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WATCH: In genre twist, Julia Montes’ ‘24/7’ hints at time travel in top-rating pilot

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<h3>Ratings: Actress’ comeback debuts as No. 1 show in the country</h3><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/02/24/20200224-julia-247.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Mia (Julia Montes) finds a mysterious device, apparently from the future, that shows news clippings, including about her death in the pilot episode of ‘24/7’. <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — After a year-long hiatus from showbiz, Julia Montes made a huge leap back to television, no less as the lead star of the new No. 1 weekend TV show in the country.</p><p>“24/7,” which sees Montes as a mother desperate to find a cure for her ailing son amid an epidemic, topped the list of most watched programs in the Philippines on February 23.</p><p>Billed as the first weekly action-drama series on local television, “24/7” drew a nationwide rating of 27%, according to Kantar Media, displacing weekend stalwart “Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho” (26.5%) to rank second in the list.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JULIA MONTES’ “24/7” IS MOST WATCHED SUNDAY SHOW NATIONWIDE. Julia Montes’ TV comeback is a hit as her newest series, “24/7,” soared to the top of most watched shows nationwide, recording 27% on Sunday (February 23). <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KantarMedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KantarMedia</a> <a href="https://t.co/4APf79Txhr">pic.twitter.com/4APf79Txhr</a></p>— ABS-CBN PR (@ABSCBNpr) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNpr/status/1231870178528378885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The number is a feat for “24/7,” as it indicated a sustained viewership throughout its Sunday night time slot that lasted an hour and 45 minutes.</p><p>The pilot episode of “24/7” saw Mia (Montes), a security guard, going to great lengths to obtain a vaccine for a new strain of dengue.</p><p>Facing off against a pharmaceutical giant, Mia, however, is killed in the process — until a genre twist is revealed in the episode’s closing minutes.</p><p>Flashing forward to the year 2045, Mia’s son, played as an adult by Tony Labrusca, is shown to have survived the epidemic. A world-renowned scientist, he invents a mysterious device which somehow ends up back in the year 2020 — inside Mia’s home, days before she is shot dead.</p><p>Watch the full episode below:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CVMPDhqd76A?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>“24/7,” which sees Montes as a mother desperate to find a cure for her ailing son amid an epidemic, topped the list of most watched programs in the Philippines on February 23.</p>

“24/7,” which sees Montes as a mother desperate to find a cure for her ailing son amid an epidemic, topped the list of most watched programs in the Philippines on February 23.