How to Spot a Red Flag

How to Spot a Red Flag is a Philippine romantic miniseries starring Belle Mariano, Donny Pangilinan and Jameson Blake.^[1] The show was directed by Dwein Baltazar. It premiered on Viu from November 25, 2024 to February 17, 2025 as a Viu Original series produced in collaboration with ABS-CBN Studios and Dreamscape Entertainment.^[2]

How to Spot a Red Flag
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Genre	Romance Comedy
Directed by	Dwein Baltazar
Starring	Belle Mariano Donny Pangilinan Jameson Blake
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	English Filipino
No. of episodes	25
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Viu ABS-CBN Studios Dreamscape Entertainment
Original release
Network	Viu
Release	November 25, 2024 (2024-11-25) – February 17, 2025 (2025-02-17)
Network	Kapamilya Channel[a]
Release	January 27 (2025-01-27) – February 28, 2025 (2025-02-28)

Synopsis

The spunky barista Cha finds herself torn between two young men — a quirky good guy, Matt and a confident bad boy, JR — who are both involved in catfishing her.^[3]

The rom-com tackles common dating issues nowadays, such as catfishing and ghosting, highlighting a modern approach of Gen Zs.

Cast

• Belle Mariano as Cha, a barista of her family's coffee shop who was scammed from investing in crypto
• Donny Pangilinan as Matt, an MBA graduate whose nose would go red when he lies
• Jameson Blake as JR, the mischievous surfer guy who works at his dad's company^[4]
• Esnyr as Maxie, the best friend of Cha^[4]
• Benjie Paras as Ime, the protective father of Cha^[4]
• Mylene Dizon as Vivian, the cool mother of Cha^[4]
• Angel Aquino as Marian, Matt's caring mother^[4]
• Christian Vasquez as Leandro, JR's father^[4]

Casting

This is the third project Belle Mariano and Donny Pangilinan, often addressed as "DonBelle", worked together as main lead, after He's Into Her and their Netflix release Can't Buy Me Love.^[5]

Notes

1. The series was also aired on A2Z (analog free TV in Manila and digital TV in nationwide), TV5 (free TV in nationwide), and Jeepney TV (delayed telecast, cable and satellite TV only).