- The longest running show, Eat Bulaga! stays on the GMA Network
- Even the the longest running noontime show on TV didn’t have a good start
- T.A.P.E. Inc., the producer of ‘Eat Bulaga,’ renewed its contract with GMA Network on February 1
‘Eat Bulaga,’ the longest running noon time show on TV, renewed its contract with the GMA Network. An Instagram post of Rams David showed the contract signing of the show to the network.
“And we are very comfortable with them at ako ay talagang hangang-hanga dito sa grupo ng Eat Bulaga na walang kupas talaga kaya matagal pa yan. Ang tandem nila Tito, Vic at Joey tsaka ‘yung mga susunod palagay ko mahaba pa yan,” said Atty. Felipe Gozon after the contract signing.
It was actually ‘Eat Bulaga’s’ 24th year with GMA Network since the ‘Eat… Bulaga!: The Moving!’ in 1995, where they left ABS-CBN for the former studio wanted to buy the airing rights of ‘Eat Bulaga!’ from TAPE, Inc.
In February 1, 2019, ‘Eat Bulaga!’ renewed its contract with GMA Network, in time for the show’s 40th anniversary on noontime television and its 24th year on their home network.
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The ‘Eat Bulaga’ barkada came in full force to witness yet another momentous event. Present during the contract signing were Dabarkads Senator Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon, Jimmy Santos, Anjo Yllana, Ruby Rodriguez, Allan K., Pauleen Luna-Sotto, Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Paolo Ballesteros, Ryan Agoncillo, Pia Guanio, Luanne Dy, Ryzza Mae Dizon, Baeby Baste, Maureen Wroblewitz, Maine Mendoza, and Alden Richards together with TAPE Inc.’s SVP and COO Malou Choa-Fagar, SVP Production Creative and Operations Jenny P. Ferre, AVP for Production Helen Atienza-Dela Cruz, AVP Production-Studio Operation Sheila Macariola-Ilacad, and Director Poochie Rivera.
On the side of GMA Network, Kapuso Executives attending the contract signing were GMA Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Felipe S. Yalong, GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, and First Vice President of Program Management Joey Abacan.
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It was recalled that ‘Eat Bulaga’ used to broadcast from different networks in the past. The show premiered its live episode from RPN Live Studio 1 in Broadcast City on July 30, 1979 with main hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon, along with Chiqui Hollman and Richie Reyes (a.k.a. Richie d’ Horsie), as original hosts. Due to problems brought by the sequestration of RPN, ‘Eat…Bulaga!’ moved to ABS-CBN under a co-production agreement with T.A.P.E. Inc.
From Broadway Centrum, Eat Bulaga! transferred to their new state-of-the-art studio, the APT Studios, located in Cainta, Rizal, last December 8, 2018, a few months before the 40th anniversary celebration of the longest-running variety show come July 2019.
