AksyonTV’s airing of Tagalized American action movies and shows from TV5 could give S+A a run for its money, if they want to proceed with this plan. (Photo courtesy of TV5)
Action movies and canned shows on AksyonTV? Why not.
Much has been said about AksyonTV’s increasingly declining quality in the six years since its debut. From its glory days as the first 24/7 all-Filipino news channel, to the current channel that lacks any identity whatsoever, the short but informative history of AksyonTV has been well-documented.
But other than the occasional outpouring of live or tape-delayed sporting events, not to mention a few surviving Radyo5 and TV5 simulcasts, AksyonTV has nothing else to offer. Every day, the station fills its vacant hours with infomercials from EZ Shop, Shop Japan and Shop TV, as well as defunct News5 original programs, much to the dismay of this writer.
As time went by, many proposals to reinvent the channel were made, with the rebrand of AksyonTV into the all-sports channel AKTV (the former name of the IBC-13 blocktimer) the most prominent of all. But like all proposals, any hope of materializing could fall into deaf ears.
If the proposal of turning AksyonTV into an all-sports channel doesn’t work out, perhaps a more radical programming change is needed for this seemingly moribund channel to survive. And that means bringing in a piece of TV5’s entertainment shows to AksyonTV.
With so many vacant hours to offer during idle periods, AksyonTV could use these times to air Tagalized foreign movies under the MovieMax sa AksyonTV banner. Modeling it after S+A’s Action Movie Zone block with an emphasis on action and superhero films is a more likely scenario given AksyonTV’s possible rivalry with ABS-CBN’s sister channel.
AksyonTV could also use this time to reair TV5’s canned foreign programs, if not add new titles. Considering that shows such as ‘Supernatural’, ‘Arrow’, ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Teen Wolf’ fall into the action category, this seems like a perfect fit as well.
These are just possible scenarios, but if AksyonTV wants to survive, these shows could help them do so. After all, no one wants to see a channel that is ‘walang kwenta’ and irrelevant in this day and age.
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Actually that is my proposal to survive AKSYON TV, but you first. S+A have movies because of the word ACTION, how about AKSYON word on AKSYON TV, no movies.
S+A SD does have some action films and series, but its HD counterpart is exclusively all-sports. AksyonTV could follow S+A SD’s lead if they finally decide to get rid of the redundant and irrelevant programming, that of course is the airing of films and series outsourced from TV5.
TV5 does not want to AKSYON TV to be an entertainment channel. Both of them are now boring to watch.
Well, AksyonTV is even more of a snoozefest than TV5. Adding these series could help. Besides, they don’t have any more options, plus TV5’s Tagalized American series are enjoying a cult following despite those risks.
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News5 produced entertainment shows, such as Barangay Utakan and Juan Direction the same way GMA News’ division did.
You’re wrong. Barangay Utakan and Juan Direction are not entertainment shows, but more like educational and cultural shows. And News5 does not produce made-for-TV dramas unlike GMA News. That’s the obvious difference.