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Variety shows had become mainstays of the noontime slot of a network's programming in the Philippines.[1][2] The longest-running noontime variety show is Eat Bulaga! which celebrated its 40th anniversary last July 30, 2019.[3][4] GMA, ABS-CBN and IBC airs two noontime shows in a week: a weeklong (Monday to Saturday) noontime show and a Sunday noontime show. GMA Network has Eat Bulaga! and All-Out Sundays on its lineup, while It's Showtime and ASAP Natin' To air on ABS-CBN, and IBC has Yes Yes Yow.[5][6]

History

Student Canteen (1958–1965)

Main article: Student Canteen

Student Canteen was the first noontime variety show on Philippine television.[7] It was originally a radio show on DZXL that was brought to CBN in 1958. It was hosted by Eddie Ilarde, Bobby Ledesma, Leila Benitez, and Bobby de Veyra. The pioneer noontime show ended in 1965 when Ilarde went to politics. It was succeeded by several noontime shows until its comeback in 1975.

Student Canteen's successors (1965–1975)

Magandang Tanghali, a musical variety show hosted by Pancho Magalona, and Stop Look and Listen, a former noontime variety show hosted by Eddie Mesa took over Student Canteen's timeslot in 1965. After Eddie left for the US, Twelve O'Clock High, a show hosted by Ariel Ureta and Tina Revilla-Valencia), premiered and aired until 1972 when Martial Law was declared . ABS-CBN and other TV stations were shut down by the Marcos regime. The show moved to RBS (now GMA Network) as Ariel con Tina, a blocktimer by a company headed by Romy Jalosjos from 1972 to 1974. Lunch Break also gained ground on the same channel before Student Canteen was eventually revived.

Student Canteen's revival and the birth of Eat Bulaga! (1975–present)

Student Canteen was revived in 1975 and was aired on GMA Network. It was hosted by its former main hosts Eddie Ilarde, Bobby Ledesma, and Pepe Pimentel with new co-hosts Helen Vela and Coney Reyes. Eddie Ilarde produced the program under his production company Program Philippines, Inc.

Student Canteen soon became the most-watched noontime program in the '70s and Program Philippines soon branched out to producing other TV shows also on GMA-7. The famous comic trio of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (collectively known as TVJ) became pinch hitters on Student Canteen when some of the main hosts were on leave. Student Canteen is the only noontime variety show on Philippine television from 1975 to 1979. Production Specialists, Inc. offered TVJ to host a new noontime show for RPN in 1979. After some misunderstandings with the Student Canteen's main hosts, they decided to accept the offer and Eat Bulaga! aired its first episode on July 30, 1979. Tito, Vic, and Joey was accompanied by Richie D' Horsie and Chiqui Hollmann.

Competition

Two-way competition between noontime shows started in 1979 when Eat Bulaga! (first aired in RPN 9) was pitted against Student Canteen (aired on GMA 7). Since then, Eat Bulaga! had faced several rivalries with other noontime shows through the years.

Student Canteen (1979–1986)

Eat... Bulaga! struggled on its ratings due to lack of advertisers on its first year of airing due to Student Canteen's stronghold on television. EB was in danger of cancellation until "Mr. Macho" was launched in 1980, which made Bulaga surpassed the ratings of its rival. Eat... Bulaga! was aired nationwide in 1982 with the launch of RPN's domestic satellite, which also coincided with Coney Reyes' transfer to EB and Chiqui Hollman to Student Canteen. Other fresh faces were introduced in Student Canteen but the show was eventually cancelled in March 1986, days after the People Power Revolution. Student Canteen was again revived in 1989, this time on RPN-9 but it was cancelled again in 1990 after a misunderstanding occurred between the show's producers and the RPN management.

Lunch Date (1986–1993)

Lunch Date became Student Canteen's successor in 1986. Its original hosts were Orly Mercado, Rico J. Puno, Toni Rose Gayda and Chiqui Hollmann. When the show was reformatted after a year, it only retained both Gayda and Hollman and brought in a mix of old and new faces to host the show, including Randy Santiago, Keno, Lito Pimentel, Tina Revilla, Pilita Corrales, Louie Heredia, Sheryl Cruz, Jon Santos, Dennis Padilla, Fe Delos Reyes, Manilyn Reynes, Willie Revillame and Ai Ai de las Alas. The show introduced new segments that will challenge EB's reign in the noontime slot.

In 1987, "Eat Bulaga"'s ratings tilted in their favor when Aiza Seguerra, a Little Miss Philippines winner, joined the show and became an instant hit to viewers. In 1989, changes were in store for both noontime shows. Former RPN-9 executive Wilma Galvante joined "Lunch Date" as overall-in-charge of the show. Joining her was former "Eat Bulaga" writer Vincent Dy Buncio who became the show's director. Meanwhile, Eat... Bulaga! moved to ABS-CBN due to RPN's sequestration under the Cory Aquino administration. Eat... Bulaga! (together with other new shows launched) helped ABS-CBN to attain its status as the No. 1 TV network from being No. 4. It also started the rivalry of GMA Network and ABS-CBN in the noontime slot that still exist until today. In 1993, GMA Network's management decided to reformat their own noontime show and replaced it by SST: Salo-Salo Together. According to Joey de Leon, Lunch Date was their toughest opponent ever because it was pitted against EB for more than 6 years, the longest compared to other noontime shows.

SST: Salo-Salo Together (1993–1995)

SST was first aired on March 20, 1993 as a replacement for Lunch Date, hosted by Randy Santiago, Dennis Padilla, and Smokey Manaloto with Liezl Martinez, Anjanette Abayari, Joy Ortega and Giselle Sanchez as co-hosts. In less than six months after it aired, SST started to take over Eat... Bulaga! in the ratings by providing fresh interactive segments. Comedians Ai-Ai delas Alas and Bayani Agbayani also became co-hosts of SST.

It started as a blind item as 1994 was about to end, until showbiz news had leaked out that SST was going to go off the air to give way to Eat... Bulaga! at the 12 pm slot, after EB itself had decided to move to GMA Network following their contract with ABS-CBN was bogged down. During SST's New Year episode on December 31, 1994, the announcement of the new variety show's move to GMA was officially made by main hosts Randy Santiago and Dennis Padilla. The hosts and talents were sad because they felt the GMA Network management did not give them a chance to prove that they could carry the noontime show to new heights. But at the same time, they felt happy because the management decided to keep the show after they decided to move SST to an earlier time slot, as a pre-programming to Eat... Bulaga!. SST made its last noontime episode on January 27, 1995. In June 1995, SST was permanently cancelled.

'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila (1995–1998)

Due to Eat... Bulaga!'s moved to rival GMA Network, ABS-CBN decided to make Sa Linggo nAPO Sila a weeklong noontime show as 'Sang Linggo nAPO SIla. It aired its pilot episode on February 4, 1995 led by the famous APO Hiking Society, TVJ's former co-stars in OK Lang, a defunct TV show on IBC 13. During its first year, 'Sang Linggo was winning the ratings game in the provinces and cities where ABS-CBN have stronger signal. But the real challenge to the show was to deviate its content from the usual noontime variety show that Eat... Bulaga! presented to the viewers for almost two decades. Meanwhile, Bulaga had presented new faces like Allan K., Jose Manalo, and Donna Cruz, and new segments such as Super SiReyna and Philippine Bulaga Association. Calendar Girl was introduced by 'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila in 1998 with John Estrada, Randy Santiago, and Willie Revillame handling the segment by delivering naughtier jokes on TV.

The rating for SLNS had improved but the main hosts did not sit well with the changes on their show. Eventually, ABS-CBN had ended again its own noontime show (due to criticisms that the show was too intelligent for an average Filipino) on November 28, 1998 with Magandang Tanghali Bayan taking place with its main hosts: Randy, John, and Willie.

Magandang Tanghali Bayan (1998–2003)

After the APO had failed to beat the continuing supremacy of EB, the new triumvirate of Randy, John, and Willie was pitted to the established trio of Tito, Vic, and Joey as ABS-CBN launched its new noontime show on November 30, 1998 with the title Magandang Tanghali Bayan. Its highlight segment, Pera O Bayong, made MTB overtook Eat... Bulaga!'s ratings for years. Due to the growing popularity of the show, EB gave its first millions on television through its new segments Meron O Wala and the all-time popular segment Laban O Bawi which featured the phenomenal all-female dance group Sexbomb Girls. Meanwhile, MTB had faced numerous controversies and suspensions including the one-week suspension of the show in August 1999 due to the notorious green jokes of the main hosts. During that week, the show was replaced by Esep-Esep. In 2001, Willie Revillame was axed on the show which resulted to major changes on the set of new hosts and segments.

Another triumvirate was introduced on MTB when matinee idols Rico Yan, Dominic Ochoa and Marvin Agustin joined the show after Willie's exit. Their inclusion resulted in the show bringing in a younger crowd and a more wholesome approach to noontime viewing. However, in March 29, 2002, Rico died during his Lenten vacation in Palawan and MTB later on reformatted in November 23, 2002 after it had lost its victory in terms of ratings to EB. The reformat, however failed to stop the management in deciding to bring back Willie Revillame effective February 22, 2003 which lead to its second incarnation, Masayang Tanghali Bayan.

Masayang Tanghali Bayan (2003–2004)

Magandang Tanghali Bayan aired its last episode on February 21, 2003 and was replaced by Masayang Tanghali Bayan as ABS-CBN's response to the noontime competition against Eat... Bulaga!. The new MTB premiered on February 22, 2003 with Willie reunited with Randy Santiago and John Estrada together with other co-hosts Dennis Padilla, Aiai delas Alas, Bayani Agbayani, Mickey Ferriols, Aubrey Miles, Tado, and Bentong. The show had given out more cash prizes than its predecessor through the segments Super Jack En Poy and Urong Sulong, that gave away 2 million pesos as a jackpot prize.

Before the end of 2003, Willie Revillame resigned from the show in the midst of controversy regarding his derogatory joke against their co-host Mahal. The show continued to air until February 2004 with comedian Vhong Navarro and actor-host Edu Manzano taking over Willie's place. However, Masayang Tanghali Bayan failed to sustain viewership and was given the axe on February 20, 2004, two days before their first anniversary on television.

MTB: Ang Saya Saya (2004–2005)

The third incarnation of MTB, entitled MTB: Ang Saya Saya premiered on February 21, 2004 with Ai ai delas Alas, Edu Manzano, and Arnell Ignacio as its main hosts. The show also introduced new set of co-hosts and segments, especially reality talent-based search segments. However, these efforts were overshadowed by the spectacular Silver Anniversary Special of Eat Bulaga! which got the all-time highest rating of a noontime show exceeding to 30%. On November 15, 2004, MTB: Ang Saya Saya lost its 12:00pm slot to Kris Aquino's Pilipinas, Game KNB? and started airing as an afternoon variety show on a 1:00pm time slot as the network's strategic move against the anniversary special, but it had failed. After months of low ratings, the management decided to permanently cancelled the third incarnation of MTB on February 4, 2005 and launched a new noontime show under its new main host Willie Revillame.

Wowowee (2005–2010)

Due to public clamor, former MTB main host Willie Revillame made his comeback on the noontime slot with the new noontime show entitled Wowowee on February 5, 2005. ABS-CBN's strong reach in the Philippines and worldwide through TFC had helped Wowowee to lead the noontime race for years. Willie's novelty songs became popular because of Wowowee and it became an instant hit to the Filipino masses.

Wowowee also faced different controversies on its five-year run on television. The ULTRA Stampede which happened during the first anniversary of the show, lead to the death of 71 people. The Guinness World Records cited the incident as "the greatest death toll in a game show". Another controversy was the Hello Papi Scandal, wherein Revillame allegedly cheated a contestant during the jackpot round on one of the Wowowee's game segments. The scandal also lead to a word war on-air between Willie and one of the EB's main hosts Joey de Leon.

The competition became harder for Eat Bulaga! so they decided to have a different approach on celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2009 by honoring different people from different fields, giving scholarships to honor students, and constructing classrooms for public schools in different provinces. EB also renovated their studio to accommodate more studio audience, install LED screens, and to commemorate the first death anniversary of Francis Magalona on March 6, 2010. Eat Bulaga! also launched its widely popular segment Juan for All, All for Juan: Bayanihan of D' Pipol (a regular segment which broadcasts from different barangays).

In 2010, Willie challenged the ABS-CBN management to remove Jobert Sucaldito (radio/TV host) or he will resign from the noontime show due to Sucaldito's criticisms against Revillame and the show itself. SInce May 5, Willie did not appeared on Wowowee and it became an indefinite leave after numerous days. After negotiations between Revillame and the network, the network decided that Wowowee will air its final episode on July 30, 2010 (coinciding with Eat Bulaga!'s 31st anniversary). The show was replaced by Pilipinas Win Na Win. Wowowee become the ABS-CBN's longest-running noontime show that was pitted against Eat Bulaga!. Willie is currently on GMA Network, hosting Wowowin, a primetime variety game show with the same format with Wowowee.

Pilipinas Win Na Win (2010)

After the cancellation of Wowowee, Pilipinas Win Na Win premiered on July 31, 2010 with Kris Aquino and Robin Padilla as its main hosts, together with other co-hosts from Wowowee. Some of the shows staff left the show to join Willie's comeback on TV5 In 2010. Suffering a plague of low ratings since launch, ABS-CBN asked Kris mid-September for her to leave the show, and so she quietly left the show without any goodbyes on September 2010. Two days later on October 2, ABS-CBN officially announced four new hosts and two new co-hosts. The four hosts tagged as the "hitmakers" include Rico J. Puno, Rey Valera, Marco Sison, and Nonoy Zuniga.

After a battle of constant low ratings and many alternate time slots, Pilipinas Win Na Win ended on December 31, 2010 during the New Year celebration. The cancellation was announced by Rico J. Puno several times during the December 20 episode. Rumors of this issue were around entertainment websites from interviews of a fellow co-host, Valerie Concepcion before the network announced its cancellation. Its time slot was temporarily occupied by Showtime. On February 12, 2011, a new noontime show was aired entitled Happy Yipee Yehey!. The show was ABS-CBN's shortest-lived noontime show.

Happy Yipee Yehey! (2011–2012)

The unsuccessful stint of PWNW was immediately replaced by Happy Yipee Yehey which premiered on February 12, 2011. Before its premiere, Willie Revillame (at that time, he was hosting Willing Willie on TV5) challenged its upcoming host John Estrada that the HYY will not reach its success in terms of ratings and Revillame will promote Eat Bulaga! constantly on his show. HYY was hosted by former MTB hosts John Estrada and Randy Santiago, Toni Gonzaga, Rico J. Puno, Pokwang, and others. The new noontime show introduced segments similar to its predecessors like Pera O Bayong, My Girl, Miss Kasamabahay, etc.

Revillame's prediction came to reality. HYY constantly got low ratings because of Eat Bulaga!'s stronghold to its noontime viewership. On January 2012, Showtime was cancelled on its late morning slot and it was later revealed that Showtime will be formatted into a new noontime variety show, replacing HYY. Happy Yipee Yehey aired its final episode on February 4, 2012 to give way to ABS-CBN's new noontime show, It's Showtime.

It's Showtime (2009–present)

Showtime, a morning talent show that existed since October 24, 2009 as a lead-in program to Wowowee, was a big hit among the viewers that it even eclipsed the ratings of both Wowowee and Eat Bulaga. The show tested the noontime waters in January 2011 as a temporary replacement for Pilipinas Win na Win before going back to the morning slot in February 2011 to give way to Happy Yipee Yehey!.

The solid performance of Showtime as the top morning variety show prompted ABS-CBN management to transfer it to the noontime slot as It's Showtime on February 6, 2012. The new noontime show introduced segments from the Showtime series and new segments like Sine Mo 'To, AdVice Ganda, That's My Tomboy, I Am PoGay, and Magpasikat. The show is currently hosted by Vice Ganda, Anne Curtis, Vhong Navarro, Jhong Hilario, Karylle, Ryan Bang, Mariel Rodriguez, Amy Perez, Jugs and Teddy. Currently, they feature the segments Tawag ng Tanghalan and Ms. Q&A. All of these segments were hits and caused them to defeat Eat Bulaga in the ratings game since 2015.

Sunday noontime shows

Currently, ABS-CBN's ASAP now holds the record of being the longest-running Sunday noontime variety show which was first aired in 1995 when Eat Bulaga! moved to GMA Network and the Sunday noontime show Sa Linggo nAPO Sila became a weeklong noontime show. During its 22nd anniversary, ASAP already surpassed the record of GMA Supershow as the longest-running Sunday noontime variety show.

Its current rival program is All-Out Sundays aired on GMA Network. AOS aired its pilot episode in January 2020 as a replacement to Sunday PinaSaya.

Other popular defunct Sunday noontime variety shows are the following:

GMA Network ABS-CBN
GMA Supershow (May 7, 1978 - January 26, 1997)

SOP (February 2, 1997 - February 28, 2010)

Party Pilipinas (March 28, 2010 - May 19, 2013)

Sunday All Stars (June 16, 2013 - August 2, 2015)

Sunday PinaSaya (August 9, 2015 – December 29, 2019)

All-Out Sundays (January 5, 2020 – present)

Sa Linggo nAPO Sila (January 28, 1990 - January 29, 1995)

ASAP (February 5, 1995 – present)

TV5
P.O.5 (April 11, 2010 - February 20, 2011)

Fan*tastik (February 27 - May 22, 2011)

Sunday Funday (April 8 - June 10, 2012)

Game 'N Go (June 17, 2012 - February 3, 2013)

Happy Truck ng Bayan (June 14, 2015 - February 7, 2016)

Happy Truck HAPPinas (March 6 - May 1, 2016)


List of weeklong noontime variety shows aired from 1958-present

Series shaded in light blue are currently in production.

Length of current noontime shows are as of February 6, 2018. Noontime shows without specific dates of first and/or last broadcast were given approximate length of broadcast.

Series Network Length First broadcast Last broadcast
Student Canteen ABS-CBN 19 years (approximate) July 1958 1965
GMA Network January 1975 June 7, 1986
RPN February 20, 1989 1990
Magandang Tanghali ABS-CBN 3 years (approximate) 1965 1968
Stop, Look, and Listen ABS-CBN 4 years (approximate) 1968 1972
12 O' Clock High ABS-CBN <1 year (approximate) 1972 1972
Ariel Con Tina GMA Network 2 years (approximate) 1972 1974
Lunch Break GMA Network 1 year (approximate) 1974 1975
Eat Bulaga! RPN* 45 years July 30, 1979 February 17, 1989
ABS-CBN* February 18, 1989 January 27, 1995
GMA Network*

(Worldwide: GMA Pinoy TV)

January 28, 1995 present
Kalatog Pinggan BBC/ABS-CBN 3 years 1985 1988
Lunch Date GMA Network 6 years, 9 days June 9, 1986 March 19, 1993
Afternoon Delight ABS-CBN approximately one year 1988 February 17, 1989
SST: Salo-Salo Together GMA Network 1 year, 10 months, 7 days March 20, 1993 January 27, 1995
Chibugan Na RPN approximately two years 1994 1996
'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila ABS-CBN 3 years, 9 months, 24 days February 4, 1995 November 28, 1998
Magandang Tanghali Bayan ABS-CBN 4 years, 2 months, 22 days November 30, 1998 February 21, 2003
Alas Dose sa Trese IBC 1 year, 3 months, 10 days July 24, 1999 November 3, 2000
Esep Esep ABS-CBN approximately one week August 1999 August 1999
Lunch Break IBC approximately two years November 4, 2000 2002
Lunch Break Muna IBC approximately one year 2002 2003
Masayang Tanghali Bayan ABS-CBN 11 months, 29 days February 22, 2003 February 20, 2004
MTB: Ang Saya Saya ABS-CBN 11 months, 14 days February 21, 2004 February 4, 2005
It's Chowtime/ Chowtime Na! IBC approximately one year 2004 2005
Chowtime Na! Laban Na! IBC less than one year 2005 2005
Chowtime: Conquest IBC approximately one year 2005 2006
Wowowee ABS-CBN 5 years, 5 months, 25 days February 5, 2005 July 30, 2010
Pilipinas Win Na Win ABS-CBN 5 months July 31, 2010 Dec. 31, 2010
Happy Yipee Yehey! ABS-CBN 11 months, 23 days February 12, 2011 February 4, 2012
It's Showtime ABS-CBN

(Worldwide: The Filipino Channel)

15 years October 24, 2009 present
Wowowillie TV5 8 months, 16 days January 26, 2013 October 12, 2013
Yes Yes Yow IBC 0 months, 0 days October 21, 2019 present

Trivia and facts

  • Eat Bulaga! is the longest-running noontime show in the Philippines.
  • ASAP is the longest-running Sunday noontime variety show and musical variety show in the Philippines.
  • ABS-CBN has the most number of noontime variety shows aired in the country.

See also

References

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