ABS-CBN Pits It's Showtime To GMA Network's Eat Bulaga

Competition is back to noontime shows (again) this February 06, 2012 as ABS-CBN - Kapamilya Network pits the newly reformatted It's Showtime (previously Showtime) with the longest running undisputed noontime show of GMA Network - Kapuso Network's Eat Bulaga. So what does this spell for both well-received noontime programs.

This is not the first time that ABS-CBN (Kapamilya) Network compete with the noontime giant Eat Bulaga. Speaking as someone who followed the transition of the beloved undisputed noontime show (Eat Bulaga), in my own opinion after Eat Bulaga migrated to GMA Network back in 1995, it seems that it also brought along the flare and magic to noontime show which EB was known for to GMA Network. Fans of the series which came from almost all generation was also taken away from ABS-CBN, thus making GMA Network become a more competitive Philippine Network giant that it is known today. I can firmly say that Eat Bulaga brought fame and success to GMA. Since then ABS-CBN has always struggled with the noontime slot. Kapamilya has pitted various noontime shows like 'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila, Magandang Tanghali Bayan, Esep Esep, Masayang Tanghali Bayan, and MTB Ang Saya Saya. One particular ABS-CBN noontime show came close as a competition to Eat bulaga and that was Wowowee which somehow broke the usual variety format in exchange of a game show packed format. There have been a couple of times that the show has won over the ratings game with Eat Bulaga. After Wowowee's five year run, the shows host got into dispute with the Kapamilya Network's management causing him to leave the network in exchange of a new afternoon-evening variety game show on TV5. ABS-CBN then replaced Wowowee with the short live noontime shows like Pilipinas Win Na Win, but that show was still a flop. Then ABS-CBN tried going back to the noontime variety show format with Happy Yipee Yehey! but the noontime show itself came to a short run and come February 6, it will be replaced by the popular morning talent-variety show Showtime. In order to compete with the undisputed noontime show Eat Bulaga, Showtime will surely drop its regular talent show format into a more streamlined variety-game show format. Showtime will now be know as It's Showtime.

If there is one thing that I come to realize in this life that one should never be loyal to one particular station. I for one am still a fan of Eat Bulaga but that doesn't mean that I won't be switching channels. There wonce was a time when I preferred the Korean telenovela noontime block that TV5 once had, and during those times Eat Bulaga and Wowowee were already on air. Showtime was also a great show back then as it came before Eat Bulaga and becoming more of a supplement to an enjoyable noontime. It was a killer combo, After Showtime, we then switched to Eat Bulaga. Sadly Showtime will now be directly competing with Eat Bulaga, which will definitely be chaotic. Well at least we now have an option, because believe it or not there can be days where Eat Bulaga can be just tad boring. Showtime's greatest asset is Vice Ganda and her comedy bar background, sadly once she takes brakes the Showtime would just be another like another Happy Yippee Yehey and as much as possible It's showtime wouldn't want that so that only means that there would be no rest for the popular comedian, Vice Ganda. Chances are that Gandang Gabi Vice might soon bid its farewell.

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ABS-CBN Kapamilya Network promotes It's Showtime

A big give away that the ABS-CBN and the actual noontime show is desperate to win back the noontime slot that is the fact that the show will air 30 minutes before 12:00 nn. So Showtime will have a thirty minutes lead and a lot to prove, but I know for a fact that come 12:00 nn thse who are tuned in to the new noontime show would be switching back to the well-beloved noontime show Eat Bulaga and that is a FACT (well if you are not a solid Kapamilya that is)! Another thing that I've also noticed that the new show is heavily marketed, which is pretty normal but there is a certain unique feel to It's Showtime marketing. It feels like it is going to be a better Showtime, but one thing is sure that TAPE Management will be up its feet to defend Eat Bulaga noontime reign. This will possibly mean new games, segments, and humor for Eat Bulaga but we'll see that once competition is back.

I am not saying that It's Showtime can never beat Eat Bulaga nor I can say that it completely can. Competition is good for both noontime shows to be up both their games; and think of new, entertaining, and innovative segments to keep the Philippine masses entertained. Hopefully, ABS-CBN can finally be content with this noontime show and stick with it through thick and thin because It's Showtime will probably be their best and last noontime show to become an actual competition to Eat Bulaga... that is coming from someone who is a long fan of Eat Bulaga, and at a time an avid viewer of Showtime. To It's Showtime, good luck because you need it. Hope you could help Eat Bulaga improve and become a better noontime show by winning the ratings game which means that they have to improve on something. To Eat Bulaga (TAPE Incorporated) the challenge glove has been thrown at you. Be up your feet and prove that Eat Bulaga will forever be the best noontime show of all time...a show not just for the contemporary but for all generations.

Eat Bulaga's All for Juan, Juan for All Sugod Bahay Gang December 17, 2011 Willie Revillame Laugh Out Loud Moment: EB Dabarkads Turned One Slip Up Into a Genuinely Funny Moment

An Episode of Eat Bulaga's All for Juan Juan for All aired last December 17, 2011 made a lot of Filipino televiewers laugh their hearts out when a chosen Sugod Bahay Gang winner made a slip up in pronouncing Wally's name to Willie (Revillame) which became a very entertaining moment for the next ten minutes or so.



Eat Bulaga has always been the undisputed noontime show here in the Philippines, but that does not mean that there won't be a any competition for it. This is when the competing network (ABS CBN Kapamilya) made a series of noontime shows (defunct today) to compete with it. The closest of these shows that would actually proved to be a somewhat decent competition was Wowowee which eventually was cancelled because of a misunderstanding of the Kapamilya Network and Willie Revillame. Willie Revillame now found a new home in TV 5 Kapatid Network with first Willing Willie which also got cancelled because of a child abuse case/incident, but later reformatted to Wiltime Bigtime. Somehow the wounds of the past were "somehow" healed between the hosts of Eat Bulaga and Noontime shows featuring Revillame. The most controversial is probably humorous but mostly below the belt hits between Joey de Leon and Willie Revillame. Now being under the TV 5 Kapatid Network, the celebrities from Eat Bulaga and Willie Revillame shows share the same audience every day but not in a competitive way. As I make this post, Wiltime Bigtime is scheduled from Mondays to Saturdays at around 6pm, The Jose and Wally Show featuring Vic Sotto comes after Wiltime Bigtime every Satuday night, and Wow Mali is every Sunday Night. It was also became a news when Willie and Joey eventually became "friends" but to whether this is the real deal or something superficial is left to one's imagination.

No one network has a monopoly over the Filipino viewing audience and this is healthy, if not normal. Dealing with the everyday Filipino mass is what noontime shows do and they usually anticipate slip ups from contestants. There have been incidents where contestants from Wowowee thanked Eat Bulaga or the Kapuso Network rather than their show or network, and vice versa. So when slip ups like this happen, it is up to the hosts of the shows to turn the table around, most of the time it is a very awkward, but the EB Dabarkads made it to something hilarious last Saturday, December 17. Having shows on TV5 may also helped with the easing of the very awkward moment. Jose Manalo imitated Willie Revillame down to his very irritating negative attitude, his arrogance. On a similar note, because of this slip up, the Sugod-Bahay Gang winner only received a smaller price because of this slip up. Yes, the sum given to the winner was probably reduced because of this as noticed in Jose's statement when you watch the video as he stated that the money supposed to be awarded should be forty thousand pesos - "Forty thousand dapat yan eh". I have also noticed this on past Juan for All All for Juan Sugod Bahay Gang Episodes. The amount they gave usually plays around the thirty thousand to as high as fifty thousand peso range, depending on the likability and financial status of the winner of the day. I don't think this is a nice move from Eat Bulaga's part, this make them appear a little bitter of the said slip up. But hey they are the one's giving the prices, so the winner shouldn't really complain much on it. They also managed to mentioned Willie Revillame and his segments in the past which transcends the Network Wars, I guess they will probably get a memo for doing this thing, or not. The Youtube video is receiving mostly positive hits, so that has to account to something, right?

Watch Jose Manalo imitated Willie Revillame in Sugod-Bahay Gang Juan for All All for Juan Dec 17, 2011 Episode here:



By now you might have noticed that I am not a fan of Willie Revillame. The annoying thing is that people in our house watch the said show which sometimes also forces me to watch it. Being an everyday Filipino televiewer, I am (in a shallow way) thankful for those Wiltime Bigtime dancers performing in skimpy and sexy outfit. It makes watching the said sow a little less of a task than a natural thing. This made me excited to see Wiltime Bigtime episode on that day which was not normal. I like intrigues and exchanges of Joey and Willie in the past, sothis is probably the main reason why I am looking forward for it. Well in some way, Willie managed to react to this in a very unconvincing and pretentious way. Sorry fans of Willie Revillame, in my opinion, I just don't find him that sincere of a person.

Watch Willie Revillame in Wiltime Bigtime react to Jose Manalo immitation and Eat Bulaga Poking fun of him in All for Juan, Juan for All December 17, 2011 Sugod Bahay Gang Episode



This is probably one of the best Eat Bulaga episode for me this year. Thanks to those industrious Pinoy Youtube Users who managed to capture and upload this genuinely funny moment from Eat Bulaga. What about you guys? What can you say about the Eat Bulaga December 17 2011 All for Juan Juan for All Sugod-Bahay Gang Episode? on Willtime Bigtime's Reaction to it? Share your thoughts on the comments section below: