It will be a brand-new weekend slate on TV5 starting this week, highlighted by the premiere of ‘Born to Be a Star’. (Logo courtesy of TV5 and VIVA Entertainment)
New shows mean a new schedule for TV5 this weekend.
As previously announced, the first wave of shows under the co-production of TV5 and VIVA Entertainment will make their debut this month. Not only that, a few returnees will air new episodes as well.
The Saturday night lineup on TV5 will be as follows:
7:00 p.m. – Born to Be a Star
8:00 p.m. – Tasya Fantasya
9:00 p.m. – Wattpad Presents
10:30 p.m. – MTV Top 20 Pilipinas
On Sunday nights, the lineup looks like this:
7:00 p.m. – Born to Be a Star
8:00 p.m. – #ParangNormal Activity
9:00 p.m. – Barangay Utakan
10:00 p.m. – Sports 360/UFC on TV5
If there’s one thing in common about the schedules, it is that ‘Born to Be a Star’ will be aired on both Saturdays and Sundays, which is now typical of other reality talent shows in the country. It is likely that they will adopt the format of one performance and one results episode per weekend, with the auditions possibly the focus of the first episodes.
‘Born to Be a Star’ will take over the timeslots of both ‘LolaBasyang.com’ (Saturdays) and ‘Barangay Utakan’ (Sundays). The former, a co-production of TV5 and IdeaFirst Company, is currently on hiatus, while the latter, a News5 production, will now be moved to a new timeslot at 9:00 p.m.
Occupying the previous timeslot of ‘#ParangNormal Activity’ will be ‘Tasya Fantasya’, the upcoming fantasy series starring Shy Carlos and Mark Neumann. While the former initially announced that last Saturday’s episode was to be their finale, due to insistent public demand, new episodes of ‘#ParangNormal Activity’ will now be seen every Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
Aside from ‘Born to Be a Star’ and ‘Tasya Fantasya’, the TV5/VIVA consortium will also join forces in airing MTV Pinoy’s ‘Top 20 Pilipinas’ on Channel 5. This will mark the first time in nearly a decade that an MTV program will be aired on free TV.
MTV Pinoy’s ‘Top 20 Pilipinas’ will replace ‘History with Lourd’ and ‘Kaya’. While the former is expected to move to a new timeslot, the latter’s status remains unknown.
Meanwhile, ‘Wattpad Presents’ will have a new format with their move to Saturday nights. As part of the change, one story will be presented in a 90-minute made-for-TV movie.
And as for ‘Sports 360’, this week’s episode will be preempted anew in favor of TV5’s broadcast of UFC 196. Perhaps it’s about time for the said show to move to AksyonTV so as to prevent any further interruptions.
An interesting weekend awaits for both TV5 and VIVA. As for changes in the weekday slot, stay tuned.
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Very interesting tong sched na to, for me it might be a strong line-up for their weekend programming. Now we need to see if these shows can last long and can compete with ABS-CBN stronger weekend programming.
We can only hope that there won’t be any ‘next Misterless Misis’ or ‘next KISPinoy’ in these programs. TV5 has been notorious recently for cancelling programs after only a few weeks, so it’s up to them to avoid such circumstances.
We should watch out for that. Now that TV5 is now dependent on these content providers, we should see if this pays off.
Indeed.
Puro OPM lang yung countdown?
Yung Road to Rio, wala na?
Manood ka na lang para malaman mo. As for Road to Rio, wait for further updates.
Well I saw it on TV5’s twitter page, all OPM ang countdown nila and it will be aired said as MTV Pinoy.
Good. Trying to revitalize OPM seems like a great advocacy for Viva.
I think those shows from News5 every Saturday will be moved to a new timeslot (probably, weeknights)
Kaya could air on Sunday afternoons, since weekly lang siya. Mukhang ibabalik daw sa weekdays ang T3 Alliance, according to Erwin Tulfo.
History with Lourd (season 3) is now on Tuesday and Kaya is now on Wednesday, at the 11:30 pm timeslot.
With this move, mukhang nasaraduhan na ang pintuan ng Medyo Late Night with Jojo A. We’ll have to wait and see kung may plano pang bumalik si Jojo A for another season.
I am hoping na maging successful ito, para yung Weekdays primetime line up naman ang maayos nila. Since TV5/Viva is already in a partnership, Im looking forward to a better entertainment programs not only weekends but also weeknights.
Viva is also trying to return to relevance on the television side. It’s been awhile since they’ve produced talent shows and dramas, and the partnership with TV5 is an attempt to not only revitalize the latter, but also try to rekindle past success.
It’s really getting competitive in the weekend with the new shows in play. I’ll have to commend and congratulate the IdeaFirst Company of Direk Jun and Perci as both of their shows got fanfare and acclaim.
With Viva’s new programs coming, TV5 should be more competitive.