Sunday Noontime Live!

Sunday Noontime Live! is a Philippine musical variety show broadcast by TV5 which premiered on October 18, 2020. Sunday Noontime Live! was presented by a lineup of ABS-CBN, Star Magic and Cornerstone Entertainment talents led by Piolo Pascual, Maja Salvador, Catriona Gray, Donny Pangilinan, Ricci Rivero and Jake Ejercito.^[1]

Sunday Noontime Live!
Title card
Also known as	SNL Live at Five: Sunday Ultimate Party (original working title)
Genre	Musical-variety show
Created by	Albee Benitez
Developed by	Brightlight Productions Cornerstone Studios
Directed by	Johnny Manahan
Presented by	Piolo Pascual Maja Salvador Catriona Gray Ricci Rivero Donny Pangilinan Jake Ejercito and others
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	Filipino (primary) English (secondary)
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Nancy Yabut Corrs Ebora-Valenton Harold Castillo
Producer	Albee Benitez
Production locations	Studio 72, #72 Kalayaan Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	120 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies	Brightlight Productions Cignal Entertainment Cornerstone (CS) Studios
Release
Original network	TV5
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18) – January 17, 2021 (2021-01-17)
Chronology
Related	P.O.5

The program, which aired on the network's Sunday afternoon block at 12 noon preceding I Got You, is produced by Brightlight Productions under producer Albee Benitez in cooperation with Cignal Entertainment, the programming affiliate of TV5 and line produced by Cornerstone Studios.^[2] Veteran television director and former Star Magic head Johnny Manahan takes the helm as director, following his longtime stint directing the longest-running Sunday variety show ASAP for over 25 years.^[3]

Sunday Noontime Live! marks the return of a Sunday musical variety show on TV5 after more than four years since the end of Happy Truck ng Bayan and a decade after the launch of the pioneering P.O.5. However, unlike the other two shows, Sunday Noontime Live! was not produced by TV5 and only aired on the network through a blocktime agreement.

However, after just three months on air, the show, along with Sunday 'Kada aired their final episodes due to low ratings and high production costs. Its timeslot was later filled by a simulcast of ASAP.

History

Following the shutdown and franchise denial of ABS-CBN, it was reported on September 14, 2020 that Piolo Pascual, Catriona Gray and Lani Misalucha are set to host a musical variety show to be directed by Johnny Manahan with a working title of Live at Five: Ultimate Sunday Party, after Brightlight Productions signed a blocktime agreement with TV5.^[4]

On September 22, 2020, Maja Salvador revealed that she will be joining the show as one of the main hosts. Contrary to earlier reports, Misalucha was not included in the final cast of the show.^[5]

On October 1, 2020, it was revealed that Donny Pangilinan and Jake Ejercito joined the show to complete the main hosts of the program. Also, the show was later retitled to its final title of Sunday Noontime Live!^[6]

The show aired its first episode on October 18, 2020. It marked the comeback of having a Sunday musical variety show on TV5 after four years, however, unlike the previous shows, Sunday Noontime Live was not produced by TV5 themselves and aired only through a blocktime agreement between Brightlight Productions and TV5.

On November 15, 2020, the show's second live episode was unable to go live due to technical difficulties, Instead, a replay of the second episode (#SNLAllOverTheWorld) was aired instead. The supposed episode would later be aired on the following week as a pre-taped episode.^[7]

On January 3, 2021, Donny Pangilinan left the show. Ricci Rivero would later be promoted to main host to replace him.^[8]^[9]

However, after three months on air, it was revealed that Sunday Noontime Live! would air its final episode due to a lack of advertisers and sponsorships which resulted to a loss of their budget to pay the blocktime agreement with TV5, despite already having planned its rehearsals, tapings and live episode for its supposed second season.^[10] The show aired its last episode on January 17, 2021, being a replay of several past prods from the past few episodes. After the show ended, its vacated timeslot was filled by a simulcast of ASAP.^[11]

Eventually, following its end, some of the show's performers and hosts, namely, Donny Pangilinan, KD Estrada, Maris Racal, Sam Mangubat, Fana and Zephanie (later transferred to GMA Network in 2022) have returned to ASAP.

Broadcast

The show aired every Sunday at 12:00 noon Philippine Standard Time until 2:00 PM Philippine Standard Time.

Owing to safety precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the show does not admit a live audience. Also, a lock-in taping was entailed to produce a month worth of episodes, with only the episode during the lock-in taping cycle being staged live from Studio 72 itself.

The show aired its final episode on January 17, 2021, being a replay of several prods from the past few episodes, together with Sunday 'Kada. A simulcast of ASAP filled its timeslot.^[12]

Cast

Lead cast

Piolo Pascual

Maja Salvador

Catriona Gray

Main hosts

Piolo Pascual (2020-2021) ^[a]
Maja Salvador (2020-2021)
Catriona Gray (2020-2021)
Donny Pangilinan (2020-2021)^[a]
Jake Ejercito (2020-2021)
Ricci Rivero (2021)

Guest Performers

Phase 1

Beauty Gonzalez
Bugoy Drilon
Claire Ruiz
Daryl Ong
Dimples Romana
Fana ^[a]
Jane Oineza
Jerome Ponce
Ken San Jose
Katrina Velarde
Kokoy de Santos
Maris Racal^[a]
Niel Murillo
Ricci Rivero (elevated to main host)
RK Bagatsing
Sam Mangubat^[a]
Sassa Dagdag
SB19 ^[a]
The Juans^[a]
This Band^[a]
Zephanie^[a]
Ashley Colet
Charles Kieron
Claudia Barretto
Janina Vela
KD Estrada^[a]
Renee Dominique
Trisha Denise

Phase 3

Other weeks