The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 1999. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events

* December 31 - Philippine television marks the turning of the century in a big way as it heralds the dawn of the New Millennium. ** PTV Network hosts the telecasts of the national millennium festivities held in the

Rizal Park Rizal Park ( fil, Liwasang Rizal, es, link=no, Parque Rizal), also known as Luneta Park or simply Luneta, is a historic urban park located in Ermita, Manila. It is considered one of the largest urban parks in the Philippines, covering an area ...

in Manila led by President

Joseph Estrada Joseph Ejercito Estrada, (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor. He served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th vice preside ...

. ** GMA Network airs nationwide the national edition of the successful

2000 Today ''2000 Today'' was an internationally broadcast television special to commemorate the beginning of the Year 2000. This program included New Year's Eve celebrations, musical performances, and other features from participating nations. Most inte ...

broadcast, with celebrations centering at the

Makati Central Business District The Makati Central Business District (Makati CBD), is a financial and central business district in the Philippines located in the heart of Makati in Metro Manila. It is politically known as "Central Cluster" in the West District of Makati. It ...

. At around 11:50pm,

Regine Velasquez Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez ( ; born April 22, 1970) is a Filipina singer, actress, and record producer. She is considered one of the most influential figures in Philippine popular culture and is known for her vocal range and beltin ...

sang the Philippine Millennium theme song, "Written in the Sand", live at the top of

The Peninsula Manila The Peninsula Manila (colloquially Manila Pen or simply Manila Peninsula), is a 5-star luxury hotel in the Philippines. It is located on the corner of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue in the Makati Central Business District. It is located also i ...

. ** ABS-CBN hosts its own celebration coverage, focused not just on concerts of its big network talents in three venues: the

Expo Pilipino Philippine Centennial International Exposition 1998, also known as Expo Pilipino, was a world fair organized as part of the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898. The event which featured Philippine hi ...

Amphitheater in the

Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone The Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone (CFEZ), often shortened to Clark, refers to an area in Central Luzon, Philippines. The CFEZ in Pampanga covers portions of the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat and portions of the town of Porac while ...

in Pampanga, and within Metro Manila, the Quezon Memorial Circle (Quezon City), and The Fort in Bonifacio Global City (Taguig), but also on news reports of the celebrations from all over the country and the world as the new year and new century arrives. Within minutes to midnight, the network airs a special identity card marking the change to the new century with the introduction of its current logo, set to Ryan Cayabyab's music which the network would later adopt as the startup and closedown tune till the mid-2000s. The marathon telecast was originally the national edition of '' Millennium Live'', which was cancelled days before due to lack of funding from most of the international TV networks that joined the project, but was finally pushed through as a series of international broadcasts by some of the partner channels.

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* ''ABS-CBN & Unilever: Pamilyong Papremyo sa Pamilya'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''MIB: Mga Imbestigador ng Bayan'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''Pipol'' on ABS-CBN 2 * '' Sky Ranger Gavan'' on ABC 5 * ''Fora Medica'' on PTV 4 * ''How 'Bout My Place'' on RPN 9 * ''Tipong Pinoy'' on RPN 9 * '' Felicity'' on RPN 9 * ''Lingkod Bayan ni Tony Falcon'' on IBC 13 * ''Back to Iskul Bukol'' on IBC 13 * '' Friends Again'' on IBC 13 * ''Travel Time'' on ANC * '' News Bites'' on Studio 23 * ''PBA Classics'' on UltraVision 25 * ''Pilot Guides'' on UltraVision 25 * ''The Message'' on UltraVision 25 * ''Thunderstone'' on Ultravision 25 * ''GMA Love Stories'' on GMA 7 * ''Kasangga'' on GMA 7 * ''Comedy Central Market'' on GMA 7 * ''Ooops!'' on GMA 7 * ''Koko Kwik Kwak'' on GMA 7 * '' INC on GMA: Gabay sa Mabuting Asal'' on GMA 7 * ''

Teletubbies ''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on th ...

'' on GMA 7 * ''Campus Video'' on GMA 7 * ''One Cubed'' on GMA 7 * ''TV Shopper'' on GMA 7 * ''Inhumanoids'' on ABC 5 * '' Epol/Apple'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''Watch U Want'' on Channel V Philippines * ''New Idea TV Shopping'' on RJTV 29 & CTV 31 * ''Sine VTV'' on IBC 13

Programs transferring networks

Finales

* January 1: ''

GoBingo ''GoBingo'' is a Philippine television game show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Arnell Ignacio, it premiered on December 9, 1996 and concluded on January 1, 1999. The show returned on April 14, 2008 and concluded on October 10, 2008 with a ...

'' (

GMA 7 DZBB-TV, Channel 7 (analog) and Channel 15 (digital), is the flagship TV station of Philippine television network GMA. The station is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. with its studios are located at the GMA Network Center, EDSA corner ...

) * January 11: ''Firing Line'' (

) * January 29: ''

Mukha ng Buhay ''Mukha ng Buhay'' is a Philippine drama series produced by Viva Television aired in two networks, PTV and RPN. It aired from April 15, 1996, to January 29, 1999. Internationally it has been syndicated through MavShack a website featuring Fili ...

'' (

PTV 4 DWGT-TV, Channel 4 (analog) and channel 14 (digital), is a non-commercial flagship station of Philippine-government owned television network People's Television Network. Its head office, studios and analog-digital transmitter are located at Br ...

) * February 6: ** ''

Gimik ''Gimik'' is a Philippine youth-oriented television series produced and broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show ran from June 15, 1996, to February 6, 1999, replacing ''Game Na Game Na!'' and was replaced by '' G-mik'' every Saturday for 90 minutes and ...

'' (

ABS-CBN 2 DWWX-TV, Channel 2, was the flagship VHF station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN. The station was owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation with its studio and transmitter located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Av ...

) ** ''Takot Ka Ba Sa Dilim?'' ( IBC 13) * February 12: ** '' Growing Up'' (

) ** ''

Tierra Sangre ''Tierra Sangre'' is a Philippine soap opera aired on PTV (later RPN) produced by Viva Television. It stars Charito Solis, Bobby Andrews and Jennifer Sevilla. Cast Sangre family * Charito Solis as Doña Alfonsita Sangre ''(the matriarch)'' ...

'' (

) * February 26: ** ''

Ms. D! ''Ms. D!'' is a Philippine television talk show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Dina Bonnevie Geraldine Schaer Bonnevie-Savellano (, formerly Sotto and Penson; January 27, 1961), known by her stage name Dina Bonnevie, is an actress in t ...

'' (

) ** ''Brunch with Bing & Michelle'' (

) ** '' Halik sa Apoy'' (

) * February 27: ''Sabado Live!'' (

) * March 6: ''Dear Heart'' on IBC 13 * March 7: '' Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' (

) * March 13: ''

Tropang Trumpo ''Tropang Trumpo'' ( Tagalog for ''Troop of Tops'') is a Philippine sketch comedy show produced by ABC-5 (later known as TV5), a one-hour comedy program that featured gags, spoofs and lampoons, was known to be the "mother" of all local gag sho ...

'' ( ABC 5) * March 22: '' Hyper Speed GranDoll'' (

) * March 31: ''Citynet Noontime/Afternoon News'' (

Citynet 27 DWDB-TV, channel 27 is the flagship UHF station of the Philippine television network GTV, wholly owned by Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, a subsidiary of GMA Network Inc. Its studios are located at the GMA Network Center, EDSA c ...

) * April 4: ''Citynet Weekend News'' (

) * April 9: ''

Mula sa Puso ''Mula sa Puso'' ( en, From the Heart) is a 1997 Philippine primetime melodrama romance television series originally aired by ABS-CBN from March 10, 1997, to April 9, 1999 (the series ended for 2 years in its long-run) replacing '' Maria Mer ...

'' (

) * May 14: '' Del Tierro'' (

) * June 4: '' Alondra'' (

) * June 6: ''Showbiz Lingo Plus'' (

) * June 7: ''Nagmamahal Pa Rin Sa Iyo'' (

) * July 23: ** ''Chopsuey Espesyal'' ( IBC 13) ** ''

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'' (

) * August 13: ''

The World Tonight ''The World Tonight'' is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10 pm news. It is produced by BBC News and features news, analysis and comment on dome ...

'' (

) * August 20: ** ''GMA Network News'' (

) ** '' Saksi: GMA Headline Balita'' (

) * August 28: ''

Super Laff-In ''Super Laff-In'' is a Philippine sketch comedy television show that originally aired on ABS-CBN network from February 1, 1969, to September 16, 1972, and patterned after the ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' television series from the United State ...

'' (

) * September 1: ''

Mikee Forever ''Mikee Forever'' is a 1999 Philippine television situational comedy series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Ipe Pelino, it stars Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski. It premiered on March 10, 1999. The series concluded on September 1, 1999 with a to ...

'' (

) * September 6: ''

Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako ''Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako'' () is a Philippine prime time television drama weekly short-lived miniseries aired on ABS-CBN every Monday. It aired from November 16, 1998 to September 6, 1999. It was replaced by '' Judy Ann Drama Special''. ...

'' (

) * October 29: ''

Di Ba't Ikaw ''Di Ba't Ikaw'' (International title: ''Love and Revenge'' / ) is a 1999 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes, it stars Jessa Zaragoza, Angelika dela Cruz, Jao Mapa and Jomari ...

'' (

) * November 27: '' T.G.I.S.'' (

) * December 3: ''

Mornings @ GMA ''Mornings @ GMA'' is a Philippine television news broadcasting and talk show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on April 13, 1998 replacing ''GMA Balita'' and ''Good Morning Asia''. The show concluded on December 3, 1999. It was replaced b ...

'' (

) * December 12: ''

PBA on Vintage Sports The PBA on Vintage Sports was a branding used for presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games produced by Vintage Sports, a sports-oriented media company and was aired on Philippine television networks City2 Television from 1982 t ...

'' ( IBC 13) * December 25: ''Saturday Night Blockbusters'' ( ABC 5) * December 27: ''Entertainment Today'' ( ABC 5)

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* '' Kassandra'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''

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'' on ABS-CBN 2 *''

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', also known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the '' Gundam'' franchise, taking place in the "Af ...

'' on GMA 7 *''

Remi, Nobody's Girl is a 26-episode Japanese animated television series by Nippon Animation, broadcast from 1996 to 1997 in Japan on the Fuji Television network as an installment to Nippon Animation's famed ''World Masterpiece Theater'' series. The show was direc ...

'' on ABS-CBN 2 *''

Akazukin Chacha is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series by Min Ayahana. It was serialized by Shueisha in the manga magazine '' Ribon'' from 1992 to 2000 and collected in 13 bound volumes. The series is loosely based on the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood ...

'' on ABS-CBN 2 *''

Blue Blink is a fantasy adventure anime series created by Osamu Tezuka. The anime is based from classic film Konjok-gorbunok by Ivan Ivanov-Vano. The film in turn is based from Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov's The Little Humpbacked Horse. This was Tezuka's l ...

'' on ABS-CBN 2 *'' Lost Universe'' on ABS-CBN 2 *'' Isami'' on ABS-CBN 2 *''

Kamen Rider Black is a tokusatsu superhero-drama television series. It is the eighth installment in the '' Kamen Rider '' series and a co-production between Ishimori Productions and Toei. The series aired on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcas ...

'' on IBC 13 * '' Metalders'' on IBC 13 * '' Super Rescue Solbrain'' on IBC 13 * ''Gameplan'' on GMA 7 * ''Magnegosyo'' on GMA 7 * ''Hiwalay Kung Hiwalay Daw'' on GMA 7 * ''Midnight Prayer Helps'' on GMA 7 * ''Mikee'' on GMA 7 * ''Dear Mikee'' on GMA 7 * ''TEXT (The Extreme Team)'' on GMA 7 * ''Best Frends'' on GMA 7 * ''Next'' on GMA 7 * ''Special Engagement'' on GMA 7 * ''PG (Parents Guide)'' on GMA 7 * ''Golympics'' on GMA 7 * ''Rainbow Cinema'' on GMA 7 * ''Job Network'' on PTV 4 * ''Relaks Lang'' on PTV 4 * ''Cyber Jam'' on SBN 21 * ''Goin' Bayabas'' on IBC 13 * ''Blow by Blow'' on IBC 13 * ''Mag Smile Club Na!'' on IBC 13 * ''Sine VTV'' on IBC 13 * ''Hard Hat'' on ABC 5 * ''ABS-CBN & Unilever: Pamilyong Papremyo sa Pamilya'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''MIB: Mga Imbestigador ng Bayan'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''Kaybol: Ang Bagong TV'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''The Quantum Channel'' on ABS-CBN 2 * ''Campus Romance'' on GMA 7 * ''Are You Afraid of A Dark'' on Studio 23 * ''Hang Time'' on Studio 23 * ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' on Studio 23 * ''Saved By The Bell'' on Studio 23

Births

*January 8 – Kelvin Miranda, actor, model and singer *January 10 – Celine Lim, actress *January 25 –

Ysabel Ortega Maria Ysabel Ortega Lapid (born January 25, 1999), professionally known as Ysabel Ortega (), is a Filipino actress, commercial model, singer and dancer. She rose to fame for playing the main antagonist and villain Charlotte "Charlie" Quiñones ...

, actress *February 8 – Raine Salamante, actress *March 1 -

Zach Guerrero ''Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10'', also known as ''Pinoy Big Brother Season 10'', is the tenth main and sixteenth overall season of the Philippine reality television show, ''Pinoy Big Brother,'' which premiered on Kapamilya Channel, Jee ...

*March 7 – Karen Arnaldo, actress and model *March 8 – Jhellen Yamzon, actress, dancer and TV host *March 10 - Liofer Pinatacan *March 11 - Jordan Cruz, actor and model *March 19 – Klea Pineda, actress *April 1 –

Jairus Aquino Jairus Reuel Balagtas Aquino (, born April 1, 1999) is a Filipino actor best known for his roles in ''Super Inggo'', ''Kung Fu Kids'' and ''Luv U''. He appeared in several television advertisements before his first television appearance as an ...

, actor *April 5 –

Sharlene San Pedro Sharlene Santos San Pedro (born April 5, 1999) is a Filipino actress, singer, vlogger, streamer, VJ, and TV host. She made her first television appearance at the age of four when she joined ABS-CBN's talent search '' Star Circle Quest: Kids ...

, actress *April 12 – Janina Vela, actress, model and dancer *April 19 – Khaycee Aboloc, actress *April 21 –

Loisa Andalio Josefina Loisa Francisco Andalio (; born April 21, 1999), better known as Loisa Andalio, is a Filipino actress, dancer and singer. She was first seen on Philippine TV in April 2014 as a housemate of the fifth regular season of ''Pinoy Big Broth ...

, actress and model *May 1 –

Kisses Delavin Kirsten Danielle Tan Delavin (; born May 1, 1999), popularly known as Kisses Delavin, is a Filipinos, Filipino former actress, beauty queen, and recording artist. She first gained fame in 2016 as a contestant in the reality television series, ...

, actress *May 14 –

Francis Magundayao Francis Elmer Cabalteja Magundayao (born May 14, 1999) is a Filipino actor and commercial model. He was first known as Iking in the series, ''Darna''. He is also known for portraying young Travis (adult version portrayed by Gerald Anderson) in ...

, actor *June 28 – Antoinette Nicole Aquino, actress *August 17 – Robert Villar, Jr., actor *September 10 – Hannah Pangilinan *October 5 –

Pauline Mendoza Pauline Bianca Cruz Esquieres (born October 5, 1999), known professionally as Pauline Mendoza, is a Filipino actress. She is also known for her various roles in ''Little Nanay'' (2015), ''That's My Amboy'' (2016), ''My Love from the Star'' (20 ...

, actress *October 13 – Yong Muhajil *October 29 – Kristine Hammond, actress and volleyball player *October 23 –

Joseph Andre Garcia Joseph Andre Garcia is a Filipino actor. At his young age, he already started his career in showbiz. He first appeared on television when he was 5 years old. During summer vacation, he started as a product endorser and commercial model and made ...

, actor *November 9 – Kim De Leon, actor *November 25 –

Heaven Peralejo Heaven Lyan Salvador Peralejo ( ; ; born November 25, 1999) is a Filipina actress and television personality known for joining the reality show '' Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7'' in 2016. Early life Heaven Lyan Salvador Peralejo was born on Nove ...

, actress *November 26 – Gianna Cutler, actress *December 5 –

Julia Buencamino ''Oh My G!'' is a 2015 Philippine drama romantic comedy television series directed by Veronica B. Velasco, starring Janella Salvador, Marlo Mortel and Manolo Pedrosa. The series premiered on ABS-CBN's ''PrimeTanghali'' noontime block and worldwide ...

, actress (d. 2015) *December 20 –

Migo Adecer Migo may refer to: People * Hisao Migo (1900–1985), Japanese botanist * Migo Adecer (born 1999), Filipino-Australian singer Other uses *Mi-Go, a fictional race of extraterrestrials created by H. P. Lovecraft * Migo (company), a Taiwanese company ...

, actor and singer

Deaths

* June 28 -

Eugenio Lopez Jr. Eugenio "Geny" Moreno Lopez Jr. (November 4, 1928 – June 28, 1999) was the chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1997 to 1999. He was known within the Lopez Group of Companies as "''Kapitán''" ( Filipino for "Captain"). His great-gra ...

, ABS-CBN Chairman Emeritus

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