. ABS-CBN renewed the show for a fifth season and the second on the said network following the successful ratings of season 4 in 2012, with season 5 premiered on July 22 of the same year. Following the low ratings of the show's fifth season, ABS-CBN cancelled the show after two seasons in 2013, and the chain announced the show they will returned for the sixth and final season. The Jollitown Kids Show premiered on GMA on July 20, 2013 as a variety style show.
After GMA programming management cancels the show after three seasons due to disappointed ratings during the third season, the show was saved by rival network ABS-CBN in 2011, with season 4 premiering on July 17, 2011. ABS-CBN renewed the show for a fifth season and the second on the said network following the successful ratings of season 4 in 2012, with season 5 premiered on July 22 of the same year. Following the low ratings of the show's fifth season, ABS-CBN cancelled the show after two seasons in 2013, and the chain announced the show they will returned for the sixth and final season. The Jollitown Kids Show premiered on GMA on July 20, 2013 as a variety style show.


==Sponsorship==
==Sponsorship==
The show was eventually sponsored by Jollibee, which is also running commercials throughout the entire show, with commercials for the company's other restaurants including Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal and Burger King (only in season 6) were also broadcast. During the 1st GMA run in season 1-3, commercials for products provided by other companies were also aired, along with promos for GMA's network-produced and acquired programs is also broadcast. In the ABS-CBN's stint in seasons 4 & 5, their aired it without breaks, and it airs promotions for ABS-CBN's network-produced and acquired programs after every episode. In the final GMA run, the breaks are restored, but promos for GMA's network-produced and acquired programs were aired alongside commercials for JFC owned restaurants.
The show was eventually produced and sponsored by Jollibee, which is also running commercials throughout the entire show. Commercials for the company's other restaurants in their partnership and have owned such as including Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal and Burger King (both only in season 6) were also broadcast. During the 1st GMA run in season 1-3, commercials for products provided by other companies were also aired, along with promos for GMA's network-produced and acquired programs. In the ABS-CBN's stint in seasons 4 & 5, they aired it without breaks, but also airs promotions for ABS-CBN's network-produced and acquired programs after every episode. In the final GMA run, the breaks are restored, but promos for GMA's network-produced and acquired programs were aired alongside commercials for JFC owned restaurants.


==Availability==
==Availability==
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===Season 6 (The Jollitown Kids Show)===
===Season 6 (The Jollitown Kids Show)===
Season 6 was the final season of the series, this time under the title of '''The Jollitown Kids Show''', this time 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, aired alongside "Tropang Potchi" of Columbia International Food Products Inc., and they creating the term "JolliPotchi" by its viewers, it is lasted for 4 months, and it will be the last season of the show to premiered in July and ended in October. It is produced as part of the chain's 35th anniversary year. the team at GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (now credited) returns to oversight along with Jose Abacan which is also returned as the executive in charge of production for the network for the first time since season 3, this time with Lilybeth G. Rasonable, the network's current entertainment head, joining Abacan as the executive in charge of production only for this season.
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, aired alongside "Tropang Potchi" of Columbia International Food Products Inc., and they creating the term "JolliPotchi" by its viewers, with the programming term was lasted for 4 months, and it will be the last season of the show to premiered in July and ended in October. It is produced as part of the chain's 35th anniversary year. the team at GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (now credited) returns to oversight along with Jose Abacan which is also returned as the executive in charge of production for the network for the first time since season 3, joined by Lilybeth G. Rasonable, the network's current entertainment head, which is also serves as the executive in charge of production only for this season.


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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
After the show's cancellation in 2013, the Jollitown era mascot costumes was currently in use by the chain for birthday parties, special appearances and event participation inside or outside the restaurants.
After the show's cancellation in 2013, the Jollitown era mascot costumes was currently in use by the chain for birthday parties, special appearances and event participation inside or outside the restaurants.
==Trivia==
*This is the first promotional involvment by Jollibee in partnership with the two networks for the first time in many years: GMA Network since "Chikiting Patrol" (1990-2002; Jollibee joined the show as presenting sponsor in 1996 until its cancelation by GMA in 2002) and ABS-CBN since the direct to video series "My First Lessons with Jollibee" (2005; under Star Records).


==See Also==
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 04:59, 4 August 2024

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Season 1 Title card.

Status: Partially Lost


Jollitown is a Filipino children's program produced by Filipino fast-food conglomerate Jollibee together with the chain's advertising agency of record Mccain WorldGroup Philippines (Mccain Erickson in seasons 1-3) and commercial production company Unitel, and aired for six seasons from April 13, 2008 to October 12, 2013. The series was commissioned for the celebration of the chain's 30th founding anniversary and it created by Ernesto Tanmantiong, president of the chain's business unit and later president of JFC Philippines. It ran on two networks including GMA Network (2008-2010, 2013) and ABS-CBN (2011-2012). It won for "Best Innovative and Integrated Campaign" in the Asia Pacific Tambuli Awards and for Integrated Media Campaign in Araw Values Awards in 2009 as well as being nominated for the 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television for Best Children's Show in 2014.

Premise

The series featured Jollibee and his best friends on a journey of lessons and values to children. He is also joined by actors on their fun journeys. In season 6, the show became a variety-style show with games, stories, and more.

History

The show was officially announced by Jollibee in March of 2008, with the premiere date and network announced in newspaper ads on April 6, 2008. GMA themselves meanwhile did not mention the program in the newspaper ads regarding the network's new shows during the 2008 Summer Season and in their network's promo plugs. After the rating success of the first season, GMA renews the show for the second season, with the season premiering on April 19, 2009. Despite the ratings of the 2nd season struggling as a result of the chain's revenues affected by the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, GMA renews the show for the third season with a Summer 2010 tentative date, but however due to some delays in the production of the show, the third season was premiered on August 22, 2010.

After GMA programming management cancels the show after three seasons due to disappointed ratings during the third season, the show was saved by rival network ABS-CBN in 2011, with season 4 premiering on July 17, 2011. ABS-CBN renewed the show for a fifth season and the second on the said network following the successful ratings of season 4 in 2012, with season 5 premiered on July 22 of the same year. Following the low ratings of the show's fifth season, ABS-CBN cancelled the show after two seasons in 2013, and the chain announced the show they will returned for the sixth and final season. The Jollitown Kids Show premiered on GMA on July 20, 2013 as a variety style show.

Sponsorship

The show was eventually produced and sponsored by Jollibee, which is also running commercials throughout the entire show. Commercials for the company's other restaurants in their partnership and have owned such as including Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal and Burger King (both only in season 6) were also broadcast. During the 1st GMA run in season 1-3, commercials for products provided by other companies were also aired, along with promos for GMA's network-produced and acquired programs. In the ABS-CBN's stint in seasons 4 & 5, they aired it without breaks, but also airs promotions for ABS-CBN's network-produced and acquired programs after every episode. In the final GMA run, the breaks are restored, but promos for GMA's network-produced and acquired programs were aired alongside commercials for JFC owned restaurants.

Availability

Despite being fairly popular back when it aired, for around 10 years, it was difficult to find full episodes of the show. In August of 2023, UxS Inc. uploaded full episodes of seasons 1 to 5 on its official YouTube channel. On September 14, 2020, Youtube user Myrian Deacury uploaded the first episode of season 6, which is a TVRip. As of now, episodes 13 and 14 of season 1 and the entire season 6 are not yet to resurface.

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.

# Episode Air Date Synopsis Status
1 Jollibee's Wish (Pilot) Apr 13, 2008 Jollibee and the kids welcoming to Jollitown, but a star shooting for a wishing well and a group of meals turned into a house with his friends welcoming to Jollitown.

Featured songs: "Jollibee's Wish", "Awit ng Jolly Friends", "Jollitown Theme (Jollitown season 1 Theme)"
Note: "Jollitown Theme (Jollitown season 1 Theme)" is used only toward the end during this episode, but it is used as the opening theme from episode 2 onwards.

Found
2 Maalikabok ng Libro Apr 20, 2008 Jollibee and his friends reading a story about a princess saved from the dragon.

Feature songs: "Imagination"
Note: Starting from this episode until episode 13 of this season, "Jollitown Theme (Jollitown season 1 Theme)" is now heard during the opening sequence.
This episode was aired on the day of the occasion of the chain's 30th founding anniversary.

Found
3 Weena Walis Apr 27, 2008 Jollibee and his friends along with Weena Walis wanted to clean up the mess.

Featured songs: "CLAYGO"

Found
4 Homework May 4, 2008 Jollibee and his friends are asking they wanted to do their home work.

Featured Songs: "Ngayon na ay Tapusin"
Note: Starting from this episode, the Jollibee Television logo is seen in the opening.

Found
5 Madikit ng Kalat May 11, 2008 Jollibee and his friends wanted to throw the garbage in a trash can.

Featured songs: "Isang Wrapper"

Found
6 Talo ang Pikon May 18, 2008 Jollibee and his friends wanted to play hide and seek but they gave up.

Feature songs: "Be a Good Sport"

Found
7 Flashlight May 25, 2008 Jollibee and his friends are afraid of the dark... But a flashlight makes them sparkle.

Feature songs: "O Kay Ganda ng Gabi"

Found
8 Pangnarap ng Puno Jun 1, 2008 Jollibee and his friends asking to help a tree that they need to grow.

Feature songs: "We're Gonna Make Someone Smile Today"

Found
9 Ang Mahiwagang Saklay ni Mia Jun 8, 2008 Jollibee and his friends talking to a wishing well to help Mia which has injured its leg.

Featured songs: "Di Magbabago ang Pagtingin"

Found
10 Know Your Neighbor Jun 15, 2008 Jollibee and his friends asking to a policeman and a doctor to respect their neighbors.

Featured songs: "Know Your Neighbor"

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11 Tinapay Jun 22, 2008 Jollibee and his friends wanted to baked a bread for the kids in school.

Featured songs: "You Gonna Share"

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12 Thank You Day at Jollitown Jul 6, 2008 Jollibee and his friends celebrating Thank You Day in Jollitown with the kids.

Note: The episode was supposed to aired on June 29, 2008, but however GMA postponed the episode to the following week due to the "Pacquiao-Marquez 3" boxing special on the said date.

Found
13 Colors of Jollitown (Part 1) Jul 13, 2008 A wishing well in Jollitown has a rumble for a earthquake when all of the colors in Jollitown is fading. Lost
14 Colors of Jollitown (Part 2) Jul 20, 2008 Could Jollibee and his friends wanted to bring back the color? Lost

Season 2

Season 2 airs on GMA Network, this time at 8:30am, still on Sundays. Beginning this season, it is 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.

# Episode Air Date Synopsis Status
1 Welcome Back to Jollitown! Apr 19, 2009 Jollibee and his friends welcomed back to Jollitown to celebrate Wishing Well's birthday.

Featured songs: "Let's Go to Jollitown", "Jollitown is the Happiest Place to Be", "Wishing Well's Birthday", "Ang Hiling/Farie Song"

Found
2 Bye Bye Bully Apr 26, 2009 A boy was a bully, could Jollibee and his friends needing some help to stop bullying?

Feature songs: "Bully"

Found
3 Aso't Pusa, Love Ko Sila! May 3, 2009 Jollibee and His friends wanted to take care of the pets.

Featured songs: "Alagaan ang Alaga"
Note: Starting with this episode, a promotion for the official website was appeared before the closing credits.
The end credit disclaimer has also informing the viewers that "No Animals Were Harmed During The Making of This Episode", the disclaimers were originated by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) which also monitored their animal action.
This episode was aired on the day of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight which GMA aired the fight.

Found
4 Who Knows the Magic Word May 10, 2009 Jollibee and his friends are playing a game to saying a magic word.

Featured Songs: "Please Pretty Please"

Found
5 Ikaw, Ano ang Talent Mo? May 17, 2009 Hetty and Twirle wanted to do a talent but a girl needs to a talent.

Featured songs: "Kayang-Kaya Galing"
Guest Stars: Bianca Umali

Found
6 Anong Meron sa Bahay ni Aaron? May 24, 2009 Aaron wanted to find things with a little help from Jollibee and his friends.

Feature songs: "Po at Opo"

Found
7 Ang Super Heroes ni Super Yabang May 31, 2009 Super Yabang hired super heroes in table to find to be humble.

Feature songs: "Be Humble"

Found
8 It All Begins with Hi Jun 7, 2009 A painter revealing a statue to saying hi.

Feature songs: "Huwag Nang Mahiya"

Found
9 Ang Kati! Jun 14, 2009 A boy is get dirty and it had a itch and they need to take a bath.

Featured songs: "Ligo"
This episode was aired on the day of the occasion of 59th founding anniversary of GMA Network.

Found
10 Ang Pinaka Mahirap na Test ni Cris Jun 21, 2009 Cris has a test while in school, but they saving his help from Yum.

Featured songs: "Winners"

Found
11 Jack! Nasa'n ka na Naman! Jun 28, 2009 Jollibee and his friends are helped to find Jack.

Featured songs: "Obey", "Pirate Song"
Guest Stars: Julia Trono

Found
12 Lumipad si Lulu Jul 5, 2009 Lulu did not take the JolliAcademy school bus and Lulu having some problems.

Featured Songs: "Healthy Agahan"

Found
13 Ang Lihim ng Mahiwagang Gubat Jul 12, 2009 Jollibee and his friends saving the trees from deforestation

Featured Songs: "Tulong-Tulong", "Song of the Forest", "Sa Jollitown, Matutupad", "One Jollitown"
Guest Stars: Bianca Umali, Julia Trono
Note: One hour season finale, it is aired until 9:30 AM.

Found

Season 3

Season 3 was the last season to 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 (the network's 60th anniversary logo was not appeared in the closing credits, nor the promotional materials). 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.

# Episode Air Date Synopsis Status
1 Ang Tunay Kong Yaman Aug 22, 2010 Mr. Q (Apollo Abraham) and Asiong (Aldel Ramos) visited Jollitown, but a group of henchmen wanted to destroy the trees to create a new building.

Featured songs: "Jollitown Theme Song", "Tree Song", "Ang Tunay Kong Yaman"
Guest Stars: Apollo Abraham, Aldel Ramos

Found
2 Simple Lang Pero Masaya Aug 29, 2010 Nana and Mindy celebrating Fiona's birthday but her mom needing their simple things.

Feature songs: "Simple Things"

Found
3 Sinong takot sa First School Day? Sept 5, 2010 Nikki's mom (Bianca Rafael) is helping Jollibee and his friends to help Nikki (Jaja Borja) not to taking to school.

Featured songs: "Tuklasin (Normal Version)", "Tuklasin (Accustic Version)"
Guest Stars: Lian Valentino, Jaja Borja, Marc Cabrera, Bianca Rafael

Found
4 Peksman Walang Iwanan Sept 12, 2010 Mark (Alec Montemayor) leaving the house of Lolo (Chinggoy Alonzo) and leaving alone but they helping their friends.

Featured Songs: "Peksman", "Peksman (Reprise)"
Guest Stars: Alec Montemayor, Chinggoy Alonzo

Found
5 Pratice, Practice, Perfesct! Sept 19, 2010 Team Jollitown wanted to join the choir competition, but Mr. Pilot (Alec Humprhries) and Lady Diva (Yassi Pressman) come to Jollitown to support.

Featured songs: "Lady Diva", "Choir Practice Song", "Practice Song"
Guest Stars: Yassi Pressman, Alec Humprhries
Trivia: Clips from this episode were also seen in the commercials for the Jollitown website in 2012.

Found
6 Si Kuya at Si Kulit Sept 26, 2010 Moe (John Claude Yambo) visited the Jollitown Science Fair, but instead they wanted to meet the aliens named Crom, Quick and Quack.

Feature songs: "Kapatid at Kaibigan"
Guest Stars: Pocholo Gonzales, Jacob Rica, John Claude Yambo, Angela Gomez

Found
7 Ibalik mo na, Tim Oct 3, 2010 Tim (Basti Alcanes) wanted to tell the children need to bring back their own things.

Feature songs: "Ang Hiniram, Dapat Isauli"
Guest Stars: Basti Alcanes

Found
8 Wala ng Waaaaaaaah! Oct 10, 2010 a group of people in Jollitown had asked for help to save Wally.

Feature songs: "Sabihin ng Maayos"
Guest Stars: Pocholo Gonzales, Arthur Nixon Castro, Patrica Feranen

Found
9 Lumabas Ka at Maglaro! Oct 17, 2010 Jollibee and His friends asking the kids to waking up and doing play time, but Jet plays Doctor Destructo in the Game, Doctor Destructo wanted to destroy Jollitown.

Featured songs: "Outdoor Song"
Guest Stars: Nathaniel Cabrera, Isabel Balones

Found
10 Smile, Sarah, Smile! Oct 24, 2010 Sarah (Maxine Rivera) asking Jollibee and his friends that a tooth needs to removed, but a Tooth Fairy (Rebecca Bote) saved Sarah to grow the tooth again.

Featured songs: "Bungi Song"
Guest Stars: Maxine Rivera, Sarah Pardo, Rebecca Bote

Found
11 Try Mo Na, Tara Na! Oct 31, 2010 Nolan (Nathaniel Britt) wanted to try new things while playing games, but Mr. Q (Apollo Abraham) and Asiong (Aldel Ramos) reveal a new invention in the sky.

Featured songs: "Try New Things Song"
Guest Stars: Apollo Abraham, Aldel Ramos, Nathaniel Britt

Found
12 Proud of My Daddy Nov 7, 2010 Mang Johnny (Neil Sese) wanted to cheer on Danielle (Gianne Cutler) in a "Show and Tell" in Jollitown.

Featured Songs: "Basurero Song"
Guest Stars: Gianne Cutler, Neil Sese, Angeline Angeles, Enrico Reyes, Bianca Rafael, John Eric Permejo, Sherlito Zamayla, Brian Rivera

Found
13 Where Are You, Jollibee? Nov 14, 2010 Superhero Afredus Augustus (Paolo Contis) are battling against Sinistro (Epi Quizon) to save the statue, but Alfredus zapped Jollibee and it banished. Could his friends save Jollibee from Afredus Augustus?

Featured Songs: "Adventures of Alfredus Augustus"
Guest Stars: Paolo Contis, Epi Quizon
Note: One hour season finale, it is aired until 9:15 AM, Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! is preempted for the finale.
Final episode to broadcasted on GMA Network, the network subsequently later cancelled it in December, but it later saved by rival ABS-CBN in June 2011.

Found

Season 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.

# Episode Air Date Synopsis Status
1 DingDangDong's Time Machine Jul 17, 2011 Mr. Morrow introduces a Time Machine wanted to take in the past inside Jollitown.

Featured songs: "Tulong-Tulong" (from S2E13)
Featured Historic Event: N/A
Note: One hour season premiere, it is aired until 9:50am, "Matanglawin" was aired late after the episode.
First episode to broadcast on ABS-CBN

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2 Run! Big Bully's Coming! Jul 24, 2011 DingDangDong has transforming Jollitown into a ancient town, but a Emperor wanted to become a bully!

Feature songs: "Bully" (from S2E4)
Featured Historic Event: Ancient Rome

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3 Oh My Trash! Jul 31, 2011 The entire Jollitown was taken over by a trash.

Featured songs: "Basurero Song" (from S3E12)
Featured Historic Event: Trash

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4 Stone Age Rocks! Aug 7, 2011 Jollitown has been turned into stone age, but a dinosaur is helping to play!

Featured Songs: "Buko Song"
Featured Historic Event: Prehistoric Age

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5 Let the Greek Games Begin! Aug 14, 2011 Jollibee and his friends attending the Greek Games in a coliseum.

Featured songs: "Jolly Team Song"
Featured Historic Event: Olympic Games

Found
6 Wishing for the Weekend Aug 21, 2011 Maki wanted to take a break for the weekend.

Feature songs: "Pitong Araw"
Featured Historic Event: N/A

Found
7 Look Who Came to the Royal Party Aug 28, 2011 The kids celebrating a royal party for Princess Katherine.

Feature songs: "Iisiping Ko Na Lang"
Featured Historic Event: Royal Celebration

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8 What's so Funny, Michael? Sept 4, 2011 Michael wanted to take a piano lesson from Beethoven.

Feature songs: "Beethoven: Ode to Joy", "Beethoven: Fur Elise", "Ang Bawat Isa'y Respektuhin"
Featured Historic Event: N/A

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9 Mr. Q meets Boy Q Sept 11, 2011 Mr. Q has helping DingDangDong to fix the wall clock, but they traveled to the 1970s.

Featured songs: "Mas Masaya ang May Alam"
Featured Historic Event: 1970s

Found
10 Whoah! The Bulb Lights! Sept 18, 2011 Jollibee and his friends traveled in time to 1930s to find a mystery to find a light.

Featured songs: "Never Give Up"
Featured Historic Event: 1930s

Found
11 Poof! No More Monsters! Sept 25, 2011 Jollibee and his friends are in a dark but it was afraid of monsters!

Featured songs: "Naku! Hala! Na dyan na Sila!"
Featured Historic Event: N/A

Found
12 Santa's Sack is Missing! Oct 2, 2011 Jollibee and his friends celebrating Christmas, but the Santa's sack of gifts is missing!

Featured Songs: "Ang Saya Mag Masaya"
Featured Historic Event: N/A

Found
13 Grand Hug Day! Oct 9, 2011 Mr. Morrow wanted to fix DingDangDong's clock that the entire Jollitown is back to normal!

Featured Songs: "DingDangDong Song", "Jollitown Theme Song (Reprise)"
Featured Historic Event: N/A
NOTE: Starting from this episode and in the final 2 seasons, the “prescribed” program advisories provided by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board was began to displayed right before every episode, this is due to ABS-CBN becomes the first subscriber of the board's “prescribed” program advisories started 4 days prior on October 6, 2011.[1]

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Season 5

Promotional poster

Season 5 was the final season of Jollitown to be broadcast on ABS-CBN. The previous season's timeslot of Sunday, 9:00am was kept. This season had antagonist characters and supporting characters including Virus Elvira (Jolly Lupisan Yu), Robin No Good (Dene Jennel Gomez) and the Elders (Ildelfonso Adao and Antonette Maningo), but as well as the kids now reducing to 2, the season was focusing on landmarks and the quest to find crystals. It is the only season of the show to be presented as part of ABS-CBN's "Bida Best Kid" children's programming advocacy campaign, alongside other programs including Team AniMazing weekday programs Dinosaur King, Naruto Shippuden, Gash Bell and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, Nickelodeon programs Go Diego Go!, The Penguins of Madagascar and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron and Marvel Cartoons Spiderman and The Avengers, as well as the network-produced shows I Got It and Matanglawin. It is also the last season to be oversight by ABS-CBN's Corporate Communications Managment (CCM) team and Cory Vidanes which also serves as executive in charge of production for the network.

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1 Crystals, Crystals, Where Are You? Jul 22, 2012 Jollibee and his friends needs to find crystals of the Council of Elders from Virus Elvira and Robin No Good, but Virus Elvira stollen the crystals to landmarks in the Philippines.

Featured songs: "Heto Na"
Featured Landmarks: Intramuros (Manila), Chinatown

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2 The Brave Will Save The Day! Jul 29, 2012 Jollibee and his friends talked to Emilio Aguinaldo to find the first crystal in his house.

Feature songs: "Ang Mahalaga"
Featured Landmarks: Chinatown, Lapu-Lapu Monument (Cebu City), Rizal Monument (Manila), Emilo Aguinaldo's House (Kawit, Cavite)
Staring from this episode, the first minute of the previous episode has cut to Jollibee saying "Sumama din kayo sa bagong natin adventures!" during the opening sequence, this is used until episode 13.

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3 Hey Wise Spender! Aug 5, 2012 Jollibee and his friends are traveling to Vigan with a little help from Lolo Pearl (Nelson Cruz) in order to find the second crystal in the Bagui Windfalls.

Featured songs: "Magtipid at Mag-Impok"
Featured Landmarks: Vigan, Bagui Windfalls (Ilocos Norte)

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4 Welcome to the Team, Diego Aug 12, 2012 Jollibee and his friends welcoming Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) to the team in a trip to Laguna in order to find the third crystal which is located in the tree.

Featured Songs: "Simula ang Paglikha"
Featured Landmarks: Paete, St. James the Greater Roman Catholic Parish Church (Laguna)

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5 The Secret of the Giant Mask Aug 19, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) going on trip to Bacolod City to find the fourth crystal and watching the festival with a group of dancers (Bunganda Dancers).

Featured songs: "Kami ay Nadito Na"
Featured Landmarks: Bacolod City

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6 A Giant Clam Surprise Aug 26, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) visiting Palawan in order to plant trees and to find the fifth crystal in the ocean with the help of Bing (Alyah Marie Valentin) and Palikpik (Miles Jerome Borabon).

Feature songs: "Lahat Para sa Kalikasan"
Featured Landmarks: Palawan

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7 It's Best to Be Honest (Part 1) Sept 2, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) are taking a trip to Batanes in taking time to learn honesty.

Feature songs: "Honesty is the Best Policy"
Featured Landmarks: Batanes

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8 It's Best to Be Honest (Part 2) Sept 9, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) was still in Batanes to find the sixth crystal in the ruins.

Feature songs: "Honesty is the Best Policy"
Featured Landmarks: Batanes

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9 Eagles to the Rescue Sept 16, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) are going to Davao in order to find the seventh crystal.

Featured songs: "Mas Masaya Kung Tululongang"
Featured Landmarks: Davao

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10 The Secret of the Mountains Sept 23, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) visit Ifugao to find the eighth crystal.

Featured songs: "Bawal ang Tamad"
Featured Landmarks: Ifugao

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11 Music Lives On Sept 30, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) are in Cebu City to play music and they find the ninth crystal.

Featured songs: "Musika"
Featured Landmarks: Cebu City

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12 Our Our True Leader (Part 1) Oct 7, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) are in Manila to get the final crystal but Virus Elvira wanted to destroy the entire friends.

Featured Songs: "Pirate Song"
Featured Landmark: Manila

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13 Our Our True Leader (Part 2) Oct 14, 2012 Jollibee and his friends together with Diego (Cesar Cruz, Jr.) are battling Virus Elvira and Robin No Good to save the crystals and they bring back to the Elder Council.

Featured Songs: "Pirate Song"
Featured Landmark: Manila
Last episode to be broadcast on ABS-CBN, the network later cancelled the show in February 2013, the show was later revived by GMA Network in June 2013.

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Season 6 (The Jollitown Kids Show)

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, aired alongside "Tropang Potchi" of Columbia International Food Products Inc., and they creating the term "JolliPotchi" by its viewers, with the programming term was lasted for 4 months, and it will be the last season of the show to premiered in July and ended in October. It is produced as part of the chain's 35th anniversary year. the team at GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc. (now credited) returns to oversight along with Jose Abacan which is also returned as the executive in charge of production for the network for the first time since season 3, joined by Lilybeth G. Rasonable, the network's current entertainment head, which is also serves as the executive in charge of production only for this season.

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1 Episode 1 Jul 20, 2013 Featured songs: "Ang Tunay Kong Yaman" (from S3E1)

Featured Story: The Torquose and the Hare
Featured Activites: Be My Buddy Sack Race, Jollitown Shake
First episode on GMA Network since the season 3 finale

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2 Episode 2 Jul 27, 2013 Featured songs:

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3 Episode 3 Aug 3, 2013 Featured songs:

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4 Episode 4 Aug 10, 2013 Featured songs:

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5 Episode 5 Aug 17, 2013 Featured songs:

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6 Episode 6 Aug 24, 2013 Featured songs:

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7 Episode 7 Aug 31, 2013 Featured songs:

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8 Episode 8 Sept 7, 2013 Featured songs:

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9 Episode 9 Sept 14, 2013 Featured songs:

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10 Episode 10 Sept 21, 2013 Featured songs:

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11 Episode 11 Sept 28, 2013 Featured songs:

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12 Episode 12 Oct 5, 2013 Featured songs:

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NOTE: In the wake of the aftermath of the fire hitting the basement of GMA Network's headquaters in Quezon CIty on September 29, 2013; certain technical glitches were occured during the episode.

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13 Episode 13 Oct 12, 2013 Featured songs:

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Final episode of the series.

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Legacy

After the show's cancellation in 2013, the Jollitown era mascot costumes was currently in use by the chain for birthday parties, special appearances and event participation inside or outside the restaurants.

Trivia

  • This is the first promotional involvment by Jollibee in partnership with the two networks for the first time in many years: GMA Network since "Chikiting Patrol" (1990-2002; Jollibee joined the show as presenting sponsor in 1996 until its cancelation by GMA in 2002) and ABS-CBN since the direct to video series "My First Lessons with Jollibee" (2005; under Star Records).

See Also

References

  1. MTRCB prescribed rating advisories article Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved 25 Jul '24

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