Showbiz Lingo

Showbiz Lingo
One of the logos used by Showbiz Lingo
Genre	Showbiz-oriented talk show
Created by	ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
Directed by	Laurenti Dyogi
Presented by	Butch Francisco Cristy Fermin Ogie Diaz John Lapus
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of episodes	383 (final)
Production
Producer(s)	Roxy Liquigan John Lapus
Running time	1 hour and 30 minutes
Release
Original network	ABS-CBN
Original release	As Showbiz Lingo: August 2, 1992 – May 4, 1997 As Showbiz Lingo Plus: May 11, 1997 – June 6, 1999
Chronology
Followed by	The Buzz/Buzz ng Bayan (June 13, 1999-April 5, 2015)
Related shows	Cristy Per Minute (1995-2000)

Showbiz Lingo (later Showbiz Lingo Plus) was a weekly entertainment news and talk show in the Philippines. It was first broadcast on August 2, 1992, under the name Showbiz Lingo and on May 11, 1997, after a reformat, as Showbiz Lingo Plus. It was the popular Sunday afternoon talk show on ABS-CBN for 6 years until it aired its final episode on June 6, 1999. It featured local celebrity gossip and news, and later would be replaced by The Buzz which would be the longest running talkshow of the network for 15 years.

When the show Rumors: Facts and Humors (spearheaded by Alfie Lorenzo) ended in 1988, ABS-CBN premiered three other showbiz talk shows as its predecessors, Showbiz na Showbiz (1986-1987), Sine Sine, a comedy inspired talk show (1988), and Cinemascoop, a 60 minutes daily late afternoon entertainment news talk show before TV Patrol as a pre-programmed show (hosted by Boy de Guia) (1988-1989), which did not last long. The network conceptualized a new talk show that would be popular with a large audience. Three years later as part of the major change and transition in Philippine television, the management decided to formulate a showbiz-oriented talk show. Showbiz Lingo premiered on August 2, 1992 on a Sunday. It was originally hosted by film reviewer and entertainment columnist Butch Francisco and entertainment columnist Cristy Fermin. Ogie Diaz and John Lapus (a researcher for the show) were introduced as the first reporters; Diaz later was co-host and later Lapus.

The show's concept was similar to its predecessor, Rumors: Facts and Humors, wherein the hosts presented the latest showbiz news, controversies and intrigues. Showbiz Lingo built on the concept and added interviews with the stars in a live-panel discussion.

Christine Bersola, who was then the anchor of Star News, a segment of ABS-CBN's flagship newscast TV Patrol, joined the show in 1995 as a co-host for two years.

In a reformat, the show's name was changed to Showbiz Lingo Plus on May 11, 1997, and the opening segment was presented by three showbiz writers, Pilar Mateo, Aster Amoyo and Dolly Anne Carvajal, daughter of veteran showbiz reporter Inday Badiday. They joined Butch and Cristy as the team of reporters. Bersola left the show at that time to focus hosting the morning show Alas Singko Y Medya. Francisco left the show as well in 1997 to migrate to the United States. He was replaced by Edu Manzano, who left after one season due to his ongoing term as vice mayor of Makati City (He was elected in 1995). Roderick Paulate came on board as Fermin's co-host and stayed on until the show's last episode.