Television giants ABS-CBN Corp. and GMA Network, Inc. have both shuffled their daytime programming lineups once more — apparently in reaction to each others moves — as the competition for ratings gets more fierce.
On Monday, ABS-CBN moved its afternoon game show Panahon Ko ’To! (Ang Game Show ng Buhay Ko) to the 10:30 a.m. time-slot after GMA transferred its afternoon game show, Hole in the Wall, to 10:30 a.m. last Saturday. Panahon Ko ’To! used to air weekdays at 5 p.m., while Hole in the Wall previously aired weekdays at 5:30 p.m.
Also on Monday, ABS-CBN moved its talent show Showtime to 11 a.m., an hour ahead of its previous noon time-slot.
The show is followed by the game show Pilipinas Win na Win, which now airs at 1 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays. It is the third time-slot change for the two-month-old game show top-billed by TV host Kris Aquino, which was originally intended to replace the defunct noontime show Wowowee in the noon time-slot.
Airing against Showtime is GMA’s new game show Asar Talo, hosted by Edu Manzano. Following Asar Talo is the longest running noontime show Eat Bulaga, which have seen a resurgence in its national ratings after Wowowee was yanked out from ABS-CBN’s programming lineup on July 30.
The old Filipino movies that were being shown by both ABS-CBN and GMA Network in the 10:30 a.m. time-slot were moved to 4 p.m. starting last Monday. — Jeffrey O. Valisno (Business World Online)
