Tropang Potchi

Overview

Tropang Potchi is a Philippine TV program created for kids sponsored by Columbia International Food Products which currently airs on GMA Network. Set in a modern milieu, the program aims to promote traditional Filipino values through comic narrative stories and exciting feature segments. Tropang Potchi is currently running on its Season 7 on GMA Network and is dubbed as the biggest and most ambitious season to date, changing its "tambayan" to a more techie child-friendly hangout place with its gaming station yet having a more familiar and realistic look. The show also changed the flavor of its feature segments to reality-adventure, which makes the program more appealing to kids both boys and girls and even to tweens and adults while living up to its strong held mission of imparting traditional Filipino values to the modern day kabataang pinoy. A film festival featuring kid filmmakers is also on the show's calendar. December 2012 episodes of the show include Maey Bautista [tentatively] as Julian's ninang on the importance of appreciating gifts as thoughtful gestures and not as material possessions. A [tentative] participation of Roadfill of Moymoy Palaboy as the kids embark on a Christmas adventure in Enchanted Kingdom explaining the science behind our favorite rides. The show will also feature the biggest and the grandest Christmas displays in and outside of the metro such as the Pampanga Giant Lantern Festival and the Christmas On Display tradition in San Juan. Also, grand winners of the Philippine TV reality show Protégé, Jeric Gonzales and Thea Tolentino, will add flavor to the show as mini Christmas decors coming to life. Throughout December, the show ends with the Filipino tradition "monito-monita".