HAPPinas Happy Hour is a Philippine noontime sketch comedy and variety show created by Wilma V. Galvante and produced by TV5 Entertainment Division Content Cows Company and VIVA Communications, Inc. The show premiered on TV5 on May 8, 2016 and ended on October 2, 2016. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members.
| HAPPinas Happy Hour | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Variety show |
| Created by | Wilma V. Galvante |
| Developed by | TV5 Entertainment Division Content Cows Company VIVA Communications, Inc. |
| Directed by | Ivan Dedicatoria |
| Presented by | Various "Kapatid" stars |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Filipino |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Ryan Benitez |
| Production locations | TV5 Studio A Novaliches, Quezon City |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV5 |
| Release | May 8 – October 2, 2016 |
| Related | |
| Happy Truck ng Bayan Happy Truck HAPPinas | |
History edit
Happy Truck ng Bayan edit
The show was originally a noontime variety show produced by TV5 and was started airing since June 14, 2015. HTNB is airing every Sunday, 11:00am to 1:00pm on TV5, and it is the biggest project of TV5 on that year and hosted by Janno Gibbs, Derek Ramsay, Tuesday Vargas, Kim Idol and former Kapamilya and Kapuso stars. The show ended last February 7, 2016.
Happy Truck HAPPinas edit
In 2015, VIVA Communications, Inc. made an agreement with TV5 that they will be the official production outfit to handle all the Entertainment requirements of TV5. On February 7, 2016, HTNB marks their final episode. It will be replaced by a similarly formatted program, Happy Truck HAPPinas, that set to premiere live on March 6, 2016 with same hosts and same timeslot. It formally ended last May 1, 2016.
Cast edit
Hosts edit
- Eula Caballero (2016)
- Tuesday Vargas (2016)
- Maria Ozawa (2016)
- Mark Neumann (2016)
- Margo Midwinter (2016)
- Abby Poblador (2016)
Former hosts edit
- Gelli de Belen (now on ABS-CBN)
- Yassi Pressman (now on ABS-CBN)
- Ogie Alcasid (now on ABS-CBN)
- Daiana Menezes (now on GMA Network)
- Ella Cruz (now on GMA Network)
- Kim Idol (now on GMA Network)
- Janno Gibbs (returned on GMA Network)
- Empoy (2016) (now on ABS-CBN)
- Alwyn Uytingco (2016) (quits showbiz)