Developed by ABS-CBN Original language(s) Filipino, English Running time 30 minutes to 1 hour Final episode date 19 July 2002 Program creator ABS-CBN | Country of origin Philippines No. of episodes 93 First episode date 12 March 2001 Number of episodes 93 Genre Talk show | |
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Created by ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation Presented by Christine Bersola-Babao, Julius Babao, Ryan Agoncillo, Janette McBride Similar Morning Girls with Kris and, Y Speak, Magandang Umaga - Pilipinas, Today with Kris Aquino, Richard Loves Lucy | ||
Talk TV is a morning talk show on ABS-CBN, hosted by broadcasters turned couple Julius Babao and Christine Bersola-Babao, newly transferred personality Ryan Agoncillo and actress Janette McBride. The show served as the replacement of Today with Kris Aquino, after the latter took the seat of Korina Sanchez in the magazine show Balitang K (turned into Balitang Kris). It premiered on March 12, 2001 and ended on July 19, 2002.
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History and concept
When Kris Aquino took over the hosting role of Korina Sanchez in her magazine show Balitang K (Sanchez was then promoted as Chief Correspondent and became the anchor of TV Patrol, whose seat was vacated by Noli de Castro, who would run in the 2001 Senatorial elections, then became Vice President in 2004 and returned to TV Patrol in 2010), this lead her talk show Today with Kris Aquino to air its final episode on March 9, 2001. Balitang Kris premiered on March 12, 2001 but a few months later, the show cancelled due to low ratings.
The network needed a new talk show, to accommodate the vacant slot left by Aquino's talk show. On March 12, 2001, Talk TV premiered at 10:30am, with broadcasters turned newly-wed couple Julius Babao and Christine Bersola, Ryan Agoncillo (who transferred from GMA Network) and television actress Janette McBride, gracing the show as the main hosts.
The show is somewhat similar to its predecessor, it was filmed live in front of a studio audience, introduced segments, and featured television and movie personalities, such as the then-on-screen couple Jericho Rosales and Kristine Hermosa, Gretchen Barretto, Laurice Guillen and Philippines' King of Talk Boy Abunda. It also discussed about insights during the 2001 Senatorial elections and were able to dish out opinions from the live studio audience.
However, ratings plummeted to the show due to rival network GMA's talk show SiS securing the top slot in the ratings game. This led the ABS-CBN management to immediately scrap the show and decided to make a new talk show and format change, even though it was described as an already-established talk show.
Talk TV aired its final episode on July 19, 2002, and was replaced by the new talk show Morning Girls, which brought back talk show queen Kris Aquino after a year, with Pops Fernandez and Zsa Zsa Padilla as co-hosts (but Kris was later replaced by Carmina Villaroel), and after a year later, she returned once more on the same show, now with broadcaster Korina Sanchez (under the new title Morning Girls with Kris and Korina) as co-host.