Category: Entertainment
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The Unfortunate Fate of Tahanang Pinakamasaya
[Requested by Kyuzo Aoi] IT’S BEEN a week since GMA’s main channel (not the other one, GTV) hasn’t had a noontime show, Monday through Saturday. The conclusion of TAPE, Inc.’s Tahanang Pinakamasaya was a big bummer for the production company’s apologists. Others didn’t mind though, saying it wasn’t a big…
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The Timow’s Turf Opening Salvo for the New Year: What’s in Store for 2024?
WE’RE NOW at the homestretch of the first half of the 2020s. Brace yourselves, because it’s an Olympic year! Paris, the City of Lights, is getting ready to host the massive multi-sport event for the first time in a century and third overall. For Team Philippines, it’ll mark 100 years…
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[Turf@10 Series, No. 5] The 2022-23 Biennium In Verse
[AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the last of the 5-part year-round series of the first decade of the Turf. If you haven’t read the first four parts, here are: Parts 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.] SO, we’ve reached the end of our year-long reflection and it happened right…
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The Feasibility of Holy Week-style Linear TV Programming for Christmas and New Year
[Requested by Gian Paolo dela Cruz as I promised in the previous post.] THE IDEA of special linear TV programming in the Philippines for Christmas and New Year’s Day has sparked curiosity. A close friend of the Turf prompted this inquiry, wondering if the festive programming model seen during Holy…
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Holiday Season 2023-24 Linear TV Programming Predictions: Will the Status Quo Prevail?
[Fun fact: Our very first blog post back in 2013 was all about this holiday season excitement, and we’ve turned it into a cool annual tradition (except 2018).] CAN YOU believe it, dear Turfers, that it’s almost the end of November? We’re getting into the holiday spirit around here! With…
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The TV Network that exemplifies: “Gulatin mo yung mga taong walang bilib sa’yo.”
I’VE NOTICED that quote, “Gulatin mo yung mga taong walang bilib sa’yo,” (Surprise those who don’t believe in you) popping up on our social media feeds recently as a way to divert the negativity stemming from our rather tumultuous and uncontrollable political landscape. Now, if we were to name a…
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[Turf@10 Series, No. 4] The Era of Literal FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) (2020-21)
AT THE DAWN of this decade, the captivating melody of “Into the Unknown” from Disney’s Frozen 2, sung first by Idina Menzel and then given a unique twist by Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco, echoed in my personal jukebox. This enchanting song perfectly encapsulated my emotions as I…