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Stay up-to-date with over 20 of Radio Philippines Network’s elite series, with our list refreshed for December 2024. Icons of Radio Philippines Network, Eat Bulaga! and May Bukas Pa made their debut in 1999 and 2000, setting industry standards. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1999 up until N/A, Radio Philippines Network stands as a beacon of television excellence.
Eat Bulaga! is a noon-time variety show in the Philippines produced by Television And Production Exponents Inc. and aired by GMA Network. The show broadcasts from The New TAPE Studios at the GMA Broadway Centrum in New Manila, Quezon City. Eat Bulaga! is aired Weekdays at 12:00pm to 2:30 pm and Saturdays at 11:30am to 2:30pm. The show is also broadcast worldwide through GMA Pinoy TV. The name approximately translates to "Lunchtime Surprise!". The show celebrated its 34th year on Philippine television on July 31, 2013, holding the record of being the longest-running noontime variety program on air in the history of local television. Its first overseas version was Eat Bulaga! Indonesia, which premiered on Indonesia's SCTV network on July 16, 2012. Eat Bulaga! became the first Philippine show, variety show in particular, to be franchised by another country.
May Bukas Pa is a Philippine television series aired by IBC and RPN, and produced by Viva Television. It stars Dina Bonnevie, Albert Martinez and Cherie Gil.
John en Marsha is a defunct situational comedy series that aired over the Radio Philippines Network from 1973 to 1990. Created by Adíng Fernando, the series starred Dolphy, Nida Blanca, Dely Atay-Atayan and Maricel Soriano. A spin-off from the series, John En Shirley, aired on ABS-CBN in 2006 with only Dolphy and Maricel Soriano reprising their old roles.
Ang Bagong Kampeon was a nationally televised amateur singing contest that aired on Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines. It was hosted by Bert Marcelo and Pilita Corrales. The television show has launched the careers of several successful singers, notably, Regine Velasquez and Donna Cruz. The show also had a contestant named Josephine Roberto, who later defeated Christina Aguilera on the way to become Female Vocalist Champion in the 1989 edition of Star Search in the United States.
One Morning! Café was a joint morning television show aired in three government-owned channels National Broadcasting Network, Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation and Radio Philippines Network and started to air in April 2007 from 6:00 to 8:00 am. On June 29, 2010, One Morning Cafe aired its last episode.
Batibot is a children's television program from the Philippines, based on Sesame Street. Premiering in 1984, with the name Sesame!, and eventually renamed Batibot several years later. Batibot in Filipino means "small, but strong and robust". As Sesame!, the program used both English and Filipino as the media of communication, but after evolving into Batibot, the show became a completely Filipino language children's educational show. It was produced by the Sesame Workshop and Philippine Children's Television Foundation, Inc.. CTW broke this relationship with PCTVF in 1989.
Tierra Sangre was a former soap opera aired in the Philippines produced by VIVA Television. It stars Jennifer Sevilla, Bobby Andrews and the late Ms. Charito Solis.
Mag-Asawa'y Di Biro is a situational comedy television show in the Philippines which aired on RPN from 1990 to 1993. It starred Ramon Christopher and Lotlot de Leon as the show's marriage couple, along with Pilita Corrales and Eddie Gutierrez as the in-laws. The show also had Flora Gasser, Dennis Padilla and Katrina Sanzenni.
iWatch News was the flagship English evening news program of Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines. The news program replaced the network's longest-running English news program NewsWatch. It was originally anchored by former K-Lite disc jockey Carlo Tirona and recording artist Aryana Lim. Lim has since pursued other endeavors and has been replaced by former magazine editor, former RT disc jockey and actress Lexi Schulze. iWatch News targets the youth audience especially college students and young urban professionals. It differentiates itself from other newscasts by offering more reports and news features that appeal to the younger crowd. iWatch News aired for the last time on January 11, 2008.
Philippines’ Next Top Model was a Filipino reality competition broadcast by the Radio Philippines Network where a number of women competed for the title of the country's "next top model". The series was a local version of America's Next Top Model and was won by Grendel Alvarado of Bacolod, who received a modeling representation with Starz People in Hong Kong, an editorial fashion spread in Preview magazine, US$10,000 courtesy of Mane and Tail Shampoo, a P150,000 modeling contract with Saga Events, a one-year local endorsement campaign from L'Oréal Paris, one-year complimentary treatments from Marie France and Facial Care Center, a south sea pearl necklace from Jewelmer, and the title "Jewelmer’s Pearl Ambassador to the World". The international destination for this cycle was Victoria, Hong Kong. The show did not continue for a second series.
Penpen de Sarapen was a children's show aired on Radio Philippines Network. Aired from 1987 to 2001. It was hosted by Connie Angeles and Caselyn Francisco and co-hosted by Fred Moore delos Santos and Camile Velasco. It was aired every Saturday mornings. The stage of Penpen de Sarapen was set in the groundfloor of Farmer's Plaza in Cubao. It's basically an entertainment, game and story-telling show for children.
Aksyon Balita is the final Filipino-language newscast and the late afternoon news broadcast of Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines. Launched in 2006, it is broadcast at 5:30 PM Philippine time. It was created as a spin-off of the network's longest-running news program, NewsWatch. With the latter program's final episode on January 4, 2008, the Filipino edition dropped the "NewsWatch" tag and is retitled to, simply, Aksyon Balita, apparently to complement the network's new English newscast, i-Watch News.
IKON Philippines is a reality singing competition which searches for a champion among existing or established artistes rather than among new, unknown starlets as in other such singing competitions. The programme was co-launched with IKON Indonesia and IKON Malaysia in late 2006 as an initiative to search for an artiste who can represent the country in the regional level. The verdict is determined by 70% of jury marks and 30% SMS. Ikon Philippines began its run on Le Pavilion in June 2007, and is hosted by Asia Agcaoili. The final stage was held on 5 August 2007.Vina Morales is the Philippine Representative for Solo Category and Kjwan for Group Category On August 5, 2007, both Vina Morales and Kjwan won the First Ikon Asean in their respective categories. Vina Morales sang Pangako Sa 'Yo, the theme song of the popular drama series of the same name in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, and Feels so Nice. Kjwan sang Invitation and One Look.
Battle of the Brains was a Philippine quiz show shown at RPN 9 from 1992 to 1999 and at PTV 4 from 1999 to 2001. It was hosted for almost all episodes by David Celdran, with various alternates taking over in his absence. The show is primarily sponsored by Uniwide Sales, Inc. from 1992 to 1999, and by AMA Computer College from 2000 and 2001 before the show folded. The show was open to all elementary, high school and college students nationwide, but the majority of grand champions have come from Metro Manila.
RPN NewsWatch in the Philippines was the longest-running English language flagship newscast of the Radio Philippines Network. It has a complicated history, undergoing many name changes.
Anna Luna is an afternoon Philippines soap opera which aired on ABS-CBN from 1989–1994, and on RPN from 1994-1995. This drama series made a comeback the glory days of Philippine drama, and was become a contemporary for some other series like Mara Clara, Agila and Valiente.
Coney Reyes on Camera was a weekly drama anthology that aired from 1984-1998 in 3 networks and became the longest running drama anthology in Philippine TV history until ABS-CBN's Maalaala Mo Kaya broke the record in 2011. Coney was the host, lead star, and producer.
Arangkada Balita is a weekday afternoon newscast developed and produced by Radio Philippines Network from 2000 to Mid-2006 anchored by Angelique Lazo. This is was replaced by RPN Action News anchored by Aljo Bendijo, Connie Sison and Erwin Tulfo.