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Charo Santos is hopeful for a new season for MMK: ' I’m just keeping my fingers crossed!’

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Rhea Manila Santos

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In recent years, viewers may most popularly recognize veteran actress Charo Santos for her role as Coco Martin’s loving grandmother Tindeng in the hit action-drama series FPJ&#x27;s Batang Quiapo. Earlier this year, she also starred in director Brillante Mendoza’s LGBTQ-themed film Until She Remembers. But to longtime fans, Charo is known as the face behind the country’s longest-running drama anthology series, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/studios/tv/maalaala-mo-kaya" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maalala Mo Kaya</a>, which first aired in 1991.The drama series ended its two-year hiatus with a limited series run on iWantTFC last year, but the 70-year-old host admitted she looks forward to a possible new season again this year. “Yung MMK lang ang nagpahinga din after ABS-CBN lost its franchise. We’re hoping that, you know, there will be a season two this year. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed. I’ve reached the stage where I take things one day at a time. We don’t anymore lose sleep over concerns. I’m just so grateful for all the blessings that came my way. So everyday is really just an opportunity to learn and to say thank you that I’m still around and still very much alive,” she said.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2026/2/25/charo-santos-on-watching-barbie-forteza-s-performances-magaling-na-artista-si-barbie-1001" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">READ: Charo Santos on watching Barbie Forteza’s performances: ‘Magaling na artista si Barbie!’</a></div>Charo also shared her sentiments after stepping down as president and CEO of ABS-CBN almost a decade ago.“I’ve retired from corporate life for the past 10 years so I have more time to do the things that I want to explore, like doing TikTok. When I was still a TV executive, ayan talagang you really have to know your priorities. Bina-balanse mo ang panahon mo sa trabaho mo, sa pamilya mo, sa personal life mo. So it’s really finding that balance. There are no hard and fast rules. You just have to know your priorities. Ano ang importante sa ’yo? I have a very supportive husband and he let me be the person that I am; hindi ako masyadong nahirapan. Walang challenge na ‘anong oras ka uuwi?’ Hindi ganun, ‘di na,” she shared. The longtime MMK host also  how thankful she was for the support she received from her late husband Cesar Rafael Concio Jr., with whom she shares more than 40 years of marriage. “He allowed me to discover my own person. So may respeto kami doon, rerespetuhin mo din ‘yun dahil binigyan ka ng pagkakataon. So you don’t abuse that, you know. You don’t abuse that privilege. Now, you know, you can see me on social media. I only do the work in a day. So, again, it’s time management and a lot of planning, a lot of collaboration with your team. Madami lang nakikita because I do events. When I go to events, ayan, nakakadagdag ‘yan sa mga activities ko. Otherwise, I do a lot in the house and I have time to pursue my passion in acting,” she shared.  <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/9/24/charo-santos-on-her-late-husband-walang-mabigat-kasi-mahal-ko-0947" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">READ: Charo Santos on her late husband: ‘Walang mabigat kasi mahal ko’</a></div>Relating to her latest role as a closet lesbian in her senior years in Until She Remembers, Charo shared how her views on love in her role also mirrored her enduring love in real life. “Ako bilang isang manonood na pinanood ko ‘yung pelikula, dinetach ko ‘yung sarili ko na isa ako sa gumanap sa mga karakter. Pero ang takeaway ko, ‘yung great love mo, hindi mo makakalimutan. Mananatili siya sa puso mo habang buhay. At kahit na may konting pagsubok, like ‘yung loss of memory ganyan, kahit sa isang segundo, naniniwala ako na mabibigyan kami ng pagkakataon ng Panginoong Diyos na may maalala at maibabalik sa’yo ay isa mong talagang great love. So yeah. Nakaka-in love. ‘Yun ang romantic love,” she explained.

Maalaala Mo Kaya host Charo Santos gets honest on her thoughts about the possibility of another new season for the country’s longest-running drama anthology series this year.

Maalaala Mo Kaya host Charo Santos gets honest on her thoughts about the possibility of another new season for the country’s longest-running drama anthology series this year.