The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 1980. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events

January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...

– RPN 9 starts nationwide satellite broadcasts via DOMSAT.

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*''Karnabal Dos'' on BBC 2 *''Ladies and Gentlemen'' on BBC 2 *''NewsCenter 4'' on MBS 4 *''Tele-Aralan ng Kakayahan'' on MBS 4 *''Musika ng Lahi'' on MBS 4 *''

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

'' on MBS 4 *''1980 Moscow Olympic Games'' on MBS 4 *''Pilita & Eddie'' on GMA *''Who Knows That?'' on GMA *''Guidelines with Dr. Harold J. Sala'' on GMA *''Heartbeat'' on GMA *''

Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of ''Dallas'', it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of ...

'' on GMA *''

The Persuaders! ''The Persuaders!'' is an action-comedy series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, produced by ITC Entertainment, and initially broadcast on ITV and ABC in 1971. The show has been called 'the last major entry in the cycle of adventure serie ...

'' on GMA *''

Benson Benson may refer to: Animals *Benson (fish), largest common carp caught in Britain Places Geography Canada *Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan; rural municipality *Benson, Saskatchewan; hamlet United Kingdom * Benson, Oxfordshire ...

'' on GMA *''

That's Incredible ''That's Incredible!'' is an American reality television show that aired on the ABC television network from 1980 to 1984. In the tradition of ''You Asked for It'', ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' and ''Real People'', the show featured people per ...

'' on GMA *''Lucky Stars'' on RPN 9 *''Duplex'' on RPN 9 *''Joey and Son'' on RPN 9 *''

Sealab 2020 ''Sealab 2020'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 9 to December 2, 1972, on Saturday mornings. The series was created by Alex Toth, who also created such other Ha ...

'' on RPN 9 *''C.U.T.E. (Call Us Two for Entertainment)'' on IBC 13 * '' T.O.D.A.S.: Television's Outrageously Delightful Afternoon Show'' on IBC 13 *''Friday Night at the Movies'' on IBC 13 *''Teen Star'' on IBC 13 *''

Jimmy Swaggart Jimmy Lee Swaggart (; born March 15, 1935) is an American Pentecostalism, Pentecostal televangelism, televangelist, southern gospel, gospel music recording artist, pianist, and Christian author. His television ministry, which began in 1971, an ...

'' on IBC 13 *''Guni Guni'' on GMA *'' Champoy'' on RPN 9

Finales

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*''Barkada sa 9'' on RPN 9 *''Pipwede'' on RPN 9 *''Dial OCR'' on RPN 9

Births

*January 15 -

Sam Oh Oh Sang-mi, better known as Sam Oh is a television host, radio broadcaster and a Korean expatriate who has been living in the Philippines for 20 years. She can speak Tagalog and English in addition to her native Korean. She has been the main hos ...

, TV host and radio DJ *January 16 -

Drew Arellano Andrew James Arellano (; born January 16, 1980) is a Filipino actor and host. He is one of the traveling hosts of the daily morning show, ''Unang Hirit'' and the host of informative/educational show '' AHA!'' on GMA Network. He is also the host ...

, TV host and actor *February 7 -

Adrian Alandy Adrian Louis Castro Alandy (born February 7, 1980), formerly known as Luis Alandy, is a Filipino actor and model. His first acting role was as David in the TV series ''Pangako Sa 'Yo''. Biography Alandy completed an intensive course in comput ...

, actor *February 8 -

Jenny Miller Jenny Miller (born February 5, 1980) is a Filipino actress. She is known on her role as Beverly Castro in the TV remake of the 1989 film ''Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita'' that aired on GMA Network in 2008 and she is currently a freelance artist. ...

, Canadian-Filipino actress *March 1 –

Cassandra Ponti Lejanie Palma Anigan (born 1 March 1978), known professionally as Cassandra "Cass" Ponti, is a Filipino former actress, dancer, model, and reality television contestant.

Filipina Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other ...

actress, dancer, and model *May 13 -

Mau Marcelo Maureen "Mau" Flores Marcelo (born May 13, 1980)
Philippine Idol website features section is a Filipinos, F ...

, singer and winner of

Philippine Idol ''Philippine Idol'' is the first version of the Idol series in the Philippines, the 35th country in the world to air a local ''Idol'' adaptation and the sixth in Asia broadcast by ABC (now TV5). Similar to the premise of original show ''Pop Id ...

*July 6 –

JB Magsaysay Joseph Benedict Aquino Magsaysay, also known as JB Magsaysay (born July 6, 1980), is a Filipino actor, a politician, a businessman and was one of the 13 housemates of ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1. He was the second evicted housemate o ...

, actor, businessman and politician *August 2 –

Dingdong Dantes Jose Sixto Raphael Gonzalez Dantes III (born August 2, 1980), professionally known as Dingdong Dantes (), is a Filipino actor, television presenter, dancer, commercial model and film producer who is currently working as an employment contract, ...

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

actor *August 17 –

Tootsie Guevara Tootsie Guevarra (born Emma Theresa Pinga, August 17, 1980) is a former recording artist, actress, and television host. She later graduated in 2003 in Hotel Restaurant and Management from Quezon City and married her Filipino-American husband i ...

*October 1 –

Phoemela Baranda Phoemela Baranda (born October 1, 1980) is a Filipina model, actress and was the entertainment anchor of ABS-CBN's weekday flagship news broadcast of ''TV Patrol''. She is a former officer and currently a member of Professional Models Associati ...

, TV host *October 5 – LJ Moreno, actress *December 2 -

Thor Dulay Ettore Dulay, better known by his stage name Thor Dulay or simply as Thor, is a Filipino singer-songwriter and vocal coach. Biography Born in Panabo City, Davao del Norte, he was a choirboy who began singing professionally at the age of nine ...

, singer

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