The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 1985. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
Premieres
Unknown
* ''Gabi ng Lagim'' on GMA
* ''Kumander Toothpick'' on GMA
* ''True Confessions ng mga Bituin'' on GMA
* ''Regal Shockers'' on GMA
* ''Late Night with June & Johnny'' on GMA
* ''Not So Late Night with Edu'' on GMA
* ''Pass the Mike with JQ and Willie'' on GMA
* ''Ecotrends'' on GMA
* ''Saturday Matinee'' on GMA
* ''Sining Siete'' on GMA
* ''Movies to Watch'' on GMA
* ''
Highway to Heaven
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'' on GMA
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227
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'' on GMA
Returning or renamed programs
Finales
* May 10: ''
Anna Liza'' on GMA
* August 2: ''
Yagit
''Yagit'' (International title: ''The Street Urchins'' / ) is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. It stars Jaypee de Guzman, Janet Elisa Giron, Jocelyn Dela-Cruz and Tom-tom. It premiered on April 25, 1983. The serie ...
'' on GMA
Unknown
* ''Gulong ng Palad'' on City 2 Television
* ''
Champoy
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'' on RPN
* ''Mga Alagad ni Kalantiao'' on GMA
* ''Real People'' on GMA
* ''Sine Siyete'' on GMA
* ''
Little House on the Prairie'' on GMA
* ''
Three's Company'' on GMA
* ''NFL on GMA'' on GMA
Births
* January 14 –
Jason Abalos, television actor
*January 16 –
Stefano Mori
Stefano Umberto Tareno Mori (born January 16, 1985) is a former actor with Filipino people, Filipino and Italian people, Italian descent. He was also a former member of the band, JCS (band), JCS.
Musical career
Mori was part of the boyband t ...
Filipino actor and singer
* January 20 –
Roxanne Barcelo,
Filipino-American singer and actress
* February 14 –
Heart Evangelista,
Chinese-Filipino
Chinese Filipinos; tl, Tsinoy, / Tsinong Pilipino, ; Hokkien in the Philippines, Philippine Hokkien , Mandarin Chinese in the Philippines, Mandarin (also known as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent, mo ...
singer, actress and
TV show host
* February 17 –
Anne Curtis, actress, singer, model and TV show host
* March 10 – Christian Esteban, broadcaster, TV personality
* April 7 –
KC Concepcion, singer and actress; currently the Philippines
Goodwill Ambassador against hunger of the UN's
World Food Programme
* April 16 –
JC Tiuseco,
Chinese Filipino actor, basketball player, TV show host and model
* April 23 –
Angel Locsin, actress and commercial model
* May 16 – Babylita Mariano, actress, model, dancer
* June 6 –
Victor Basa
Victor Emmanuel Basa (born June 6, 1985) is a Philippines, Filipino model, actor, radio V.J., television host and former ex-housemate of ''Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2''.
Victor is the middle child of three, with a younger brother an ...
, actor
* June 20 –
Camille Prats, actress
* June 23 –
Laarni Lozada
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, singer
* June 25 – Ehra Madrigal, actress
* July 12 –
Marco Alcaraz, actor, model, basketball player
* July 15 –
Chris Tiu, professional
basketball player, TV show host and commercial model
* August 15 –
Cogie Domingo, actor
* September 3 –
Carlo Aquino, actor and singer
* September 5 –
John Medina
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, actor
* September 7 –
Neri Naig, actress
* September 21 – Michelle Ayalde, singer and TV Host
* October 21 –
Rainier Castillo, actor and dancer
* November 5 –
Patricia Fernandez, actress
Deaths
* May 6 –
Julie Vega
Julie Pearl Apostol Postigo (21 May 1968 – 6 May 1985), better known by her stage name Julie Vega (), was a Filipina child actress, singer and commercial model. She remains very popular in her native Philippines, years after her death at the p ...
, child actress and singer (b. 1968)
[Skipojack (October 30, 2004). . ]Sun.Star
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Regional
* SunStar Cebu
* SunStar Davao
* SunStar Manila
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Davao. Archived fro
the original
on November 18, 2004. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
See also
*
1985 in television
For 1985 in television, see:
*1985 in Albanian television
*1985 in American television
*1985 in Australian television
* 1985 in Austrian television
* 1985 in Belgian television
*1985 in Brazilian television
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References
Philippine television-related lists
Television in the Philippines by year
1985 in Philippine television
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