Arts & Leisure
Posted on May 23, 2016 07:57:00 PM
Season finales fill RTL CBS’s airing schedule
THERE is a reason to go home early or go on a TV binge: some of the popular US and UK shows airing in the Philippines are in at or approaching their season finales and new beginnings.
RTL CBS Entertainment airs the season finale of House of Cards on June 7.
Aired live yesterday, May 23, was the Billboard Music Awards (BMA), an annual music gathering of some of the world’s best musicians. Those who missed the telecast can catch Justin Bieber, Adele, and Taylor Swift’s performances on May 28 when the show will have a rerun at 9 p.m.
Britain’s Got Talent meanwhile will have its season 10 finale on May 29, 10:30 a.m. Its counterpart, America’s Got Talent, on the other hand, premieres its 10th season on June 5, at 9 p.m.
If world domination is the name of the game, there’s no better show that illustrates the themes of power and manipulation than the hit series House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. Its season finale will air on June 7, at 9:55 p.m.
Another show that’s a talk of the town is the Late Late Show with James Corden, which airs Monday through Fridays at 11:45 p.m. It’s most famous segment, “Carpool Karaoke,” features Corden singing karaoke in a car along with guests like Adele, Jennifer Lopez, One Direction, and Sia. The segment is also a YouTube favorite.
Asked about the competition between regular television and YouTube videos and live video streaming, RTL CBS Entertainment country head Rene Esguerra said there’s a “strong pull toward millennial viewers who want to watch when they like it, where they like it.” But, there’s also an audience that prefers to watch shows based on regular TV schedules, and those are their target market.
“I wouldn’t really know the number between these kinds of audiences, but I think Filipinos have a diverse watching habit,” said Mr. Esguerra, who exemplifies this with his own family. He said his kids fancy watching live TV online, while there are shows they intend to watch together as a family at night. He believes it reflects Filipino families in general.
Other shows airing on RTL CBS channel include Limitless, Beauty and the Beast,Elementary, and World’s Funniest Fails.
RTL CBS Entertainment Asia, launched in 2013, is a joint venture of RTL, a European entertainment company, and CBS Studios International, a multinational TV distribution arm. It is available on local cable channels including SkyCable, Destiny Cable, Cable Link, and soon on Cignal TV. -- Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
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