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ABS-CBN Will Do It Again

Noontime show in the Philippines will never be out of phase of Philippine TV programming and will always be one of the immortal TV programs in the Philippine TV aside from news programs and drama series. For despite of some flops of other failed noontime shows, still brand new noontime shows sprouted like the phoenix bird from the axed or death of one. It never dies actually. Now a brand new noontime show is in the rise again from the axed or death of the former noontime show that didn’t make it to fly high on the ratings game.

From the No.1 noontime show maker in the Philippines –ABS-CBN TV network, that has created the successful noontime shows in the Philippines like Student Canteen, Eat Bulaga(co-produced then by TAPE company),MTB (Magandang Tanghali Bayan) and Wowowee and also the flop ones, the TV network promise to do again the success of the former successful noontime shows in their upcoming noontime show that will bring a brand new concept[?] and alternative viewing aside from the current reigning noontime show –Eat Bulaga in the Philippines.

A brand new noontime show that promises fresh alternative and success [?] that will make the noon time of every Filipino,a “happy yippee yehey” day that will make the Filipino noon time a bit more happier and alive.

Actually,the title of the upcoming noontime show is “Happy Yipee Yehey” that will premier this February 12,2011 consisting of Ms.Toni Gonzaga,Ms. Mariel Rodriquez, Mr. John Estrada, Mr. Randy Santiago, Ms. Melai Cantiveros of Pinoy Big Brother Doubleup top winner, Ms. Bianca Manalo, Bentong, Youtube star Jobert Austria, and according to Ms. Toni Gonzaga, Mr. Sam Milby is also included in the cast.

Though, the new noontime show promises to duplicate the former success of the old noontime shows that have already mark a name on the Philippine TV; will it make it as it promises and aims to be? Let’s See.

Romanticism on TV Hosting

Hooking TV co-hosts to be a romantic partner is like common practices among live TV shows in the Philippines that require hosting job to perk up the entire show, most especially on afternoon or noontime shows. The famous trio-hosts of the noontime TV show “Eat Bulaga” has known on Filipino public consciousness for such practices. Whenever, a new gorgeous lady that will co-hosts their noontime show, rumors will arise that this new babe on their show will be hook to have a romantic relationship with either one of the TV host like of Vic Sotto to Ms. Coney Reyes then and now with Ms. Pia Guanio which both end up into friends instead of marriage.

Recently, Vic Sotto’s seven-year relationship with Ms. Pia Guanio was reportedly ended which sparks controversy on the Philippine Showbiz industry with a big question – “Why?” But Mr. Vic Sotto and Ms. Pia Guanio are both tightlipped on the issue with Vic Sotto’s statement: “I cannot talk about it. Pia and I agreed that whatever happened, is happening and will happen between us in the future, we will just keep it to ourselves. If there’s something that we feel we need to share with our supporters, they will hear from us”. For it was reported that the two ex-couple were formerly living together at the house in Ayala Alabang Village which Vic Sotto himself have bought for Ms. Pia Guanio, then suddenly they split up.

Similarly, following the trails of the romanticism of the prime male hosts of “Eat Bulaga” to their female co-hosts is the ever controversial Mr. Willie Revillame who was reported to be courting his new female host at his show Willing Willie –Ms. Shalani Carla Soledad, however, it is not yet fully confirmed regarding their rumored romantic link.

Not only on the TV shows I mention happens the budding of romance between fellow hosts but also on some TV shows but the question is why some TV hosts develop a romance to one another and some other do not? Is it because they see each other every day that is why they develop it to one another? Is it closeness breeds romance whether one are both have same sexes? Perhaps, just like the closeness of the so-called “bromance” of TV host partners Luis Manzano and Billy Joe Crawford which develop closeness because of their TV hosting on a game show. Their kind of relationship that has developed from being partners on hosting the Game show is now branded as “bro-mance”? ehehe. But of course,the Philippine Showbiz industry do know that Luis Manzano and Billy Joe Crawford were not gay artists though they develop such called “bro-mance” from their TV hosting together in a Game show “Panahon Mo ito” and on some TV hostings. Their “bro-mance” was revealed on a previous Awards Night.

Another TV hosting partners that rumored then to have a relationship is the TV hosts partnership of Ms. Amy Perez and the famous gay artists Mr. Roderick Paulate; their kind of relationship that has develop by hosting the noontime show MTB or Magandang Tanghali Bayan is called “platonic relationship” or ‘platonic romance”.

These are just handful of examples of romantic relationship that has developed through TV hosting a TV show in the Philippines whether what kind of sexual orientation the TV hosts have, which is really a mystery how some become romantically connected or attached to one another but just a TV hosting job and some TV hosts do not develop such closeness or romanticism to their fellow TV hosts but of course develop a friendly closeness but not romantic closeness.

Indeed by what I have discussed above, there is romance in hosting a TV show.

Oh,not to mention the romantic relationship of Robin Padilla and Mariel Rodriquez that has developed through their hosting works at the show Wowowee and Pilipinas Win na Win.

Game and Musical Shows On Noontime

I don’t know if it is only in the Philippines whose noontime block on TV is packed seven times a week with variety of game and musical shows on basically two top Philippine TV networks and their avid followers leaves no option on what to watch on noon and afternoon siesta, no matter how the top Philippine TV reformat, axed, or replace their noontime variety (game and musical) shows; that’s how loyal they are. However, thank god that there are multiple options now of what to watch in the noon and afternoon hours if one want to keep alive or not sleepy, compare back then, so that we will not be intoxicated with so much of the same thing every day.

However, I list here all the noontime shows in the Philippines that has been aired since the birth of noontime shows in the Philippines.

1. Student Canteen – this is the very first noontime show in the Philippines that starts from 1958 to 1990.It was aired on different Philippine TV station but it was first telecast at CBN network or ABS-CBN channel 2 at present, which was conceived at the canteen of CBN then. Its original title is CBN canteen and also was aired on the CBN canteen itself but was later change to Student Canteen.

2.  Magandang Tanghali – the fist successor of Student Canteen (the Student Canteen then was temporarily off air due to leave of prime show host of it, eddie Ilarde.)This noontime show airs in 1967.

3. Stop, Look and Listen – another successor of Student Canteen premiers successively with Magandang Tanghali

4. Twelve O’ Clock High –another successor of Student canteen that premiers before the Martial Law

5. Ariel con Tina – a reformat version of Twelve O’Clock High when CBN network was closed due to Martial Law on RBS network which was not closed during martial law before it is just a station loaded with foreign shows. The Twelve O’ Clock High was moved here and was replaced with a new name. It airs from 1972 to 1974.

6. Lunch Break – this noontime was the replacement of Ariel con Tina before RBS network or now GMA channel 7 revived Student Canteen.

7. Eat Bulaga – eat bulaga primiers at 1979 on RPN channel 9 (now SolarTV channel)in tight competition with revived Student canteen on RBS network or GMA network, which it eventually win on the ratings.

8. Alas Dose sa Trese – this noontime show premiers in 1998 at IBC 13 or channel 13 (now off air)

9. Lunch Date – this noontime show premiers March 10, 1986 to March 19,1993 at GMA channel 7.This noontime show was in tight competition with Eat Bulaga on ABS –CBN channel 2 then.

10. Salo-Salo Together (SST) – this noontime show premiers after Lunch Date was axed. This was also in tight competition with Eat Bulaga on ABS-CBN channel 2 then.

11. Sang Linggo nAPO sila – the former Sunday show of the APO Hiking Society group has move to become a noontime show on ABS-CBN channel after Eat Bulaga leaves for GMA channel 7 in 1995 to 1998.

12. Magandang Tanghali Bayan(MTB) – another new noontime show in ABS-CBN channel 2 replacing Sang Linggo nAPO sila in November 30,1998 to February 4,2005.The noontime show have replacement titles like Masayang Tanghali Bayan and Esep-Esep.

13. Wowowee – the controversial noontime show after MTB that premiers on February 5, 2005 after MTB or Magandang Tanghali Bayan ended.

15. Pilipinas Win na Win – a brand new noontime show in replacement with the axed of Wowowee which premiers July 31, 2010.

Why Eat Bulaga Stand Still?

There are a lot of noontime shows on different Philippine TV channels that comes and go, but Eat Bulaga remains standing for already 3 decades now; wonder what its secret?

A noontime show actually can be varied, that is, it could be a game show, a talk show, a kiddie show, a sitcom or a comedy show, a drama series, or even a news or educational show. However, in the Philippines, a noontime show is stereotype as a show that show cases variety of games and fun that covers the noontime slot from 12 noon until 2 p.m.; six times a week. This is has been for past 30 decades now and continually ruling the Philippine Television noontime slot wherein the first noontime show is not Eat Bulaga, but the Student Canteen show which primary aim then of the show is to entertain students eating on the canteen while they are having their lunch break. The Student Canteen is aired then on CBS Network (now ABS –CBN channel 2) which only last a 3 decades due to the CBS Network then was one of the Philippine TV Network that forced to go off air because of Martial Law or was forced by the Marcos Administration to be closed, while the RBS (now GMA channel 7) was left unclosed because it is just a mere Philippine TV network that showcases almost foreign shows on its time slots, just like RPN 9 today.

After the closing of the Student Canteen show, another show was formed and was aired on RBS network; and after this show, Eat Bulaga was born but it was not aired first on GMA channel 7 rather it was first aired on RPN 9, then move to ABS-CBN channel 2 and then finally to GMA channel  7

Eat Bulaga has been on 3 channels for many years and was never owned by any of the 3 channels it was aired (though ABS-CBN tries to buy it from TAPE –Television And Production Exponents, Inc, company but TAPE never sold it, thus they force to move Eat Bulaga to GMA Channel 7), rather it was owned by an independent company – the TAPE. And for this reason Eat Bulaga is just a mere concessionary show on the Philippine TV networks it was aired and not owned by the Philippine TV network itself, thus Eat Bulaga cannot be axed or off air by the Philippine TV network it was aired, despite if its TV ratings declines on the ground; the independent company who owns it will just move it into another Philippine TV channel for another brand new concessionary contract, if its ratings declines from the former TV network it was aired and if the former TV network it was aired and if the former TV network it was aired decided to end the contract of airing Eat Bulaga on their TV network.

So Eat Bulaga’s secret to 3 decades of success is not indeed a real secret anyway, rather it was just a pure business matters.

The Philippine TV Comic Millionaire

Who can imagine that a poor showbiz underdog personality that begins in the Philippine showbiz as a mere extra into a favorite naughty comic side-kick of most Philippine action stars in their respective movies surprises the entire Philippines showbiz land when he becomes an instant millionaire by just hosting a regular daily noontime show on ABS-CBN Channel 2 having a salary of more than 20 million pesos a month.

But this was just a rough assumption of his monthly income because the management of ABS-CBN Channel 2 never reveals the real deal of his monthly income. Actually, some guess that it could be 25 million pesos per month or even more than a whooping 40 million pesos a month because he files a 40 million pesos tax regularly on the Bureau of Internal Revenue or BIR.

It is really surprising that his talent fee have accelerated into so much height that even the president of the Philippines never have a salary like it, yet this comic Philippine star still express complains on his own noontime show or is he just so pressured and stress of his popularity and instant riches and wealth?

Of course, what I am talking about is Mr. Wowowee – Willie Revillame, who has a public life or an open life ever since he began joining showbiz. Every Filipino TV viewers have witness his ups and downs and now his condition from rags into riches. Some loves him but some hates him because of his naughty and straightforward mouth. His noontime show –Wowowee have beaten the No.1 ratings of its competitor noontime show – Eat Bulaga, one time.