2011 in Philippine television

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The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2011. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events[]

February[]

• February 11: Solar Entertainment Corporation partnered with ABS-CBN Corporation to air National Basketball Association (NBA) games over free TV starting February 19, 2011. The games will be aired on Studio 23 (later became S+A) and ABS-CBN, but Solar still airs the games daily on BTV.^[1]
• February 20: After 5 years of broadcast, Q (VHF 11) ended its commercial operations on Sunday evening.
• February 21: AksyonTV (UHF 41), finally launched as the first news and sports channel in the country's free TV.
• February 28: GMA Network's first free-to-air news and public affairs channel in the Philippines on Channel 11, GMA News TV, was officially launched.

March[]

• March 2: ETC moves to Radio Philippines Network (VHF 9) from Southern Broadcasting Network (UHF 21). On the other hand, Talk TV (now CNN Philippines) was launched by Solar Television Network for airing on SBN.
• March 13: Joseph the Artist was hailed as the Ultimate Talentado in Talentadong Pinoy Season 2.

May[]

• May 1: The ABS-CBN News Channel celebrated its 15th anniversary.
• May 14: True Colors wins as Showtime's third grand champion, the grand finals of which were held at Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City.

June[]

• June 5: IBC 13 signed a blocktime agreement with TV5 Network Inc.'s sports division Sports5 to air live sports coverage via its new programming block AKTV was officially launched.^[2][3]
• June 18: Rizal Technological University was hailed as Eat Bulaga's Pinoy Henyo High Alumni Edition Grand Champion by guessing three words in 50.45 seconds.
• June 26: 25-year-old falsetto singer Marcelito Pomoy wins the second season of Pilipinas Got Talent.

July[]

• July 3: BEAM Channel 31 (UHF 31) returns as a test broadcast after 8 years of ceased broadcasting.

August[]

• August 15: BEAM Channel 31 was now affiliated by Solar Television Network as the 4th free-TV station of the said company, and branded as The Game Channel on August 15, 2011, the first all game show programs on free TV.

September[]

• September 12: Shamcey Supsup, Bb. Pilipinas-Universe 2011, was the 3rd Runner-up at Miss Universe 2011 held at São Paulo, Brazil.
• September 18: Karl Jonathan Aguilar wins the top prize winner of 2 Million pesos of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.^[4][5]

October[]

• October 22: Anne Curtis was hailed as Showtime's second anniversary champion.
• October 23: Male singing trio Maasinhon Trio win the third season of Pilipinas Got Talent.

November[]

• November 6: Gwendoline Ruais, Miss World-Philippines 2011, was the 1st Runner-up at Miss World 2011 held at London, United Kingdom.
• November 7: Dianne Necio, Bb. Pilipinas International 2011, was placed in Top 15 at Miss International 2011 held at Chengdu, China. She even won the Miss Internet Popularity Award.
• November 12: Cubilla Family of Leyte was hailed as Eat Bulaga's Pamilyang Pinoy Henyo Grand Champion by guessing three words in 2 minutes and 46.53 seconds.

December[]

• December 3: Athena Mae Imperial, Miss Philippines-Earth 2011, was crowned Miss Water at Miss Earth 2011 held at Quezon City.
• December 10: Astig Pinoy wins as Showtime's fourth grand champion, the grand finals of which were held at Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City.^[6]
• December 24: BEAM Channel 31 (The Game Channel) its broadcast every morning and afternoon, to give way to its new sister network station CHASE (now CT) every evening block was launched by Solar Entertainment Corporation.

Premieres[]

Date	Show	Network
January 1	H2O: Just Add Water	Q 11 (now GMA News TV 11)
January 3	Malparida	ABS-CBN 2
	The Baker King	GMA 7
January 10	Dwarfina	GMA 7
January 17	Cinderella's Sister	ABS-CBN 2
January 20	American Idol: Season 10	Q 11 (now GMA News TV 11)
January 21	Tunay Na Buhay	GMA 7
January 22	Wansapanataym Presents: Buhawi Jack	ABS-CBN 2
January 23	The Loop	Fox Channel Philippines
January 24	Alakdana	GMA 7
	Autumn's Concerto	ABS-CBN 2
	Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla: Bianong Bulag	ABS-CBN 2
	Machete	GMA 7
	Swerte Swerte Lang!	TV5
January 28	Wanted	TV5
January 31	Mutya	ABS-CBN 2
February 7	Babaeng Hampaslupa	TV5
	I Heart You, Pare!	GMA 7
	Agimat: Ang Mga Alamat ni Ramon Revilla: Kapitan Inggo	ABS-CBN 2
February 12	Happy Yipee Yehey!	ABS-CBN 2
February 13	Luv Crazy	TV5
February 14	Green Rose	ABS-CBN 2
	Nita Negrita	GMA 7
	The Price Is Right	ABS-CBN 2
February 18	Pulsong Pinoy	NBN 4 (now PTV 4), RPN 9 and IBC 13
February 20	Prison Break (season 3)	Fox Channel Philippines
February 21	Andar ng mga Balita on Radio	AksyonTV 41
	Relasyon	AksyonTV 41
	Punto Asintado	AksyonTV 41
	Aksyon	AksyonTV 41
	Aksyon JournalisMO	AksyonTV 41
	Andar ng mga Balita	AksyonTV 41
	Wanted sa Radyo	AksyonTV 41
	Cristy Ferminute	AksyonTV 41
	Mana Po	ABS-CBN 2
February 27	Fantastik	TV5
	Lucky Numbers	TV5
	Pinoy Samurai	TV5
February 28	Brigada	GMA News TV 11
	Dobol B sa News TV	GMA News TV 11
	iJuander	GMA News TV 11
	In the Limelight	GMA News TV 11
	Magic Palayok	GMA 7
	My Lover, My Wife	GMA 7
	News to Go	GMA News TV 11
	News TV Live	GMA News TV 11
	On Call. Balita. Serbisyo. Ngayon.	GMA News TV 11
	Powerhouse	GMA News TV 11
	State of the Nation with Jessica Soho	GMA News TV 11
March 1	Best Men	GMA News TV 11
	Pop Talk	GMA News TV 11
March 2	Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie	GMA News TV 11
	Fashbook	GMA News TV 11
	Extra	ETC
March 3	Investigative Documentaries	GMA News TV 11
	America's Next Top Model (cycle 16)	ETC
March 4	May Tamang Balita	GMA News TV 11
March 5	Balita Pilipinas	GMA News TV 11
	Dollhouse	Fox Channel Philippines
	Front Row	GMA News TV 11
	The Smiths	GMA News TV 11
	Weekend Getaway	GMA News TV 11
March 6	Game!	GMA News TV 11
	GMA News TV All Sports	GMA News TV 11
	Good News Kasama si Vicky Morales	GMA News TV 11
	Reel Time	GMA News TV 11
March 7	Iba-Balita Ngayon	Studio 23 (now S+A)
	Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin	ABS-CBN 2
March 16	9 by Design	2nd Avenue
March 18	House of Glam	ETC
March 21	Hitman Reborn! (season 4)	ABS-CBN 2
	Mga Nagbabagang Bulaklak	TV5
	My Princess	ABS-CBN 2
March 26	Man vs. Beast	GMA 7
	Spooky Nights: Bampirella	GMA 7
March 27	The Sharon Cuneta Specials	ABS-CBN 2
March 28	Captain Barbell	GMA 7
	Mula sa Puso	ABS-CBN 2
April 2	Why Not?	ABS-CBN 2
April 3	Good Vibes	ABS-CBN 2
April 4	Family Feud: The Showdown Edition	GMA 7
	Frijolito	ABS-CBN 2
	Kitchen Superstar	GMA 7
	Star Box	GMA 7
	Weather Update	GMA 7
April 16	Amazing Cooking Kids	GMA 7
April 30	Mind Master	GMA 7
	Spooky Nights: The Ringtone	GMA 7
	Tropang Potchi	GMA 7
May 1	World Premiere	GMA News TV 11
May 2	I Am Legend	ABS-CBN 2
	Secret Garden	GMA 7
	News Light	Light TV 33
May 7	Quickfire: 10-Minute Kitchen Wonders	GMA News TV 11
May 9	100 Days to Heaven	ABS-CBN 2
	Munting Heredera	GMA 7
	My Girlfriend is a Gumiho	ABS-CBN 2
	Price Watch	GMA 7
May 12	Del Monte Kitchenomics	GMA News TV 11
May 14	My Chubby World	GMA 7
May 15	Bagets: Just Got Lucky	TV5
	Magic Bagsik!	TV5
May 16	Blusang Itim	GMA 7
May 21	Sabadabadog	GMA 7
May 22	Gandang Gabi, Vice!	ABS-CBN 2
May 24	Iskul Bukol	TV5
May 28	Andres de Saya	GMA 7
	Dog TV	GMA News TV 11
May 30	Amaya	GMA 7
	The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition	ABS-CBN 2
	Playful Kiss	GMA 7
	Sisid	GMA 7
June 4	R U Kidding Me?	TV5
	Spooky Nights: Snow White Lady and the Seven Ghosts	GMA 7
	Sugo Mga Kapatid!	TV5
June 5	Armor of God	GMA News TV 11
June 6	Guns and Roses	ABS-CBN 2
June 11	Hamtaro	GMA 7
	Master Hamsters	GMA 7
June 12	I-Shine Talent Camp TV	GMA 7
June 13	Sinner or Saint	GMA 7
	Kourtney and Kim Take Miami	ETC
	The Glee Project	ETC/Jack TV
June 18	Hey, It's Saberdey!	TV5
June 20	Marry Me, Mary!	ABS-CBN 2
June 27	Kris TV	ABS-CBN 2
July 2	Spooky Nights: Nuno sa Feng Shui	GMA 7
	Harper's Island	Fox Channel Philippines
July 3	Idol sa Kusina	GMA News TV 11
July 4	Futbolilits	GMA 7
July 5	Marcel's Quantum Kitchen	2nd Avenue
	Love Bites
July 9	Follow That Star	GMA News TV 11
	Banana Split Extra Scoop	ABS-CBN 2
July 11	Balita Pilipinas Ngayon	GMA News TV 11
	I Dare You	ABS-CBN 2
	Pure Love	ABS-CBN 2
	Reputasyon	ABS-CBN 2
July 15	Motorcycle Diaries	GMA News TV 11
July 16	Manny Many Prizes	GMA 7
July 17	Jollitown	ABS-CBN 2
July 18	Gourmet	GMA 7
	Rod Santiago's The Sisters	TV5
July 19	Nikita	ETC
July 25	Personalan	GMA News TV 11
	Win Mo, Kapuso!	GMA 7
July 30	MEGA Fashion Crew	ETC
August 1	News TV Quick Response Team	GMA News TV 11
	Time Of My Life	GMA 7
August 7	Kerygma TV	IBC 13
August 8	Big Thing	GMA 7
	News Team 13	IBC 13
	Mondo Manu	AksyonTV 41
August 15	America's Got Talent	The Game Channel
	Jeopardy!	The Game Channel
	Minute to Win It	The Game Channel
	Wheel of Fortune	The Game Channel
	Maria la del Barrio	ABS-CBN 2
	Pahiram ng Isang Ina	GMA 7
August 22	TV Patrol Panay	ABS-CBN TV-10 Iloilo
	My Binondo Girl	ABS-CBN 2
August 29	Iglot	GMA 7
September 3	The 4400 (season 2)	Fox Channel Philippines
September 4	Growing Up	ABS-CBN 2
	Protégé: The Battle for the Big Break	GMA 7
September 5	Kumare Klub	TV5
	T3: Kapatid, Sagot Kita	TV5
September 10	Buhay OFW	AksyonTV 41
September 12	Banana Split: Lafternoon Delight	ABS-CBN 2
	Nasaan Ka, Elisa?	ABS-CBN 2
	Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum	TV5
September 18	Pinoy Explorer	TV5
September 19	Kung Aagawin Mo ang Langit	GMA 7
	America's Next Top Model (cycle 17)	ETC
	Eyeshield 21 (season 3)	ABS-CBN 2
	My Fair Lady	ABS-CBN 2
September 20	The Secret Circle	ETC
September 22	The X Factor (U.S.)	Studio 23 (now S+A)
September 24	Angel	Fox Channel Philippines
	Smallville (season 3)
September 25	Ghost Whisperer	Fox Channel Philippines
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 3)
	Without a Trace
	The Loop (season 2)
	Bones (season 5)
	The Playboy Club	2nd Avenue
September 29	Hart of Dixie	2nd Avenue
October 1	24 (season 4)	Fox Channel Philippines
	Dollhouse (season 2)	Fox Channel Philippines
October 2	PBA on AKTV	IBC 13
	Prison Break (season 4)	Fox Channel Philippines
October 3	Sa Ngalan ng Ina	TV5
	Three Brothers	ABS-CBN 2
October 7	New Girl	ETC
October 8	Ako Ang Simula	ABS-CBN 2
October 9	Tom and Jerry Tales	GMA 7
October 10	Ikaw Lang ang Mamahalin	GMA 7
	Budoy	ABS-CBN 2
October 17	Daldalita	GMA 7
October 23	ETCETERA	ETC
	Sanib Puwersa	GMA 7
October 24	Gellicious	TV5
	Mata ng Agila	Net 25
	Eagle News International	Net 25
October 29	Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited	ABS-CBN 2
October 30	House, M.D.	Fox Channel Philippines
October 31	Fairy Tail (Season 1)	GMA 7
November 5	Real Confessions	TV5
	Regal Shocker	TV5
	The Jose and Wally Show Starring Vic Sotto	TV5
	Toda Max	ABS-CBN 2
November 7	Glamorosa	TV5
November 14	Kokak	GMA 7
	Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown	GMA 7
	Inazuma Eleven	ABS-CBN 2
	Angelito: Batang Ama	ABS-CBN 2
	In the Name of Love	Telenovela Channel
	La Madrastra	Telenovela Channel
	The Two Sides of Ana	Telenovela Channel
November 16	Passion	Telenovela Channel
November 18	Friends with Benefits	ETC
November 21	Ikaw ay Pag-Ibig	ABS-CBN 2
November 23	2 Broke Girls	ETC
December 2	Crime Klasik	AksyonTV 41
December 3	Lone Star	Fox Channel Philippines

Unknown[]

• Health Med (IBC 13)
• RX: Nutrisyon at Kalusugan (IBC 13)
• FNRI Puppet Videos (IBC 13)
• It's My Life with Troy Montero (IBC 13)
• Gintong Uhay (IBC 13)
• Cooltura (IBC 13)

Returning or renamed programs[]

Show	Last aired	Retitled as/Season/Notes	Channel	Return date
The Price is Right	2003 (ABC)	Same	ABS-CBN	February 14
Tropang Potchi	2011 (Q)	Same	GMA Network	April 30
Del Monte Kitchenomics	2004 (ABS-CBN)	Same	GMA News TV	May 12
Jollitown	2010 (GMA)	Same	ABS-CBN	July 17
Kerygma TV	2010 (TV5)	Same	IBC	August 7
Philippine Basketball Association	2011 (Solar TV)	Same (season 37)	AKTV on IBC	October 2
Palawan TV Patrol	2006	TV Patrol Palawan	ABS-CBN Palawan	October 7
Survivor Philippines	2010	Same (Season 4 / Celebrity Doubles Showdown)	GMA Network	November 14

Programs transferring networks[]

Date	Show	No. of seasons	Moved from	Moved to
February 14	The Price is Right	N/A	ABC 5 (now TV5)	ABS-CBN
February 19	National Basketball Association	N/A	Solar TV on RPN 9 (now CNN Philippines)	ABS-CBN / Studio 23 (now S+A)
February 21	Cristy Ferminute	N/A	ABS-CBN	AksyonTV
February 28	Balitanghali	N/A	Q (now GMA News TV)	GMA News TV
March 2	The Insider	N/A	Solar TV / 2nd Avenue	ETC
	The Today Show	N/A	2nd Avenue	Talk TV
	Inside Edition	N/A	ETC	Talk TV / 2nd Avenue
March 5	Day Off	N/A	Q (now GMA News TV)	GMA News TV
March 6	Ang Pinaka	N/A
April 30	Tropang Potchi	N/A		GMA Network
May 12	Del Monte Kitchenomics	N/A	ABS-CBN	GMA News TV
July 17	Jollitown	N/A	GMA Network	ABS-CBN
August 7	Kerygma TV	N/A	TV5	IBC 13
October 2	Philippine Basketball Association	37	Solar TV on RPN 9 (now CNN Philippines)	AKTV on IBC 13
October 6	How I Met Your Mother	N/A	ETC	2nd Avenue
October 14	Bitag	N/A	IBC 13	TV5

Finales[]

Unknown[]

• Hanep Buhay (GMA 7)
• Bagong Maunlad na Agrikultura (IBC 13)
• By Request (IBC 13)
• Gabay at Aksyon (IBC 13)
• Health Med (IBC 13)
• News and Views with Abel Cruz (IBC 13)
• Nation's Peacemakers (IBC 13)
• SSS: Kabalikat Natin (IBC 13)
• Signs and Wonders (IBC 13)
• This is Your Day (IBC 13)
• Tinig ng Kanyang Pagbabalik (IBC 13)

Networks[]

The following is a list of Free-to-Air and Local Cable Networks making noteworthy launches and closures during 2011.

Launches[]

Date	Station	Channel	Source
January 3	Yey!
January 3	SineBox
April 8	The Game Channel
May 16	Nick Jr. (Southeast Asia)	Skycable Channel 103
June 5	AKTV on IBC	13
September 26	Hope Channel Philippines	45
November 14	Telenovela Channel	SkyCable Channel 60 (now Channel 81)
December 24	CHASE	31

Stations changing network affiliation[]

The following is a list of television stations that have made or will make noteworthy affiliation switches in 2011.

Date	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation	Notes	Source
February 21	DWNB-TV	41	silent	AksyonTV
March 2	RPN	9	SOLARtv	ETC
	SBN	21	ETC	talktv
July 3	DWKC-TV	31	silent	BEAM TV

Rebranded[]

The following is a list of television stations that have made or will make noteworthy network rebranded in 2011.

Date	Rebranded from	Rebranded to	Channel	Source
February 28	Q	GMA News TV	11
April 1	Nickelodeon (Southeast Asia)	Nickelodeon (Philippines)
July 11	Playhouse Disney (Asia)	Disney Junior (Asia)
October	NBN	PTV	4

Closures[]

Date	Station	Channel	Sign-on debut	Source
February 25	SOLARtv	9	November 2009
February 27	Q	11	November 2005

Births[]

• June 5: JJ Quilantang
• November 8: Nate Alcasid, young endorser and actor, the son of Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid
• November 11: Angelika Rama

Deaths[]

• January 5: Alfredo "Freddie" Vargas Jr., 63, father of actor Alfredo "Alfred" Vargas III, cardiac arrest (born 1947)
• February 2: Romeo Babao, 73, father of Julius Babao, brain hemorrhage (born 1937)
• February 12: Ching Arellano, 50, actor and comedian (born 1960)
• March 3: Paquito Diaz, 73, actor and movie director (born 1937)
• March 20: John Apacible, 38, model-turned actor, gunshot wound (born 1973)
• April 17: AJ Perez, 18, actor, vehicular accident (born 1993)
• September 23: Anthony Linsangan, 31, husband of Camille Prats, nasopharyngeal cancer (born 1979)
• October 29: Ram Revilla, 23, Filipino actor, half brother of Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. and son of former actor and Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr. (born 1988)
• October 31: Ricky Pempengco, 43, estranged father of Charice (born 1968)
• November 11: Lito Calzado, 65, former TV director/choreographer and father of actress Iza Calzado, liver cancer (born 1946)
• November 23: Magdalena Vargas, 54, mother of teen actor Jhake Vargas colon cancer (born 1957)
• December 29: Tyron Perez, 26, Filipino actor, TV host, model, former StarStruck Alumni Batch 1 (born 1985)

See also[]

• 2011 in television

References[]