Living here for almost seven years now, I could really see lots of changes in tv shows. Not much to see before. Now you get lots of choices like STARWORLD, they’re showing (Oprah, Seinfeld, American Idol, Kings & Queens, Rachel Raye, Amazing Race, Survivor, and many more). STARMOVIES there showing the fairly new movies that just got out of the theater. STARSPORTS. Of course there showing the games like golf, football, cricket, tennis match, baseball and poker and more. Lifestyle it’s the copy of home and garden TV in the States, I like to watch this lifestyle channel cause I learn some tips from them, they also have some cooking shows like Wolfgang Puck, 30 Minute Meals, Barefoot Contessa, Sweet Dreams, and etc.
We do have CNN INTERNATIONAL, BBC WORLD, theres also channels that cater to other foreign speakers like German, Japanese, Spanish, Middle East, French, Indonesian, Chinese.
Of course lots of Pinoy shows. They even had reality TV show like for example Pinoy Big Brother. I am not sure if you are familiar with it. It’s like 10 or so people living in one house and one would be voted out each week. I think it’s like Survivor but they’re just living in a house. I have not watched it yet. Just heard from my people. Whenever I joined in with them for lunch I just heard them talking about it, who was voted out or what was the task given. People here are really hooked to it. Shows that people get addicted too here are Mexican and Korean soap operas. They had that translated into Tagalog dialect. My God people really watch those. It really is a hit here, that’s the main topic for lunch time here. Most of the channels here have talk shows like Oprah, celebrity gossip, game shows. If you have TFC there in your area in the States you can see some of it.
If you get the Travel Channel there is a show called Bizarre Foods. A guy travels around the world trying different foods. It looks like he enjoyed the Uok. But he couldn't eat the durian. Here is a link to his web on Travel Channel. http://travel.discovery.com/tv/bizarre-foods/andr…
Dan
yep, saw that travel channel segment on Philippine food. Don't forget about National Geographic Channel. That channel and CNN, BBC and of course Basketball TV, kept me alive in Davao. Now, if History Channel finds its way to Davao, things will be perfect in my Davao tv viewing…..oh, and switching from international Sportscenter to US Sportscenter would be nice.
i saw the bizzare foods show also when i was in davao i tried the durian and made a face, i didnt like it, my fiancee just laughed at me.
My boyfriend and I watched that show together too. Halfway through the show, after seeing some of the things the guy he said with emphasis, "I thought I was Filipino". LOL! 🙂
Correction to my post above:
Halfway through the show, after seeing some of the things the guy ate, he (my boyfriend) said with emphasis, “I thought I was Filipino”.
Sorry for the mistake.
Hi Feyma,
My husband and I are not big on watching tv but we do watch tennis and golf when it's on. Anyway, can you get PBS(Public Broadcasting System) in the Philippines?
Liklik
Hi Guys,
I will try to ask our local cable company and dream TV satellite for some shows that was suggested here. Hopefully they can get it. 😉 Lets just cross our fingers though. 😉