History of ABS-CBN
Sources: ABS-CBN
Official Site,
DOS TV, Studio
23 Blog, ABS-CBN
Annual Reports (2001-Present),
Pinoy TV Blog, ABS-CBN TV (2000-present),
Google News on
ABS-CBN and Clodualdo del Mundo's "Telebisyon:
Essay on the 50 Years of Philippine TV" (CCP) |
2000-Present ABS-CBN
begins exporting local shows to media networks in various countries in Asia-Pacific, Africa
and Latin America.
Studio 23 begins airing the
following shows and live coverage:
- local shows like Sports
Report, Sundays for Skeptics, The Explorer (new name: Team
Explorer), The Key of David and Digital Tour
- foreign dramas like CSI, Charmed,
Popular, Smallville, Mutant X,
Las Vegas, Birds of Prey, Alias and Buffy (originally from RPN)
- foreign comedies like Yes
Dear, Just Shoot Me, Mister Bean, Gilmore Girls, Will
and Grace and Two and A Half Men
- foreign talk shows Jenny
Jones, Spotlight
TV and Reel Deal
- live coverage of the Emmy
Awards
- live coverage of basketball events in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) and National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA)
2001
ABS-CBN premieres the following
shows this 2001.
- the comedies Whattamen, Attagirl, Mary D' Potter, Da Body and Da Guard
(new name: Da Pilya and Da Pilot/The Naughty Girl and the Pilot) and
Eto Na Ang Susunod Na
Kabanata (Here's the Next Episode)-the revived version of Abangan Ang
Susunod na Kabanata
- the dramas Sa Dulo ng
Walang Hanggan/Until the End of Forevermore, Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka/I'll
Keep You Safe in My Heart, Recuerdo de Amor/Memories of Love and Kabalikat Loren Legarda
and K2BU
- the current affairs shows Balitang
Kris/News with Kris Aquino, Sapul Kayo Diyan/You're Hit There, Mission X,
"Verum Est: Totoo Ba Ito/Is It True?", True Crime,
"Kakasa Ka Ba/Can You Outlast?", Private Conversations with Boy Abunda and Meron Akong Kuwento/I've
Got Some Story to Tell and Scandals/Intrigues/Mysteries
- the variety show "Game Ka Na Ba?/Are
You Game?"
- the talk shows Kris
and Tell and Talk TV
- foreign shows Alicia and
Tres Mujeres/Three Ladies
- the weekly movie feature FPJ Action Cinema
featuring the movies of legendary Filipino actor Fernando Poe Jr.
ABS-CBN airs media specials like
- Boto Mo Kinabukasan Ko/Your Vote for My
Future, the first musical special in preparation
for the national elections solely produced by ABS-CBN
- the series of Miss
Philippines-Earth and Miss Earth Contests
- the star-studded musical
special Summer Sail with Pops Fernandez and the various ABS-CBN
talents shot in the various local tourist places
- the network's Christmas
special Sama Sama Tayo Ngayong Pasko/Let's Get Together This
Christmas
ABS-CBN airs live coverage of
events of 2001.
- January 1: ABS-CBN
airs Countdown to 2001: The Weekend News Special Edition with
anchor Erwin Tulfo featuring New Year events in Metro Manila.
- January 2-20: ABS-CBN covers the final days of the President Estrada impeachment trial via
On Trial: A Nation in Crisis, and the reprisal of the EDSA Revolution that unseats Estrada as president and makes Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo the new president via
the top-rating marathon broadcast EDSA Dos.
- May 1: ABS-CBN covers the
Siege of Malacanang and the Mendiola Riots, days before
the national elections, as it becomes victim to the rage of supporters
of former President Estrada wanting to unseat President Arroyo, with
P7 million pesos worth of damaged equipment and property.
- May 14: ABS-CBN covers the Philippine national elections that sees the win of ABS-CBN news personality Noli de Castro as senator and the senatorial candidates sponsored by President Arroyo via
the marathon coverage Halalan 2001.
- September 11: ABS-CBN's Ces Datu, then studying at New York, breaks news of the World Trade Center
Terrorist Attacks to the worldwide Filipino audiences, starting off
the network's 9/11 special coverage. In response to 9/11, ABS-CBN sets up its News Bureaus in North America and Middle
East, with respective heads Ging Reyes and Danny Buenafe.
- 4th Quarter: ABS-CBN begins covering post-9/11 events in countries in Asia-Pacific and Middle East.
- October: ABS-CBN is the first Philippine network to enter and report live from Afghanistan after the
US-led coalition troops liberate the Afghans from the Taliban
government in the American-led War in Afghanistan.
- November: ABS-CBN's ANC covers the funeral rites for its long-time talent- Filipino movie/TV actress Nida Blanca, whose murder is still under investigation.
Events take a turn for ABS-CBN
this year.
As a new programming
strategy, ABS-CBN airs the afternoon editions of The
Correspondents and Pipol, with series of new current affairs shows.
Studio 23 launches shows like
the drama Angel and the reality show Temptation Island.
- ABS-CBN's Star Cinema
releases Mila, "Bakit 'Di Totohanin/Why Can't You Make Your Act Real?",
La Vida Rosa/The Rosy Life, "Narinig Mo Na Ba Ang L8est?/Have You
Heard the Latest?", Oops..Teka Lang...Diskarte Ko 'To/Oops...Wait...It's My Game, Hostage,Trip and Bagong Buwan/New Moon.
- ABS-CBN's Star Records
launches the albums Lord...Heal Our Land (in English and Tagalog) and
Red Alert.
- ABS-CBN's Video-OK Channel
and Pinoy Blockbuster Channel become MYX and Cinema One, respectively.
- ABS-CBN launches Text 2366, the first
Philippine chat-via-text cable channel.
ABS-CBN begins taping its
nationwide shows from various countries outside the Philippines.
2002
ABS-CBN premieres the following
shows
- local dramas Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay/The
Long Wait/Long Have I Waited for You and Bituin/Star
- the comedies OK Fine Whatever and Klasmeyts/Classmates
- the talk show Morning Girls
- the newscast Dong Puno
Tonight with the returning Atty. Dong Puno
- foreign shows Alias
(which transfers to Studio 23), Night Visions, Eco Moda
(sequel to the worldwide hit Latin American drama Yo Soy Betty La Fea/Betty
The Ugly One airing on GMA), Wheels of Love/Subete A
Mi Moto, Cristina, Paloma, Romantica-Romantica
Obsesion/Obsessed Romantic, Nunca Te Olvidare/I Will Always
Love You and Daniela
- the current affairs show Willingly Yours
and Etcetera
ABS-CBN begins airing specials
this year.
- the cause-oriented special
Children-Peace-Hope
- the cause-oriented and
award-winning One Night with Regine Velasquez for Bantay Bata
- the award-winning
Christmas special Isang Pamilya Isang Puso Ngayong Pasko/One
Family One Heart This Christmas, the first Christmas special
broadcast over ABS-CBN's TV, radio and internet platforms
ABS-CBN airs the special
coverage of events this 2002.
- January 1: ABS-CBN
airs the New Year midnight show Countdown 2002 with Mari Kaimo
and Karen Davila as hosts featuring the live New Year celebrations in
Metro Manila and around the Philippines.
- April: ABS-CBN breaks news from Palawan of the death of its talent--popular
actor/host/comedian Rico Yan--then covers the mourning rites and the funeral rites
via Paalam Rico, Mahal Naming Kapamilya/Goodbye Rico, Our Dear
Family Member.
Events take a turn for ABS-CBN
this year.
- ABS-CBN begins the
tradition of airing the star-studded plugs for Summer Season (Ang
Saya ng Summer/Summer is Fun for 2002) and Christmas Season (Isang Pamilya Isang Puso Ngayong Pasko/One Family One Heart This Christmas for 2002).
- ABS-CBN airs the plug for
the Rainy Season 2002.
- Studio 23 airs reality-based variety shows
The Next Joe Millionaire, Top Gear, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
- ABS-CBN's Star Cinema
releases the
movies Got 2 Believe, Dekada '70/The 1970's, Kailangan Kita/I Need You, Jologs, Nine Mornings, Forevermore, Videoke King, Kung Ikaw Ay Isang
Panaginip/If You're Just A Dream.
- ABS-CBN's Star Records
sells albums
like Seasons (by Jamie Rivera), Transitions of Carol Banawa, Buhay Jazz, Mass for
Peace and Children-Peace-Hope.
- ABS-CBN Middle East Bureau
opens, with Danny Buenafe as Bureau Head.
- ABS-CBN North America
Bureau opens, with Ging Reyes as Bureau Head.
- ABS-CBN's Alas Singko Y Medya
transforms to Magandang Umaga Bayan/Good Morning to Our Dear
Nation with Julius Babao, Cheryl
Cosim, Erwin Tulfo,
Pia Guanio and Bobby Yan as main hosts plus Edu Manzano, Cheri Mercado,
Tintin Bersola, AMy Perez, Nina Corpuz and Bernadette Sembrano as additional hosts.
- ABS-CBN Foundation-Bantay Kalikasan's newest
project Bantay Usok/Smoke Belch Watch opens.
- May: ABS-CBN Middle East reports on the escalating conflict in the Middle
East-the precursor to the 2003 war in Iraq.
- 4th Quarter: ABS-CBN North America reports exclusives on the families of
Filipino-American soldiers affected on the impending war in Iraq.
- October 4: ABS-CBN airs the
breast cancer awareness/prevention telethon Ang Hinaharap/The
Future over Studio 23 with Korina Sanchez as project director, raising P3 million in funds for the Philippine Breast Cancer Network.
2003
ABS-CBN premieres new shows
like
- dramas like Berks
(Filipino slang for Barkada/Gang), Darating Ang Umaga/Morning
Comes, Basta't Kasama Kita/Whenever I'm With You, Sana'y Wala Nang
Wakas/Timeless/Hope There's No End, It Might Be You,
"Tara Tena/Come On! Let's Go!" and the TV adaptation of the Star
Cinema movie Tanging Yaman
- comedies "Bida Si
Mister...Bida
Si Misis/The Mister is the Boss...The Missus is Also the Boss"
and the box office hit movie turned top rater TV show Ang Tanging
Ina/No Ordinary Mother
- talk shows Teysi, Showbiz Sabado/Showbiz
Saturday and Dong Puno Live
- variety shows Star in A Million
(originally a segment in ASAP Mania) and "Next Level Na! Game Ka Na
Ba?/It's the Next Level! Are You Game?"
- the newscast Insider
- educational show Chicken, Pork, At Iba Pa/Chicken,
Pork and Others (with new name Kumikitang Kabuhayan/Profitable Business)
- current affairs shows Private I , Kontrobersyal/Controversial,
- cartoons like Cooking Master Boy,
the Crush Gear and Bey
Blade series, Yugi-Oh, Maggie, Rolie Polie Olie and Rainbow
Fish
- the Meteor Garden
series (Meteor Garden 1, Meteor Rain and Meteor Garden 2)-
the first daily Chinese drama-comedy and the first daily Asian drama that
set the trend of Asian dramas and Asian drama-comedies on Philippine
TV
- more foreign shows like Gata
Salvaje, Solita Mi Amor/La Revancha, Girls Marching On, Por Ti/For
You and
Luisa/La Hija de Jardinero, Love Scar, Eternity-A Chinese Ghost Story,
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd, the 24 drama series and the
record-breaking Latin American drama Altagracia/La Mujer de
Judas
ABS-CBN introduces programming changes
in 2003.
- ASAP becomes ASAP Mania still hosted by Martin Nievera and Zsa Zsa
Padilla with new recruits including Kuh Ledesma and Gary Valenciano.
- Willie Revillame's Willingly Yours
morphs to Simpleng Hiling/Simple Wish with Karen Davila.
- Morning Girls
becomes Morning Girls with Kris and Korina with Kris
Aquino and Korina Sanchez.
- Magandang Tanghali
Bayan becomes Masayang Tanghali Bayan/Merry Noontime
with hosts--returning Willie Revillame,
Randy Santiago, John Estrada, Aiai
delas Alas and Bentong with new recruits Mickey Ferriols, Tado, Jaboom
Twins, Cindy Kurleto, Aubrey Miles, Angelica Jones, Mahal and Mura.
- Home Along da
Riles becomes Home Along da Airport, still starring
Dolphy, Nova Villa and the stars dubbed as the Cosme Family, with new
faces like Camille Pratts, Long Mejia, Dennis Padilla and Aubrey
Miles.
- ABS-CBN revives Dong
Puno Live still with Atty. Dong Puno with new co-host Doris
Bigornia.
- ABS-CBN revives Assignment
as Special Assignment with hosts Luchi Cruz-Valdez,
Henry Omaga Diaz, Julius Babao and Connie Sison.
ABS-CBN introduced the
special plugs like
- the plugs for the 50th
Anniversary of Philippine Television and ABS-CBN Television
- the traditional Christmas
Plug for 2003
ABS-CBN airs well-loved specials
this 2003 like
- the series of specials on the
stars of the
phenomenal Asian drama-comedy Meteor Garden series and their visits to
Manila
- Sunday Golden Specials,
the series of specials in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of
Philippine Television and ABS-CBN Television
- Happy 50 TV: The Concert,
the TV special on the concert in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of
Philippine Television and ABS-CBN Television featuring the ABS-CBN stars
with the cast of the Meteor Garden series
- The ABS-CBN 2003
Year-Ender Report, the TV special on the historic events of 2003
hosted by Atty. Dong Puno and Tina Monzon Palma
- the musical special Lagi Kitang Naaalala/Always Remembering
You
ABS-CBN also had live coverage
of national events of 2003.
- January 1: ABS-CBN
holds the special New Year broadcast Countdown to 2003
hosted by Ces Drilon at The Fort and Atty. Dong Puno at Quezon Avenue,
featuring special year-end reports and New Year celebrations in The Fort
and Quezon Avenue and various cities in the Philippines and worldwide.
- Late January: ABS-CBN
reports on the celebration of the 4th World Meeting of Families in
Manila where Pope John Paul II, instead of attending the event due to
illness, gives a live message from Rome to the delegates in Manila.
- February: ABS-CBN
becomes the one and only Philippine broadcaster to send its news team to
the city of Baghdad in Iraq before, during and after the American-led war
on Iraq of 2003 for
its coverage Attack sa Iraq. The ABS-CBN Baghdad News Team
with the ABS-CBN Bureaus in North America and Middle East work alongside with media
giants CNN, CBS and Reuters. Among the news personalities sent to the
Middle East were TV Patrol's Henry Omaga Diaz and The
Correspondents' Ed
Lingao.
- 3rd Quarter: ABS-CBN reports on the
controversial sexual harassment case on Catholic bishop Teodoro Bacani and its eventual dismissal.
- July: ABS-CBN covers the Oakwood
Mutiny, the mutiny of junior military officers against the government
taking place in Oakwood Hotel in Metro Manila in the media broadcast Coup Alert:
The Oakwood Mutiny.
Events take a turn for ABS-CBN
this year.
- ABS-CBN launches the Pinoy
Central Television Channel, the international Filipino channel featuring
regional shows, sports events and live coverage of regional events.
- ABS-CBN begins offering TFC to worldwide Filipino communities as a multi-media package, combining 2 radio stations
(DZMM and DWRR) and 4 TV stations (TFC Main, ANC, Cinema One and Pinoy Central
Television) in one subscription.
- ABS-CBN's Star Cinema screened
Till There Was You, Ngayong Nandito Ka/Now You're Here, My First Romance,
Mister Suave
and Ang Tanging Ina/No Ordinary Mother, grossing to P178 million-the biggest in Philippine movie
history-and adapting it to TV.
- ABS-CBN gets its first award
from the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (Filipino Language Commission) for
its wide use of the Filipino language in all its shows.
- ABS-CBN's Star Records
releases albums like the rosary-themed Awit sa Ina ng Santo Rosaryo (Ode
to Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary) and
Only Selfless Love (the soundtrack of the 4th World Meeting of Families
in Manila).
- January: ABS-CBN begins its
year-long 50th Anniversary in Philippine Television and 50th Anniversary
of Philippine Television. It begins series of parties welcoming back all
past and present ABS-CBN stars, personalities, executives and employees,
including the Father of Philippine Television James Lindenberg.
- February: Most of ABS-CBN's
shows are simulcast via Studio 23--the first local media network to
attempt such.
- May: ABS-CBN airs
special features in memory of Rolly Cruz
(born 27 October 1937), pre-1972 ABS-CBN employee and post-1986 ABS-CBN
executive, who dies.
- October: ABS-CBN celebrates
50th Anniversary of Philippine Television and ABS-CBN Television via the
media network extravaganza Kapamilya (The Family): ABS-CBN @ 50 featuring
all ABS-CBN talents past and present and with all of the Philippines'
well-known personalities in attendance.
2004
ABS-CBN airs the following
shows:
- dramas like Marina,
"Nginig!/Shivers!", "SCQ Reload OK Ako!/I'm OK!", Hiram/Borrowed, Maid in
Heaven, Krystala, Spirits, "Mangarap Ka!/Dream On!", Sarah The Teen Princess, and Seasons of Love
- comedies Yes Yes Show
and Pirated CD:
Celebrity Disguises
- talk shows Y Speak, Morning Star,
the revived pre-1972 Impact now as The 2004 Edition, Showbiz Number
1 and Lukso ng Dugo/Blood Ties
- variety shows ASAP Fanatic,
Born Diva, "Pilipinas, Game
Ka Na Ba?", To the Max, Trip Kita-You're My Trip/Type of A
Mate and Star Circle Quest (some of them
reality-based in response to GMA's reality-based shows)
- the daily Filipino movie
feature Kapamilya
Cinema/Family Cinema
-
cartoons
like Madeline, Gundam Seed, Naruto, Mister Bean, Cyborg 009, Fairy Tale Police
Department, Winx Club, Dear Boys, Enchanted Tales, Tokyo Underground, Funtastic Tales,
Totally Spies, Get Backers, Fruit
Basket, Duel Masters, Hana Yori Dango/Boys and Cakes Are
Better Than Flowers (the cartoon from the comics of the same name-the
origin of the Meteor
Garden series) and the worldwide hit computer game turned cartoon Ragnarok The Animation
-
newscasts TV Patrol Sabado/TV
Patrol Saturday and TV Patrol Linggo/TV Patrol Sunday
- current affairs shows Salamat Dok/Thanks
Doctor, "Rated K-Handa Na Ba
Kayo?/Are You Ready?", "Hoy Gising Kapamilya!/Wake Up Family!"
- educational shows Art Jam,
SILIP: Sining sa Lipunan/Art in Society and Bear in The Big Blue House
- foreign shows like The
Truth (the network's first K-Drama/Korean Drama),
Westside Story, Isabella/Isabella Mujer Enamorada-Isabella: A Woman in
Love, Love in
the City/Rich Boy Talented Girl, Four
Sisters, The Promise-Amor
de Tarapaca/Love in the Vineyards, Masked Rider
Ryuki, Power Rangers Wild Force, Incredible Story Studio
and Lovers in
Paris
- the Asian drama anthology Sandara's
Romance-a first in Philippine TV-with Sandara Park and featuring
the Korean drama Sunshine of
Love/Shining Days and the Chinese dramas Fantasy,
First
Love, Feel
100% and Farewell Firefly (2005).
ABS-CBN introduces programming changes
this 2004.
- Feel at Home with Charlene
morphs into At Home Ka Dito/At Home Here still with Charlene
Gonzales and (in 2005) Star Circle Quest discoveries and co-hosts Joross Gamboa and
Roxanne Guinoo.
- Morning Girls with
Kris and Korina becomes Good Morning Kris with Kris Aquino
going solo
- Masayang Tanghali
Bayan becomes Magandang Tanghali Bayan! Ang Saya Saya!/Happy Noontime-What
Joy! with Edu Manzano, Aiai delas Alas, Mickey Ferriols and new recruits
Arnel Ignacio and the Viva Hot Babes.
- ABS-CBN revives the phenomenal
Star Circle Quest as
top-rating Star Circle National Teen Quest, making all its
finalists including Paw Diaz, Aaron Villaflor and Grand Questor Erich
Gonzales (formerly Erich Gancayco) as household names.
- Victim becomes
the Victim daily reality show series Victim Extreme, Victim Undercover and
Undercover, still with Carlos Agassi as host.
- The top-rating TV
Patrol transforms into the top-rating TV Patrol World, with Julius Babao
still as anchor, adding Karen Davila and Ted Failon with co-anchor Nina Corpuz
(whom Marie Lozano and new recruit Phoemela Barranda replaces).
Henry Omaga Diaz and Ces Drilon still act as anchors to the weekend
editions of TV Patrol World. Bernadette Sembrano replaces Ces, who
becomes the co-anchor of Atty. Dong Puno in Insider in 2005.
ABS-CBN premieres the following shows on Studio
23, like
- Wazzup Wazzup,
the 1st daily youth-oriented comedy newscast on Studio 23 with anchors
Vhong Navarro,
Drew Arellano (with replacement Archie Alemania) and Toni Gonzaga (who
enters ABS-CBN in 2005)
- Nginig The Hidden Files
(Nginig: Paranormal Investigations),
the extension of ABS-CBN's Nginig, with hosts Spencer Reyes,
Jhong
Hilario, Danilo Barrios and Nico Manalo
- the lifestyle
shows In Fitness and in Health and The Good Life with Cory Quirino
- the game show Techno Wars and
Fight Box
- the reality shows Playing It Straight,
The Swan and America's Next Top Model
- cartoons like Xiaolin Showdown
and Teen
Titans
ABS-CBN showcases its plugs for 2005.
- January 1: ABS-CBN
premieres the "Sabay Tayo Kapamilya!/Let's Do It Together with
the Family!" plug within the Countdown 2004 broadcast.
- March: ABS-CBN
premieres the plug "Sabay Tayo Pilipinas!/Let's Do It Together
Philippines!" for ABS-CBN
Regional and the "Sabay Summer Tayo Kapamilya/Let's Do It This
Summer with the Family!" plug for
Summer 2004.
- April: ABS-CBN
premieres the new plug for TFC in celebration of its 10th anniversary.
- December: ABS-CBN premieres its new station
plug for Christmas 2004: "Sabay Tayo! Maligayang Pasko, Kapamilya!/Let's
Do It All Together! Merry Christmas to the Family!"
ABS-CBN airs media specials for Filipino audiences this 2004.
- Dare for More,
the TV special on the recent Pepsi commercial by F4 band member and Meteor
Garden star Jerry Yan
- Papogi/Grooming: The Imaging of
Philippine Presidents, the documentary on the Philippine National
Elections hosted by award-winning writer-director Jose Javier Reyes
- Limang Kandidato...Isang
Palasyo/Five Candidates...One Palace, the documentary on the ABS-CBN marathon coverage
Halalan
2004 hosted by Atty. Dong Puno and the ABS-CBN newscasters and
reporters
- Andrea Bocelli Live
in Manila, the concert of internationally-acclaimed tenor Andrea
Bocelli
- Atletang Pinoy/The
Filipino Athlete, the
documentary in salute to all Filipino athletes, especially the local
participants in the 2004 Athens Olympics
- When You Wish Upon A Star,
the Christmas variety show with the Star Circle Quest and Star Circle National Teen Quest
finalists
- "Hataw Na
Pasko Na!/Let's Dance! It's Christmas!", the variety show with the ABS-CBN Star Records talents
- Christmas with the Champions,
the documentary-variety show featuring the Kapamilya Singing Champions
(Sarah Geronimo, Mark Bautista, Erik Santos, Sheryn Regis, Christian
Bautista, Frenchie Dy, Rachelle Ann Go and Raymond Manalo) with the
ABS-CBN newscasters
- 8
Films of Christmas, the documentary-talk show featuring the Metro Manila Film Festival
2004 with hosts Carlos Agassi and new recruit Phoemela Barranda
- the Christmas concert Lea Salonga: Home
for Christmas
- the New Year documentary "Kumusta Ka Na? Kaya Pa
Ba?/How Are You? Can You Still Manage It?"
- the network's Christmas Extravaganza "Sabay Tayo
Kapamilya!"
ABS-CBN airs live coverage of
the events this 2004.
- TFC has 1.6 million subscribers to date.
- January 1: ABS-CBN
broadcasts Countdown 2004, the special coverage on the
entrance of Year 2004 in the Philippines and worldwide, with anchors Henry Omaga Diaz in Quezon Avenue and Karen Davila at Malate Church in
Manila. Coverage includes the midnight fireworks show in Quezon Avenue
and the midnight celebrations in various parts of the Philippines and
the world.
- April: TFC
celebrates its 10th anniversary with the special live simultaneous
broadcast of ASAP Mania in the ABS-CBN Studios in the Philippines and
in San Francisco, United States.
- May: ABS-CBN holds Halalan 2004,
the all-media marathon broadcast on the 2004 Philippine national
elections seeing the victory Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over Fernando Poe Jr
as President of the Philippines and ABS-CBN newscaster
Noli de Castro over fellow ABS-CBN newscaster Loren Legarda as Vice President.
- June 30: ABS-CBN
airs Ang Panunumpa/The Oath-Taking, the marathon coverage of the
inauguration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as President of the
Philippines and of Noli de Castro as Vice President in Cebu City. [This
is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place outside
Manila.]
- August 14: ABS-CBN becomes 1st
Philippine media network to broadcast live nationwide and worldwide the
regional fiestas, as it broadcasts "Du-Aw Dabaw/Let's Go Davao!", its live
nationwide-worldwide coverage of the Kadayawan Festival 2004 in Davao City
via Studio 23 and ABS-CBN International. Live nationwide-worldwide
regional fiestas coverage follows in places as Cebu, Iloilo, Baguio and
other cities.
- October: ABS-CBN
holds the grand live worldwide broadcast of the 10th anniversary of its Sunday noontime show
ASAP.
- November-December:
ABS-CBN covers the tragedy of the typhoons
hitting Luzon and helps out the typhoon-devastated families via the ABS-CBN
Foundation project Sagip Kapamilya.
- December 15: ABS-CBN covers the death of Fernando Poe
Jr,
and holds the marathon broadcast of FPJ's funeral entitled Paalam Da
King.
Events took a turn on ABS-CBN
this year.
- ABS-CBN Star Cinema
screens the movies Otso-Otso...Pamela-Mela Wan, All My Life, Now That I Have
You, Feng Shui and B-Cuz of U.
- The TFC bundle has the Living Asia
Network as its additional channel.
- January: GMA
challenges ABS-CBN in daytime Mega Manila ratings.
- February: ABS-CBN begins
the text promo for the ending of Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas.
ABS-CBN airs special
features on Frankie Evangelista (born 24 July 1934), executive producer of
pre-1972 ABS-CBN shows and one of the anchors of TV Patrol and ANC
broadcasts, who dies.
- April: Worldwide
Filipino audiences watch the Meteor Garden series aired
on Pinoy Central Television Channel.
- July: ABS-CBN
becomes the first TV network to broadcast the
2 historic finales of
Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas on Channel 2 and on DZMM.
- August: Maalaala
Mo Kaya airs in a TV network in Brunei.
- September: ABS-CBN
broadcasts the live ending of Basta't Kasama Kita in Rizal Park
in Manila.
- November 11: Korina Sanchez anchors the
news for the last time on TV Patrol to make way for TV Patrol
World.
- December: ABS-CBN
becomes the number 2 TV network in Mega Manila at 39% audience share
versus GMA's 41%, after reigning supreme
as the number 1 TV network since 1988 in the ratings reports of AGB
and NMR. ABS-CBN sees hidden victory in GMA: former ABS-CBN
employees are staff of most GMA shows with former ABS-CBN
personalities (like Mel Tiangco, Michael V and Angel Locsin) as the
shows' leads.
- ABS-CBN
struggles to regain Mega Manila supremacy even as it remains dominant still in all
timeslots in the provinces and in worldwide Filipino audiences.
2005
ABS-CBN is the channel for
the shows in 2005.
- comedies like Goin' Bulilit/Kids on the Go, Bora, Quizon
Avenue, My Juan and Only, "Kaya Mo Ba 'To?/Can You Handle That?"
dramas like Kuya/Pinoy Big Brother/Big Brother Philippines , Till Death Do Us Part,
Mga Anghel na Walang Langit/Angels with No Heaven, Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin/You Are My
Everything,
Kampanerang Kuba/The Hunchback Bell-ringer Beauty, Panday/The
Swordsmith, and Vietnam Rose
- foreign shows Mister Bean
Live, Farewell Firefly, Rubi, Save the Last
Dance for Me, Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Memories of Bali, Stained Glass, Pasion de Amor/Passions
of Love-Pasion de Gavilanes/Passions of the Hawks, "Oh! Feel Young!",
Green Rose, Little Amy/Amy La Nina de la Mochilla Azul, The 101st Proposal,
Dos Amores/Two Lovers-Amor Descarado, Only You and Amazing Twins
- current affairs shows Vid Joking,
Isyu: Ang Pangulo/Issues on the President--The Special Edition, SOCO (Scene of the Crime
Operatives) and Payong Kapatid/Family Advice
-
the weekly Asian film feature Kung Fu Fight Nights
- the variety shows Kamao-Matira
Matibay/Fist Fight-Who Dares Wins, Q-pids, Close Up to Fame-
The Search for the Next Close Up Couple, M.R.S. (Most Requested Show), Wowowee,
Star Dance, Makuha Ka Sa Tikim/You're Caught by Taste, Little Big Star, "Pasko Na!
Game Ka Na Ba?/It's Christmas Time! Are You Game?", and Pinoy Big Brother
Yes or No
-
the talk shows Home Boy, Perfect Moments
and Pinoy Big Brother
Buzz
- the educational show Barney and
Friends
- various cartoons
like Gate Keepers, His and Her Circumstances, Mission Odyssey, Angelic
Layer, Mister Surprise, Shadow of the Elves, Bey Blade V-Force, The Fairy Taler (in celebration of Hans Christian
Andersen's 200th Birthday) and the Disney cartoon Lilo and Stitch
ABS-CBN introduces programming changes
this 2005.
-
ASAP Fanatic becomes Fanatic All-Stars
which was then reverted back to its original title
- Star in A Million
becomes Search for the
Star in A Million, with the Kapamilya Singing Champions as hosts and producing new Kapamilya Singing Champions
(Nikki Bacolod, Jerome Sala, Mabel Bacusmo, Jimmy Marquez, Tata
Villaruel and Kris Lawrence).
- ABS-CBN transforms OK Fine Whatever to
OK Fine 'To Ang Gusto Niyo/You Asked for It, with additional artists
Dagul and Mariel Rodriguez and Star Circle National Teen Quest discoveries Erich Gonzales and
Aaron Villaflor.
- ABS-CBN transforms "SCQ Reload OK Ako!" to "SCQ Reload Kilig Ako!/I'm In Love!",
introducing Sarah Geronimo and Japoy Lizardo.
- ABS-CBN transforms Star Cinema Presents to Sabado Movie Greats.
- ABS-CBN transforms Magandang Umaga Bayan to Magandang Umaga Pilipinas/Happy Mornings Philippines, still with Julius Babao and Christine
Bersola-Babao as main hosts with a new lineup of segment hosts including
Bernadette Sembrano, TJ Manotoc, Ryan Agoncillo and Bianca Gonzales.
- Yes Yes Show becomes Yes Yes Show Ang Lakas/So Strong, adding more
stars like Smokey Manoloto and Wowowee discovery Janelle Jamer to the Yes Yes Tropa led by Bayani
Agbayani and Vhong Navarro.
- EK Channel becomes Entertainment Konek (ETK)/Entertainment Connections, with hosts Angelika
dela Cruz, Dominic Ochoa, John Lapuz and Ogie Diaz with new recruits Aiai
delas Alas, Toni Gonzaga, Derek Ramsey and movie writer-director Jose Javier Reyes.
- Y Speak moves into Studio 23, with Ryan Agoncillo and Bianca
Gonzales retained, and introducing new recruit Patricia Evangelista.
- ABS-CBN's fantasy-drama
Spirits re-airs Studio 23.
Shows are launched on Studio 23
and other media channels of ABS-CBN.
- Internationally popular dramas Lost, Sin City, Life as We Know It, Jack and Bobby, Tru Calling,
Point
Pleasant and Andromeda air on Studio 23.
-
Desperate Housewives, the hit American drama starring Teri Hatcher (also
known as Lois in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), airs on
Studio 23.
-
Studio 23 airs Joey, the NBC sitcom with Matthew Le Blanc of NBC's Friends.
- Studio 23 airs reality-based shows like Rebel Billionaire:
Branson's Quest for the Best, Expat
Challenge, The
Contender and Mister
Personality hosted by Monica Lewinsky.
- Barkada Trip, the locally-made short-length cartoon
series, premieres on Studio 23.
- The X-Files, the foreign show from RPN, airs on Studio 23.
- Studio 23 airs News Central Morning Edition, the morning newscast
hosted by Marieton Pacheco
- ABS-CBN revives the show Viewpoint, the current affairs show hosted by Atty. Dong Puno on ANC.
- Korina Sanchez returns as the newscaster this time on Tonight on
ANC with Korina Sanchez.
- ABS-CBN airs Kuwentong Disyerto/Desert Stories, the current affairs show for
Middle East Kapamilyas with hosts Connie Sison and TJ Manotoc over TFC
and ANC
ABS-CBN showcases its plugs for 2005.
- March 13: ABS-CBN airs Iba Ka-Summer ang Kapamilya (Family
as No Ordinary Summer Mate): The
ABS-CBN Summer 2005 Station Plug.
- June 13: ABS-CBN airs Bawat Pinoy Kapamilya (Every
Filipino as Family) as thanksgiving
to Filipino audiences who support ABS-CBN and whom ABS-CBN serves for
the past 59 years.
- December: ABS-CBN airs Magpasaya ng Kapamilya (Cheering
the Family) for
the Christmas Season 2005.
ABS-CBN airs media specials for Filipino audiences this 2005.
- January 1: ABS-CBN
airs Diyes Is It, the New Year special featuring the top 10 news
stories, the top 10 showbiz tidbits and the top 10 songs of 2004.
- January 15: ABS-CBN
airs the
special Wish Upon A Mega with host Sharon Cuneta, returning from her
maternity leave and after giving birth to her third daughter Miel.
- January 28: ABS-CBN airs the top-rating
Farewell
Lovers: A Lovers in Paris Special, hosted by Sandara Park and Hero
Angeles and featuring never-before-seen videos from SBS (the Korean
broadcaster which aired Lovers in Paris) and the exclusive interview of
the Paris artists Kim Eun Jung (Paris' Vivian) and Park Shin Yang
(Paris' Carlo) by Korina Sanchez in Taiwan.
- June 26: ABS-CBN
holds the first worldwide broadcast of the 56th FAMAS Awards
(Philippine version of the Academy Awards)
- December:
ABS-CBN airs the Christmas special Magpasaya ng Kapamilya (Cheering
the Family)
and the year-ender Bagong Taon Bagong Buhay (New Year, New Life).
ABS-CBN airs live coverage of
the events this 2005.
- January 1: ABS-CBN welcomes Year 2005 with the special New Year
broadcast Countdown 2005. Anchors Connie Sison, Erwin Tulfo, Gus Abelgas
and Bernadette Sembrano headline the broadcast, consisting live
coverage of New Year events around Metro Manila and the Philippines and the
live New Year countdown at Ayala Center in Makati City.
-
February 14: ABS-CBN covers the gory events
surrounding the simultaneous bombings in Makati, Davao and General Santos.
- March 7-13: ABS-CBN
Cebu breaks news on the
Cassava
Cake Poisoning Tragedy, in which scores of children in Bohol are poisoned
after eating the poisoned cassava cakes during their school recess, and
begins the ABS-CBN media coverage on the incident.
- March 14: ABS-CBN
holds special broadcasts on the standoff of military and rebel prisoners at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig, from the
hostage taking to the return of military control at Bagong Diwa.
- April 3: ABS-CBN is the first Philippine
media network to report on the passing of Pope John Paul II.
- April 8: ABS-CBN covers the funeral of Pope
John Paul II via the top-rating marathon worldwide broadcast Paalam
Ama Mula Sa Bayang Minamahal Mo/Farewell to Our Holy Father from Your Beloved Nation, with Korina Sanchez and Atty. Dong
Puno in Manila, and Julius Babao and Karen Davila in Rome.
Days later, ABS-CBN broadcast to Filipino audiences the historic papal
election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, taking Pope Benedict XVI as a new
name.
- June: ABS-CBN covers the political events surrounding President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo--from "Hello Garci" and alleged stories of bribery of
militia and election
officers to the Manila street protests and the Congress investigation and junked
impeachment complaint--via the cross-media coverage Isyu: Ang Pangulo/Issues on the President. It becomes
the first to report and broadcast the "Hello Garci" audios, the first to
interview jueteng gambling game payola witness Sandra Cam and the first to interview
controversial media-elusive election officer Virgilio "Garci" Garcillano.
- June: ABS-CBN is the first to report on the passing of Manila
Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin. ABS-CBN covers the funeral of Cardinal Sin
one week later.
- July: ABS-CBN reports President Arroyo admitting as the female voice in the Hello Garci tapes.
- September:
ABS-CBN
North America posts reports
on the tragedies of Hurricane Rita and Katrina in the
United States.
- November:
ABS-CBN is the first to report on the crowning of Precious Lara Quigaman, the
first Filipina to win in the Miss International Contest in Japan.
- November 27-December 5: ABS-CBN covers the Philippines playing host
to the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, as the games are hosted all over the country.
Events took a turn on ABS-CBN
this year.
-
ABS-CBN's Star Cinema continues to churn out blockbusters like Dreamboy, Can This Be
Love, Nasaan
Ka Man/Where You Are, D' Anothers and Dubai.
-
ABS-CBN goes full-blast with
live broadcasts of its shows via TFC in the Asia-Pacific Region.
ABS-CBN Europe Bureau
opens with Danny Buenafe (formerly of ABS-CBN's Middle East Bureau) as
Head. ABS-CBN Manila's Dindo Amparo becomes head of ABS-CBN Middle East
Bureau.
- ABS-CBN gets a new
competitor in the new Channel 11 under the new name QTV and under
management of GMA.
-
January:
ABS-CBN announces the launch of 30 new shows for the
first 3 months of 2005 in a special feature entitled The 1st Quarter
Blast. It welcomes
back Maria Ressa, one of the hosts of ABS-CBN's Probe (Probe Team-GMA/ABC) as training consultant for the
Integrated News and Current Affairs Organization, after her years-long stint as Bureau
Chief for CNN in Manila and Jakarta.
-
March: ABS-CBN airs special broadcasts of
its local shows for the Holy Week.
-
April 1: ABS-CBN gets
mixed feedback from its 1st Quarter Blast campaign.
-
April 23: ABS-CBN bags
exclusive rights to cover the Filipino team's expedition to Mount Everest
in the year 2007.
-
May 1: ABS-CBN holds special outdoor broadcasts of
its shows outside Metro Manila, starting with Cebu. Outdoor broadcasts of
ABS-CBN shows are done weeks later in Iloilo, Bacolod and Davao, plus
other key cities in the Philippines.
Most outdoor broadcasts win big in attendance and viewership.
-
May 2: ABS-CBN hosts the first joint morning
broadcast outside Metro Manila-"Magandang Umaga Bai, Breakfast Kita!"
and premieres the first regional Cebuano-language news-variety show Maayong Buntag Cebu
over ABS-CBN's Visayas stations and inspired a series of morning shows on
ABS-CBN Regional Networks.
-
May 9: ABS-CBN re-airs
and replicates the success of the
Meteor Garden
series (Meteor Garden 1 and 2), this time with the never-before-seen
scenes, under the title Meteor Garden: The Full Edition.
-
June: ABS-CBN is first in Philippine TV to
announce daily airing of J-Doramas (Japanese Dramas). It gets the first ever
Parangal Gawad
Watawat award from the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the National
Historical Institute (NHI) because of the network's promotion of the use
of the country's symbol of nationality and unity. It
gets commendation
from the House of Representatives for Lupad Bacolod, the worldwide
broadcast of the 25th Masskara Festival in Bacolod City.
-
July: Maria Ressa becomes the Head of ABS-CBN's Integrated News
and Current Affairs Organization.
ABS-CBN holds special outdoor broadcasts of
its shows outside the Philippines, starting with Los Angeles and San
Francisco in the United States. Outdoor broadcasts of ABS-CBN shows
are done weeks later in international cities like New York, Tokyo, London. Most
outdoor broadcasts win big in attendance and viewership levels.
July: ABS-CBN's
Cinema One holds the film festival Cinema One Originals.
August 25: Cheche
Lazaro's The Probe Team makes a historic return to ABS-CBN
after 18 years, under the original name Probe.
- 4th Quarter: ABS-CBN launches Hero, the first Tagalog-dubbed cartoon channel
showcasing Philippine TV's foreign cartoons past and present-from Voltes V
to Naruto.
November: ABS-CBN
clears Julius Babao of allegations of posting bail for suspected
terrorist Dawud Santos after providing ABS-CBN of the report on Santos.
December:
ABS-CBN signs up for the live coverage of the boxing rematch of Manny
Pacquiao and Mexico'
s Erik Morales.
December 31: ABS-CBN's
overall Mega Manila audience share declines further, as GMA still becomes the overall number 1 TV network in Mega Manila in statistics of AGB-NMR.
2006
ABS-CBN premieres the
following shows this 2006.
-
current affairs shows
like X-Klusibong X-Plosibong
X-pose/Exclusive Explosive Exposes
-
local dramas like Komiks/Comics, Gulong ng Palad/Wheel of Fate, Sa Piling Mo/At Your Side, Your
Song, installments of Pinoy Big
Brother [Celebrity Edition, Teen Edition, Year 2 Edition], Nagmamahal
Kapamilya/From Your Loving Family
-
comedies like Gudtaym/Good
Time
-
variety shows like Pinoy Big Brother
Celebrity Challenge, Star Circle Summer Kid Quest, the
Visayas and Mindanao editions of Little Big Star
-
talk shows like Sharon
(which ABS-CBN resurrects with the returning Megastar Sharon Cuneta)
-
foreign dramas like Outstanding
Twins,
Forbidden Love, Spring Day, Princess Lulu, Wedding,
Wonderful Life,
-
cartoons like Maya and Miguel,
DICE, Mirmo, Maria Sama Ga Miteru, the Disney
cartoon Kim
Possible
ABS-CBN innovates new
programming changes this 2006.
ABS-CBN airs media specials for Filipino audiences this 2006.
- February 26: ABS-CBN airs the media special EDSA: Mga
Tinig ng Himagsikan/The Revolution's Voices with Jim Paredes and Bianca Gonzales as hosts,
in celebration of the revolt's 20th anniversary.
ABS-CBN airs live coverage of
the events this 2006.
-
January 1: ABS-CBN
airs Salubong sa Taong 2006/Welcome to Year 2006: The ABS-CBN News Patrol Special
Edition with Bernadette Sembrano featuring live New Year events in
Metro Manila.
-
January 29: ABS-CBN
airs Erik Morales-Manny Pacquiao: The Battle--Hataw Pacquiao-Resbak ng
Bayan/Go Pacquiao-The Nation Fights Back, the whole-day coverage of the boxing rematch of Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao and Mexican boxing star Erik Morales from Las Vegas in the United States as delivered by Dyan Castilljo and Ging Reyes, facilitated by Korina Sanchez in
Manila and backed up by anchors of the Philippines' cable channel Solar Sports. The coverage features the rematch itself
with Pacquiao as champion and the nationwide and worldwide celebration of Pacquiao's victory. The special coverage became the first event in Philippine TV history that generated the most number of viewers, according to local media ratings provider AGB-MNR, beating out the previous record holder, the 13 July 2000 episode of ABS-CBN's Mexican drama
Rosalinda.
-
February 4: ABS-CBN airs the non-stop coverage of the
ULTRA Stampede in Pasig that rises among the crowds lining up for the 1st anniversary presentation of ABS-CBN's
Wowowee and killed 71 people and injuring 400 others. ABS-CBN covers the aftermath of the tragedy, the network's owning of moral responsibility to the incident, the investigations, the launch of the 71 Dreams Foundations,
the ultimate cancellation of Wowowee for 40 days, and the March
relaunch of Wowowee.
-
Late February:
ABS-CBN airs the non-stop coverage of the aftermath of the Southern Leyte
Landslide, direct from the town of Saint Bernard in Southern Leyte, with live coverage from the Saint Bernard picked up from ABS-CBN Cebu by international media groups--CNN, Reuters, BBC, AP, and
AFP--which was then picked up by local media groups. Search and rescue operations and relief operations are covered.
-
February 24: ABS-CBN covers a foiled coup against the government, President Arroyo's subsequent declaration of
State of National Emergency 2006, the cancelling of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the 1986 EDSA Revolution and other subsequent events, including deployment of troops to the network's Quezon City studios.
- February 25: ABS-CBN reports on the day's
Noon Mass at EDSA Shrine--the only celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA
Revolution.
- February 26: ABS-CBN
covers the military stand-off at Fort Bonifacio in Makati
-
March: ABS-CBN
starts covering the 2006 events related to the Amendments on the
1987 Philippine Constitution.
Events took a turn on
ABS-CBN
this 2006.
-
ABS-CBN covers 98%-99% of the entire Philippine archipelago.
-
ABS-CBN Star Cinema releases films
like Don't Give Up on
Us,
Close to You, D' Lucky Ones,
-
February 4: Stampede rises up from the huge crowd lining up for the 1st anniversary presentation of
Wowowee in Pasig, killing 74 people and injuring 300 others. Due to the incident,
ABS-CBN cancels the celebration and postpones Wowowee for less than 40 days. Investigation results show lack of coordination among
ABS-CBN's production staff and security personnel, with some government agencies that resulted in the stampede.
ABS-CBN claims full moral responsibility on the incident, begins to help out families of the 71 victims under the 71 Dreams Foundation, and prepares to face charges.
-
March: ABS-CBN and other media groups file complaints to the local courts, questioning the government's subsequent actions on the Declaration of the State of Emergency, among them the February 24 events at its Quezon City studios and a government official's private call urging to stop its February 26 coverage.
-
March 15: Cito Alejandro resigns as ABS-CBN president.
-
April: ABS-CBN invites
the public to be part of "Kapamilya, Summer Na, Sama Ka!/Our Family,
It's Summer! Let's Go! The ABS-CBN
Summer Station ID 2006"--the first time a Filipino TV network does
so.
-
June 13: ABS-CBN
celebrates its 60th anniversary as a media-communications company
(under its original name BEC).
-
October: Studio 23
celebrates its 10th anniversary, still the number 1 UHF channel in the
Philippines.
2007
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