Aga Muhlach makes big leap from ABS-CBN to TV5

Erwin Santiago
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ 05:01PM  |  99511 views

"I think it's important also that studios or networks should take care of their artists at the end of the day, because it's their artists that bring in money also sa kanila. Parang ganun lang 'yon. Hindi naman kami mga robot na parang 'punta ka rito, punta ka ro'n, gawin mo 'yan,'" says Aga Muhlach.

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Pormal nang ipinakilala si Aga Muhlach bilang pinakabagong star ng TV5 sa pamamagitan ng isang presscon na ginanap kagabi, March 30, sa Annabel's restaurant sa Tomas Morato, Quezon City.

Kasamang humarap ni Aga sa press ang TV5 head of creative and entertainment na si Perci Intalan.

Three years ang kontratang pinirmahan ni Aga sa Kapatid network, na pagmamay-ari ng business tycoon na si Manny V. Pangilinan.

"I signed for three years, and siguro after three years, then another three years. I really want to stay with [TV] 5 because I'm here now, and mahirap namang magpalipat-lipat. You only do it once, so this is it!" sabi ni Aga sa PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) at iba pang invited press.

Bago ang paglipat ni Aga sa TV5 ay 18 years siyang nagtrabaho sa bakuran ng ABS-CBN. Nagsimula siya noong 1992 sa sitcom na Oki Doki Doc. Ang huling naging show niya doon ay ang M3 (Malay Mo Ma-develop) nila ni Ai-Ai delas Alas noong nakaraang taon, 2010.

Paano siya nagpaalam sa Kapamilya network?

"Hindi ako nagpaalam, kundi nagsabi lang ako that I'm moving," sagot ni Aga.

Inamin din ng aktor na umiyak ang kasalukuyang presidente ng ABS-CBN na si Ms. Charo Santos-Concio nang sabihin niyang lilipat na siya sa TV5.

Pero aniya, "Hindi naman dapat lahat ng lumilipat kailangan may problema. Sa akin naman, hindi ko naman kadikit sa buhay yung problema, or yung gulo o eskandalo, o kung anuman.

"And I even told her that, 'You know, I'm not trying to haggle... I'm just moving.'"

Ano ang dahilan ng pag-alis niya sa ABS-CBN?

"It's nothing, you know... Parang it's monotonous, parang I just wanted something different, really. And TV5 was offering all these things sa akin," sagot ni Aga.

THE BIG LEAP. Ano ang naging biggest consideration ni Aga sa desisyon niyang lumipat sa TV5?

"Yung vision ng 5. Yung vision ng 5 now is to come up with any nice show and—if I'm not mistaken—not think of ratings first," sabi niya.

Last December 2010 pa napabalitang lilipat si Aga sa TV5, pero ngayong buwan lang sila nagkasarahan. Gaano ba katagal inabot ang negosasyon sa pagitan ng aktor at ng network bago ito nag-materialize? (CLICK HERE to read related story.)

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