(Released on December 18, 2006)

It was Manila congressman Miles Roces and CCP chair Emily Abrera who presented the awards for the top ten family favorites during the recent Anak TV Seal awards held at the Soka Gakkai building in Quezon City.

The ceremonies did not have the trappings of the usual awards nights. First, it started on the dot at 9:30in the morning, children’s hour. Then there was only one speech, that of the foundation president. Award recipients were asked to keep their thank you terse and to the point and the program was done in a little over an hour. Not bad for a ceremony honoring 87 Anak TV seal programs, 20 stars, 10 popular shows and two young broadcasters. If only the other awards bodies knew the meaning of short and impactful rather than longwinded and boring.

The over 7,500 voters consisting mostly of bona fide TV patrons had a field day nominating their favorite shows on TV. Naturally, the tabulators had a tedious time listing and tallying the results. By the time the shortlist was presented to the crucial final level judges in Baguio and Davao, the winners’ circle had already taken shape and it was simply the ranking that was awaited.

Depending on where the viewer’s allegiances lie and how his viewing tastes bend, the top ten choices of the Pinoy households can be received with glee or disappointment.
The big winner is GMA Network’s 24 Oras. Some judges from the elite campuses and private companies were incredulous, but only until they realized that there are millions of viewers who outnumber them in taste and preference. Comprehending that they are in the minority brings them quiet acceptance.

The other winners include Mulawin, Rated K, Captain Barbell ,Game Ka Na Ba?, Gulong ng Palad, Majika, Bituing Walang Ningning ,TV Patrol and Sa Piling Mo.

In all, there were two news programs, three fantaseryes and three standard soaps. There was only one magazine program and one game show in the list. GMA Network bagged four including the top two while ABS-CBN chalked six.

It is noteworthy to mention that the list of top favorites among TV personalities also reflects the list of top shows. Mel Tiangco and Mike Enriquez are frontrunners in the TV personality survey and they topbill 24 Oras. Many other top winners in the personality survey are featured in the shows that figured in the magic ten. They are Korina Sanchez, Richard Gutierrez, Angel Locsin, Sarah Gernonimo, Piolo Pascual, Judy Ann Santos, Julius Babao, Dennis Trillo and Kristine Hermosa.                                                      

 

(Released on December 11, 2006)

For three years’ running, the first four names in either male or female categories of the annual Anak TV survey have consistently been the same. Only the order slightly changes. This means that whether Anak TV asks for the people’s choice for the most wholesome personalities or whether it surveys the TV users’ household favorites, the top names are fairly constant.

Gary Valenciano is the all time top favorite among males; Mel Tiangco and Christine Bersola among females. Male runners up this year are Mike Enriquez, Piolo Pascual, Julius Babao and Arnold Clavio while the female counterparts are Sharon Cuneta and Bernadette Sembrano.

Completing the line up for the top ten are Aga Muhlach, newcomers to the list Sam Milby, Richard Gutierrez, Jericho Rosales and Dennis Trillo. Among the females, only Korina Sanchez has held on to her top ten standing. Newcomers to the list are Angel Locsin, Kristine Hermosa, Sarah Geronimo, Bea Alonzo and Judy Ann Santos.

It should be noted that the stars in the top ten came from only two stations, ABS and GMA, validating what everyone already knows: that these are the top stations, with the best signals, the widest reach and highest viewership, patronage and media clout. Six males and six females are from the ABS barn; four apiece came from rival GMA.

What is not surprising is that the average Pinoy TV viewer regards news anchors (Enriquez, Babao, Clavio, Tiangco, Sembrano and Sanchez) as “trustworthy” and “child-friendly”. How else can public affairs personalities be able to slug it out convincingly with the obviously more popular entertainment denizens like Cuneta, Locsin, Santos, Geronimo, Valenciano, Pascual, Gutierrez and Muhlach? That the top choices are generally well-mannered, free of controversy, highly intelligent and respectable speaks well of the people who chose them, i.e the mass TV audience.
 
Who did the Pinoys dislike seeing on TV? The results were not publicly disclosed, in deference both to the stars and their home networks. The list was however offered confidentially to the networks concerned. What we can share is that the Ayaw Ko top list contains mostly movie talk show and gossip program hosts from either side of the gender fence including what anything in between. Among the girls, five of them rose to notoriety on the strength of their voluptuousness or daringness.

In the final tabulation, nearly a dozen political personalities figured in the Least Liked list. The numbers they garnered were however too insignificant to land them in the top ten. The politicians are predominantly from the administration, a gaggle of publicity hungry, rhetorically gaseous and obnoxious types who are better described as palace sycophants and political opportunists. Three are cabinet secretaries, two are congressmen, one a lady senator and two others form a powerful father and son team.

Readers who ache to know who the personalities in the Ayaw Ko list are may hazard guesses and send them to anaktv@skyinet.net. The column’s reply will validate or correct the list submitted.

(To be continued)

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