Primetime Game Shows on IBC-13

January 16, 2015

Richard Yap of The Weakest Link, Drew Arellano of The Million Second Quiz and Robi Domingo of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

In 2000, Viva Television, after acquiring VTV (Vintage Television) and its primetime programming contract with IBC, brought in the two game shows Who Wants to be a Millionaire? in 2000 and The Weakest Link in 2001 are originated in the United Kingdom.

When the network battle of the game shows continues, IBC-13 has now joined the fray. The network has acquired what it called "the three kings" of primetime game shows. On primetime slot, the much-awaited The Weakest Link (Monday to Friday at 5 to 5:45 p.m.) hosted by Richard Yap returns for a new season with a new twist, follows on weekend with the new seasons of The Million Second Quiz (saturday at 6:15 to 7 p.m.) hosted by Drew Arellano and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Saturday at 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7 to 8 p.m.). Celebrity players continues on weekends of TMSQ on Saturday and WW2BAM on Sunday. Meanwhile, beggining to gear up for stiffer competition as IBC strengthen its hold on the audience.

Of the three, Richard's hosting stint on The Weakest Link marks his homecoming of sorts to IBC-13, where he bannered the top-rating sitcom Maya Loves Sir Chief. That's why he also became the top choice of the network executives to host one of its three game shows to be launched this month.

Arellano, on the other hand, who is hosting the throwback show Retro TV and now is IBC's game show, which can give the game shows in rival networks tough competition. Domingo will doing the project of IBC 13 to have hosting the primetime quiz show as well. Meanwhile, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has definitely upset programming executives at the country's two biggest networks. The show is, once again, forcing them to analyze their programming thrusts with Millionaire's ratings as basis.

As a parting shot, Laurenti Dyogi, Head of IBC Entertainment TV, had this to say during the press con: "And so, korek kayo d' yan, game na kami, many want to be millionaires in the battle of the game shows." It's the season of game shows on Philippine TV. That should give the Filipino audience a reasn to be "superstar."

These local editions of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, The Weakest Link and The Million Second Quiz are the franchied in the United States and United Kingdom for new seasons.

IBC-13's competition offers prizes as high as P2 million (P1 million in the case) when the network is hoping that Kapinoy viewers will be attracted by the interesting formats of its game shows. Besides, most of the time, they going to head to head with the other networks.