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                    [Title] => Willie Revillame signs with GMA-7
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Willie Revillame returns to GMA-7.

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We caught Wowowillie as the noontime show was bowing out of TV5. It premiered in January 2013 and wrought Monday to Saturday traffic havoc along Quezon Ave.

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Mahal.

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There is a lively competition going on with the entry of Student Canteen into the noontime slot already lorded over by Eat, Bulaga! and Lunch Date.

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These are the typical stages in the life of a female who decides to work behind the TV camera:

• She is employed by the network fresh from college (usually after her practicum).

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Eat, Bulaga! has been around for more than three decades now — non-stop! Same time, same show, same lead hosts, same title, “same-same,” sabi nga ng mga Vietnamese.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134743 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1399221 [AuthorName] => Joey de Leon [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 537326 [Title] => 60th anniversary ng GMA Network, sisimulan ngayong Linggo [Summary] =>

Ngayong Linggo sa SOP, isang makasaysayang television party ang magsisilbing kick off para sa 60th anniversary cele­bra­tion ng GMA Network.

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There was a time, however, when Eat, Bulaga! squared it off and was, in fact, overtaken (although only for a short while) by Lunch Date, which aired on GMA 7 from 1986 up to 1993.
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There are cruel viewers who maintain that the two are better off in carnival sideshows or in town fiestas. But ABS-CBN has deemed it wise for Mahal and Mura to be seen on TV as mainstays of the daily noontime show, Masayang Tanghali Bayan, where they have become virtual scene-stealers.
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Willie Revillame returns to GMA-7.

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We caught Wowowillie as the noontime show was bowing out of TV5. It premiered in January 2013 and wrought Monday to Saturday traffic havoc along Quezon Ave.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1544899 [AuthorName] => Nenet Galang-Pereña [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20131012/willie-revillame.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 726234 [Title] => My favorite Mahal in showbiz [Summary] =>

Mahal.

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There is a lively competition going on with the entry of Student Canteen into the noontime slot already lorded over by Eat, Bulaga! and Lunch Date.

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These are the typical stages in the life of a female who decides to work behind the TV camera:

• She is employed by the network fresh from college (usually after her practicum).

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 610950 [Title] => The 'LAB' in Kalaban [Summary] =>

Eat, Bulaga! has been around for more than three decades now — non-stop! Same time, same show, same lead hosts, same title, “same-same,” sabi nga ng mga Vietnamese.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134743 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1399221 [AuthorName] => Joey de Leon [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 537326 [Title] => 60th anniversary ng GMA Network, sisimulan ngayong Linggo [Summary] =>

Ngayong Linggo sa SOP, isang makasaysayang television party ang magsisilbing kick off para sa 60th anniversary cele­bra­tion ng GMA Network.

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There was a time, however, when Eat, Bulaga! squared it off and was, in fact, overtaken (although only for a short while) by Lunch Date, which aired on GMA 7 from 1986 up to 1993.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215091 [Title] => Mahal na, Mura pa! [Summary] => Who would have thought that the likes of Mahal and Mura, two of the most recognizable talents on local showbiz today, would become staples of noontime TV entertainment fare?

There are cruel viewers who maintain that the two are better off in carnival sideshows or in town fiestas. But ABS-CBN has deemed it wise for Mahal and Mura to be seen on TV as mainstays of the daily noontime show, Masayang Tanghali Bayan, where they have become virtual scene-stealers.
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