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| 2025 | Rochelle Pangilinan is a nominee for Best Drama Supporting Actress at the 38th PMPC Star Awards for Television |
| 2025 | Alden Richards and David Licauco are nominees for Best Drama Actor at the 38th PMPC Star Awards for Television |
| 2025 | Jay Ortega is a nominee for Best New Male TV Personality at the 38th PMPC Star Awards for Television |
| 2025 | Dennis Trillo is a nominee for Best Drama Supporting Actor at the 38th PMPC Star Awards for Television |
| 2025 | Pending nominations for the 38th PMPC Star Awards for Television include multiple cast members of Pulang Araw across various categories |
| 2025 | Pulang Araw wins multiple awards at the 10th Platinum Stallion National Media Awards, including Best Primetime Drama Series and Socially Relevant TV Series |
| 2024 | Tag Awards Chicago: Barbie Forteza wins Gold for Best Actress, Dennis Trillo wins Silver for Best Actor, Sanya Lopez wins Bronze for Best Supporting Actress, and David Licauco wins Gold for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2024 | Pulang Araw wins Asian Academy Creative Awards for Best Promo or Trailer |
| 2024 | Pulang Araw is nominated for Best Soap/Telenovela at the Venice TV Awards |
| 2024 | Rhian Ramos is nominated for Best Performance on a Featured Role at the Ima Wa Ima Asian International Film Festival and Entertainment Special Awards |
| 2024 | Pulang Araw wins 7th Gawad Lasallaneta Awards for Most Outstanding Teleserye |
| 2024 | Pulang Araw wins Anak TV Seal Awards for Household Favorite Program, with Barbie Forteza winning Female Makabata TV Star and Alden Richards winning Male Makabata TV Star |
| 2024 | Pulang Araw receives a Plaque of Appreciation from the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board |
| December 27 2024 | Pulang Araw television series concluded after broadcasting a total of 110 episodes. |
| December 24 2024 | The final episode of Pulang Araw was released on Netflix. |
| November 2024 | The series was given an additional ten episodes, expanding from the original 100-episode plan. |
| August 9 2024 | Soundtrack album for the television series 'Pulang Araw' was released by GMA Playlist, featuring songs performed by the series' cast. The album was produced by Rocky Gacho and used compositions from the historical time period of the series, including works by Shelton Brooks, Nicanor Abelardo, Brewster Higley, and Daniel E. Kelley. |
| July 2024 | Additional cast members Robert Seña, Neil Ryan Sese, Jay Arcilla, Sef Cadayona, and Tyro Daylusan were announced for the series. |
| July 29 2024 | Pulang Araw television series premiered on GMA Network's Prime line up, directed by Dominic Zapata and starring Barbie Forteza, Sanya Lopez, David Licauco, Alden Richards, and Dennis Trillo. |
| July 26 2024 | Pulang Araw premiered on Netflix, marking the start of the television drama series. |
| April 9 2024 | Season 10 of Finding Your Roots concluded, completing its run of episodes exploring celebrities' genealogical backgrounds. |
| January 2 2024 | Season 10 of Finding Your Roots began airing on PBS, continuing the series' exploration of celebrity family histories. |
| December 2023 | Abraham Lawyer was added to the cast of the series. |
| December 1 2023 | Principal photography for the television drama series 'Pulang Araw' began in multiple locations across the Philippines, including Manila, Quezon, Batangas, Laguna, Bulacan, and Pampanga. The production used CGI to recreate historical locations that no longer exist. |
| November 2023 | Initial cast of the television series 'Pulang Araw' was officially announced. |
| 2016 | Cal Thomas of The Baltimore Sun praised the show, describing it as 'The most compelling television you will ever see', indicating significant critical acclaim for the documentary series. |
| January 5 2016 | The television series 'Finding Your Roots' returned after being postponed due to the Ben Affleck controversy, where Affleck had persuaded host Henry Louis Gates Jr. to omit information about his slave-owning ancestors. |
| 2015 | Third season of Finding Your Roots was postponed by WNET after the Ben Affleck controversy regarding suppression of slave-owning ancestor information. |
| 2015 | The television series 'Finding Your Roots' was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News/Information – Series or Special, highlighting critical recognition of the show's significance in documentary television. |
| 2013 | Continued conceptualization of the series by Suzette Doctolero, involving research and interviews with World War II veterans, vaudeville artists, and comfort women. |
| 2012 | Writer Suzette Doctolero began conceptualizing the series, inspired by her grandparents' experiences as guerrilla fighters and vaudeville performers during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots debuts, changing the series format to single-episode plots and expanding the number of episodes per season from four to ten. |
| March 25 2012 | Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. television series premiered on PBS, featuring celebrities exploring their ancestral histories through genealogical research. |
| 2010 | Gates introduces Faces of America, the first series installment that includes Americans from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, continuing the season-long plot approach. |
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