Eat Bulaga! is a Philippine television noontime variety show currently broadcast on TV5 and simulcast on RPTV. Originally hosted by Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon, collectively known as TVJ, with Chiqui Hollmann and Richie D'Horsie, the show premiered on July 30, 1979, at Radio Philippines Network.
Marvic Valentin Castelo "Vic" Sotto also known as Bossing, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and television personality. Prolific in film and television in the Philippines since the 1970s, he is known for playing comedic roles in television sitcoms and films.
Paolo Enrico Tusi Contis is a Filipino actor, host, singer, and comedian of Italian descent. Contis debuted as a child actor in the ABS-CBN show Ang TV during the 1990s. A GMA Network artist for 20 years, he has won several acting awards.
Ciara Anna Gamboa Sotto is a Filipina actress and singer.
VST & Company was a Filipino disco band from Manila, Philippines, founded by Vic Sotto, Spanky Rigor, and Tito Sotto. Hailed as one of the most successful Filipino bands of the late 1970s, the group is considered by many to be one of the original proponents of OPM. The band originally consisted of Spanky Rigor, Roger Rigor, Male Rigor, Celso Llarina, Monet Gaskell, Val Sotto and Jun Medina. They pioneered the Manila sound genre along with bands such as Hotdog and Cinderella, and rose to fame with their first hit song, "Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko". The song ignited Philippine disco culture, and sparked "VST Mania"; a craze that swept across the country throughout the late 1970s. Their five albums which host a catalogue of hits such as "Rock Baby Rock", "Swing It Baby", "Disco Fever", "Magsayawan", "Kiss Kiss", "Magnifica" and "Step No, Step Yes", plus three critically acclaimed full-length films, Disco Fever (1978), Swing It… Baby (1979) and Rock Baby, Rock (1979), hallmark the band's cultural influence and historical contributions to contemporary Philippine pop music.
Student Canteen is a Philippine television variety show regarded as the first afternoon variety show on Philippine television. Over a 32-year period, it was broadcast through three different networks: ABS-CBN, GMA Network and Radio Philippines Network.
Iskul Bukol is a Philippine situational comedy show that aired on the IBC-13 network from October 1978 to 1988. It starred Filipino comedians Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon. The show centered around student life in the fictional Wanbol University.
Ariel Pagtalonia Manalo, known professionally as Jose Manalo, is a Filipino actor, director, and comedian best known for appearing regularly on the noon-time variety show Eat Bulaga! on GMA Network and now on TV5. He is also known for his stand-up performances.
Joseph Joachim Tugas de Leon, better known as Keempee de Leon, is a Filipino actor, comedian, singer, songwriter and TV host. He is the son of Joey de Leon and Daria Ramirez.
Alberto Sermonia "Betong" Sumaya Jr. is a Filipino comedian, actor, and former production assistant for GMA Network, where he is also a part of the network's talent agency. Sumaya participated in the GMA reality show Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown (2011), and became the eventual victor. He appears in GMA's longtime-running gag show Bubble Gang. Sumaya became one of the presenters of the longest running noontime show in the Philippines, Eat Bulaga! in 2023.
Walter James B. Bayola, popularly known as Wally Bayola, is a Filipino comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Lola Nidora and other characters in the Kalyeserye portion of the noontime television variety show Eat Bulaga!. He appears alongside his co-hosts Jose Manalo and Paolo Ballesteros, the trio also known as JoWaPao, in the "Juan for All, All for Juan" segment of the said show.
Ryzza Mae de Guzman Dizon is a Filipina teen actress and television personality. She rose to prominence in 2012 when she won that year's edition of Eat Bulaga!'s Little Miss Philippines. She is currently the second youngest host in the variety show Eat Bulaga!
Ricardo Reyes, professionally known as Richie D'Horsie, was a Filipino actor and comedian.
In the Philippines, variety television shows have become mainstays of the noontime slot for network programming since 1958. The first Philippines noontime variety television shows were influenced by the popularity of bodabil (vaudeville) in the first half of the 20th century. Since then, the format has evolved with the changing times, with elements of reality television also incorporated as well since the 2000s. Majority of the noontime variety shows that aired on television were produced independently by blocktimers that pay a certain amount of time to television networks to air their program. Some TV networks though have managed to solely produce these kind of programs, with moderate success in terms of ratings and advertising revenues.
APT Studios is a television studio located at Marcos Highway, Barangay San Isidro, Cainta, Rizal, just near the boundary with Marikina, part of Metro Manila.
Romeo "Jon-jon" Masupil Jalosjos Jr. is a Filipino businessman and politician from the province of Zamboanga del Norte. He served as representative for the 1st district of Zamboanga del Norte from 2019 until his removal from the post in 2022.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Panfilo Lacson was announced in a televised launch on September 8, 2021, along with his running mate Tito Sotto. Panfilo Lacson is a three-term senator of the Philippines and former chief of the Philippine National Police, while Sotto is a four-term senator currently serving as the senate president of the Philippines since 2018.
TVJ Productions, Inc. is a Philippine media production company co-owned by Eat Bulaga! hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon and media company MediaQuest Holdings. The company was formed on June 7, 2023, after TVJ severed its ties with Television and Production Exponents, Inc., the former producer of Eat Bulaga! due to internal conflicts between TVJ and the new management.
E.A.T. was a Philippine noontime variety show aired on TV5. It premiered on July 1, 2023, replacing ABS-CBN Entertainment's It's Showtime on its timeslot. The show was produced by TVJ Productions, Inc., with Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (TVJ) served as main hosts, together with Allan K., Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Paolo Ballesteros, Ryan Agoncillo, Ryzza Mae Dizon, Maine Mendoza, Carren Eistrup, Miles Ocampo and Atasha Muhlach, collectively known as the "Legit Dabarkads".
Tahanang Pinakamasaya! is a 2024 Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Moty Apostol, it stars Alexa Miro, Arra San Agustin, Betong Sumaya, Buboy Villar, Cassy Legaspi, Chariz Solomon, Dasuri Choi, Glaiza de Castro, Isko Moreno, Kimpoy Feliciano, Kokoy de Santos, Mavy Legaspi, Michael Sager, Paolo Contis, Winwyn Marquez, Yasser Marta, Music Hero Band and BPop Idols. It premiered on January 6, 2024 on the network's afternoon line up replacing Eat Bulaga!. The show concluded on March 2, 2024 with a total of 50 episodes.
