''Beach Bros'' is a Philippine youth-oriented

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streaming television

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directed by Victor Kaiba Villanueva, which premiered from July 16 to 31, 2022 on

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Premise

Best friends Dave, Billy, Jason, Pete, and Jeremy all enjoyed living life to the fullest in the tropical beaches of

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. Dave, who aspires to get educated in Manila, must continue to face the hard times as his mother struggles to make a living and help Dave fulfill his dream, until he would suddenly meet a tourist named Nicole due to an accident. Not knowingly, there is something suspicious with Nicole's stay in Baler that would test both Dave's restrained feelings for her, and the friendship the "Baler Boys" having sustained just for that reason.

Cast and characters

Main cast

;''Baler Boys'' *

Kyle Echarri Kyle John Echarri (born June 20, 2003) is a Filipino-American singer and actor. He made his first television appearance at the age of eleven when he joined season 2 of ''The Voice Kids''. He has appeared in various films and television shows su ...

as Dave Alon, the mischievous leader of the gang aspiring to get educated in Manila *Lance Justin Carr as Billy Alon, the

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of the gangFor the citations of Manalo, Rigor, Tristan, and Carr as co-male casts. * * *Brent Manalo as Jason Coral, a gregarious partygoing friend from Manila *Raven Rigor as Pete Resureccion, a racketeering waiter who is a

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's child *Sean Tristan as Jeremy Marvista, an aspiring vlogger with 30 subscribers ;''Girls around the Boys'' *Chie Filomeno as Nicole Solana, a sexy tourist from Manila who has a mission to fulfill in Baler *Kira Balinger as Erika Aguador, a school

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and the only child of a local politician *Angelica Lao as Yasmin Viaje, a perky

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aspiring to get educated in Manila

Supporting cast

Malou de Guzman Malou de Guzman (born August 24, 1958) is a Filipina stage, television and film actress. Personal life De Guzman has a daughter Luchi, with former actor Ross Rival. She is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines-Diliman , image ...

as Chona, Dave and Paulo's mother *Ian de Leon as Vladimir, leader of the Black Snakes syndicate *

Jason Gainza Jayson Gainza (born April 27, 1980) is a Filipino actor, comedian, impersonator and former reality show contestant. Gainza was the first runner-up (the Second Big Placer) in ''Pinoy Big Brother''. He garnered 312,258 votes, equal to 27.5% of th ...

as Pete's

-father *

JC Santos John Carlo Abrugar Santos is a Filipino actor, best known for his role in the television series '' Till I Met You'' as Alejandro "Ali" Nicolas. Early life Santos was born on November 19, 1988 in Pampanga, Philippines. He is one of the two chil ...

as Paulo, Dave's late older brother and Nicole's late boyfriend *Jeffrey Santos as '' Konsi'' Michael, a local politician in Baler *Adrian Lindayag as Candy, Billy's gay sibling managing the Beach Bros Bar *

Ryan Rems Ryan Rems Sarita (born November 3, 1978) is a Filipino comedian and television personality. He was the first Funny One grand winner of the ABS-CBN noontime variety show, '' It's Showtime''. Personal life He holds a degree of Communication Arts f ...

as Greg, Billy's weird-acting brother working at the Beach Bros Bar *Yesh Burce as Stacy, Vladimir's accomplice who is tasked to follow Nicole's activities in Baler

Production

Casting

As reported by the

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, this is Echarri's first leading role in a series as he had been paired with

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in some of ABS-CBN's drama projects and with '' The Gold Squad'' previously. This is also the first series for Echarri and Filomeno as a pair, where the two were part of the Celebrity Edition of '' Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10'' in 2021.

Marketing

A teaser was released on June 21, 2022, while the full trailer was released on June 28, 2022 via iWantTFC's social media channels with its release date scheduled on July 16, 2022. On July 3, 2022, Echarri and Filomeno led the casts in gracing the

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stage with Rigor, Manalo, Carr, and Lao as part of the ''Beach Bros'' promotion.

Release

New episodes were released Saturdays and Sundays.

Broadcast

The series premiered on July 16 to July 31, 2022, on

. The series had its Philippine TV Premiere from March 18 to April 2, 2023, on ''Yes Weekend'' primetime block on

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and

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replacing ''The Goodbye Girl'' and was replaced by ''

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'' and '' Tara, G!''. It also aired international via TFC (

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References

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External links

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