Probe (Philippine TV series)
| Probe Profiles | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Probe The Probe Team The Probe Team Documentaries |
| Genre | Public affairs |
| Created by | Probe Productions, Inc. |
| Developed by | Probe Productions, Inc. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs (1987-1988; 2005-2010) GMA News and Public Affairs (1988-2003) ABC News and Public Affairs (2004-2005) |
| Starring | Cheche Lazaro |
| Opening theme | "Probe Profiles theme" composed by Reev Robledo |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) |
English (1987–1998) Filipino (1998–2010) |
| No. of episodes | n/a |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABS-CBN: (March 6, 1987 – December 1987; August 18, 2005 – June 30, 2010) GMA Network: (May 20, 1988 – November 25, 2003) ABC: (June 2004 – April 2005) |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original release | March 6, 1987 – June 30, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Probe Profiles (formerly known as Probe, The Probe Team and The Probe Team Documentaries) was a Philippine public affairs program being aired on ABS-CBN (formerly with GMA Network and TV5) and on its sister cable channel, the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC). It is hosted by Cheche Lazaro and is produced by Probe Productions Inc., under a joint co-production agreement with ABS-CBN, GMA Network and ABC.
The show, considered as the pioneer television news-magazine in the Philippines, started airing in 1987 on ABS-CBN, with Lazaro, Maria Ressa (formerly ABS-CBN News head and former CNN Jakarta bureau chief) and Luchi Cruz-Valdez (currently TV5 News and Information (News5) Head and former ABS-CBN Current Affairs head as well as former GMA Network executive) at the helm. After nine months, it moved to GMA Network as a blocktimer. It was in GMA where The Probe Team had its longest run in its history. The show recently ended on June 30, 2010 for almost 23 years.
After more than two decades of censorship and repression, press freedom was immediately restored with the dismantling of the Marcos dictatorship by a popular revolt in 1986 (People Power Revolution). Media ownership was turned over to an enthusiastic private sector eager to take advantage of the newfound democratic space.
Probe Productions Inc. was a product of the euphoric period. Convinced that Filipinos need more than just the news, four pioneering journalists – Cheche Lazaro, Maria Ressa, Luchi Cruz-Valdez, Tony Velasquez, and Angie Ramos – adopted the investigative newsmagazine format and called the television program Probe. The project, which was first broadcast over ABS-CBN, turned out to be the country’s first, most awarded and longest-running, investigative newsmagazine show.
To make investigative pieces a main fixture in Philippine television, the group put up its own production house and continued with what it started. Operating from a small bedroom, the show’s one-hour reports were broadcast as monthly specials by a new television station—GMA Network. After the third telecast, in response to enthusiastic reviews, GMA gave The Probe Team (Probe’s new name) a weekly slot. The first weekly telecast began on May 20, 1988.
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