Teen Gen (Teen Generation) is a Filipino youth-oriented drama

 series produced by GMA Network. Penned by Kit Villanueva-Langit,

the show premiered on December 16, 2012 over GMA channel 7

 and GMA Pinoy TV. The series is a spin-off of the defunct TV

 series T.G.I.S. and Growing Up.

 

The show is GMA's continuation of the TGIS franchise after

 buying the rights from original series co-producer Viva Television.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set nearly 20 years after the events of TGIS and Growing Up,

 the show revolves around a clique of youth living in a

 fictional Quezon City residential subdivision and attending

 the same school. They deal with the various episodes that

usually come with adolescent life.

 

 

 

 

 

Teen Gen is under the direction of Mark Reyes with

 Kit Villanueva-Langit as headwriter.

 

Direk Mark looks back to the happy memories of creating

 the unparalleled youth program which also launched

the careers of today’s respected actors in the industry.

 

As he puts it, “18 years ago, I was given the opportunity

 to create a youth-oriented show for a Saturday

afternoon which had non-existent audience market.

With the courage of ignorance, we broke the norms of

Philippine TV by doing a light drama-comedy, which was

 unheard of in the traditional soap dominated ’90s. We

got an inspiration from the fast-rising MTV channel in

terms of visual treatment and fashion styles. Our first

season was shaky. T.G.I.S. was branded too “bourgeois”

 or too upper class for the masa market. But come the

second season. It skyrocketed to the TV phenomenon that

 it was, prompting the rival network to copy our format

after a year. Now, with much excitement and bravado

from experience, the original director and writer bring

back T.G.I.S. as Teen Gen. Expect a new generation of

young stars and T.G.I.S. alumni Bobby and Angelu to

bring back youthful family entertainment for both young

 and not so young who are now parents to teenagers.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAST

 

Angelu de Leon as Ma. Patrice "Peachy" Real-da Silva

 

 

 

Bobby Andrews as Joaquin "Wacks" Torres III

 

 

 

 

Jeric Gonzales as Santiago "Tiago" Torres Jr.

 

 

 

Thea Tolentino as Angeline "Angge" Parahinog

 

 

 

Dianne Hernandez as Ma. Lyca Real-Da Silva

 

 

 

Juancho Trivino as Luis Joaquin "Lucho" Torres IV

 

 

 

Seth Isay as Quinito "Itos" Nuevas Jr.

 

 

 

Abel Estanislao as Jose Vicente "JV" Cortez

 

 

 

Sunyee Maluche as Andrea "Drew" Remulla

 

 

 

 

Gianna Revilla as Madison Avenida

 

 

 

 

Gabriel de Leon as Jeffrey "Jeff" Nuevas