“Naghihintay ako ng right project para sa pagsasama namin ni Julia. Si Juls ngayon, pukpukan ang training. Nag-aaral siya ngayon ng sa baril, ng fight, sa motor. Inakma namin ‘yung kwento na talagang fit para sa amin, sa estado namin ngayon. First time namin magla-light. Pasasayahin naman natin ‘yung mga tahanan gabi-gabi.” – Coco Martin, in a televised interview on TV Patrol, aired February 20, 2026
In a recent broadcast of the Kapamilya Flagship Newscast TV Patrol on February 20, 2026, the Primetime King Coco Martin has announced that after more than three years since the premiere on February 13, 2023, FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, which airs on its final three weeks from the time of this writing of this post (February 20, 2026), is set to replace with Sigabo, this coming March 16, 2026. The upcoming primetime series will also star Julia Montes.
Earlier, in a series of promotional plugs released by Dreamscape Entertainment, the ABS-CBN-led production company behind the series, loyal viewers wished the show a happy anniversary and thanked Tanggol for giving them all-out action, drama, joy, and inspiration throughout the past three years, which celebrated a week ago.
FPJ’s Batang Quiapo was inspired by the original story of Regal Entertainment, Inc., broadcasts on the ABS-CBN Primetime block at 20:00 on the Kapamilya Channel, ALLTV2, A2Z, Kapamilya Online Live, and iWant, which premiered on February 13, 2023. It also aired on TV5 from its premiere until the channel decided not to renew its partnership with ABS-CBN and move all of the primetime shows of the Kapamilya network, including ASAP and Your Face Sounds Familiar, to ALLTV2 on January 2, 2026.
On February 21, 2025, the series breached over a million in Peak Concurrent Viewers on Kapamilya Online Live, based on data from the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube Channel, while it also flooded social media with its viral scenes and iconic lines, and it has also broken its own online viewership record multiple times.
The series made a mark in the hearts of Filipinos all over the country who religiously watched the series on multiple broadcast and online platforms, where viewers also followed the story of Tanggol when the series launched on ALLTV2 last January, while it is scheduled to air the finale episode on March 13, 2026.
But the action continues for Coco as he also announced that once FPJ’s Batang Quiapo ends on March 13, 2026, then Sigabo will premiere this March 16, 2026, taking over the 20:00 timeslot, after TV Patrol. It promises a mix of action, comedy, and romance that families will surely enjoy, ABS-CBN added. From 2015 until 2022, Coco Martin starred in a highly anticipated ABS-CBN Primetime Drama, FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano.
Coco expressed gratitude to the production crew and staff behind the series, as well as the actors and actresses who appeared in the series, and everyone who made FPJ’s Batang Quiapo possible for three years since the premiere.
He also expressed his appreciation to the viewers to join Tanggol in his one final battle for FPJ’s Batang Quiapo ahead of the “Ang Huling Laban ni Tanggol” subtitle until the end on Friday (March 13, 2026), and to not miss out on the premiere of Sigabo on the following Monday (March 16, 2026).
For the last three years, FPJ’s Batang Quiapo has competed intensively with some of the GMA shows aired on the same timeslot, including Mga Lihim ni Urduja, Voltes V: Legacy, Maging Sino Ka Man, Black Rider, Pulang Araw, Mga Batang Riles, Lolong Season 2, and the most recent Encantadia Chronicles: Sang’gre. When the series moved to ALLTV2 from TV5 on January 2, 2026, it also competed with Carlo J. Caparas’ Totoy Bato on TV5’s TodoMAX Primetime Singko block.
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