The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A.

The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. (originally, Jojo A. All the Way) is a Philippine television late night talk show hosted and produced by Jojo Alejar that aired in various Philippine television networks. It debuted on May 10, 2004^[1] on DZRJ-TV.

The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A.
Title card in 2014 (GMA Network)
Also known as	Jojo A. All the Way (2004–2007; 2009–2013) The Sobrang Gud Nite Show With Jojo A. (All the Way) (2007) The Good Night Show (2008)
Genre	Talk show
Directed by	Bahjo Cabauatan
Presented by	Jojo Alejar
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	Filipino English
Production
Producer	Jojo Alejar
Production locations	Jojo Alejar's office (2004–2005) Sofitel Philippine Plaza RJ Bar or RJTV Studios, Makati City (2005–2007) Teatrino, Greenhills, San Juan City (2007–2008) Bigshot Billiards Studio (Delta Theater, Quezon City) (2008–2009) JojoATV Entertainment Studios, Tomas Morato, Quezon City (2009–2010) JojoATV Entertainment Studios, Grand Monaco Centre, Pittsburgh St, Cubao, Quezon City (2010–2014) TV5 Media Center, Mandaluyong City (2015) Semicon Corporate Building, Pasig City (2018) RJ Bistro, Lower Level, Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati (2020-present)
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	JojoATV Entertainment, Inc. (2004–2010) Bellhaus Entertainment, Inc. (2007–2008) Blue Screen Entertainment (2009) JojoATV Productions and Events and PixelWorks, Inc. (2014) TV5 and JojoATV Productions and Events (2015) PTV 4 and JojoATV Group (2018) RJ Productions and JojoATV Group (since 2020)
Release
Original network	RJTV (2004–2007, 2020) Q (2007–2008) TV5 (2009–2013, 2015) GMA Network (2014) People's Television Network (2018)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	5.1 surround sound
Original release	May 10, 2004 (2004-05-10) – present

History

Jojo A. All the Way / The Sobrang Gud Nite Show with Jojo A. (All the Way) / The Good Night Show (2004–2008)

The program debuted on RJTV as Jojo A. All the Way in 2004. The show was renamed The Sobrang Gud Nite Show with Jojo A. (All the Way) after moving to Q (then GMA News TV, now GTV) on October 5, 2007.^[2] The show was renamed The Good Night Show in 2008.^[3]

Jojo A. All the Way (2009–2013)

The program reverted to its original title Jojo A. All The Way when it moved to TV5 on June 1, 2009.^[4] The show ended on September 27, 2013, due to the network's lineup revamp.

The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. (2014, 2015, 2018, 2020)

On January 6, 2014, The Medyo Late Night Show With Jojo A. premiered on GMA Network^[5] It ran until on December 5, 2014.

On May 10, 2015, the program returned to TV5 after a one-season run on GMA-7. On May 11, 2015, the program aired at 11:30 pm, also the show's 10th anniversary as the longest running comedy variety talk show on Philippine TV. On November 6, 2015, the show ended once again.

The program moved to PTV on April 30, 2018, airing at 11 pm. The show ran until November 16, 2018.

On February 6, 2020, the program returned to its original network RJDigiTV. The program aired live episodes every Thursday Night at 9 pm to 10 pm.^[6]

Re-runs

RJTV briefly re-aired archived episodes of Jojo A. All the Way (2004–2007) as part of its digital test broadcast beginning June 6, 2018.

TV5 briefly re-aired archived episodes of The Medyo Late Night Show With Jojo A. (2015) every Monday to Friday, 12:30 a.m., beginning June 7, 2021. It later moved to 12:00 midnight on TV5's "Todo Max Late Night" block.

Format

Similar to American late night talk shows, the show begins with a monologue by Alejar. Alejar then introduces the house band as he proceeds to his desk. After that are the different segments such as "Words of Wisdom". He then introduces his guest and conducts an interview. He also has a segment called "Anak ng Photo". Gravure idol China Roces delivers the "Cool News" segment as Alejar's introduce Roces as "China-kamakulit", "China-kasexy" and "China-kamaganda".

After the interview, Alejar introduces an up-and-coming band to end the show.

References

1. "Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search".
2. Ricky T. Gallardo (September 26, 2007). . The Manila Times. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
3. Mendoza, Ruel (April 8, 2008). "Jojo Alejar's "The Good Night Show" begins third season". PEP.ph. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
4. Sibonga, Glenn (June 1, 2009). "Jojo A All the Way airs on TV5 starting June 1". PEP. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
5. "Sino ang nag-iisang 'King of Late Night Shows' para kay Jojo Alejar?". GMA Network. January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
6. "🌻The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. All the Way! sa RJDigiTV: Simula February 6 na!🌻". Youtube. February 3, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.^{[dead YouTube link]}

External links

• The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. at IMDb