Trops Explained

Genre:	Romance Comedy drama
Developer:	Jose Mari Abacan Lia Domingo Cyril Ramos Jerome Zamora
Director:	Linnet Zurbano
Creative Director:	Jenny Ferre
Starring:	Kenneth Medrano Miggy Tolentino Joel Palencia Jon Timmons Tommy Peñaflor Kim Last Taki Saito
Open Theme:	"Ka-Trops" by Jireh Lim
Country:	Philippines
Language:	Tagalog
Num Episodes:	238
Executive Producer:	Adrian Raphael V. Santos
Producer:	Antonio P. Tuviera Jacqui L. Cara Michael Tuviera Jojo C. Oconer Ramel L. David Camille G. Montaño
Location:	Philippine School of Business Administration, Manila, Philippines Quezon City, Philippines
Editor:	Bong Guillermo Tara Illenberger
Camera:	Multiple-camera setup
Runtime:	15–30 minutes
Company:	TAPE Inc.
Network:	GMA Network

Trops is a Philippine television drama romance comedy series, broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Linnet Zurbano, it stars Kenneth Medrano, Miggy Tolentino, Joel Palencia, Jon Timmons, Tommy Peñaflor, Kim Last and Taki Saito. It premiered on October 24, 2016 on the network's afternoon line up replacing Calle Siete. The series concluded on September 22, 2017 with a total of 238 episodes. It was replaced by The Lolas' Beautiful Show in its timeslot.

Cast and characters

Lead cast

• Taki Saito as Martha Tanya Kiera "Taki" P. Masson-Mercado
• Kenneth Medrano as Kenneth "Ken" Garcia-Mercado^[1]
• Miggy Tolentino as Angelo Miguelito "Miggy" Tolentino
• Kim Last as Kim Michael Park
• Tommy Peñaflor as Tommy "Taba" Fernando
• Joel Palencia as Joel "Jo" Santos
• Jon Timmons as Jonathan "Jon" P. Masson

Supporting cast

• Toni Aquino as Joanna "Liempo" Santos
• Krystal Reyes as Zoey Sevilla
• Shaira Diaz as Amanda "Mandy" Santiago-Tolentino
• Benjie Paras as Fred Fernando
• Irma Adlawan as Sheena "Momskie" Tolentino
• Rey "PJ" Abellana as Armando Santiago
• Juan Rodrigo as Kevin Mercado
• Dexter Doria as Armida Santiago
• Ces Quesada as Aurora Agoncilio
• Leo Martinez as Eli
• Allysa de Real as Sandra
• Jace Flores as Mars
• Archie Adamos as Bien

Guest cast

• Ai-Ai Delas Alas as Rosa Mystica "Rose" Carpio Vda. de Roxas
• Ina Raymundo as Almalyn Macauba
• Glenda Garcia as Cecelia Celia Garcia-Mercado
• Maureen Mauricio as Rebecca Silangkuan
• Gilleth Sandico as Zita Sevilla
• Marco Alcaraz as Bastie
• Lou Veloso as Uge / Noy
• Ermie Concepcion as Ces
• Rolando Inocencio as Sarmiento
• Kate Lapuz as Pia Angelie Avela
• Francis Mata as Chua
• VJ Mendoza as a school pageant host
• Emma Viri as Sylvia Peneda-Masson
• Andrew Gan as Carlo
• Afi Africa as Kulote
• Rhett Romero as Zoey's father
• Myka Flores as Mariah
• Ryan Arana as Loren Jaime
• Therese Malvar as Veronica "Roni / Nica" Sanchez
• Kenken Nuyad as Renato "Nato" Monteza
• Yasser Marta as Drew
• Arvic Tan as Jacob Valdez
• Phytos Ramirez as Diego
• Jan Marini as Ces
• Jojo Alejar as Dindo Soterio
• Empress Schuck as Monette Soterio
• Super Tekla as Tiffany

Ratings

According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Trops earned a 15.5% rating.^[2] While the final episode scored a 4.1 rating in Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: That's My Bae ng Eat Bulaga binigyan ng big break na bumida sa sarili nilang show, ang Trops . GMA Network.
2. Web site: AGB: 10 Top-rating Pilot and Finale Daytime episodes in 2016 . Ching, Mark Angelo . January 1, 2017 . PEP . January 24, 2018.
3. Web site: September 22 (Friday) AGB Nielsen NUTAM TV Ratings . September 26, 2017 . PEP . March 1, 2018.