Eat Bulaga! is a Philippine television variety show that premiered on Radio Philippines Network on July 30, 1979.[1] The show features a disparate set of segments.[2] It initially featured Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon, Chiqui Hollman, and Richie D'Horsie;[3] the show's cast have changed significantly during its run.[4][5]
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Eat Bulaga! is the longest-running variety show in the Philippines.[1] It has enjoyed consistently high viewership on broadcast television, according to AGB Nielsen Philippines and Kantar Media Philippines.[6] The show's impact on television resulted in the creation of international spin-off programs and the supercouple nicknamed AlDub,[7][8] which inspired various Internet memes,[9] other mediums,[10] and global popularity on social media.[11]
Eat Bulaga! has garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for its hosting and acting. It has won nineteen Box Office Entertainment Awards. The show has received twenty-one Golden Screen TV Award nominations (winning eleven) and seventy-nine for PMPC Star Awards for Television (winning twenty). Eat Bulaga! won Best Entertainment (One-Off/Annual) at the 2005 Asian Television Awards. At the 2015 FAMAS Awards, Tito, Vic, and de Leon won FAMAS Lifetime Achievement Award.
