Ang TV
Ang TV (English: The TV) was a Philippine youth-oriented comedy variety show which its aired on ABS-CBN from October 19, 1992 to March 7, 1997, replaced by Zenki. The show's format was inspired by its predecessor Kaluskos Musmos, (a popular Philippine kiddie gag show in the 1970s) and its foreign counterpart The Mickey Mouse Club. Prior to 1992, TV executive Freddie Garcia and ace TV director Johnny Manahan organized the ABS-CBN Talent Center and enlisted a group of kids and pre-teens to create the first ever youth-oriented comedy-variety show in the Philippines. Its phenomenal success in 1993 had ABS-CBN develop provincial versions of Ang TV in Cebu, Bacolod and Davao.
| Ang TV | |
|---|---|
Title card | |
| Genre | Comedy Variety show |
| Created by | ABS-CBN ABS-CBN Talent Management & Development Center, Inc. (now Star Magic) Laurenti Dyogi Boyong Baytion Johnny Manahan |
| Directed by | Johnny Manahan |
| Opening theme | "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann (1992–1994) |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Filipino |
| No. of episodes | 1,170 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABS-CBN |
| Release | October 19, 1992 – March 7, 1997 |
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Many of the Philippines' current artists are from Ang TV. Active Filipino artists from Ang TV include Jolina Magdangal, Roselle Nava, Jan Marini, Gio Alvarez, Angelica Panganiban, Claudine Barretto, Rica Peralejo, Sarah Geronimo, John Prats, Angelu de Leon, Camille Prats, Shaina Magdayao, Kaye Abad and Patrick Garcia.
This series will be streaming soon on Jeepney TV YouTube channel this December 2023 or 2024.