Tonight with Boy Abunda

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Tonight with Boy Abunda
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Also known asTWBA
Genre Talk show
Entertainment news
Commentary
Developed by ABS-CBN Corporation
Written byKaren Abrenica
Directed byArnel Natividad
Presented by Boy Abunda
Country of originPhilippines
Original languagesFilipino (primary)
English (secondary)
No. of episodes1,156 (final)
Production
Executive producerNancy Yabut
Production locationsStudio 8, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Quezon City, Philippines
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Production company ABS-CBN Studios
Original release
Network ABS-CBN
ReleaseSeptember 28, 2015 (2015-09-28) 
May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)
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Tonight with Boy Abunda is a Philippine television talk show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Hosted by Boy Abunda, it aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up from September 28, 2015 to May 4, 2020, replacing Aquino & Abunda Tonight and was replaced by The World Tonight .

Contents

Format

Similar to its predecessor, the show gives a run-down of daily top stories with topics raging from showbiz, lifestyle, homosexuality and politics, with the promise to deliver its segments "from layman's point of view", and with perspectives on how certain issues can affect viewers' daily lives.

Final hosts

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Boy Abunda served as the host.

Final segments

Production

The show suspended the production of its new episodes and aired re-runs from March 16 to May 4, 2020, due to the Luzon enhanced community quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines until the network's shutdown due to the cease and desist order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), following the expiration of the network's 25-year franchise granted in 1995. However, the current status of the talk show remained unknown until it was replaced by The World Tonight on July 27, 2020. The show eventually did not go back on-air as Boy Abunda returned to GMA Network on December 15, 2022. [2]

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References

  1. ""TWBA" celebrates 2nd year with special weeklong "2 Be Honest" episodes". entertainment.abs-cbn.com. November 25, 2017.
  2. "Boy Abunda returns to GMA Network". GMA News. December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.