Happy Birthday Budz!

Happy birthday Budz! Thank you for the wonderful party! I really enjoyed the food  and the kwentuhan! Wishing that all your dreams come true!

My Favorite TV Channels for 2013

I can't believe that this is the last week of 2013 already!  Imagine that!  52 weeks have already passed us by! Anyhow, here are my ten favorite TV channels for 2013 -

#1 HBO - 311 pts 

#2 CI - 269 pts 

#3 Bio - 222 pts 

#4 AXN - 216 pts 

#5 beTV - 175 pts
 
#6 TV5 Monde - 158 pts 

#7 Nat Geo -116 pts

#8 Star Sports - 107 pts 

#9 Diva Universal - 100 pts 

#10 GMA-7 - 92 pts 


Cinema One - 73 pts 

History - 69 pts 

Jack City - 59 pts 

PBO - 55 pts


Diva - 43 pts 

TLC - 33 pts.



ABS-CBN - 27 pts


MTV Asia - 27 pts 

Star World - 26 pts 

ETC - 23 pts 

BBC -23 pts 

Solar Sports - 22 pts 

Red - 20 pts 


Discovery - 17 pts

Fox Channel - 16 pts 
 
Solar News Channel - 15 pts 
 

Fox Family Movies - 13 pts  

TCM - 12 pts 

Studio 23 - 10 pts 

Jack TV - 10 pts 

Velvet - 10 pts 


GMA News TV - 10 pts 

2nd Avenue - 8 pts 

Universal - 8 pts

Animal Planet - 8 pts 

Balls - 7 pts    

CNN - 6 pts 

TV Espanol - 3 pts 

CNBC - 2 pts

Joe Jonas Guests In Hot in Cleveland - My Favorite TV Show for the Week

Joe Jonas guested in Hot in Cleveland this week and it becomes my favorite TV show this week.  The guy looked hot, hot, hot!

Here are my ten favorite shows this week ending July 19, 2013 -

#1 Diva - Hot in Cleveland - Joe Jonas

#2 Nat Geo - Khumb Mela festival

#3 AXN - The Apprentice Asia - Jonathan and Andrea

#4 HBO - True Blood - Rutger Hauer introduced 

#5 HBO - True Blood - cute fairy boy introduced

#6 Diva - Hot in Cleveland - Romeo and Juliet

#7 CI - Wicked Attraction - Superstar - boxer punches victims

#8 Bio - Celebrity Ghost Stories - Fairuza, sister of actor leukemia

#9 CNBC - Managing Asia - Hans Sy interview

#10 GMA-7 - Reporter's Notebook - tae sa Smokey Mountain

My Husband's Lover My Favorite Show for the Week

 I rarely watch local teleseryes but I just had to catch My Husband's Lover this week to see how it was doing.  I know it's going to be tough to watch it regularly since during it's normal time slot of 9-10PM, I am still normally out of the house, so I don't think it's going to rate every week, unless I encounter a really good episode.  Anyway, for this week, it's my favorite show!

Here are my ten favorite shows for the week ending June 14, 2013 -

#1 GMA-7 - My Husband's Lover pilot episode

#2 HBO - Ghost

#3 GMA-7 - My Husband's Lover Tuesday episode - Tom changes his shirt 

#4 GMA-7 - My Husband's Lover Tuesday episode - basketball scene between Dennis and Tom

#5 CI - Stolen Innocence - 5 year old murdered

#6 CI - Monstresses - Elizabeth Reynolds

#7 TLC - Globe Trekker - Georgia

#8 TLC - Globe Trekker - China

#9 AXN - Amazing Race last leg - American couple wins

#10 CI - I Solved A Murder - Adam Bruckner

TV Talk: A Market Our Local Networks are Not Tapping

In the recent survey by Kantar Media on what Philippine households are watching, it came out that ABS-CBN got a 48% share of the audience during the primetime slot (6PM to 12 mn).  GMA-7 is second at 28%.  The share of both TV stations is at a staggering 76%.  Well, our household does not belong to that percentage though.  

Bandila and the current affairs programs are the only things I watch in local TV.  For the past 20 years, I think it was only Marimar which caught our family's fancy, otherwise, unless it's the maids watching TV, we would normally shift to cable for our entertainment needs - which is a pity really, because there is a segment of the Filipino population that these big local networks are ignoring.  Basically, that segment is me and my friends.  

The survey said the finale of ABS-CBN's Walang Hanggan was watched by a staggering 45% audience share.  Except for one gay man I met in a bar, no one among my social set talked about that show's ending - or maybe, did not want to admit to haha!  But seriously, I don't think any of them watched it.  Walang buzz e.

But if you say, Big Bang Theory or Modern Family, they would most likely know the characters and who this is and who is that.  Pity really since those two comedy hit shows can easily be replicated here - of course, in a more Pinoy setting.  I know we have many creative minds out there who can do witty writing.  Sayang lang na our networks won't let them do their work.

I think the bottomline is, we can't relate to what they are releasing in local TV.  So we don't watch their shows.  Buti na lang their current affairs programs are more interesting!  As for their news - may choice pa ba kami, e we really have to hear the local news!  It's really infotainment, not a news program.