Annette Gozon: Negotiations ongoing for GMA broadcast of ‘It’s Showtime’

The Kapuso executive has spoken up about the matter.

Through the network’s official website, GMA’s Senior Vice President for Talent Management, Programming, Worldwide, and Support Groups Atty. Annette Gozon has shared an official statement regarding the status of ‘It’s Showtime’ with the channel.

According to Gozon, both GMA and program producer ABS-CBN “are in the process of negotiations now for the renewal of ‘Showtime.'”

Her communique came after multiple reports sprung up regarding the alleged end of the Kapamilya noontime show’s simulcast on both GMA-7 and GTV in December 2024.

These rumors also indicated that the current pre-noontime variety program ‘TikToclock,’ which is produced in-house by the GMA Entertainment group, will be occpying the 12:00 noon slot by January 2025.

‘It’s Showtime’ began airing simultaneously over GMA’s secondary channel, GTV, on July 1, 2023 after the program formally ended its blocktime agreement with rival network TV5 the day before.

Initially, GMA Network had two noontime shows, with ‘Showtime’ on GTV and TAPE, Inc.’s final iteration of ‘Eat Bulaga,’ which was later renamed ‘Tahanang Pinakamasaya,’ broadcasting over the flagship channel.

After the cancelation of ‘Tahanang Pinakamasaya’ in March 2024, GMA and ABS-CBN entered into a new agreement that allowed ‘It’s Showtime’ to take over the prime noontime slot of channel 7 — becoming the first-ever Kapamilya show to do so in the history of both networks.

Apart from GMA-7 and GTV, ‘Showtime’ is also simulcast on free-to-air stations A2Z and ALLTV, pay television Kapamilya Channel, and online via Kapamilya Online Live and iWantTFC.

Abroad, it is also available on The Filipino Channel (TFC) and GMA Pinoy TV.

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