tv at its finest

wowowee vs joey de leon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHiAn3B1NAo

i've seen the videos of wowowee "scam" and joey de leon's side on the issue. now we are talking variety show... too much variety, too much for an entertainment, pinoy style. what the heck. that's moro-moro, a show within the show.

if you guys have seen the movie, the quiz show, starring john turturro, you might think there's something really going on in philippine gameshows. i worked with eat bulaga for one month, so far, i didn't encounter hoax in the show. i even watch mtb (then), but, neither was there a scenario of "dayaan." those were way before. i am not aware of what's going on thesedays. could be true because of the ratings.

you guys better watch it, that i tell you the plot of the movie. it is a great film. beautiful direction, great cinematography, astounding actors.

well, it's a show within a show. i dunno if that's what's going on, or if there were manipulation to of the program to i guess increase ratings.

who's at the losing end? basically, the people are! entertainment is our consolation, but we never win in the battle of ratings. people are limited to countering other network's aces. but as you can see, same format. philippine entertainment is commercial. very few venture into creative movie making.

the japanese... they got bored with the usual variety shows, yet they came up with new ideas and concept that all japanese can relate. they mixed entertainment with their historical and current culture. then takeshi's castle was born in the early 90's.

check out the talkshows... same same. since the late giovanni calvo's reign in katok mga misis, late morning talkshow format is the same. they get career-fading celebrities to guest in their show, and concepts like dating games, indoor games like putukan ng lobo, relays, compatibility quiz, etc. both gma and abs-cbn does these formats.

in my opinion, they are afrain to risk innovation because of ratings. in philippine tv, that's the name of the game. i like news and public affairs/current affairs better. informative, creative and innovative. that's why i love iwitness, correspondents, reporter's notebook, the probe team, etc. documentaries. genius are these people. they never get tired on exploring and learning.