It takes three

BABAO, PEREZ AND PUNO. Distinct individuals.

TV5’s new “Kumare Klub” show telecasts at 7 a.m., weekdays right after the channel’s early-early morning show. “Kumare Klub” is co-hosted by Chiqui Roa-Puno, Amy Perez and Tintin Bersola-Babao.

We caught the show last Tuesday morning and found it a lively and eventful magazine program with stay-at-home female viewers in mind, specifically housewives.

Its features went from food to fashion, and from health to ways for women to make money. It also had crafts and dance tips that expanded the basic features usually tackled by women’s shows.

We trust that, in the coming days and weeks, the new show will widen its interests even more, to make stay-at-home female viewers realize that there’s a veritable world of possibilities out there – and in themselves – that’s still untapped.

For instance, we’ve seen Chiqui do in-depth interviews on other programs, so we know they’re right up her alley. Tintin is a young mother, so her inputs could include her first-hand experiences in rearing bright and healthy kids. Since she’s written stories for children, they could also be among the new program’s occasional features. And, Amy could dispense advice to viewers who share their problems with the show.

Perspectives

In fact, all three co-hosts could occasionally do a “three-fer” advice session, in which a viewer’s problem could be tackled from their differing perspectives, with hopefully more “3D” inputs and insights resulting from the shared experience.

“Kumare Klub” is viewable precisely because its three hosts are such distinct individuals. While the show itself is (still) quite standard and predictable, Chiqui, Amy and Tintin have differing points of view, and each is her own person. The program should take advantage of this diversity, so its features won’t be as predictable as they still are.

On the debit side of the program’s ledger, its attempts at comedy are unproductive and ill-advised, and the show spends too much time on “greetings” from viewers and plugs for this and that. A clearer focus is decidedly in order and if humor isn’t one of the show’s best suits, downplay it, or edit it out altogether!