Wilma Valle Galvante is the former head of TV5's entertainment division and former

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's senior vice president for entertainment; she is also a producer of numerous TV shows. As the chief of the GMA Network's entertainment block, she experimented with dramas and light-hearted shows and hired writers. She revived the love team tandem popularized in the 1970s, resurrected local comics titles and introduced fantasy series on prime time such as ''

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''. Through her initiative, the network brought the rights to a number of local comics titles such as ''

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'' and '' Captain Barbell''. By the last quarter of 2003, GMA's primetime shows led over the rival network's.Alave, Kristine L.
Wilma Galvante
. ''Her Word''. August 23, 2007. On September 11, 2015, Galvante left her post as the Entertainment Head of TV5, to form Content Cows Company Inc. which produced TV5 programs including ''

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'' and ''Wattpad Presents''.

Early life and career

After graduating from the

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (from 'University of the City of Manila', abbreviated as PLM) is a city-government-funded local university situated inside the historic walled area of Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. It was established on ...

, Wilma was employed as a production assistant at

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. Through this early work experience, she learned how to run a TV show from the financial to production aspect. She became a sought-after line producer in the 1970s and 1980s that even the film greats such as

Lino Brocka Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. He co-founded the organization Concerned Art ...

and Lupita Kashiwahara demanded that she work for them. She worked at ungodly hours. Her first taste of success was when she conceptualized '' Ang Bagong Kampeon (The New Champion)'' that became a huge primetime hit. The show kick-started other talent shows. Galvante was hired as Senior for Vice President for entertainment of

on 1993. She produced successful and popular dramas on the network like the Filipino adaptation of MariMar, Codename: Asero and

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. She also led the GMA Network on becoming the no.1 TV station in the Philippines after the network's shows dominated the ratings in October 2004.

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* 1952 births Living people Filipino television producers Women television producers Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila alumni TV5 Network executives GMA Network (company) executives Radio Philippines Network people {{Philippines-tv-bio-stub