''Tunay na Buhay'' () 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 ...

documentary show broadcast by

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and GTV. Originally hosted by

Rhea Santos Rhea Santos-de Guzman (born June 1, 1979) is a Filipino broadcast journalist, television host, and newscaster currently based in Canada. She is known for co-anchoring GMA Network's morning show ''Unang Hirit'' and hosting several news and publi ...

, it premiered on January 21, 2011 replacing ''

OFW Diaries ''OFW Diaries'' is a Philippine television documentary show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Kara David, it premiered on March 13, 2009 replacing ''Emergency''. The show concluded on January 14, 2011 with a total of 104 episodes. It was repla ...

'' on the network's evening line up. The show concluded on GMA Network on July 15, 2020. The show moved to GMA News TV on August 5, 2020 on the network's Power Block line up.

Pia Arcangel Maria Pia Concepcion Nieva Arcangel-Halili (; born December 8, 1978), is a Filipino people, Filipino television News presenter, newscaster and journalist in the Philippines. Career Arcangel started as a courtside reporter for the University Athle ...

currently serves as the host. The show returned to GMA Network on January 6, 2021. The show concluded on January 12, 2022.

Hosts

;Guest host *

Susan Enriquez Susan Sevillo (born May 24, 1962) known professionally as Susan Enriquez, is a Filipinos, Fiipino journalist, radio and TV news reporter and host for GMA Network, GMA News TV, and DZBB-AM, DZBB. Background Enriquez came from a poor family and as a ...

Production

In March 2020, production was halted due to the

enhanced community quarantine in Luzon The enhanced community quarantine in Luzon was a series of stay-at-home orders and ''cordon sanitaire'' measures implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on the island of Luzon a ...

caused by the

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. The show resumed its programming on August 5, 2020.

Ratings

According to

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' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of ''Tunay na Buhay'' earned a 2.5% rating.

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* * 2011 Philippine television series debuts 2022 Philippine television series endings Filipino-language television shows GMA Network original programming GMA News and Public Affairs shows GMA News TV original programming Philippine documentary television series Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic {{Philippines-tv-prog-stub