TV5 will face its first challenge—the dearth
of GMA-7 stars, directors, and production staff.
Malaki ang naging
launching ng TV5 sa Ortigas last Thursday night, August 7, sa C3 Events Place
sa Greenhills, San Juan City. Ngunit kapansin-pansing kakaunti ang dumalong mga artista ng
Kapuso at pati na ang lineup ng mga bagong shows.
Nagmistulang biggest
star of the night si Lucy Torres-Gomez, who did the last dance in promoting her
Shall We Dance: The Search for the Dancing Superstar, ang kaisa-isang ABC-5 show na kabilang pa rin sa TV5 Primedia.
Lucy is host of the
Q11 lifestyle show The Sweet Life and is seen once in a while in GMA-7 shows,
her last being a special participation in Mga Mata ni Anghelita that was
scripted by head writer Benedict Mique, now the top creative man of TV5.
May dalawa pang
artistang Kapuso sa launch—Eat Bulaga regulars BJ Forbes, who has a
Saturday-Sunday morning children show Toogs, and Brazilian Diana Menezes, who
will host Ogags with another Brazilian fly-in, Ariana Barouk (na dati ring nasa
Eat Bulaga!), every Wednesday at 10 p.m.
Kapansin-pansin din na
wala si Paolo Contis, ang bida sa Midnight DJ or si Mark Reyes, ang director ng
Have Baby, Will Travel. Maging ang mga Viva Artist Agency talents na may
regular shows sa GMA-7 ay no-show, 'tulad nina Bobby Andrews, na nasa Codename: Asero and
part of Have Baby, Will Travel, and Carlo Aquino, na nasa Rakista ni Quark
Henares.
Sa presscon ng Loving
You ng Regal Entertainment kahapon, August 8, nakita ng PEP (Philippine Entertainment
Portal) si Manay Lolit Solis, manager ni Paolo. We asked about her talent's status
on the TV5 show.
"Ay, hanggang five
episodes lang siya, anak, yung mga nakunan niya," sabi ni Manay Lolit.
We asked the talent manager
what will happen after Episode 5. Baka magpalitan na lang daw ang dalawa pang
hosts or main stars of the horror anthology also written by two GMA-7 writers, Aloy
Adlawan (Magdusa Ka) and Jules Katanyag (Codename: Asero).
Tinawagan ng PEP si
Aloy about this. Ang alam niya raw, papayagan si Paolo to finish the first
season but his meeting was two nights ago pa. Nakausap namin si Manay Lolit yesterday
afternoon kaya hindi niya pa alam ang desisyon ng main lead nila.
Nag-text naman kami
kay Direk Mark Reyes, who directed the Have Baby, Will Date, and asked him if he
will continue directing the show.
"Oh, it's canned na [the pilot month]. I was allowed
by GMA to do the four episodes of Love books for its pilot month. Hindi na ako
pupuwede afterwards," saad ng direktor ng Codename: Asero.
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