Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The Philippine Media in the 2000s decade


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 and GMA premieres the following shows this 2001.
  • the comedies Daddy Di Do DuWhattamen, 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, 
    Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin/You're the Only One That I Will Love, 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?" and "Korek na Korek Ka Dyan!"
  • 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 Pageants
  • 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 VisionsEco Moda (sequel to the worldwide hit Latin American dramaYo Soy Betty La Fea/Betty The Ugly One airing on GMA), Wheels of Love/Subete A Mi MotoCristinaPalomaRomantica-Romantica Obsesion/Obsessed RomanticNunca 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 and GMA Network premieres new shows like
  • dramas like Berks (Filipino slang for Barkada/Gang), Darating Ang Umaga/Morning ComesAng Iibigin Ay Ikaw Pa Rin/My One And Only Love is Still, Narito Ang Puso Ko/Here The My Heart Basta't Kasama Kita/Whenever I'm With YouLove To LoveSana'y Wala Nang Wakas/Timeless/Hope There's No EndIt Might Be You, Twin Hearts,"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", All Together NowNuts EntertainmentCelebrity Turns with Junee and Lani 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 shows 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 and GMA 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 PrincessForever In My HeartHanggang Kailan / Circle of Hearts, Marinara, Mulawin, Te Amo: Maging Sino Ka Man / I Love You: More Than Love, Joyride and Seasons of Love, Leya, Ang Pinakamagandang Babae Sa Ilalim Ng Lupa / Leya, The Most Beautiful Girl Underground
  • comedies Naks!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, StarStruck Kids 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 AngelArt Jam, Lovely Day, 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 RyukiPower 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 coverageHalalan 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 Questfinalists
  • "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 entitledPaalam 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 Patroland 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. 
  • AugustMaalaala 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 and GMA 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?", HP: To The Highest Level Na!, Jologs Guide
  • dramas like Kuya/Pinoy Big Brother/Big Brother PhilippinesTill 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, Kakabaka-booMahiwagang Baul
  • 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 Youand Amazing Twins
  • current affairs shows AdyendaVid 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 shows Mobile KusinaPinoy Abroad, 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-ForceThe 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.
  • YesYesShow becomes Yes! YesShow 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 Andromedaair 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 BestExpat ChallengeThe Contender andMister 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 nameProbe.
  • 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/ComicsGulong ng Palad/Wheel of FateSa Piling Mo/At Your SideYour Song, installments ofPinoy 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 ChallengeStar Circle Summer Kid Quest, the Visayas and Mindanao editions ofLittle Big Star
  • talk shows like Sharon (which ABS-CBN resurrects with the returning Megastar Sharon Cuneta)
  • foreign dramas like Outstanding TwinsForbidden LoveSpring DayPrincess LuluWeddingWonderful Life
  • cartoons like Maya and MiguelDICEMirmoMaria Sama Ga Miteru, the Disney cartoon Kim Possible
ABS-CBN innovates new programming changes this 2006.
  • ASAP Fanatic changes to Fanatic Banda/Band Republic.
  • The weekend editions of TV Patrol World revert back to TV Patrol Sabado and TV Patrol Linggo.
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 UsClose to YouD' 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
  • ABS-CBN covers the Filipino mountaineer team's ascent to Mount Everest-the first for any Filipino to climb up the world's highest peak.

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