''Ipaglaban Mo!'' (), also known as ''Kapag Nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' or ''Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo!'' was a Philippine television legal drama anthology show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel under ABS-CBN Entertainment, featuring dramatizations of actual cases brought and settled in the Supreme Court and

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Final Hosts

* Atty. Jose C. Sison * Joseph Peter "Jopet" S. Sison

History

1988–1999: Original run

''Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' was originally aired over

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on June 13, 1988, and last aired on August 14, 1992. The program transferred to

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on August 16, 1992, under Milliard Productions as a blocktime program. After 52 episodes, the show "premiered" in September 1993 as a station produced program and ended on March 7, 1999, being replaced by ''

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'' on its Sunday timeslot. This past episodes (1992-1999) is currently streaming on

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every 1st quarter of the month, together with ''

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'', ''

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'' & '' Star Drama Theater'' every 5:00 pm. Also past episodes (1988-1992 and 1999-2000) will be uploaded on Ipaglaban Mo Foundation YouTube Channel.

2012–2014: GMA News TV

A new series of ''Kapag nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' () was broadcast by GMA News TV (now GTV), premiering on November 10, 2012. It was hosted by Jose C. Sison and Jopet Sison. On June 16, 2013, the show returned for a 3rd season.

2014–2020: ABS-CBN/2020–present: Kapamilya Channel/A2Z

Fifteen years after the show ended on ABS-CBN, the legal drama returned on June 7, 2014, as part of the ''Yes Weekend!'' block, airing every Saturday at 3:30 pm, after '' It's Showtime'' and before '' S.O.C.O.'' while the replay is every Wednesday at 2:00 pm, and every Thursday at 1:00 am, on DZMM TeleRadyo and every Sunday at 3:00 pm, on

. The show is still hosted by Atty. Jose Sison together with his son Jopet Sison. It is simply called ''Ipaglaban Mo!''. On March 21, 2020, the show temporarily ceased production of the new episodes due to the

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, hence halting the schedule of airing the new episodes. Re-runs of previous episodes were re-aired for the time being. Following the temporary closure of ABS-CBN due to the cease and desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on account of its franchise expiration, on June 14, 2020, the show returned on the newly established

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with new episodes but later on, it reverted to past episodes due to the ongoing

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. It aired its last episode on July 5, 2020, and has since aired random past episodes every Sunday at 4:00 pm and simulcasts with A2Z and on July 4, 2021, on free TV.

Episodes

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