Up Close and Personal | |
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Also known as | Up Close and Personal with Marissa del Mar |
Genre | Talk show |
Created by | Millicent Productions |
Written by | Mimi Galimba Jeans Cequiña |
Directed by | Lala Villanueva |
Presented by | Marissa del Mar |
Country of origin | Philippines |
No. of episodes | n/a |
Production | |
Executive producer | Nitz Magsino |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | IBC News and Public Affairs Millicent Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation |
Release | 2002 – June 1, 2011 |
Related | |
Buhay OFW (AksyonTV/5 Plus) |
Up Close and Personal with Marissa del Mar was a public affairs talk show produced by Millicent Productions, hosted by businesswoman and socio-civic leader Marissa Del Mar, and broadcast by IBC. The program premiered in 2002 and aired every Tuesday evening. Three years after, it was moved on Wednesday nights.
On June 1, 2011, the program was effectively cancelled by IBC in preparation for the introduction of AKTV programming block on IBC-13. [1] Three months after, on September 10, 2011, Millicent Productions launched Buhay OFW that was also hosted by Del Mar and initially aired on AksyonTV and later in 5 Plus. [2]
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