All-Out Sundays: New Sunday Habbit

As a new decade gets underway, GMA will go all-out every Sunday noon with All-Out Sundays.

The upcoming variety show is hosted by Alden Richards, Julie Anne San Jose, Ken Chan, Rita Daniela, Rayver Cruz, Super Tekla, Boobay, Cacai Bautista, Betong Sumaya, Miguel Tanfelix, Christian Bautista, Mark Bautista, Aicelle Santos, Gabbi Garcia, Derrick Monasterio, Kyline Alcantara, Migo Adecer, Glaiza de Castro, Paolo Contis, Cassy Legaspi & Mavy Legaspi. Also part of the show are Starstruck 7 finalists Kim de Leon, Shayne Sava, Radson Flores, Lexi Gonzales, Karl Aquino and Abdul Raman, Clashers Golden Cañedo, Garrett Bolden, Jeremiah Tiangco, Thea Ashley & Jong Madaliday, and newcomers Joaquin Domagoso & Vince Crisostomo. Additional artists are yet to be revealed.

With the success of the recently concluded Sunday Pinasaya & Studio 7, GMA decided to combine the format into one show. The upcoming variety show will contain a mix of comedy skits from the former & musical performances from the latter. It will also serve as a platform for its new talents, notably from Starstruck Season 7 & The Clash Season 2.

With the show being produced by the network’s Entertainment Group, viewers can only hope that All-Out Sundays can maintain the success its predecessor Sunday Pinasaya had. Starting this Sunday, it will be an interesting ride for viewers as they will experience 2-in-1 variety in this upcoming show.

StarStruck 7 & Weekend Schedule Changes

StarStruck Season 7 is about to premiere this Saturday night. From there on, it will air after Daddy’s Gurl on Saturdays and Daig Kayo Ng Lola Ko on Sundays. As a result, changes in GMA’s weekend primetime schedule have occurred.

The Saturday schedule will be largely affected. Pepito Manaloto and Daddy’s Gurl will air 30 minutes earlier, while Studio 7 will be moved to Saturday nights at 10pm, replacing Kapuso Movie Night.

STARSTRUCK ONCE AGAIN

This season will be hosted by Dingdong Dantes and Season 1’s Ultimate Female Survivor Jennylyn Mercado. Heart Evangelista-Escudero, Cherie Gil, and Jose Manalo will be serving as the judges.

Inside StarStruck is this season’s weekday online show and is hosted by Kyline Alcantara. Upon revealing her as host, viewers drew criticism on hosting choices, knowing that she’s an alumnus of SCQ Kids. It seems that GMA has spoiled the Sunflowers too much. If I were to address that issue, they could’ve added another host, possibly an alumnus of Starstruck Kids, to make it even.

Knowing that it goes live on YouTube & Facebook on weekdays, it remains to be seen if this show will air on k-drama Are You Human?‘s timeslot once the latter ends.

STUDIO 7’S NEW TIMESLOT

Studio 7 will be going head-to-head with PBB Otso, which is down to its last 8 weeks. Despite its 15-minute extension, several viewers are dismayed over its new timeslot. Here are some factors that they should understand:

• Studio 7 is reminiscent of 80s musical variety show Penthouse Live, and so will be its schedule since the latter was aired on Sunday late nights.
• Most of its primetime shows are still ongoing. GMA has no choice, but to move the show in place of Kapuso Movie Night.
• The Asianovelas, Bubble Gang & The Boobay And Tekla Show have been successful in the 10pm timeslot. So, GMA would expect Studio 7 to do the same.

Knowing that it has been successful from the start, it will be a very bad move for GMA to pull the plug on the show since it will affect the Clashers. Instead of being judgmental, viewers should be thankful that the show is still retained. In short, they have no choice, but to adjust to its new timeslot.

CRANK IT UP

Starstruck needs to recover from the criticisms in its previous season. And Studio 7 must prove their doubters wrong on its new timeslot. That said, it will be a long way for both shows.