2020 in Philippine television

The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2020. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

List of years in Philippine television

For extended information about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the television industry, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television#Philippines.

Events

January
  • January 4 – Jayson Nicolas, former OFW of East Asia, emerged as the first BiyaHERO Grand Winner.
  • January 10–12 – Philippines hosted the 24th Asian Television Awards.[1][2]

February
  • February 2 – Juan Gapang of Bacolod City (Singing) and Kenyo Street Fam of Bulacan (Dancing) hailed as Your Moment Grand Champions.
  • February 4 – Jane Basas replaced by Robert P. Galang as the new president and CEO of TV5 Network and Cignal TV.
  • February 14 – Ryan Sy won ₱1.1 million on It's Showtime's Piling Lucky.

March
  • March 1
  • March 8 – After one year of broadcasts, 5 Plus rebrands as One Sports, coinciding with the start of the 2020 PBA season. In addition of transferring the name from cable to free-to-air, its cable and satellite counterpart has been also rebranded to One Sports+. Alongside with their network, One News and One PH has a new updated logo, and 5 meanwhile will remove all ESPN related references in the network's own sport division due to the rebranding of One Sports.
  • March 10–11 – During the COVID-19 pandemic that had recently spread across the country, President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of state of public health emergency and the World Health Organization's declaration as a pandemic, as well as local transmission of the coronavirus being present in the country, ABS-CBN and GMA Network announced that will temporary suspending their studio audience tapings for all of its shows, including the former's Magandang Buhay, It's Showtime, ASAP Natin 'To, Banana Sundae and the second season of I Can See Your Voice and the latter's Mars Pa More, Eat Bulaga! (the first show suspending their live studio audience tapings on March 9), Wowowin (including its Saturday night primetime spin-off), Centerstage, Sarap, 'Di Ba?, The Boobay and Tekla Show, and All-Out Sundays, as well as GMA News TV's Idol sa Kusina and Tonight with Arnold Clavio, which is also been affected by the audience taping suspensions. The suspensions are for the safety and well-being of the artists, crew, and production teams. The aforementioned shows will continue to air in production without a studio audience as a precautionary measure.[3]
  • March 12 – The major sports leagues across the country announce a temporary suspension of play in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the Philippine Basketball Association, the PBA Developmental League, and the Philippine Super Liga announces an indefinite suspension of league activity, while the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and the National Basketball League announced that will suspend the remainder of the playoffs. In addition, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines games are canceled. The suspension of the five leagues affecting schedules for 5, One Sports, One Sports+, PBA Rush, S+A, Liga and Solar Sports.
  • March 13 – The religious community had canceled the majority of Catholic masses and Christian worship services also due to the pandemic. Religious programs were affected by the pandemic including ABS-CBN's The Healing Eucharist, PTV's Oras Ng Himala, Soldiers of Christ Healing on the Air and Jesus Miracle Crusade, 5's Misa Nazareno, Sambuhay TV Mass and The Word of God Network, CNN Philippines' TV Healing Mass for the Homebound, IBC's Family Appointment with El Shaddai and Feast TV, One Sports' Family TV Mass, S+A's Friends Again, Light TV's Jesus the Healer, SMNI's Sounds of Worship, and Life TV's Oras ng Katotohanan and The Lord's Day. The TV mass shows will continue to air without the churchgoers as a part of a precautionary measure.
  • March 14 – ABS-CBN temporary suspend production on teleseryes and live entertainment shows effective March 15 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to become a serious issue, with their episodes that were scheduled to be completed. Among of the primetime shows were affected including Pamilya Ko, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, Make It with You and A Soldier's Heart, which will be on hold from the schedule beginning March 16. Meanwhile, GMA Network announced also that will suspend production on the network produced teleseryes and live entertainment shows as well as live entertainment shows co-produced by outside producers and blocktimers beginning March 15.[4][5][6]
  • March 18
    • To replace the broadcasts of Umagang Kay Ganda and all ABS-CBN Regional morning programming, which were ordered to halt in order to support government efforts to fight COVID-19, ABS-CBN revives its weekday morning linkup with DZMM TeleRadyo for the first time in years as provisional programming, leading to the television simulcasts, nationwide, of Garantisadong Balita, Kabayan and Radyo Patrol Balita Alas Siyete, all DZMM-AM programs.
    • The infomercial industry has been affecting their shipping and deliveries, as well as ordering delays due to the enhanced community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. As an emergency measure, two companies announced their temporary suspension of telecasts, TV Shop Philippines announced that will suspend their informercials on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation and RJDigiTV beginning March 19, as well as temporary shut down of its stand-alone channel on BEAM TV starting March 30; Meanwhile, EZ Shop announced that they will suspend their informercials on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, BEAM TV, 5, One Sports and GMA News TV beginning March 19, but however, their stand-alone channel exclusively on Cignal will continued to broadcast. The other companies will continue to air infomercials including O Shopping on ABS-CBN, S+A, Jeepney TV, and its own stand-alone network on Sky Cable, Sky Direct and ABS-CBN TVPlus (including its TVPlus Go OTG device), and Shop TV on ETC and also on its stand-alone channel on their Cable and Satellite providers.
    • GMA News TV temporary shuts down operations in support of the enhanced community quarantine, with all its staff moving to mother station GMA and the move of Dobol B sa News TV to the mother station, becoming Dobol B sa GMA effective March 19, with the simulcast of Melo del Prado sa Super Radyo DZBB, the first ever radio-television simulcast since the 1990s radio-TV program Kape at Balita. The Melo del Prado sa Super Radyo DZBB portion, which is serves as a lead-in to Unang Hirit, aires on both March 19 and 20. On March 20, the mother network announced the decision to reverse the suspension of the remainder of the weekday morning line-up and the entire weekend morning line-up (with the exception of Yo-kai Watch, which be temporary replaced with Sambuhay TV Mass beginning March 22, and Agriperneur, Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko, and In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley, all of which will suspended from airing beginning March 21) due to the sister channel's resumption on March 21. Then on March 21, the English language newscast GMA Regional TV Weekend News was also moved to the mother network. Later on March 23, the two networks began simulcasting Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide and Saksi sa Dobol B while Unang Hirit is on hiatus. The temporary, weekday-only joint network simulcast of Dobol B sa GMA/News TV was ended on April 8, when Unang Hirit resumes on April 13, following the Holy Week break, while the temporary, mother network only broadcasts of GMA Regional TV Weekend News was ended on April 25, a week before its return to the sister network on May 2.
    • In an unprecedented move following the news that an employee from a company working in the Corporate World Center in Mandaluyong, CNN Philippines' headquarters, is diagnosed with the virus, the channel shuts down temporarily for days to allow for disinfection works in its studios and control rooms. To compensate, selected programming is broadcast nationally through the channel's social media pages.
    • The ABS-CBN News Channel, as an emergency measure, temporary simulcasts DZMM TeleRadyo programming to local and international viewers but with own commercials, cutting its feed for the flagship Top Story.
  • March 19
    • DZMM TeleRadyo formally stops temporary the replay broadcasts of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs programming at 1pm Mondays to Fridays (which began Monday as a result of the decision for the temporary halt of broadcasts of Good Vibes) and replaces them with a news simulcast from the ABS-CBN News Channel, another unprecedented decision, thus DZMM becomes the first radio station in many years, since the end of English broadcasts on DZRJ-AM in the 2010s, to air English-language news programming on the AM brand and by extension DZMM Teleradyo becomes a pioneer in airing bilingual (Filipino and English) news programming in both cable and digital free-to-air television. The English broadcasts air from 1 p.m. (after Headline Pilipinas) to 5 a.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with ANC's relay of DZMM TeleRadyo programming on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting at 6 a.m. following Early Edition), with a break at 9 a.m. for Market Edge during trading days in the Philippine Stock Exchange and 5 p.m. for Top Story. With this decision, DZMM TeleRadyo airs The World Tonight for the first time on free-to-air digital television on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday nights for the first time since 1999, while both are already taking a 6:30 p.m. break for the live simulcast of TV Patrol (weekdays only).
    • CNN Philippines adopts the video technology services of TVU Networks for local broadcasts.
  • March 20
    • One News Now, which on this day makes its first ever broadcast on 5, becomes the first ever English-language news broadcast aired in the channel since the end of delayed broadcasts for The Big Story months before. Also, it is the first primetime English-language newscast since 2007-08's Sentro to be broadcast. Meanwhile, the network's flagship newscast Aksyon (in its lunchtime and early evening editions) had officially retired after almost a decade, and the network's simulcasts of One Balita (from One PH) and Morning Calls (from Radyo 5 92.3 News FM and One PH) were put on hold in support of the government efforts to fight COVID-19. The evening portion was ended on May 6, when the network temporary revives the One PH program One Balita Pilipinas on May 7, while the lunchtime portion ended on May 29, when One Balita resumes airing on June 1.
    • DZMM TeleRadyo makes history with the use of video technology from Zoom Video Communications for the Friday night broadcasts of Labor of Love, Saturday morning and afternoon broadcasts of Tandem: Lima at Logan, Magpayo Nga Kayo, Konsyumer ATBP., Usapang Kalye, Good Job, and Omaga-Diaz Report simulcast on ANC, making it a pioneer (and third overall) among the country's news channels.
    • BEAM TV Analog UHF Channel 31 will temporary off the air due to the enhanced community quarantine amid of COVID-19 pandemic.
  • March 21
  • March 22
    • ABS-CBN and its sister channels on FTA and cable, along with radio stations Monster Radio RX 93.1, DZRH and ABS-CBN's very own MOR 101.1 For Life! broadcasts the Pantawid ng Pag-ibig: At Home Together Concert featuring a number of network talents in music, film and television, with TV Patrol Weekend's Alvin Elchico and Zen Hernandez as presenters.
    • As part of the network's 70th anniversary, GMA launches the online-only Buong Puso Para sa Pilipino No-Contract Show, a weekly virtual entertainment-show-cum-fan-meet-up with network talents, not just to raise funds for relief efforts for people affected by the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and all the medical workers, but also to give back to its loyal viewers and listeners in radio and television for over 7 decades.
    • DZMM TeleRadyo moves to full 24/7 broadcasts provisionally on digital free-to-air and cable, with ANC programming being aired on Sunday late nights till 4:30 a.m. Mondays.
    • Sambuhay TV Mass moves provisionally to GMA from 5 with a 6:00 a.m. broadcast slot on Sundays, becoming the channel's first Catholic TV Mass broadcast since the Family TV Mass in 2014–15. To replace it, 5 debuts the television delayed broadcasts of Misa sa Veritas (via Radio Veritas) on Sunday late afternoons.
  • March 23
    • CNN Philippines resumes operations with the special coverage of the special session of both chambers of Congress as the highlight.
    • Net 25, as an emergency measure, extends, at the cost of certain programs, the airing times of Agila Balita, Agila Probinsya, the midday Agila Pilipinas and the primetime Mata ng Agila as well as the Filipino and English-language editions of Eagle News International.
    • Eat Bulaga! begins including footage from the program's first 40 years in television (including the past 24 seasons on GMA) in its provisional rerun episodes. The rerun episodes ended on June 6, when the show plans to resume the audience-free live episodes on June 8.
    • GMA premieres a daily late afternoon online program, Tutok to Win Live, hosted by Wowowin's Willie Revillame, streamed live on Facebook Mondays-Saturdays.
  • March 25
    • ABS-CBN Channel 2 programming, due to the decision to temporary stop select TV Patrol regional broadcasts as a result of government efforts to fight COVID-19 countrywide, begins airing in full via satellite in select television stations of the Regional Network Group (Channel 46 Pampanga, Channel 7 Palawan and Channel 4 Davao) as a provisional measure, with their regional reporters now temporarily responsible to the national headquarters in Quezon City through local news bureau chiefs, while all local advertising will remain. This includes both Magandang Buhay and It's Showtime which resumes broadcasts, this time, live nationwide from the homes of the presenters through the Zoom platform, a first in Philippine television history. Both status of the Palawan and Davao stations ends on April 20, when said broadcasts in these markets resumed on the said date.
    • While ABS-CBN Channel 7 Palawan local programming takes a pause, TV Patrol Palawan becomes the first regional TV Patrol broadcast to be aired live via the channel's social media sites Mondays to Fridays, another historical first.
  • March 26 – ABS-CBN Channel 11 Naga provisionally becomes a semi-satellite of Channel 2 Metro Manila as TV Patrol Bicol temporary stops broadcasts while retaining local advertisement slots not just for it but for its relay stations all over the Bicol Region and Masbate. This status ends on March 30, when said broadcasts returns airing.
  • March 27 – Public demand on social media forces ABS-CBN to provisionally reduce the Saturday KB Family Weekend block to just one movie instead of the usual two as it dedicates the first slot (8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., following Dok Ricky, Pedia) for its award-winning Educational Television programming (Sine'skwela, Bayani and Hiraya Manawari) courtesy of the cable and digital free-to-air channel Knowledge Channel, to serve the millions of pre-school and elementary students whose studies, as a result of the pandemic and the quarantines imposed by many local governments (as well as the Luzon-wide enchanced community quarantine) have been interrupted, while also aiming to introduce the channel and its valuable work to millions of viewers nationwide. The provisional educational programming began on Saturday, March 28. (Later on, Bayani and Hiraya Manawari would both air on Sundays as well as lead-in to MathDali at 9:15 a.m. beginning April 12.)
  • March 30
    • One Sports temporary suspends broadcast due to limitations brought about by the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon, with 5, One Sports+ and PBA Rush taking over some of its archived programming, except for other programs such as Talking Heads which will move to BEAM TV beginning May 16.
    • Rico Hizon makes his return to the Philippines as he makes his debut as part of the CNN Philippines news team, with a 9 p.m. weekday slot that would later become The Final Word (beginning April 20).

April
  • April 1
    • ABS-CBN's TV Patrol becomes the fourth national newscast to incorporate simultaneous sign language interpretation for the deaf and hard of hearing in its broadcasts, in addition to closed captioning, following TV5's lead years before with its News5 newscasts. Previously, sign language interpretation had been available in the regional TV Patrol editions in Palawan and Cebu.
    • After almost 15 years of broadcasting, Jack TV has cease its commercial broadcast on pay TV due to programming redundancies, lack of advertising support and cross-cutting measures as well as change in business direction during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. However, it will continue on their official digital media online platforms.
    • Front Row Channel was officially launched by the joint venture between Solar Entertainment Corporation and Jungo TV, which is distributed by GMA Network, as the 24-hour music channel that specializes in broadcasts of live concerts with featured performances from the world's top musical acts. While it has been initially launched in other cable providers, the channel has not been placed in the lineups of the major cable systems yet.
    • Kuwentuhang Lokal and Pasada 630 both become the first-ever DZMM TeleRadyo programs to be aired fully with production using the Zoom platform.
    • DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo switched to simultaneous telecast with the English-language ABS-CBN News Channel starting at 10:00 p.m. DZMM temporarily suspended its regular programming after asking all concerned on-duty personnel to go on self-quarantine for 14 days following their exposure to two Persons Under Investigation. The studio and facilities of DZMM have been vacated and will be immediately disinfected. Those who have not been exposed shall work from home. With this move, DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo, as well as the regional AM radio stations DYAP and DXAB, become English-only (for the first time in history after many years) as a provisional measure. From 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., the channel aired the best of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs programming in their place with a 6:30 p.m. break for TV Patrol.[7]
  • April 2
    • With the switch to the English broadcasts on ANC as a result of the decision to suspend DZMM's programs, DYAB TeleRadyo provisionally introduces English-language broadcasts via ANC in select hours, in combination with TV Patrol and the Cebuano-language programming aired on the channel. Also, the ANC simulcast provisionally begins airing on both ABS-CBN (from 5 a.m. to 8a.m.) and S+A (8 a.m. to 10 a.m.), bringing thus the special editions of Early Edition and Headstart as well as Market Edge (the two programs are only aired on S+A via simulcast). The broadcasts are the first English news broadcasts on both channels after many years.
    • ANC's Dateline Philippines, following TV Patrol's lead the previous night, now adds simultaneous sign language interpretation for the deaf and hard of hearing viewers who watch the channel. It is the first ANC telecast to utilize it.
  • April 3 – DZMM TeleRadyo resumes transmissions, with almost all programming, as well as field reports, now aired via the Zoom platform, but with ANC commercials instead of channel commercials. ANC graphics for news stories, as well as for reporter and presenter introductions, would debut beginning with the Headline Pilipinas broadcasts, beginning with the Saturday edition on April 4.
  • April 5–8 – In the wake of the cancellation of this year's APT Entertainment Holy Week Drama Special which to be aired by GMA on April 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 5 re-airs the previous Lenten Drama Specials produced by APT, including Milagroso from 2006 and May Milagroso Pa Nga Ba? from 2002 (retitled May Milagroso Pa Nga Ba? (Part 1)-Ang Hiling, May Milagroso Pa Nga Ba? (Part 2)-Sister Choleng and May Milagroso Pa Nga Ba? (Part 3)-Awit ni Miling for its re-airing).
  • April 6
    • TV Patrol officially makes history with the first ever news reports aired using the Zoom platform.
    • ABS-CBN and Star Cinema (through Star Creatives) both launch yet another online entertainment program, Rise and Shine, aired on Facebook midday on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (with a same day encore on YouTube) with DJ Jai Ho, the presenter of the Sunday Showbiz Pa More! on Jeepney TV, hosting.
    • Inquirer 990 Television resumes broadcasts after a three-week break.
  • April 9–11 – By virtue of a partnership between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines, GMA Network and ABS-CBN, given the effects of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and many other provinces, for the first time ever, the 190th General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, aired from the Conference Center in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA was officially broadcast countrywide on both free-to-air and cable, not just to members of the Church, but also to non-members, on both GMA and DZMM TeleRadyo during the Easter Triduum period, making it the first time it had been ever done via satellite delay (the Music and the Spoken Word conference edition was aired on GMA on April 11). All the broadcasts on DZMM TeleRadyo on April 9 and 11 were also simulcast as well on the ABS-CBN News Channel. This event was the very first time it had aired on Philippine television.
  • April 10
    • The 2020 edition of SVD-Mission Communications Foundation's Seven Last Words from the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of Jesus, the Divine Word at Christ the King Mission Seminary in Quezon City was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was supposed to be televised live on both ABS-CBN and DZMM TeleRadyo with a delay on Jeepney TV. In lieu of the special, ABS-CBN airs the movie The Young Messiah and the network produced special Ang Pitong Huling Salita in its place.
    • For the first time in its 27-year history on television, The Dominican Fathers of the Philippines' Siete Palabras has switch to the pre-recorded format this year, the event supposed to be aired live from the Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City, but, however, it was scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The special is televised for the 12th year by GMA Network (with selected GMA Regional TV stations in Visayas and Mindanao pre-empting the national special with the local versions of the said special), and simulcast on Radyo Veritas in Manila, and other Catholic Media Network radio stations nationwide.
  • April 12 - ABS-CBN announced they moved the Nickelodeon programs SpongeBob SquarePants and The Loud House provisionally to 7:30 a.m. and 7:50 a.m. Sundays (following Swak na Swak) as a result of an expansion to the network's educational television programming supplied by the cable and digital free-to-air channel Knowledge Channel beginning at 8:15 a.m.
  • April 13
    • Commercial feeds for both ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo for Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays are now separated after days of using a singular commercial feed. In addition, DZMM (and DZMM TeleRadyo) now resume use of the radio studios following disinfection measures, with SRO: Suhestyon, Reaksyon at Opinion as the first broadcasts to be aired from there.
    • GMA News TV resumes evening broadcasts of its own public affairs and documentary programming and the BBC Natural History Unit's Planet Earth II, while retaining the provisional Dobol B sa News TV afternoon broadcasts, and 24 Oras simulcasts. Later, on April 18, five lifestyle programs were also resumed.
  • April 20
    • After 4 weeks, the timesharing of programming between both DZMM TeleRadyo and ANC ends, with ANC now resuming separate programming on Mondays and DZMM slowly resuming broadcasts from the radio studios.
    • GMA Network's 24 Oras becomes the fifth national newscast to incorporate simultaneous sign language interpretation for the deaf and hard of hearing in its broadcasts, in addition, it's online livestream on YouTube converts to airing in full high definition, making it the 3rd in the country.
  • April 21 – Infomerical company O Shopping temporarily suspends its broadcast on ABS-CBN due to the enhanced community quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, becomes the third infomercial company to suspend their broadcasts, following TV Shop Philippines and EZ Shop which is announcing their broadcast suspensions in the previous month. However, the broadcasts will continue to air on S+A, Jeepney TV, and its own stand-alone network on Sky Cable, Sky Direct and ABS-CBN TVPlus (including its TVPlus Go OTG device) as a result. With that, ABS-CBN reverts to signing off at midnight, signing-on before the broadcasts of the Kapamilya Daily Mass (and effective from May 4, the replay broadcasts of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs programming) on Mondays to Fridays at 4:20am (with Jesuit Communications Foundation produced show Kape't Pandesal preceding it), Saturdays at 5:25am and before The Healing Eucharist on Sundays at 5:55am.
  • April 23 – Net 25, The television network of Iglesia ni Cristo-affiliated company Eagle Broadcasting Corporation celebrates its 20th anniversary.
  • April 25–26 – With the termination of the timesharing policies of both DZMM TeleRadyo and ANC, both stations resume separate weekend programming schedules. Meanwhile, on DZMM TeleRadyo, music-related programs Yesterday and Remember When, as well as news-related shows Sagot Ko Yan! and Red Alert and the public affairs program Tulong Mo, Pasa Mo resumes broadcasts on April 26 after a month long hiatus.
  • April 29 – ABS-CBN, for the first time in weeks, readjusts mid-morning and midday programming with a new provisional expansion of Kapamilya Blockbusters with two movies starting at 10 a.m. and 11:50 a.m, respectively, resulting in It's Showtime now being pushed back to 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon, but with a reduced one-hour run for the first time in its 11-year run of the show, and Love in Sadness now moved following Magandang Buhay at 9:30 a.m as lead-in to the expanded block. This expansion follows the success of the expanded Sunday edition of KB Family Weekend.

May
  • May 1 – Through a Facebook video, ABS-CBN announces that the day's simulcasts of Kabayan and Radyo Patrol Balita Alas Siyete via DZMM TeleRadyo are the very last to be aired nationwide, giving way to the return to broadcasts of Umagang Kay Ganda and all the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group morning programs in regional areas for two days (except for Palawan and Southern Tagalog) beginning Monday, May 4. In addition to the resumption of UKG and the RNG morning programs, the brand new morning program Maupay na Aga Kapamilya, which will be aired on ABS-CBN Channel 2 Tacloban will officially make its premiere telecast on the same date.
  • May 2 - Infomercial company EZ Shop resumes broadcasts this time on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation after two months of suspending it from airing, due to the enhanced community quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, becomes the first company to partly resume broadcasts. Meanwhile, the company will continue to suspend broadcasting on BEAM TV, 5, One Sports and GMA News TV.
  • May 5 - Most of ABS-CBN's broadcasting operations including ABS-CBN, MOR 101.9, DZMM and its television counterpart (temporarily renamed TeleRadyo due to DZMM's sign off and would return on May 8 only in digital free-to-air and cable, as well as in online platforms), S+A, the free-to-air operations of Jeepney TV, Knowledge Channel and Myx, Asianovela Channel and Movie Central (with the exception of Cine Mo!, Yey!, Kapamilya Box Office, O Shopping and the ABS-CBN News Channel) signed off the air at 7:52pm due to the cease-and-desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission to stop broadcast operations of ABS-CBN because of the expiration of its franchise granted on March 30, 1995.[8] Meanwhile, the live channel streaming broadcast on ABS-CBN and DZMM TeleRadyo will be unavailable via iWant on the same day as O Shopping and ABS-CBN News Channel will take over as temporary replacement of these streaming channels. And finally, Creative Programs owned pay TV channels (Cinema One, Liga, Metro Channel, Myx and Jeepney TV) and Knowledge Channel remain unaffected in some DTH providers including their stand-alone pay-per-view channel Kapamilya Box Office will be available only on Sky Cable and Sky Direct subscribers.
  • May 6 - One day after the final broadcasts on FTA, ABS-CBN, in a Facebook post, formally announces that due to demand from the overseas audiences on The Filipino Channel, TV Patrol will resume broadcast on that channel on May 7 after a two-day break live on all TFC platforms (including online, cable and satellite feeds), continuing a tradition of broadcasting to Filipinos abroad since 1989. In addition, live broadcasts of the newscast on online platforms and the ABS-CBN News Channel continued as well beginning on the said date, with the channel provisionally shouldering the program's airing and production.
  • May 7 - ABS-CBN, aside from the announcement of the return of TeleRadyo, also announces on Facebook that effective Friday, May 8, all the regional TV Patrol editions will resume broadcasts on Facebook Live through their respective FB pages.
  • May 8 - Knowledge Channel temporarily shuts down its free-to-air broadcast on ABS-CBN TV Plus due to the cease-and-desist order of the NTC to close down its broadcasting operations of ABS-CBN, the channel continues to broadcast on cable providers.
  • May 12 - In yet another ABS-CBN announcement on Facebook, all ABS-CBN Regional Network Group morning programming will resume airing online-only to regional viewers starting 7am on May 13 through Facebook Live.
  • May 16
    • BEAM TV Analog UHF Channel 31 resumes operation of regular programming.
    • Aside from the resumption of broadcasts at BEAM TV Analog UHF Channel 31, Infomercial company EZ Shop announced that they resume broadcasts on that channel starting on this date, a few weeks after the company resume its telecasts on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation on May 2. Meanwhile, other networks such as 5, One Sports and GMA News TV will continued to suspend their telecasts of the said company.
    • Another infomercial company is making their resumption of broadcasts after a two-month break due to the enhanced community quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, TV Shop Philippines announced that they resume its broadcasts, but only on RJDigiTV. With that, TV Shop Philippines becomes the second company to partly resume airing infomercials.
  • May 22 - One PH, a Filipino-language news and talk channel from Cignal started its test broadcast on digital terrestrial television as a subchannel of 5 (via DWET-TV).[9]

June
  • June 1 - Due to insisted public demand, Jeepney TV and Asianovela Channel restart free-to-air broadcasts on ABS-CBN TV Plus as they are the assigned temporary channel replacements of ABS-CBN and S+A. Both channels are still on free trial until further notice.
  • June 4 - Following the announcement by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases to allow mass gatherings in churches in the General Community Quarantine and Modified General Community Quarantine areas nationwide as well as the statement of ABS-CBN and The Healing Eucharist official Facebook page to temporarily stop admitting the studio audience to its broadcasts on Sundays (Live and Recorded telecast on TeleRadyo, Jeepney TV, and effective June 14, Kapamilya Channel) due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The Healing Eucharist - Sunday TV Mass production team announces that it temporarily suspends the admission of live audiences within four consecutive Sundays effective June 7 up to 28.
  • June 5 - Liza Soberano's manager Ogie Diaz took to social media to address the queries of the fans who wondered why Make It with You was not included in the lineup of the ABS-CBN shows that will be aired on the newly announced Kapamilya Channel. He revealed the sad news about the series being concluded.[10]
  • June 12
    • In celebration of Independence Day, GMA Network urged their audiences to re-scan their digital TV boxes to receive their new lineup including the brand-new channel, Heart of Asia, which is scheduled to launch on June 29, as part of their festivities on the 70th anniversary of the said network.[11]
    • During the Special Coverage of the 122nd Independence Day celebrations on People's Television Network, The infographic had mistaken regarding the picture of the first president Emilio Aguinaldo and the mention of the Katipunan supreme leader Andres Bonifacio. The network later apologized for the error during the coverage and it was later revised with the correct picture of Andres Bonifacio and the mention of Emilio Aguinaldo on the network's social media pages. The error causing the new management of the said network according to the statement that they need skills development and necessary training to be initiated.
  • June 13
    • Following Independence Day celebrations and in celebration of 74 years since its corporate formation in 1946, ABS-CBN begins its phrased return to full broadcasting as the cable and satellite only channel named Kapamilya Channel. The new channel will resume broadcast of entertainment, educational, news and current affairs programming from ABS-CBN which was stopped due to its ongoing shutdown on free-to-air television. This was announced thru TV Patrol on its June 4 broadcast,[12] with it's official launch video debuted also on the same program a day later, June 5.
    • As part of the launch a longer morning educational television block, produced by the Knowledge Channel and featuring many of ABS-CBN's legendary award-winning educational programs together with the Knowledge Channel's own productions, officially begins airing on Kapamilya Channel on weekends starting on this day and on Sunday, June 14. Its purpose is to help in the educational needs of millions of Filipino children and youth from both public and private educational institutions in the pre-school and elementary levels during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
    • ABS-CBN's RGE Drama Unit has confirmed the cancellation of Pamilya Ko through its official Instagram account. No reason was given.[13] The announcement came a week after the cancellation of Make It With You due to the health concerns of its lead actress Liza Soberano, as well as the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and the ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy.
  • June 15
    • Cignal debuts a brand new 24/7 movie and drama channel on satellite television, One Screen, which features films from local features, Tagalized Hollywood films, and European movies (in its original language) supplied by the channel Cinemaworld, as well as dramas from North America and local content from GMA Network and the satellite service's corporate siblings 5 and Cignal Entertainment.
    • One Sports resumes operation of regular programming.
  • June 19 – 5 celebrates its 60th anniversary of broadcasting.
  • June 22 – After 1 year of being off-air, ZOE Broadcasting Network reactivated its VHF channel 11 while at the same time opened its assigned DTT channel 20. Since then, both are currently under test broadcasts but is still open for blocktime or channel lease offers.
  • June 26 - GMA Network formally launched its digital terrestrial television brand, GMA Affordabox.[14][15]
  • June 29

Ongoing events
  • April 13-TBD – GMA's late afternoon game show Wowowin along with its Saturday night spin-off Wowowin Primetime resumes producing new episodes, this time live from Willie Revillame's own Wil Tower in Quezon City but without an audience or the use of their traditional studio. The online-only program Tutok to Win Live will continue to air in addition to their broadcasts. In addition, Wowowin Primetime Presents: The Shopee 6.6 Super Flash Sale TV Special serves as a special paid advertising episode of the Saturday night primetime spin-off, aired live on June 6, with Michael Pangilinan, Julie Anne San Jose, Rhian Ramos and Kris Lawrence serving as Willie's special guests.
  • June 8-TBD – Eat Bulaga! resumes producing the audience-free live episodes after a two and a half month break for the first time since the March 14 broadcast, but this time, with splitting the hosting duties from APT Studios in Cainta, Rizal as well from the hosts' homes. In addition, the anti-COVID-19 giant face shields were also added to the segment "Bawal Judgemental", which resumed beginning June 11 as a safety measure for the health of the presenters, guests and contestants taking part. The show still suspends their admission of live audiences as of March 9.
  • June 13-TBD - In conjuction with the channel's launch, ABS-CBN's It's Showtime resumes broadcasts this time on Kapamilya Channel, the third live variety program to restart production. To ensure COVID-19 safety protocol compliance while maintaining the best quality production, it adopts the Zoom platform for remote production from the homes of the presenters in addition to live studio production of a number of hosts changing every day. The policy on limited to no audiences including for the top-rating Tawag ng Tanghalan segment, in force as of March 11, still remains. In addition, it now returns to a 12:00nn start.
  • June 14-TBD - With almost the same COVID-19 preventive measures as It's Showtime for the presenters and performers and with a no-audience policy still in place for live production on Sunday middays, ABS-CBN's ASAP Natin 'To! returns to Kapamilya Channel as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, the first and so far the only Sunday variety program to resume broadcasts, regaining its midday 11:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m. slot.

Upcoming

July
  • July 7 – After almost 8 years of broadcasting, Fox Filipino will be ceased to air due to programming redundancies, lack of advertising support and cross-cutting measures. Meanwhile, GMA Network, the network's content partner since its 2012 launch, said they encourage the viewers of the channel to continue to watch the older shows of the network that is previously aired on Fox Filipino on the core linear channel during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines and on the network's website and mobile app as well as on partner streaming services such as Iflix and Amazon Prime Video, and on the new cable/satellite network One Screen.
  • July 20 – After almost 12 years of broadcasting as TV5 or The 5 Network, the television network will rebrand as One TV. The rebranding was originally planned for April 13 following the Holy Week break, however it eventually postponed due to the extension of the enhanced community quarantine caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.

Debuts

ABS-CBN
Main article: List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN

The following are programs that debuted on ABS-CBN:

No definite date

Re-runs

GMA
Main article: List of programs broadcast by GMA Network

The following are programs that debuted on GMA Network:

Upcoming

No definite date

Re-runs

5
Main article: List of programs broadcast by 5 (TV channel)

The following are programs that debuted on 5:

  • January 6: Tangled: The Series
  • January 26: BBC My World
  • March 20: One News Now (live hookup via One News)
  • March 22: Misa sa Veritas and CCF Afternoon Worship Service
  • March 30: Manila Cathedral Daily Mass and CCF Daily
  • April 10: The Key of David
  • April 19: Knightfall (season 1)
  • April 25: Tomorrow's World
  • May 4: Doc McStuffins: Toy Hospital
  • June 8: Idol in Action and Happy Naman D'yan
  • June 21: Sportspage

Upcoming
  • July 20: TV5/5 will be rebranded as One TV. Upcoming Programs will be TBA

No definite date

Re-runs

Notes
^ 1 Originally aired on ABS-CBN
^ 2 Originally aired on Colours
^ 3 Originally aired on Sari-Sari Channel

PTV
Main article: List of programs broadcast by People's Television Network

The following are programs that debuted on People's Television Network:

  • March 16: Public Briefing: #LagingHandaPH
  • April 20: Tutok Tulfo 2.0 (hook-up via Radyo Pilipinas 1 738 AM)

Upcoming

No define date
  • Mga Pinoy sa Tsina[32]
  • FedeARAL[33]
  • The Philippine Rise Documentaries (2018)[33]
  • EPower Mo![33]
  • TeleKlima[33]
  • Salpukan 360
  • Dayo[33]
  • Rise & Shine (Japan)[33]
  • Power of K (Korea)[33]
  • Colors of ASEAN (ASEAN)[33]
  • Sharing ASEAN (ASEAN)[33]
  • Ceasar Soriano Live[33]
  • Haplos ng Bayan[33]
  • Tilaok TV
  • Pambatong Pinoy[33]

IBC
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

The following are programs that debuted on IBC:

  • January 5: Misa Tradionalis Latin Mass and Cathechism
  • March 23: Public Briefing: #LagingHandaPH and Sentro Balita (simulcast via People's Television Network)
  • May 1: PTV News (simulcast via People's Television Network)

Upcoming
No definite date
  • FYI
  • Tahor: Your Ultimate Gamefowl Show
  • Yes Yes Yow

Re-runs

Other channels

The following are programs that debuted on other minor channels and video streaming services:

Upcoming

No definite date

Re-runs

Upcoming
  • Notes
  1. ^ a Originally aired on ABS-CBN
  2. ^ b Originally aired on GMA
  3. ^ c Originally aired on 5
  4. ^ d Originally aired on Cine Mo!
  5. ^ e Originally aired on Yey!
  6. ^ f Originally aired on S+A
  7. ^ g Originally aired on Jeepney TV
  8. ^ h Originally aired on Sari-Sari Channel
  9. ^ i Originally aired on Hero (now defunct)
  10. ^ j Originally aired on ETC
  11. ^ k Originally aired on Jack TV (now defunct)
  12. ^ l Originally aired on 2nd Avenue (now defunct)
  13. ^ m Originally aired on CT (now defunct)
  14. ^ n Originally aired on Studio 23 (now S+A)
  15. ^ o Originally aired on Q (now GMA News TV)
  16. ^ p Originally aired on 9TV (now CNN Philippines)
  17. ^ q Originally aired on Fox Filipino

Returning or renamed programs

Major networks
Show Last aired Retitled as/Season/Notes Channel Return date
WWE Raw 2019 Same 5 January 25
The Voice Teens 2017 Same (season 2) ABS-CBN February 8
Philippine Basketball Association 2020 Same (season 45) 5 / PBA Rush / One Sports March 8 (Philippine Cup)
Doc McStuffins 2015 Same (Doc McStuffins: Toy Hospital) 5 May 4
Wish Ko Lang! 2020 Same GMA July
Fairy Tail 2019 Same (season 7 / "Final Season") GMA TBA
World of Dance Philippines 2019 Same (season 2) ABS-CBN TBA
Idol Philippines 2019 Same (season 2) ABS-CBN TBA
Dance Kids 2016 Same (season 2) ABS-CBN TBA
Little Big Shots 2017 Same (season 2) ABS-CBN TBA
Pilipinas Got Talent 2018 Same (season 7) ABS-CBN TBA
Toriko 2016 Same (season 3) GMA TBA
Yo-kai Watch 2019 Same (Yo-kai Watch Shadowside) GMA TBA

Other channels
Show Last aired Retitled as/Season/Notes Channel Return date
Kerygma TV 2019 Feast TV IBC 13 January 5
Penn & Teller: Fool Us 2019 Same (season 5) Jack TV (now defunct) January 12
Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club 2017 (2nd Avenue) (now defunct) Same (season 4) ETC January 12
U.S. NCAA Women's College Basketball 2019 Same (2019–20 season) 5 Plus (Until March 6) / One Sports (Beginning March 8) January 20
Survivor 2019 (Jack TV) (now defunct) Same (season 40/"Winners at War") Solar Sports February 27
Philippine Super Liga 2019 Same (2020 season) 5 Plus (free-to-air; until March 7) / One Sports (Cable; until March 7, free-to-air; beginning March 10) / One Sports+ (Cable; beginning March 10) February 29 (Grand Prix Conference)
PBA Developmental League 2019 Same (2020 season) 5 Plus (free-to-air; until March 6) / One Sports (Cable; until March 6, free-to-air; beginning March 9) / One Sports+ (Cable; beginning March 9) / PBA Rush (Cable) March 2 (Aspirant's Cup)
EZ Shop 2019 Same 5 Plus (until March 6) / One Sports (beginning March 9) March 2
NCIS: Los Angeles 2017 (Cine Mo!) Same (season 9) Movie Central April 12
Flirty Dancing 2020 Same (season 2) ETC May 16
News.PH 2017 Same (now as a Filipino language program) CNN Philippines May 18
Cardcaptor Sakura 2009 (GMA) Same (Clear Card) Yey! June 29
iZombie 2019 Same (season 5)/"The Final Season") ETC TBA
Jane the Virgin 2019 Same (season 4 and 5/"The Final Season") ETC TBA
The 100 2019 (Jack TV) (now defunct) Same (season 6)/"The Final Season") ETC TBA
SportsCenter Philippines 2020 (5) One Sports Central One Sports TBA
Elementary 2020 (Jack TV) (now defunct) Same (season 7)/"The Final Season") ETC TBA
Beyblade Burst 2020 Same (season 2 / "Evolution") Yey! TBA
Ace of Diamond 2018 Same (season 2 / "Second Season") Yey! TBA
My Hero Academia 2018 Same (season 3) Yey! TBA

Programs transferring networks

Major networks
Date Show No. of seasons Moved from Moved to
January 6 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes N/A ABS-CBN/S+A 5
March 21 GMA Regional TV Weekend News N/A GMA News TV GMA Network
March 22 Sambuhay TV Mass N/A 5 GMA Network
April 10 The Key of David N/A PTV 4 5
April 17 Biyahe ni Drew N/A GMA News TV GMA Network
May 7 TV Patrol N/A ABS-CBN ANC

Other channels
Date Show No. of seasons Moved from Moved to
February 6 The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. N/A PTV RJ DigiTV
February 8 30 for 30 N/A 5 5 Plus (now One Sports)
February 27 Survivor 40 Jack TV (now defunct) Solar Sports
April 12 NCIS: Los Angeles 9 Cine Mo! Movie Central
May 4 Pororo the Little Penguin 1 GMA Network Yey!
May 13 Madam Secretary 6 ("The Final Season") 2nd Avenue (now defunct) ETC
May 16 Talking Heads N/A One Sports BEAM TV
TBA Tahor: Your Ultimate Gamefowl Show N/A PTV IBC
The Amazing World of Gumball N/A 5 CNN Philippines
Ben 10 (2016) N/A GMA
Madam Secretary 4 & 5 2nd Avenue (now defunct) ETC

Finales

ABS-CBN
Main articles: List of programs aired by ABS-CBN and List of drama series of ABS-CBN

The following are programs that ended on ABS-CBN:

Stopped airing

Cancelled

GMA
Main articles: List of programs aired by GMA Network and List of drama series of GMA Network

The following are programs that ended on GMA Network:

Scheduled

Stopped airing

Cancelled

5
Main article: List of programs aired by 5 (TV channel)

The following are programs that ended on 5:

Scheduled

Stopped airing

PTV
Main article: List of programs aired by People's Television Network

The following are programs that ended on People's Television Network:

  • January 4: Lutong-Luto with CJ Hirro

Stopped airing
  • March 17: PCSO Lottery Draw (reason: temporary suspension of all PCSO lottery games due to the implementation of 2020 Luzon enhanced community quarantine in Luzon during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines and was replaced with #LagingHanda press briefing by PCOO at 11am, DOH Press Briefing at 4pm and the expanded PTV News Headlines at 9pm)

IBC
Main article: List of programs previously broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

The following are programs that ended on IBC:

  • January 11: ATC E-Sports Highlights
  • March 1: Misa Tradionalis Latin Mass and Catechism
  • June 14: El Shaddai

Scheduled

Stopped airing

Other channels

Scheduled

Stopped airing
  • February 17–21: My Sassy Girl on GMA News TV (reason: pre-empted by The 700 Club Asia telethon special.)
  • March 8: Tulong Mo, Pasa Mo and Kapamilya Konek on DZMM TeleRadyo (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Tulong Mo, Pasa Mo returned on April 26 and Kapamilya Konek returns on May 3)
  • March 12: Investigative Documentaries and Pinas Sarap on GMA News TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. All programs resumed on April 16.)
  • March 13: Goin' Bulilit Classics (rerun) on Jeepney TV (reason: temporarily replaced with the delayed telecast of Kapamilya Daily Mass from ABS-CBN due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines)
  • March 13: Biyahe ni Drew and Reel Time on GMA News TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. All programs resumed on April 17.)
  • March 14: GMA Regional TV Weekend News, Turbo Zone, Project Destination, Pop Talk, Taste Buddies, Now Showing, and In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley on GMA News TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, GMA Regional TV Weekend News moved to GMA Network on March 21 and ended on April 25, program resumed on May 2; Pop Talk and Taste Buddies resumed on April 18; and In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley and Turbo Zone resumed on May 23.)
  • March 14: Sagupaan TV on S+A (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines)
  • March 14: Magpayo Nga Kayo and Omaga-Diaz Report on DZMM TeleRadyo (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. The latter resumed on April 26 with a special Sunday edition, returning to its Saturday slot on May 2, while the former returned to air on May 9)
  • March 15: The World of Gandang Ricky Reyes, Ang Pinaka, Idol sa Kusina, Glow Up, Taste MNL, U-Prince Presents, and The Legend of Paranormal Stories on GMA News TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Ang Pinaka, Idol sa Kusina and Glow Up resumed on April 19; and U-Prince Presents and The Legend of Paranormal Stories resumed on May 23.)
  • March 15: Salamat Dok on ABS-CBN News Channel (reason: temporary replaced with special news coverage on COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.)
  • March 15: Sagot Ko Yan!, Yesterday, Remember When, Chismax, Private Nights, Sa Kabukiran, Salita ng Buhay and Red Alert on DZMM TeleRadyo (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. All programs resumed on April 26)
  • March 15: FPJ's Ang Probinsyano: Action Marathon on Cine Mo! (reason: temporary suspension of taping due to coronavirus pandemic. It will no longer as Action Marthon on Sunday afternoon slot but it will resumed as a Weeknight slot and it will be seen simultaneously on Kapamilya Channel starting June 15.)
  • March 15: Family TV Mass on One Sports (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines)
  • March 15: Friends Again, and Asenso Pinoy on S+A (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines)
  • March 15: TV Healing Mass For The Homebound on CNN Philippines (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines)
  • March 16: Good News Kasama Si Vicky Morales and Planet Earth II on GMA News TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. All programs resumed on April 13.)
  • March 17: Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie and Brigada on GMA News TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. All programs resumed on April 14.)
  • March 18: Dr. Love Radio Show, On The Spot, MMK Klasik, Todo-todo Walang Preno and Usapang de Campanila on DZMM Teleradyo (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Dr. Love Radio Show resumed on April 20; and Todo-todo, Walang Preno resumed on May 4.)
  • March 18: 100% Pinoy! (re-run), Aladdin: You Would've Heard the Name, Balitanghali, Man x Man, My Sassy Girl, Pinoy Meets World (re-run), Price of Passion, EZ Shop, News TV Quick Response Team, Stand for Truth, Tonight with Arnold Clavio, iJuander and State of the Nation with Jessica Soho on GMA News TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Stand for Truth resumed on April 13; and iJuander and Tonight with Arnold Clavio resumed on April 15; Aladdin: You Would've Heard the Name resumed on May 23; Man x Man resumed on May 25; and Price of Passion resumed on June 8.)
  • March 19: Moonlight Serenade, Sakto and Good Vibes on DZMM Teleradyo (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Good Vibes returns on TeleRadyo on June 15.)
  • March 20: Magpahanggang Wakas, Pieta, Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Quickilig! and You're My Home on Jeepney TV (reason: changing their midnight to morning programming schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Quickilig! moved to primetime spot starting April 4. You're My Home rebroadcast on June 7.)
  • March 20: EZ Shop on One Sports (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines)
  • March 21: Fast Break, S.O.C.O sa DZMM, Radyo Negosyo and OMJ on DZMM Teleradyo (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Radyo Negosyo resumed on April 25)
  • March 28: Talking Heads with Rose Solangon on One Sports (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the program moved to BEAM TV beginning May 16.)
  • March 29: Geeks & Gamers Guide and 30 for 30 on One Sports (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines)
  • April 16: Early Edition, Matters of Fact, Headstart and Market Edge on DZMM TeleRadyo and S+A (reason: Timeshifting of both ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo programming ended and split resuming their programming. However, these programs can still be seen on ABS-CBN News Channel.)
  • April 17: Garantisadong Balita, Kabayan, Failon Ngayon, ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya sa DZMM, On the Spot, Pasada Sais Trenta, Dos Por Dos and SRO: Suhestyon, Reaksyon at Opinyon on ABS-CBN News Channel (reason: Timeshifting of both ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo programming ended and split resuming their programming. However, these programs can still be seen on DZMM TeleRadyo.)
  • April 18: Magandang Morning with Julius and Zen, Tandem: Lima at Logan, Konsyumer Atbp., Headline Pilipinas, Usapang Kalye, Good Job, Kuwentuhang Lokal and Radyo Negosyo on ABS-CBN News Channel (reason: Timeshifting of both ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo programming ended and split resuming their programming. However, these programs can still be seen on DZMM TeleRadyo.)
  • April 19: Dateline Philippines, Top Story, ANC Rundown and The World Tonight on DZMM TeleRadyo (reason: Timeshifting of both ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo programming ended and split resuming their programming. However, these programs can still be seen on ABS-CBN News Channel.)
  • May 1: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (season 17) and TMZ on ETC (reason: temporary suspension of telecast due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.)
  • May 2: Sabong TV and RX Plus: Health, Lifestyle and Leisure on S+A (reason: temporary suspension of telecasts due to shutdown of ABS-CBN, Sabong TV will continued to broadcast on IBC 13.)
  • May 3: The Word Exposed, Agri TV and Asenso Pinoy on S+A (reason: temporary suspension of telecasts due to shutdown of ABS-CBN, The World Exposed will continued to air on ABS-CBN News Channel and TV Maria.)
  • May 3: The Healing Eucharist on S+A and Jeepney TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecasts due to shutdown of ABS-CBN, this program to be seen on TeleRadyo while it replaced with Kapamilya Sunday Mass on Jeepney TV from May 10 onwards and it resume telecast on May 24.)
  • May 5: O Shopping, Team Fitfil and The Score on S+A (reason: temporary suspension of telecasts due to shutdown of ABS-CBN, Team Fitfil returns on Kapamilya Channel beginning June 13.)
  • May 9: It's Showtime sa Primetime on Jeepney TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecasts due to shutdown of ABS-CBN, to be temporary replaced by Tawa Way Zone strip encore, it resumed on June 13 under It's Showtime, which can be simultaneously seen on both Kapamilya Channel and Jeepney TV.)
  • May 9: Public Briefing:#LagingHandaPH on GMA News TV (reasons: broadcast replaced by Bantay COVID-19 coverage for weekdays and DZBB Super Serbisyo resumes telecast on May 16 for Saturdays, all on the Dobol B sa News TV block.)
  • May 10: ASAP Natin 'To Encore on Jeepney TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecasts due to shutdown of ABS-CBN, to be temporary replaced by Tawa Way Zone strip encore. However, new episode of this program can be seen on Kapamilya Channel starting June 14 while the same day encore run on Metro Channel starting June 28.)
  • May 29: Magandang Buhay: Momshies sa Hapon on Jeepney TV (reason: temporary suspension of telecasts due to shutdown of ABS-CBN, to be temporary replaced by the replay of Tubig at Langis. However, a new episode of this program can be seen on Kapamilya Channel starting June 15.)
  • May 29: Public Briefing:#LagingHandaPH on ABS-CBN News Channel (reason: broadcast replaced by replays of Matters of Fact)
  • June 5: Public Briefing:#LagingHandaPH on CNN Philippines (reason: broadcast replaced by a delayed telecast of Anderson Cooper 360)
  • June 9: Public Briefing:#LagingHandaPH on TeleRadyo (reason: broadcast replaced by an expanded edition of Lingkod Kapamilya sa TeleRadyo beginning June 10)

Networks

The following are a list of free-to-air and cable channels or networks launches and closures in 2020.

Launches
DateStationChannelSource
February 8 Hillsong Channel Sky Cable Channel 21 (Metro Manila)
Cignal Channel 184 (Nationwide)
February 17 Premier Tennis Sky Cable Channel 264 (HD) (Metro Manila)
Premier Football Sky Cable Channel 265 (HD) (Metro Manila)
TAP W Sky Cable Channel 215 (SD) (Metro Manila)
April 1 Front Row Channel Cablelink Channel 36 (Metro Manila)
G Sat Channel 70 (Nationwide)
June 13 Kapamilya Channel Sky Cable Channel 8 (SD) / Channel 167 (HD) (Metro Manila) & Channel 2 (SD) / Channel 700 (HD) (Provincial)
Cablelink Channel 8 (Metro Manila)
Sky Direct Channel 2 (HD) (Nationwide)
G Sat Channel 2 (Nationwide)		 [37][38][39]
June 15 One Screen Cignal Channel 9 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 35 (Nationwide)
June 29 Heart of Asia DTT Channel 7.03
GMA Affordabox Channel 3 (Metro Manila)		 [11][16][14][40][41]
Q3 2020 BuKo Channel Cignal Channel TBA (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel TBA (Nationwide)
TBA The Anime Channel TBA
TBA RJ FM 100.3 TV Radio TBA
TBA Solar Learning Channel 30 (digital feed)

Stations changing network affiliation

The following is a list of television stations that have made or will make noteworthy affiliation switches in 2020.

Date Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation Notes Source
June 22 DZOE-TV 11 (analog feed) / 20 (digital feed) silent ZOE TV One year after the termination of the blocktimer agreement between the network and GMA Network, Inc., the parent company of GMA News TV, as well as the move of the said news channel to channel 27 in June 2019, ZOE Broadcasting Network has reactivating the channel 11 analog signal as the same time the digital channel 20 assignment opened. The company has plan to work with blocktimers to open channel lease offers while the channel is on test broadcasts and reserved for programming.

Rebranded

The following is a list of television stations or cable channels that have made or will make noteworthy network rebrands in 2020.

DateRebranded fromRebranded toChannelSource
February 17 Edge Sport TAP Edge Sky Cable Channel 218 (SD) (Metro Manila)
TAP Sports 1 TAP Sports Sky Cable Channel 188 (HD) (Metro Manila)
TAP Sports 2
March 8 5 Plus One Sports Channel 41 (analog feed)
Cignal Channel 15 (Nationwide)
Sky Direct Channel 37 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 6 (Nationwide)
Sky Cable Channel 59 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 11 (Metro Manila)		 [42]
One Sports One Sports+ Cignal Channel 91 (SD) / Channel 261 (HD) (Nationwide)
Cablelink Channel 60 (Metro Manila)
May 5 DZMM TeleRadyo TeleRadyo ABS-CBN TV Plus Channel 5
Sky Cable Channel 26 (Metro Manila)
Sky Direct Channel 6 (Nationwide)
July 20 TV5/5 One TV Channel 5 (analog feed) / Channel 18/51 (digital feed)
Cignal Channel 5 (Nationwide)
Sky Direct Channel 5 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 5 (Nationwide)
Sky Cable Channel 10 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 10 (Metro Manila)		 [43][44]

Closures
DateStationChannelSign-on debutSource
March 1 Zee Sine Sky Cable Channel 112 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 45 (Metro Manila)
G Sat Channel 18 (Nationwide)		 April 5, 2016
Paramount Channel Sky Cable Channel 85 (SD) / Channel 263 (HD) (Metro Manila) June 1, 2019
April 1 Jack TV Sky Cable Channel 51 (Metro Manila) / Channel 617 (Provincial)
Cablelink Channel 36 (Metro Manila)
Cignal Channel 126 (Nationwide)
G Sat Channel 61 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 92 (Nationwide)		 April 6, 2005 [45][46]
July 7 Fox Filipino Sky Cable Channel 115 (Metro Manila) / Channel 629 (Provincial)
Cablelink Channel 53 (Metro Manila)
Cignal Channel 44 (Nationwide)
G Sat Channel 108 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 34 (Nationwide)		 March 1, 2012 [47]

Stopped airing

The following is a list of stations and channels or networks that have stopped broadcasting or temporarily off the air in 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic
StationChannelStopped airingResumed airingReasonSource
Inquirer 990 Television Channel 50 (digital feed)
Sky Cable Channel 72 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 4 (Metro Manila)		 March 17 April 6[48] Temporary suspension of broadcasting due to the production at technical challenges made by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the operations continue through online.
Resumed its regular programming on April 6.
CNN Philippines (RPN) Channel 9 (analog feed) / Channel 19 (digital feed)
Cignal Channel 10 (Nationwide)
Sky Direct Channel 9 (Nationwide)
G Sat Channel 3 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 9 (Nationwide)
Sky Cable / Destiny Cable Channel 14 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 14 (Metro Manila)		 March 18 March 23 Temporary suspension of broadcasting due to the building where the network is housed will be disinfected as employee of another company tests positive for COVID-19, but the operations continue through online.
Resumed its regular programming on March 23.		 [49]
GMA News TV Channel 27 (analog feed) / Channel 15 (digital feed)
Cignal Channel 11 (Nationwide)
Sky Direct Channel 10 (Nationwide)
G Sat Channel 6 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 10 (Nationwide)
Sky Cable Channel 24 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 13 (Metro Manila)		 March 19 March 21 (simulcast of DZBB programs only)[50] Temporary suspension of broadcasting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 21, it resumed for a limited broadcasting hours by airing DZBB programs and a simulcast of 24 Oras on Dobol B sa News TV block as a sole program.
On April 13−17, eleven programs aired on primetime slot were resumed, expanding its airtime to 10:00 pm for weeknights.
On April 18−19, five programs were also resumed, expanding its airtime to 7:30 pm on Saturdays and 8:40 pm on Sundays for weekends.
On May 2, GMA Regional TV Weekend News returned after six-week broadcast on GMA Network with a new timeslot at 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm, thus expanding its airtime to 8:15 pm on Saturdays.[51]
On May 18−22, five GMA Regional TV produced newscasts aired on primetime were introduced, thus expanding its airtime to 10:30 pm (10:20 pm on Fridays) for weeknights.
On May 23–24, the Latin American fantasy drama Cata is also introduced, the three Asianovelas, the religious television program In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley, and the automotive informative show Turbo Zone are all resumed, thus expanding its airtime to 12:00 am for weekends.
On May 25–29, the Korean action drama Man x Man is resumed, and the special #OneLove: The 700 Club Asia Telethon Special is aired live, thus expanding its airtime to 12:00 am for weeknights (#OneLove: The 700 Club Asia Telethon Special is repeated on June 1–5).
On June 8, the Turkish telenovela Price of Passion is resumed.		 [52][53][54][55]
BEAM TV Channel 31 (analog feed) / Channel 50 (digital feed)
Sky Direct Channel 54 (Nationwide)
Sky Cable Channel 72 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 6 (Metro Manila)		 March 20 May 16[56] Temporary suspension of broadcasting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resumed it's regular programming on May 16, by airing Inquirer 990 Television, EZ Shop and Talking Heads.		 [57]
Pop Life TV Channel 50 (digital feed)
Sky Cable Channel 119 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 33 (Metro Manila)
G Sat Channel 16 (Nationwide)		 March 21 TBA Temporary suspension of broadcasting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [58]
One Sports Channel 41 (analog feed)
Cignal Channel 15 (Nationwide)
Sky Direct Channel 37 (Nationwide)
SatLite Channel 6 (Nationwide)
Sky Cable Channel 59 (Metro Manila)
Cablelink Channel 11 (Metro Manila)		 March 30 June 15[59] Temporary suspension of broadcasting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resumed it's regular programming on June 15.		 [60]

ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy
StationChannelStopped airingResumed airingReasonSource
ABS-CBN Channel 2 (analog feed) / Channel 16/43 (digital feed)
Sky Cable Channel 8 (SD) / Channel 167 (HD) (Metro Manila) & Channel 2 (SD) / Channel 700 (HD) (Provincial)
Cablelink Channel 8 (Metro Manila)
Cignal Channel 2 (Nationwide)
G Sat Channel 2 (Nationwide)
Sky Direct Channel 2 (Nationwide; HD)
SatLite Channel 2 (Nationwide)		 May 5 TBA The National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order on ABS-CBN Corporation to close its broadcasting operations including its radio stations DZMM and MOR, following the expiration of its broadcast franchise (Republic Act No. 7966, which was granted on March 30, 1995) on May 4, the day before. [61][62][63][64]
S+A Channel 23 (analog feed)
Sky Cable Channel 17 (SD) / Channel 166 (HD) (Metro Manila) & Channel 8 (SD) / Channel 701 (HD) (Provincial)
Cablelink Channel 16 (Metro Manila)
Cignal Channel 23 (Nationwide)
G Sat Channel 8 (Nationwide)
Sky Direct Channel 24 (Nationwide; HD)
SatLite Channel 23 (Nationwide)
Movie CentralDTT Channel 16.03
ABS-CBN TV Plus Channel 10 (Metro Manila)
Asianovela ChannelDTT Channel 16.02
ABS-CBN TV Plus Channel 9 (Metro Manila)		 June 1 The National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order on ABS-CBN Corporation to close its broadcasting operations including its radio stations DZMM and MOR, following the expiration of its broadcast franchise (Republic Act No. 7966, which was granted on March 30, 1995) on May 4, the day before.
Resumed its regular programming on June 1, as their channel reassignment as temporary replacement by S+A on ABS-CBN TV Plus.
DZMM TeleRadyo ABS-CBN TV Plus Channel 5
Sky Cable Channel 26 (Metro Manila) / Channel 501 (Provincial)
Sky Direct Channel 6 (Nationwide)		 May 8 (as TeleRadyo) The National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease and desist order on ABS-CBN Corporation to close its broadcasting operations including its radio stations DZMM and MOR, following the expiration of its broadcast franchise (Republic Act No. 7966, which was granted on March 30, 1995) on May 4, the day before. On May 5, it was renamed as TeleRadyo right after the simulcast of TV Patrol and during the program SRO: Suhestiyon, Reaksyon at Opinyon before temporary went off the air.
Resumed its regular programming on May 8, by airing under with TeleRadyo programs, a simulcast of TV Patrol block as a sole program alongside with News Partol updates from ABS-CBN timesharing programming from ANC during late nights.

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