Tuesday afternoon, “Wowowillie” host-producer Willie Revillame announced his retirement from the noontime show in mid-October this year due to “personal” reasons. Few hours after, TV5 issued this statement: “We respect [his] decision [and] wish him well in his new pursuits.” All these came about following rumors that TV5 was not renewing Revillame’s contract [...]
WHEN we first watched the original American version of the “Minute to Win It” game show, we found it much too difficult and demanding for us to enjoy its challenges. For that reason, we viewed the program only occasionally. Interestingly, it was a different story when the show was “localized” for weekday viewing on [...]
For the first time, the “Minute to Win It” game show franchise is fielding a “junior” edition—and it’s being done right here on Philippine TV, with the new show for juvenile players making its auspicious debut last April 29 at 11 a.m.
Believe it or not, the hosts of the new TV5 game show “Jeepney Jackpot: Pera o Para” have actually tried riding the ubiquitous public transport in the past. “When I was a student and, even after graduation, when I started working as a news reporter (on RPN 9), I often took the jeepney,” Mr. Fu [...]
Last Monday, a number of new TV programs made their debut in a strong bid to attract viewers, and distract them from the shows they usually watch.
Vic Sotto’s new game show, “The Million Peso Money Drop,” got off to an exciting start last Sunday on TV5, with Eric and Epy Quizon playing for a cool and hot million bucks for their late dad Dolphy’s foundation’s projects. Alas, the evening didn’t have a happy ending for them, but up to the last question, they were doing really well.
RECENTLY, we caught several telecasts of the new TV5 Sunday game show, “Game & Go,” and found it more perplexing than entertaining. The over-all impression the show made on us was that it was a compendium of generally outrageous challenges that sometimes tested its contestants’ physical abilities to the extreme.
Actor and television host Edu Manzano on Monday said he would no longer enter politics and also discouraged his son Luis from running for public office.
AFTER a stressful opening-week telecast due to beginner’s nerves and a mercurial celebrity contestant, “Deal or No Deal” host, Luis Manzano, did better on the show’s second telecast with the more tractable Joey Marquez trying really hard to make as much as P2 million.
Backstage during the premiere show at the AFP Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, attentive nurses checked the blood pressure and other vital signs of stroke survivor Vito Roldan, who just won a house and lot in the GMA 7 game show. At the time of Roldan’s triumph three weeks ago, the location of the property was [...]
We’ve watched Manny Pacquiao’s new game show, “Manny Many Prizes,” since its inception, but have held off writing about it, since we can’t seem to get a firm handle on it. Well, after four telecasts, we’ve decided that “what you see is what you get,” so the show should be taken on its own idiosyncratic [...]
