Pinoy Explorer

Pinoy Explorer
Title card for Pinoy Explorer, since 2013
Created by	ABC Development Corporation
Written by	Benjou Elgincolin Elmer L. Gatchalian
Directed by	Rowell L. Santiago
Starring	Aga Muhlach
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of episodes	Every Saturdays
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ma. Theresa Rodriguez
Editor(s)	Edward Alegre Clyte Aldys Luis
Running time	1 hour (incl. commercials)
Release
Original network	TV5
Picture format	NTSC 480i
Original release	First season: September 18, 2011 - May 4, 2013 Second season: September 15, 2013 - March 15, 2014
External links
Website

Pinoy Explorer is a Philippine Infotainment show hosted by Aga Muhlach and aired on TV5. It airs every Saturdays at 6:45-7:45 pm after Magic Gimik: Revealed. It debuted on September 18, 2011, and features clips from the “Clash of the Titans” series and BBC’s “Walking with Dinosaurs.”

It is an edutainment program wherein Aga Muhlach, the host travels to many different places around the globe with an aim to educate the Filipino viewers in discovering the wonder’s of the world: places, people, artifacts, and history. The program not only showcases trips to other places but it also educates viewers and takes them on journeys of discovery using cutting-edge technology. The show ended in May 4, 2013 as Aga runs for congressman for the 4th district of Camarines Sur.

Pinoy Explorer will be back on air on TV5 by September 2013 and aired its last episode last March 2014, with its last destination is in Russia, coinciding the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Pinoy Explorer is currently broadcast in the United States through Litton Weekend Adventure block of ABC.

According to reports, Pinoy Explorer got the highest pilot rating when it was aired last Sunday at 6:30 pm compared to other TV shows in other networks based on the Neilsen Media Research. It posted an impressive 8.3% AMR or a total of 1,975,813 absolute viewers – 84,295 more than ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol Weekend’s 1,891,518 (7.9% AMR); and 465,543 viewers more than GMA’s 24 Oras Weekend’s 1,510,270 (6.3% AMR).