Electric Entertainment’s Almost Paradise

Early weeks of October 2019, I received a lead from an Executive Producer friend that ABS-CBN was line producing an American TV show with Electric Entertainment and WGN America in Cebu for 6 months, and that they needed someone for consultation. Soon after, I met with the bosses and gave some leads to suppliers and staff based in Cebu.

By that time, I had a scheduled trip to HongKong, possibly the reason why I wasn’t given a project until their 3rd month of taping.

It was January 2020 just after the busy weeks of Sinulog when we started supplying talents/extras to the show. The whole talent supply experience brought me back to what I have experienced with TV work – no enough sleep and exhausted, but fulfilled and proud.

After shoot dinner with talents

My gratitude goes to Ms. Ria and Sir Jevan of the talent department for having me on board. This was my 2nd time to provide talents, first was when Probinsyano shot some episodes here in Cebu few years ago.

On the last weeks of taping, we were also given the chance to become extras for experience.

As doctor for the last episode

After 6 months, the taping finally came to an end, interestingly just before ECQ was mandated and most of the staff flew back to their homes.

Pack-up Party with the rest of the staff, executives of ABS-CBN & WGN, crew and suppliers at the garden of Bigfoot Studio in Mactan Island, Cebu.

with the whole team of Almost Paradise

Thank you to my hardworking staff for this project – Michael, Jen and Peter. You were with me in an emotional rollercoaster ride, but we made it! They also have bit-roles, so I gave them the liberty to be a talent and staff at the same time. Until our next taping project.

Almost Paradise only on WGN America.