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As Cardo leaps to YouTube, 'Ang Probinsyano' reaches 56,000 live viewers

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Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/01/05/20200205-ang-probinsyano.jpg"/><figcaption>&#x27;Ang Probinsyano,&#x27; which stars Coco Martin as the hero cop Cardo, was the overall No. 1 TV program in the Philippines prior to the government shutdown of ABS-CBN. <em>File/ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — As Cardo leapt to YouTube on Tuesday, so too did loyal viewers of &quot;FPJ&#x27;s Ang Probinsyano,&quot; with its live stream&#x27;s concurrent viewers, or those watching at the same time, peaking at 56,000.</p><p>The July 14 episode&#x27;s official hashtag, #FPJAP4Nagbabalik, also ranked among the trending topics on Twitter in the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;Nagbabalik&quot; was the first episode to be streamed in full on YouTube since the action drama became a regular offering on the video-sharing platform starting this week.</p><p>Live streams of &quot;Ang Probinsyano&quot; episodes on YouTube are available to view only for a limited time after the 8 p.m. airing.</p><p>Episode recaps and key scenes are uploaded regularly, and in recent weeks, have each drawn hundreds of thousands of views within just days — an indication of audience clamor for access to Cardo&#x27;s crime-fighting adventures.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Maraming salamat sa panonood ng <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FPJAP4Nagbabalik?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FPJAP4Nagbabalik</a> lalo na sa mga tumutok sa Youtube live stream. Nakakataba ng puso na hindi niyo pa rin kami iniwan. Gabi gabi pa rin tayong magkakasama sa cable TV at online! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FPJsAngProbinsyano?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FPJsAngProbinsyano</a> <a href="https://t.co/cna2gG9QjB">pic.twitter.com/cna2gG9QjB</a></p>— Dreamscape Entertainment (@DreamscapePH) <a href="https://twitter.com/DreamscapePH/status/1283034931233468416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">More love tonight from our Ka Probinsyano! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FPJAP4Nagbabalik?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FPJAP4Nagbabalik</a> <a href="https://t.co/7qHcXmTLAB">pic.twitter.com/7qHcXmTLAB</a></p>— Dreamscape Entertainment (@DreamscapePH) <a href="https://twitter.com/DreamscapePH/status/1283035233311502339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Ang Probinsyano&#x27;s&quot; digital move came after its home network ABS-CBN was denied last a week a fresh 25-year broadcast franchise by Duterte allies in Congress.</p><p>ABS-CBN&#x27;s other broadcast platforms, TVPlus and SKYdirect, were also forced shut by the government.</p><p>Aside from the official YouTube channel of ABS-CBN, &quot;Ang Probinsyano&quot; can also be viewed via iWant, Kapamilya Channel and CineMo on cable TV, as well as The Filipino Channel or TFC.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T7dp1T6foy8?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>The government shutdown of ABS-CBN was the second blow to the network and its 11,000 employees — dozens of whom belong to &quot;Ang Probinsyano&quot; — on top of the pandemic that has cost many Filipinos their livelihood.</p><p>As a free-television program, &quot;Ang Probinsyano&quot; was the country&#x27;s undisputed No. 1 show throughout its four years on air, according to nationwide data of Kantar Media.</p><p>As recently as February 2020, the last full recorded month prior to the coronavirus lockdown, it retained that distinction, with an average national TV rating of 34%. Its viewership peaked in October 2018, with a mammoth 47.2% rating.</p>

<p>'Ang Probinsyano,' which stars Coco Martin as the hero cop Cardo, was the overall No. 1 TV program in the Philippines prior to the government shutdown of ABS-CBN.</p>

'Ang Probinsyano,' which stars Coco Martin as the hero cop Cardo, was the overall No. 1 TV program in the Philippines prior to the government shutdown of ABS-CBN.

As Cardo leaps to YouTube, 'Ang Probinsyano' reaches 56,000 live viewers

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As Cardo leaps to YouTube, 'Ang Probinsyano' reaches 56,000 live viewers

Miguel Dumaual,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 15, 2020 06:09 PM PHT

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Updated July 15, 2020 06:43 PM PHT

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