I’ve been working at home for almost a decade and because of that, watching noon time shows is sometimes inevitable for me. Hindi maiwasan kasi while we eat lunch, we turn on the tv and watch what’s in there. Don’t take me wrong, the current noontime shows can be entertaining most of the times. We laugh at Jose Manalo’s jokes and sometimes, when we switch to ABS CBN, ok na din minsan ang mga jokes ni Vice Ganda.
After all the jokes and the thousands of commercials in between the segments, I thought, what do these noontime shows have to offer to improve the lives of the viewers. Well, except entertaining them? I imagine myself, siguro, if I don’t have internet and if I am not fond of reading, and I will be stuck at home for a month, with these shows as my only option, one whole month will pass by na I won’t learn anything new or something valuable to add to myself.
How about the thousands of mothers who stay at home and watch these shows regularly, 7 days a week? They pay electricity, buy the products they see from the commercials (all these repeated advertisements can condition your mind really), but what do they get in return aside from an hour or two of entertainment? Even in the entertainment aspect, yung mga talented nating artists won’t even guest on these shows except if they have concerts or new movies.
I remember, years ago, Eat Bulaga often has Del Monte cooking segments. At least kahit sa mga segment like these, we pick something valuable. Recipes we can use at home. Now, there’s nothing left in their show. Kahit sana Pinoy Henyo ok nayon sakin. Now they’ve stopped this contest na din. Even during weekends, gone are the shows when I can watch “meaty” programs in the afternoon. We are just fortunate that we rarely spend time watching local tv programs when we are together during weekends.
I don’t think that it’s the fault of the viewers why we don’t have sensible noon time shows. I wish there will just be good tv producers who will be able to think about producing programs where they will get their income but at the same time help even the most uneducated viewers improve their lives, encourage them to think and better their economic status. Maybe for the mothers like me, they can include segments or produce shows which will showcase correct family values. I don’t know what kind of show but there should be intelligent people out there who might have ideas but sadly no one would like to invest because they don’t want to take risk.
Morning shows are much better than noontime shows, but I wish, even though these noontime shows are meant to entertain us during those sleepy hours, kahit paano they give something back to the people which will make them better and more intelligent persons, at least little by little.
How about you? How do you think can we benefit more from the current noontime shows?
