SOP (Sobrang Okey Pare)
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| Genre | Musical variety show |
| Created by | GMA Entertainment TV Group |
| Developed by | GMA Entertainment TV Group |
| Starring | see Hosts section |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| No. of episodes | 672 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
| Running time | 3 hours |
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| Original network | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original release | February 2, 1997 – February 28, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | GMA Supershow (May 7, 1978 - January 26, 1997) |
| Followed by | Party Pilipinas (March 28, 2010 - May 19, 2013) |
| Related shows | ASAP (ABS-CBN) (1995 - present) |
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SOP (Sobrang Okey, Pare!) was a Philippine noontime musical variety show aired by GMA Network. The show airs from 12:00nn-3:00pm on Sundays. The show was broadcast from Studio 7 at the GMA Network Studio Annex. The show title stands for "Sobrang Okey, Pare!" a Filipino expression which connotes enjoyment and appreciation of a particular thing that catches the imagination of the people. The title was coined by a group of GMA executives (led by Wilma Galvante) in early 1997 who conceptualized an interactive musical-variety show to replace the long-running GMA Supershow.
Spinoffs and later forms of the show include SOP Rules, SOP Gigsters, and SOP Fully Charged.
The show was conceived as early as 1996 to counter the increasing ratings of GMA Supershow's rival ASAP. Initially, the show’s cast was supposed to be composed of Janno Gibbs, Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez and Vina Morales with the T.G.I.S. gang (led by Angelu de Leon) as co-hosts. However, only Janno, Ogie and Vina confirmed their participation in the show. Regine could not devote time to the show because she had prior singing engagements to attend to abroad. The T.G.I.S. gang, on the other hand, was not allowed by the Viva management to do the show because their performing schedule was already fully booked for the year. Instead, the GMA management took in Regine’s sister, Cacai Velasquez, sexy star Amanda Page, and upcoming young stars Gabby Eigenmann (son of character actor Mark Gil) and Bernadette Allyson to join the new group, the latter three were also Viva talents.
After "GMA Supershow"'s month-long farewell, SOP started airing on February 2, 1997, with a live show from the GMA Broadway studios. Regular dancers include the VIP Dancers, Universal Motion Dancers, Abstract Dancers and Kidz at Work; with Al Quinn as director and German Moreno as production consultant. However, the show suffered in comparison to ABS-CBN’s ASAP and even had to endure a lot of criticisms from the entertainment press for using an acronym for the show’s title that sounded like the rival show’s. Despite the effort by the hosts and staff to make the show more exciting for the viewers every Sunday, Sobrang Okey Pare registered low ratings from the start and hardly gained support from the advertisers.
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