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Friday, April 15, 2011

TV5: WILLING WILLIE IS OUR LIFE BREAD! IT'S HERE TO STAY!

MANILA, Philippines—Broadcast network TV5 sees no reason to axe controversial game-show host Willie Revillame, who, according to company officials, has been unfairly cast in the public light as a child abuser.

The company expressed confidence that advertisers would return to support the TV5’s flagship program, “Willing Willie," and that Revillame would stay with the network.

TV5 president Ray C. Espinosa said a significant portion of TV5’s revenues has been coming from the primetime game show, a co-production between the network and Revillame’s production company WilProductions.


“Definitely, Willing Willie is our flagship program,” Espinosa said in a recent interview. “Obviously, we are in discussion with the advertisers. They pulled out because of the pressure coming from social networking sites,” Espinosa said.

Certain changes would have to be made to improve the quality of the content in Willing Willie, Espinosa said, without going into detail. But he said the network planned to change the “look and feel” of the hit game show. He stressed that the show, one of the few that have become profitable on the still-growing network, would stay on air.

Some groups have called on the show’s advertisers to boycott Revillame. This came after 10-minute video circulated in social networking sites that showed a six-year-old boy was shown dancing in a lewd manner, as described by several groups, including some government agencies.

The boy, named Jan-Jan Suan, was shown crying for being forced to dance by Revillame.

“That video was much abridged and spliced. It was edited to make it appear that he was crying the whole time,” Espinosa said. He maintained that Suan cried because he was scared of former basketball player Bonel Balingit, who was a talent on the show.

Suan cried again, Espinosa said, after being booted out of the game after he lost. The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has launched a probe on the incident to determine whether the dance was obscene and if Jan-Jan’s rights were violated.

Espinosa said the video was taken out of context because of the way it was edited. He said Suan was on the show for over 48 minutes and that parts of the show in between his dances were not shown in the clip posted on YouTube.com.

“I think this issue has generated more attention than the recent issues of corruption in the military. Four agencies are already looking in to it,” Espinosa said, referring to the MTRCB, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Commission on Human Rights and the Department of Justice.

Espinosa said the accusations against Revillame being a child abuser, among others, were “overkill” and even libelous in some cases.

Espinosa said the company has been drafting guidelines on the appearance of children on its shows, covering both entertainment and news programming.

“The incident is definitely not a reason for him to be taken off air,” Espinosa said.

Revillame is currently on voluntary leave.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

PATHETIC station!

not everything is about the money, where's the station's integrity kung patuloy nilang ito-tolerate ang katulad ni willie... and cristy and dj mo? hay naku lolang manny pangilinan takot ka bang iwan nang mga boylets mo kung wala ka ng pera?phew!

Anonymous said...

sabagay sa hitsura mo manny, i can't blame you!

Anonymous said...

NEGA station...

Yuck...Ipagtanggol talaga ang ginawa ni Willie...ANo ba may mga anak kayo MVP dahil lang sa pera talaga ang purpose...

ANg ABS kayang tanggalin ang isang walang hiyang willie kahit pa nag suffer ang afternoon shows nila pero gumagawa sila ng diskarte para mapaganda uli ang ratings...dapat ganyan ang gawin ni MVP....

maraming paraan para umunlad at kagagatin ang ratings hinde yong ganong klaseng show...ipamumukha ba na talagang ang pinoy umaasa nalang sa game show..ang game show ay dapat happy yipee yehey dba Eat Bulaga!!!
mara

Anonymous said...

bakit gayan ang tv5, napaka UNETHICAL! kahit pa talent nila si willie dapat maging impartial sila since under investigation pa ang kaso. pati news nila always in defence kay willie, parang mga walang pinag-aralan! hoy tv5, balik kayo nang college!

Anonymous said...

i personally think its not MVP

yung mga tao sa baba nya yan..
sino ba namamahala ng TV5?

executives dati ng GMA7

mga mukhang pera.. mga dating crony ni marcos

kaya wag na kayo magtaka

Arvin U. de la Peña said...

ang mga nag aakusa ay tingnan muna nila ang kanilang sarili kung wala bang dapat akusahin..dahil kung mayroon naman ay huwag nilang husgahan ng masama si willie.....bago maghangad na luminis ng isang tao ay linisin muna ang sarili nila........hindi naman nagreklamo ang magulang ng bata kaya wala iyon problema......ang mga bata na nakikita sa lansangan na walang damit ay mas malala pa iyon kaysa sa ginawa lang na pagsayaw..

Arvin U. de la Peña said...

palagay ko parang napopolitika na si willie.....madaming kumakagat sa isyu na hindi naman dapat.....may mga palabas sa tv na ang bata ay nakikita na nagmumura sa matanda o kaya mga bata na gumagawa ng masama..bakit hindi iyon ang punahin......sa nangyari ang masasabi ko ay biktima si wille na maling akusasyon..

www.arvin95.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

pinagkatuwaan ni willie yung bata. halata naman e. BAKIT NIYA PASASAYAWIN NG GANUN YUNG BATA SA PLATFORM KUNG HINDI NIYA GUSTO YUNG SINASAYAW NUNG BATA?He's laughing pa nga while that kid is dancing dun sa raised platform. and willie's saying that he did not abuse the child? -_- sabi nga ni tiyang amy sa face to face: HHHHUUUUUWWWWAAAAAWWW!!!! :))

Anonymous said...

Naku naman, kung napupulitika man si Willie ay si Willie ang wala sa NORM. Biruin mo, WILLIE AGAINST THE WORLD ang nangyayari. Kahit saan mang tingnan, may pagkakamali si Willie, kahit pa gusto ng bata o ng magulang o ng audience ay naganap, SENSITIVITY dapat ang umiral dahil LIVE yun at NATIONWIDE in PRIMETIME pa ang airing.

Hindi hahantong sa ads pull-out yan kung talagang walang mali.
Hindi hahantong sa MTRCB, CBCP, DSWD at PANA yan kung simpleng pulitika yan dahil sa pulitika ay may tinatawag tayong leftists. Sa case ni Willie, tanging kabagang nya lang at yung may simpatsya sa kanya ang kakampi nya pero yung mga lumalaban sa kanya ay GALING SA IBA'T IBANG LUGAR, IBA'T IBANG AHENSYA, IBA'T IBANG URI NG GRUPO AT IBA'T IBANG KUMONIDAD NA HINDI MAGKAKAKILALA....

Ibigsabihin ay MALAKAS AT MABIGAT ang responsibilidad na dapat ay pinakita ni Willie noong episode na yun.

Hindi yan sa nagmamalinis o yung dapat na walang kasalanan o tumingin muna sa sarili bago mag-akusa KUNDI DAPAT NAGING AWARE SI WILLIE NA TV PERSONALITY SYA NA MARAMI ANG NANONOOD SA KANYA.

SENSITIVITY dapat kapag TV PERSONALITY ka.

WAG NANG IBAHIN ANG ISYU KUNG SI WILLIE AT ANG SHOW NA ANG NAGKAPROBLEMA, WAG NANG MAGLABAS PA NG IBA PANG ISYU DAHIL HINDI YAN LULUSOT SA USAPIN NG DEBATE.

Anonymous said...

hindi ngreklamo ang mga magulang ng bata...sympre my consent nga sila sa pagsasayaw nito...

ANG MALAKI LANG TANONG SA AKING ISIPAN..

BAKIT KAILANGANG MATUTUNAN NG ISANG BATA ANG MACHO DANCING?

ano ba ang pangarap ng magulang nito sa kanya?

Anonymous said...

@Arvin U. de la Peña said...
ang mga nag aakusa ay tingnan muna nila ang kanilang sarili kung wala bang dapat akusahin..dahil kung mayroon naman ay huwag nilang husgahan ng masama si willie.....bago maghangad na luminis ng isang tao ay linisin muna ang sarili nila........hindi naman nagreklamo ang magulang ng bata kaya wala iyon problema......ang mga bata na nakikita sa lansangan na walang damit ay mas malala pa iyon kaysa sa ginawa lang na pagsayaw..
+----------
Ok ka lang?
Yan ang katwiran ng mga taong ayaw tumanggap ng sariling kamalian at ayaw tumanggap ng pagpuna ng kapwa nila. Lahat ng tao me bahid kasalanan. Pero di dahilan yun para magbulagbulagan na tayo at ipagsawalang bahala ang karapatan ng mga taong di kayang ipagtanggol ang sarili nila laban sa mga magpang abusong tao tulad ni WILLIE!
Di na kelangan husgahan si Willie. Dahil lantad na lantad naman ang pag abusong ginawa nya.

Anonymous said...

may tanong din ako...

kapag nakakita ka ng batang gumagawa ng hindi maganda? ano bang dapat gawin ng isang matanda?

pagsasabihan mo ba sya na mali ang kanyang ginagawa o

IPAPAULIT MO SA KANYA, DAHIL SA NATUTUWA KA?

NGTATANONG LANG po..

Anonymous said...

ANG TANONG MR. Arvin U. de la Peña:
"KAILAN PA NAGING TALENT ANG MACHO DANCING?"

btw, hindi na namin kailangan tumingin sa aming mga sarili kasi kitang kita naman ang ginawa, it is what it is!

ang kailangan na lang ni willie is sagutin ang mga akusasyon, huwag nang magpa-awa sa mga ugok rin na fans, sya ngayon ang MAGPAKALALAKI, ok?!

Anonymous said...

wag natin i compare ang ginawa ni jan jan sa ibang show beacuase isolated case to, ang mga show ng mat bata ay may pahintulot sa dswd ito, at acting yun ang kay jan jan naman dapat okay lang kung once nya pinasayaw ito pero many times and i think na abuse at kulang nalang exploit ang bata, im not against kay willie, my point is dapat hes man enough and responsible to accept na nagkamali xa, hindi nya dapat isisi sa iba ang pag kakamal nya...opinion ng mga artista yun, at wala xang karapatang insultuhin ang mga nag bigay ng ganun reaksyun... sa ginawa ni willie sampu ng aking pamilya at kamag anak kung sinong mga advertisers ang susuporta sa show nya we will boycot the products, right now were not buying cdo na...be sensitive kamo... so were practicing by now... willie boy ang pagiging pranka mo ay kayabangan ang resulta dahil maxado kang bilib sa sarili mo, dont fool us....di makita sa mukha mo ang sincerity...bagkus kayabangan at subrang angas mo...be humble...

jessie j said...

it's all about the MONEY.MONEY,MONEY
they just want the MONEY,MONEY,MONEY

KAPAMS said...

Good job, Mr. "Money" Pangilinan.

Meja said...

All about the Money, it's all about that Damn, damn dadi-damn damn...Money

Anonymous said...

ABS-CBN learned from their past mistakes by protecting Willie until the last time he acted unprofessionally did ABS-CBN got tough! Enough is enough...I figured as much that TV5 would protect this sick person who by all means is out for himself, to feed his ego and TV5 is willing to pay for it. Pampering and making excuses won't help Willie at all, you're just adding to the problem. For TV5 to be respectable, the network should get rid of rubbish like Willie and Cristy...ABS-CBN did I expect TV5 to do the same....

Anonymous said...

talaga!!!

pag may ADVERTYISERS na pumatol sa WW. ay naku, asahan mong ang maraming willie haters ang magiging haters ng produkto nila.

hehehe..

IBAGSAK SI WILLIE!!!

pag my ADVERTISERS.. ibagsak din..

^_^

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