''The Penthouse Live!'' is a

Philippine television Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even b ...

variety show Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical theatre, musical performances, sketch comedy, magic (illusion), magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is ...

broadcast by

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

. It premiered on August 29, 1982 replacing ''Penthouse Seven''. The show concluded on February 15, 1987. It was replaced by ''Shades'' in its timeslot.

Overview

The show initially was deemed by critics as too upper-class for its target audience but later on it was embraced by the masses who followed the on-camera, off-camera love affair of its main hosts Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez. When the show included the comic skit segment ''Donya Buding'', a social commentator portrayed by Nanette Inventor, the show became a phenomenon in itself.

Hosts

Martin Nievera Martin Ramon Razon Nievera (; born February5, 1962) is a Filipino-American singer and television host. In his career spanning more than three decades, Nievera has garnered eighteen platinum, five double platinum, three triple platinum, and one ...

Pops Fernandez Maria Cielito "Pops" Lukban Fernandez (born December 12, 1966) is a Filipina singer, entertainer, entrepreneur, TV host and actress. Dubbed as The Philippines Concert Queen in which for the last Four decades she has performed Internationally ...

;Co-host *

Nanette Inventor Nanette Inventor (born 1954) is a comedian, actress, singer, composer and writer from the Philippines. Early life Agnes Inventor was born on 23 June 1954 in Manila, capital of the Philippines. She had two sisters and a brother. She studied at th ...

Dancers

* Erich Edralin * Paolo Basa * Manolet Santos * Reynald Santos * Sonny Reyes * Eddie Imperial * Celine Ocampo * Annamarie Aragon * Eleanore Torres * Ailleen Azarraga * Tetch Julian * Therese Nuyda * Peachie Mercado * The Tigers (Jojo Alejar & Co.) * TFU, The Funk Unlimited (Mon Bagis, Apollo Reyes, Benedict Salgado, & Raymond Palisoc)

References

External links

* 1982 Philippine television series debuts 1987 Philippine television series endings English-language television shows GMA Network original programming Philippine variety television shows {{Philippines-tv-prog-stub