''Today with Kris Aquino'' is a Philippine

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hosted by actress

Kris Aquino Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino (born February 14, 1971), professionally known as Kris Aquino (), is a Filipino television host, actress, producer, socialite and businesswoman. Dubbed as Philippine's "Queen of All Media", Aquino has hos ...

which premiered on November 18, 1996, and concluded on March 9, 2001, on

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. It is claimed by some as the Filipino version of ''

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''. It was where Aquino got her title as the "Philippines' Queen of Talk." The theme song was sung by Zsa Zsa Padilla.

History

''Today with Kris Aquino'' was premiered as an afternoon talk show after Aquino left from

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in 1996. On February 24, 1997, it transferred its timeslot from afternoon (4:00pm) to morning (11:00am), replacing the defunct talk show ''

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''. It also expanded its running time from 30 minutes to 1 hour with its reformat as a morning talk show. On March 9, 2001, the show ended due to

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's decision to run for the senate and leave ''

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''.

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, who was then hosting ''

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'', was appointed to anchor ''TV Patrol''. With these changes, Aquino was appointed to replace Sanchez, reformatting the show to Balitang Kris. ''Today with Kris Aquino'' was replaced by '' Talk TV''. In May 2011, Aquino announced that the show would be back on air again in June 2011, a decade after it ended. A few days, Aquino said the show would not be revived and instead she would start a talk show with a new title, ''

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''.Kris Aquino on Twitter (itsmekrisaquino)
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References

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History

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