Frozen delight

Manila Standard (page 40), Monday, August 12, 1996

Kris Aquino

IT SEEMS that Viva Television's deal with the state-controlled PTV-4 has gone sour. Neither of the parties are to blame for the unsuccessful union. It it sad, though, that Viva had to take the threw shows -- Tierra Sangre, Mukha ng Buhay and The Kris Aquino Show -- out of the network. Says a Viva top gun, "Advertisers are reluctant to support the programs/ We can't go on with them while our losses are mounting everyday."

Viva Television execs are still hopeful that the three shows might just fare better in other channels, and luckily, other networks are happy to take any or all of them.

The Kris Aquino Show has been moved to GMA. It premiered today at 2:30 p.m. with sex change as its topic. And Kris Aquino interviews Miriam Defensor Santiago, Nikki Coseteng and Leticia Ramos-Shahani in the second half of the show.

Now known simply as Kris, the one-hour talk show promises to be more exciting then when it was on the government-run station. It is divided in three segments -- Kris' Talkathno, which is mainly a monolog. Kris Talks About... just about anything under the sun from fashion to food, and Kris Talks With... celebrities in the various fields of endeavor.

"Kris," says Kris, "is meant for young housewives, students, entrepreneurs."

Although not exactly on a lucrative time slot, (Kris would have been happier if her show could be on the 5 to 6 p.m. block), she is optimistic that the show would be able to create its own audience.

With the Olympics over and Viva Television out of PTV-4, what is there to watch on that station?