Eat Bulaga! Lenten Drama Specials is an annual anthology special by the Philippine noontime show Eat Bulaga! in observance with the Holy Week. The episodes usually release during the Holy Monday to Holy Wednesday. The series runs from 1981 to 2008 but later returned in 2014, the series goes in hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to 2023. The show later returns in 2024.
Production
The series started in 1981. The first special was directed by Lino Brocka. Every episode featured Eat Bulaga's host and featured other guests of the series. The series run until 2008. In an interview with the entertainment website PEP.ph, Malou Choa-Fagar, an executive of TAPE Inc., the then-producer of the Eat Bulaga, the series was ended because they felt "there was a saturation of materials" and that "trend back then was game shows".
The series returned in 2014, featuring the six stories of the winners of Eat Bulaga's "Juan For All, All for Juan" segment. It went into hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series returns in 2024.
In an interview with PEP.ph, Joey De Leon, one of the series stars, said that the annual series was their "vow [to God]."
Premise
The series features inspirational stories and usually features Christian-related lessons.
Episodes
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2024
2025
See also
- List of ABS-CBN specials aired
- List of GMA Network specials aired
- List of TV5 (Philippine TV network) specials aired
- List of Radio Philippines Network specials aired
- Holy Week in the Philippines
- Kalyeserye
- Pasyon
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