Few of the Philippine television networks made it to the list of nominees for the 13th Asian Television Awards to be held on December 11th at the Hotel Inter Continental in Singapore. Eight (8) nominees were named from GMA Network Inc. and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network, and belong to 6 categories (2 Philippine nominees for best comedy actor/actress).

Best Comedy Programme
Camera Café
Euro-Asia Media Group Ltd (currently shown regularly on QTV 11)

Bubble Gang
GMA Network, Inc.

Best Children’s Programme
Lovely Day: “LD Force of the Guardians versus Sireenasaurus”
GMA Network, Inc.

Best Game or Quiz Programme
All Star K! The 1 Million Peso Videoke Challenge
GMA Network, Inc.

Best Reality Programme
Reunions
GMA Network, Inc. (QTV-11)

Best Adaptation of an Existing Formats
Pinoy Big Brother – Teen Edition Plus
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation

Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress
Ogie Alcasid
Bubble Gang
GMA Network, Inc.

Micheal V.
Bubble Gang
GMA Network, Inc.

Number of nominations per country in the 13th Asian Television Awards:
1) Singapore – 62 nominations
2) Hong Kong – 20 nominations
3) India – 14 nominations
4) Japan – 12 nominations
5) Malaysia – 12 nominations
6) China – 10 nominations
7) Thailand – 10 nominations
Philippines – 8 nominations
9) South Korea – 8 nominations
10) Indonesia – 6 nominations
11) Australia – 2 nominations
12) Taiwan – 2 nominations
13) New Zealand – 1 nomination

Source: Nominees of the Asian Television Awards 2008

 

December 6th, 2008 by aldrinv graduate of BS Nursing from the Institute of Nursing of Far Eastern University, Manila in 2007, former artist and associate web editor of The Advocate, currently a registered nurse & one of the founders of The FEU TAMBayan.