Banana Sundae | |
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Also known as | Banana Split (2008–2011) Banana Split: Daily Servings (2009–2011) Banana Split: Lafternoon Delight (2011) Banana Nite (2013–2015) Banana Split Extra Scoop (2011–2015) |
Genre | Comedy, Gag show, Stand-up comedy |
Created by | ABS-CBN |
Directed by |
Edgar Mortiz Jose Mari Reyes |
Starring | see Cast section |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Original language(s) | Filipino, English |
No. of episodes | n/a |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Rocky Ubana |
Location(s) | Studio 2, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
Running time | 1 hour Sunday at 14:30 (PST) |
Release | |
Original network | ABS-CBN |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | October 11, 2008 | – present
Chronology | |
Preceded by | That's My Doc |
External links | |
Website |
Banana Sundae (formerly Banana Split) is a Filipino comedy gag show broadcast on ABS-CBN every Sunday after ASAP and before Kapamilya Mega Blockbusters featuring Angelica Panganiban, Jason Gainza, and John Prats, with Pokwang, JC De Vera, Jessy Mendiola, Pooh, Zanjoe Marudo and Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash of 2010 2nd Big Placer Ryan Bang.
Banana Split is the spiritual successor to the Goin' Bananas series which included Edgar Mortiz, Christopher de Leon, and the late Jay Ilagan and Johnny Delgado.
Banana Split first aired on October 11, 2008. The second season premiered on February 28, 2009, and the third season on April 18, 2009 with a new cast. The fourth season premiered on July 18, 2009. A 30-minute version began airing every weekday afternoon from September 30, 2009, entitled Banana Split: Daily Servings, as part of the Hapontastic block. On August 18, 2010, it was moved to morning timeslot at 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. However it was moved again twice as early as 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. starting June 27, 2011. On July 9, 2011 the Saturday show was reformatted as Banana Split: Extra Scoop which features live comedy performance including the return of Clown in a Million Season 2, a reality comedy search. On September 12, 2011, Banana Split: Daily Servings will be renamed as Banana Split: Lafternoon Delight and moved to 2:45 pm slot. Due to low ratings, Banana Split: Lafternoon Delight was ended on October 7, 2011.
Banana Split: Extra Scoop airs every Saturday night and surprisingly, the show did well and garnering higher ratings on its timeslot compare to other counterpart programs. Because of its success in the late night timeslot, the network decided to launch a version of the gag show airing Tuesday-Friday at after Bandila from February 25, 2013 onwards titled Banana Nite. Starting Monday, August 5, 2013, Banana Nite will now air 15 minutes longer from 11:30PM–12:15 AM. Starting Monday, February 10, 2014, Banana Nite will go back to 30 minutes from 12:25AM–12:55 AM. Banana Nite ended on October 30, 2015 after their two-year run also Banana Split Extra Scoop ended on November 7, 2015 after its four-year run to be reformatted as Banana Sundae that it premiered on November 15, 2015 and it moved to Sunday depicting its program's name. The move was seen as the network's answer to another weekend comedy-variety show Sunday PinaSaya from competitor GMA Network. Starting April 9, 2016 Cine Mo! started airing segments from Banana Split every Saturday 9pm entitled Banana Bites: Ibang Klasiks.