Probe (Philippine TV series)
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Probe | |
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Genre | Public affairs |
Creator(s) | Probe Productions Inc. |
Developer(s) | Probe Productions Inc. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs |
Starring | Cheche Lazaro Robert Alejandro Ricky Carandang Akiko Thomson Pinky Webb |
Country of origin | Philippines |
No. of episodes | n/a) |
Production | |
Running time | 1 hour |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | ABS-CBN |
Picture format | 480i SDTV |
Original run | 1987 – |
Probe (formerly known as The Probe Team and The Probe Team Documentaries) is a Philippine public affairs program being aired on ABS-CBN and on its sister cable channel, the ANC. It is hosted by Cheche Lazaro and is produced by Probe Productions Inc., under a joint co-production agreement with ABS-CBN.
The show, considered as the pioneer television news-magazine in the Philippines, started airing in 1987 on ABS-CBN, with Lazaro, Maria Ressa (currently ABS-CBN News Head and former CNN Jakarta bureau chief), and Luchi Cruz-Valdes (ABS-CBN Current Affairs Head and former GMA Network Executive who had roots with Probe) at the helm. After one or two years, it moved to GMA Network as a blocktimer. It was in GMA-7 where The Probe Team had its longest run in its history.
However, due to a controversy surrounding one of its features which involved a Philippine government official close to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2003, its contract with GMA was terminated. As a result, it moved to ABC and renamed the show The Probe Team Documentaries.[1]
The show returned to its original home, ABS-CBN, in 2005, and was retitled back to Probe. It has continued the tradition of airing provocative documentaries and investigative reports.
[edit] References
- ^ "GMA 7 denies allegations of Probe Team's Lazaro", INQ7.net, November 14, 2003.
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Late-evening block: | I-Witness • Reporter's Notebook • Palaban • 100% Pinoy • Emergency | ||
Other programs: | Art Angel • Imbestigador • Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho • Kay Susan Tayo • Philippine Agenda • Pinoy Meets World • Sine Totoo • Unang Hirit | ||
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Regional TV: | Balitang Bisdak • Ratsada • Testigo |