''Ipaglaban Mo!'' (), also known as ''Kapag Nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' or ''Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo!'', is a Philippine television public service and advocacy-driven legal drama anthology show broadcast by

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, RPN,

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and

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under

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, featuring dramatizations of actual cases brought and settled in the

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and

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. It aired from June 13, 1988 to 2000. The show returned from February 7, 2004 to 2005 and again from June 7, 2014 to July 5, 2020, replacing ''Sabado Specials: Shake, Rattle & Roll''.

Final Hosts

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

History

1988–2000: Original run

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

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

on August 16, 1992, under Milliard Productions as a blocktime program under the title ''Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!''. 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 (1993–1999) is currently streaming on

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channel every 1st quarter of the month, together with '' Star Drama Theater'' every 5:00 pm. From 1999 to 2000, the show aired on RPN under the title ''Kapag nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'', but in a unique setup. Some of the IBC-era episodes were re-aired with new taped segments replacing the original ones to make it look more timely and relevant.

2012–2014: GMA News TV

A new series of ''Kapag nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' () was broadcast by

(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/2020–2024: 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 was every Wednesday at 2:00 pm, and every Thursday at 1:00 am, on

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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

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due to the

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ordered by the

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(NTC) due to its franchise expiration, the show returned on the newly established

on June 14, 2020 with new episodes aired but later on, it reverted to past episodes due to the ongoing

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and the Philippine Congress denied the new ABS-CBN legislative franchise to operate. It aired its last episode on July 5, 2020, and has since aired random past episodes every and simulcasts on

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on July 4, 2021. On November 5, 2023, the show continued to air on Kapamilya Channel while the airing on A2Z was pre-empted to give way for

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until February 11, 2024 as a result of RPTV launched on February 1 (who carried the rest of the PBA season), thus resumed its airing on the latter network a week later. The rerun ended on June 30, 2024 and was replaced by the revival of ''

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'' after a decade. A week later, it was replaced by '' My Puhunan: Kaya Mo!'' on its timeslot.

Episodes

Film versions

The series had two movie versions. The first movie version was released in 1994 with two stories starring Sharmaine Arnaiz and Chin-Chin Gutierrez in their first starring role. Both stories depicted violence against women. The second movie version was released in 1997 where it depicts poor people who wanted to seek justice. The first story features Carmina Villaroel as an illetirate maid who was accused of kidnapping her ward. But ended up being a victim of police brutality. The second story is about a man who vows to seek justice for the murder of his brother, whose suspects are from a powerful family.

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