Umagang Kay Ganda

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Umagang Kay Ganda
Genre	Morning news Talk show
Directed by	Kits Fernandez
Presented by	See hosts
Opening theme	"Umagang Kay Ganda" by Imago (2007–2012) by Sponge Cola (2014–2020)
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	Filipino
No. of episodes	3,424
Production
Executive producer(s)	Engelbert Apostol
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	150 minutes
Production company(s)	ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs
Broadcast
Network	ABS-CBN
Picture format	480 (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	June 25, 2007
Ended run	May 5, 2020
Chronology
Preceded by	Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas
Followed by	Sakto (Kapamilya Channel) Bro. Eddie Villanueva Classics (A2Z)
Related shows	Maayong Buntag Kapamilya Bagong Morning Kapamilya

Umagang Kay Ganda (Template:Literal translation, also known as UKG) is a Philippine morning show that aired on ABS-CBN from June 25, 2007 to May 5, 2020. Prior to broadcast stoppage and COVID-19 pandemic, the program was aired every weekday mornings from 5:30Template:NbspAM to 8:00Template:NbspAM on the network's Umaganda morning block. It also aired worldwide via TFC. The program was ABS-CBN's longest-running morning show.

Format

The main ingredient in this morning show was audience interaction and participation. In line with the format, they aired their show from Club O (formerly Dish) in the ABS-CBN compound to make the show more accessible to the audience. The program included live traffic points from six key points in Metro Manila, as well as occasional regional news.

Broadcast

In some provinces at 7:00Template:NbspAM, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group would cut this program mid-way (without any notice) to air sixty minutes of provincial morning programming. Each local morning program, produced by their respective news departments, features news and features related to its target regional audience. Due to the network's shutdown, these regional programs were then aired on their respective Facebook pages and YouTube at 7:00Template:NbspAM.

• Baguio/Dagupan (Northern Luzon) - Bagong Morning Kapamilya
• Naga City/Legazpi (Bicol) - Marhay na Aga Kapamilya
• Iloilo (Western Visayas) - Panay Sikat
• Bacolod (Western Visayas) - The Morning Show
• Cebu (Central Visayas) - Maayong Buntag Kapamilya
• Tacloban (Eastern Visayas) - Maupay nga Aga Kapamilya
• Cagayan de Oro/Iligan/Butuan (Northern Mindanao) - Pamahaw Espesyal
• Davao (Southern Mindanao) - Maayong Buntag Mindanao
• General Santos/Cotabato (South Central Mindanao) - Magandang Umaga South Central Mindanao
• Zamboanga (Western Mindanao) - Buenos Dias Zamboanga

History

Umagang Kay Ganda premiered on June 25, 2007 at 5:30Template:NbspAM, replacing Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas. The original hosts include Edu Manzano, Pinky Webb, Lucky Mercado, Anthony Taberna, Alex Santos, Winnie Cordero, Donita Rose, Zenaida Seva, Ogie Diaz, Kim Atienza, Bernadette Sembrano, and Rica Peralejo.

Edu Manzano and Ogie Diaz left the program more than two years later. Manzano was running for Vice President, while Diaz was concentrating on hosting Entertainment Live.

On May 11, 2009, Umagang Kay Ganda launched "Boto Mo iPatrol Mo Ako Ang Simula" in preparation for the 2010 Philippine elections.

On July 13, 2009, Ginger Conejero and Atom Araullo separately joined the program, filling the vacancy by the departure of Manzano and Diaz.

On October 21, 2009, Kim Atienza left the program to join the talent competition program Showtime (later known as It's Showtime) as one of the hosts.

On March 22, 2010, Andre Felix, Bekimon, and Phoemela Baranda joined the program as hosts. The same year, Araullo left the show to concentrate on field reporting.

On February 7, 2011, the program was reformatted, with Iya Villania, Jeffrey Tam, and Miss Universe 2010 fourth runner-up Venus Raj joining the program to replace Sembrano, Peralejo, Conejero and Bekimon. On August 1 of the same year, Bernadette Sembrano replaced Webb after the former's six-month hiatus from the show.

On January 30, 2012, Bianca Gonzalez replaced Donita Rose (who left the show to train as a professional chef), while Anthony Taberna and his Dos Por Dos co-host Gerry Baja joined the program as hosts.

On June 4, 2012, comedian-actor Ariel Ureta joined the program as one of the new hosts.

On January 28, 2013, Jorge Cariño joined the program replacing Santos, while Araullo returned to the show after three years.

On February 10, 2014, Umagang Kay Ganda shortened its timeslot from 5:00Template:NbspAM to 7:30Template:NbspAM to give way for the airing extension of talk show Kris TV.

On October 2, 2015, Bernadette Sembrano left the program to focus on TV Patrol.

On October 23, 2015, ANC ended its simulcast for Umagang Kay Ganda in preparation for the major revamp of the channel's programming, logo and imaging. The timeslot was replaced by Mornings @ ANC and Early Edition.

On June 20, 2016, Umagang Kay Ganda brings back its original two-hour & thirty minutes runtime from 5:30Template:NbspAM to 8:00Template:NbspAM.

On September 15, 2017, Atom Araullo left the program (following his departure from ABS-CBN) due to his decision to return to GMA Network. The next year, Kori Quintos and Jeff Canoy joined the show replacing Araullo and former PAGASA weatherman Alvin Pura.

On April 2, 2018, Umagang Kay Ganda switched to high definition format, along with the other ABS-CBN News programs.

On July 29, 2019, Canoy officially became part of UKG as a permanent co-host after filling-in for Araullo.

On March 18, 2020, Umagang Kay Ganda was temporarily replaced by the simulcast of DZMM TeleRadyo on the show's timeslot for the first time in years as provisional programming. Gerry Baja's Garantisadong Balita aired at 5-6am, followed by Noli de Castro's Kabayan (6-7am; 7:30-8am), and the tag team of Ted Failon and Noli de Castro in morning newscast Radyo Patrol Balita Alas-Siyete at 7-7:30am. The program returned to air on May 4, though it began at 6:00 am rather than 4:55 am as DZMM's Garantisadong Balita remained on air. However, due to the shutdown of ABS-CBN on the evening of May 5, 2020 caused by a cease-and-desist order from the National Telecommunications Commission after its legislative franchise expired the day prior, the program continued broadcasting as "Umagang Kwentuhan" on Facebook Live the day after until June 30, 2020. The program was formally cancelled on July 15, 2020 when the abolition of the network's Current Affairs division became official as a result of the denial of ABS-CBN's legislative broadcast franchise five days prior.

Hosts

Final hosts

Main hosts

• Winnie Cordero

(2007–2020)

• Ariel Ureta

(2012–2020)

• Amy Perez

(2013–2020)

• Jorge Cariño

(2013–2020)

• Tina Marasigan

(2015–2020)

• Gretchen Ho

(2016–2020)

• Ariella Arida

(2019–2020)

• Jeff Canoy

(2019–2020)

• Kori Quintos

(2019–2020)

Co-hosts

• Bryan Termulo

(2014–2020)

• Hanz Cua

(2015–2020)

• Marlo Mortel

(2015–2020)

• K Brosas

(2016–2020)

• Long Mejia

(2016–2020)

• Dawn Chang

(2016–2020)

• Tommy Esguerra

(2018–2020)

• KaladKaren Davila

(2018–2020)

• Lady Pipay Navarro

(2018–2020)

• Jackque Gonzaga

(2018–2020)

• Isabela Vinzon

(2018–2020)

• Justin Cuyugan

(2019–2020)

• Jeremy Glinoga

(2019–2020)

Guest and featured hosts

• Robi Domingo

(2015–2020)

• Hashtags Members

(2015–2020)

• Clarence Delgado

(2015–2020)

• Mutya Orquia

(2016–2020)

• Dominic Roque

(2016–2020)

• Arron Villaflor

(2016–2020)

• Marco Masa

(2016–2020)

• Eric Nicolas

(2016–2020)

• Upgrade (boyband group)

(2016–2020)

• Pia Gutierrez

(2016–2020)

• Adrian Ayalin

(2016–2020)

• Renee Salud

(2017–2020)

• Jasmin Romero

(2018–2020)

• Cast of Team Yey!

(2018–2020)

• Pat Reyes

(UKG Squad; 2019–2020)

• Roxy Montealegre

(UKG Squad; 2019–2020)

• Jeffrey Hernaez

(2019–2020)

Former hosts

• Lucky Mercado

(2007–2008)

• Ogie Diaz

(2007–2009) (now currently as a talent manager & also currently as a TV host)

• Edu Manzano

(2007–2009)

• Kim Atienza

(2007–2009) (moved to GMA Network)

• Zenaida Seva

(2007–2009)

• Pinky Webb

(2007–2011; currently with CNN Philippines)

• Rica Peralejo

(2007–2011) (now married)

• Donita Rose

(2007–2012)

• Alex Santos

(2007–2013; moved to PTV-4)

• Bernadette Sembrano

(2007–2015)

• Anthony Taberna

(2007–2020; moved to DZRH)

• Ginger Conejero

(2009–2011; now currently on TFC)

• Atom Araullo

(2009–2010; 2013–2017; moved to GMA Network)

• Phoemela Baranda

(2010–2012)

• Andrei Felix

(2010-2013)

• Rico J. Puno

(2011) (deceased)

• Venus Raj

(2011–2013)

• Iya Villania

(2011–2013; returned to GMA Network)

• Bianca Gonzalez

(2012–2014)

• Gerry Baja

(2012; moved to DZRH)

• Zen Hernandez

(2013)

• Doris Bigornia

(2013–2014)

• Melai Cantiveros

(2014–2016)

• Ella Cruz

(2015–2018)

• Alvin Pura

(2015–2017)

• Sam Shoaf

(2018)

• Martin Javier

(UKG Squad; 2019–2020 now with GMA Network)

Segments

• Umagang Balita: A two-part news bulletin, competing with two other morning news bulletins including Unang Hirit's segment Unang Balita on GMA Network.
  • 6:00 A.M. - bulletin featuring national, international, regional, and showbiz news; anchored by Anthony Taberna, Amy Perez, Jorge Carino, and Jeff Canoy. This is considered as the main news bulletin of the morning show.
  • 7:00 A.M. - bulletin featuring more national, international and regional news.
• Showbiz Balita: Entertainment news segment anchored by Amy Perez.
• Eh Kasi Lalaki: Hosted by Anthony Taberna and Jorge Cariño.
• Umagang Kay Sarap: Recipe of the day.
• Ano ba yan?

Controversy

Taberna's remarks on rape victim

On February 19, 2018, In the video, a news report of a 19-year-old girl was delivered; she was allegedly gang-raped after meeting up with someone she was chatting with online. In the background, however, Anthony Taberna's voice can be heard, saying, "This is just remarkable. It’s not the first time that this happened. There have been so many incidents like this of eyeball meet-ups. What’s more dangerous is you not only go to that eyeball meet-up, you even went out for a drink. That’s the problem, that’s the hardest of all, especially since you’re drinking out with an all-male group." Later, seemingly cutting off Jeff Canoy, Taberna was heard saying, "No. The truth is it’s easy to say that to men. Excuse me in so far as the victim is concerned, the one who must be given justice. But this should be a warning for future incidents. If you’re a woman, don’t enter a hole of evil-doers."

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Outcome
2018	32nd PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
2017	UPLB GANDINGAN 2017	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
2016	30th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show	Template:Nominated
	30th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show Host	Template:Won
	2nd PUP Mabini Media Awards	Best Morning Program	Template:Won
2015	29th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
	29th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show Host	Template:Nominated
	1st Gawad Kamalayan Awards of Mapúa Institute of Technology	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
2014	28th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts	Template:Won
	22nd Golden Dove Awards For Television	Best Television Newscast Program	Template:Won
	1st PUP Mabini Media Awards	Best Television News Program	Template:Won
2013	7th UPLB Gandingan Awards	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts	Template:Won
	27th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show-Hall of Fame	Template:Won
		Best Morning Show Hosts	Template:Nominated
	11th Gawad Tanglaw	Best Morning Show-Hall of Fame	Template:Won
	8th COMGUILD Awards	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
2012	26th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts	Template:Won
	10th Gawad Tanglaw	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
	6th UPLB Gandingan Awards	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts	Template:Won
2011	25th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts	Template:Won
	5th UPLB Gandingan Awards	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts	Template:Won
	9th Gawad Tanglaw	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
2010	Anak TV Seal Awards	Most Admired Morning Show	Template:Won
	24th PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Host/s	Template:Won
	1st Media Newser Philippines Awards		Template:Won
	8th Gawad Tanglaw		Template:Won
	4th UPLB Gandingan Awards	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
2009	23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television	Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Host/s	Template:Won
	Golden Dove Awards For Television	Best Morning Show	Template:Won
	7th Gawad Tanglaw		Template:Won
	3rd UPLB Gandingan Awards		Template:Won
2008	6th Gawad Tanglaw		Template:Won

See also

• List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN

External links

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