2017 in Philippine television

Events

January

• January 30 – Solar Entertainment Corporation aired the live coverage of Miss Universe 2016 together with ABS-CBN, TV5, and GMA.

  February

• February 14–15 – The Digital TV Summit was held in Novotel Manila, Quezon City.
• February 28 – Light Network became the first broadcaster to completely switch off its analog transmission. Digital transmission began the following day.

  March

• March 2–3 – TV Patrol celebrated its 30th anniversary, becoming the longest-running Filipino news program in the Philippines, since it premiered in 1987.
• March 5 – Maymay Entrata of Cagayan de Oro was hailed as the Big Winner of .
• March 11 – Noven Belleza of Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Visayas was hailed as It's Showtime's first-ever Tawag ng Tanghalan Grand Champion. It was held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Pasay City.
• March 25 - Maribel Rilo and Aldrin Ocol was hailed as the first-ever Dancing in Tandem: Nagmahal, Nasaktan, Nagsayaw grand winner on It's Showtime.
• March 31 – Michelle Arceo of Mandaluyong City was crowned as the first-ever Gandang Filipina of Wowowin.

  April

• April 9 – Awra Briguela of Las Piñas won as the first grand winner. It was held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Pasay City.
• April 10 – Sky Cable, Sky Direct, Destiny Cable & Sky On Demand was dropped with Solar Entertainment Corporation cable channels: Basketball TV, Jack TV, CT, Solar Sports & NBA Premium TV allegedly due to Sky Cable's unpaid carriage fees. The dispute was occurred just in time for the start of the 2017 NBA playoffs which been held five days later. In addition, Solar terminates the programming involving the boxing matches of Manny Pacquiao, the free-to-air and radio broadcasting rights to Pacquiao's matches with GMA Network and its radio broadcasting arm was not unaffected by this.
• April 21 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs an act regarding the renewal of the television and radio franchises of GMA Network, Inc. for another 25 years in order to provide free public service time equivalent of 10% of all its ad time to the government to relay important public announcements and warnings as well as requiring to make closed captioning available for its programs. rival network ABS-CBN Corporation also plans to filed a renewal for their television and radio franchises following the network was critical by the president for its twisting news reports as well as failing to provide the airtime he had paid for during his election campaign in 2016.

  May

• May 20 - Laride Twins was hailed as Twin It to Win It Grand Winner on It's Showtime.
• May 27 – JC Teves, Debbie Then, Kim Cruz and Arturo Daza were named as the four new myx VJs at the end of MYX VJ Search 2017.
• May 30 – Angela Lehmann from Bicol was declared as the grand winner of Philippines' Next Top Model: High Street competition.

  June

• June 4 – Wacky Kiray was hailed as the first I Can Do That! Greatest Entertainer.
• June 10 – Jhon Clyd Talili of Surigao del Sur emerged as the grand champion of It's Showtime's Tawag ng Tanghalan Kids that spanned for three months.
• June 28 – Maureen Wroblewitz, representing the Philippines, was declared as the grand winner of Asia's Next Top Model.

  July

• July 2 – GMA Network broadcasts the boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Australian boxer Jeff Horn, billed as the "Battle of Brisbane", which took place at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. This will be the only Manny Pacquiao's fight to be under the new production ownership of the concert promoter ALV Events International, it is the only Pacquiao fight to be aired exclusively on the said network after they cut ties with Solar Entertainment following the bout against Jessie Vargas in November 2016 and it will be the last Pacquiao fight to broadcast on the network after 11 years. The boxing match was also broadcast live on the network's radio station DZBB-AM and the network of RGMA radio stations nationwide; ABS-CBN has also sub-licensed the live broadcast of the fight to all cable and satellite broadcasting affiliates nationwide via pay-per-view; the network also announced that they will broadcast the next bout against Lucas Matthysse next year via tape-delay on its mother network and its rebroadcast on its sister network S+A.
• July 14 – Sarah Lahbati and Richard Gutierrez are engaged. She wears an engagement ring in Switzerland during Its Gutz to be a Gutierrez on E!
• July 30 – Jona Soquite of Davao City won as the first-ever The Voice Teens grand champion.

  August

• August 1 – MTVph was launched on all cable/satellite providers in the Philippines. It is co-owned by Viacom International Media Networks Asia and Solar Entertainment Corporation.
• August 21 – FPJ's Ang Probinsyano celebrated its 100th week on television.

  September

• September 21 – TV personality and former ABS-CBN news reporter Atom Araullo transferred to GMA Network.
• September 28 – FPJ's Ang Probinsyano celebrated its 2nd anniversary on television.
• September 30 – Julia Gonowon of Camarines Sur was crowned as the first ever Miss Millennial Philippines 2017 of noontime show, Eat Bulaga!. It was held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

  October

• October 13 – TV5 Network Inc. rebrands its sporting division to ESPN 5 as part of a partnership with The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, the co-owners of ESPN Inc. the rebranding was held to coinciding with the start of the 2017 PBA Governors' Cup Finals. Prior to the TV5-ESPN partnership, the ESPN branding was formerly used by Fox Networks Group Asia before rebranded to Fox Sports Asia in 2014.
• October 21 - Team Vhong hailed as It's Showtime's eighth anniversary champion.
• October 30 – Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation signs on its full digital transmission after a set of test broadcasts; later on November 8, the new station ID was debuted featuring some clips from old IBC programs as well as some old station IDs from 1975 to 1990 and 1994 onwards.

  November

• November 4 – Karen Ibasco was crowned as Miss Earth 2017 held at Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City.
• November 26 – "Titibo-Tibo", a song entry composed by Libertine Amistoso and interpreted by Moira Dela Torre was named as Himig Handog 2017 grand winner held at ABS-CBN. This was aired on ABS-CBN's "ASAP".

  December

• December 2 – Donna Cariaga was hailed as Funny One Season 2 grand winner on It's Showtime.
• December 5 – Ika-6 na Utos celebrated its first anniversary on television.
• December 20 – GMA Network and GMA News TV signs on its full-time digital transmissions.
• December 31
• * CT officially ceased broadcasting due to low viewership. The closure was announced by Solar a day before the air.
• * Dream Satellite TV officially ceased its operations.

  Debuts

ABS-CBN

GMA

Unknown

• Lifegiver

  TV5

PTV

Other channels

Returning or renamed programs

Major networks

Other channels

Programs transferring networks

Major networks

Other channels

Milestone episodes

Finales

ABS-CBN

Stopped airing

• January 1: Kapamilya Weekend Specials

  GMA

Unknown

• PJM Forum

  Stopped airing

• December 21: EZ Shop

  TV5

Stopped airing

• August 14: The Tom and Jerry Show
• August 31: Avengers Assemble
• September 1: Wabbit
• September 3: We Bare Bears and The Powerpuff Girls
• November 17: Henry Hugglemonster and Doc McStuffins

  PTV

• March 5: ChinoyTV
• May 5: Good Morning Pilipinas
• June 2: RadyoBisyon

  Stopped airing

• July 9: PTV News
• September 15: Ulat Bayan

  Other channels

Stopped airing

• January 6: Balen at Balita on CLTV 36
• July 2: D'X-Man on UNTV Public Service
• July 17–28: Two Mothers on GMA News TV
• November 20: Reliable Sources on CNN Philippines

  Networks

Launches

Closures

Awards

• February: 3rd Students Choice Mass Media Awards, organized by Eastern Visayas State University
• February 18: 4th Paragala Central Luzon Media Awards, organized by Holy Angel University
• November 12: 31st PMPC Star Awards for Television, organized by Philippine Movie Press Club

  Deaths

• January 17 – Donna Villa, actress, film producer, and wife of Carlo J. Caparas

• February 9 – Rev. Fr. Erick Santos, preacher of Kerygma TV and former host of Family Rosary Crusade
• February 12 – Herminio Bautista, comedian, director, and former Quezon City councilor

• March 2 – Cornelia "Angge" Lee, radio and talent manager of ABS-CBN
• March 5 – Roden Araneta, finalist of Clown in a Million, Yes Yes Show mainstay, actor and comedian

• April 17 – Wilfredo Cruz, songwriter

• May 2 – Romeo Vasquez, actor
• May 24 – Gil Portes, film director, film producer and screenwriter

• June 3 – Carlos "Bobong" Velez, founder of Vintage Television
• June 30 – Jake Tordesillas, writer of GMA Network programs

• July 14 – Veronica Alejar, News Anchor, former UNTV and PTV Host and recently host of The Breaking Point and Kilos Pronto
• July 21 – Soxie Topacio, director of GMA Network programs, actor, film and theater director

• August 1 – Alfie Lorenzo, talent manager and entertainment columnist
• August 8 – Zeny Zabala, movie and television actress
• August 24 – Amelyn Veloso, News Anchor, former IBC, TV5 and CNN Philippines News Anchor

• September 30 – Joe Taruc, News Anchor of DZRH and host of Liberty Live with Joe Taruc/Liberty on TV

• October 9 – Tony Calvento, News Anchor of ABS-CBN
• October 11 – Emmanuel Borlaza, film director
• October 15 – Chinggoy Alonzo, actor
• October 22 – Baldo Marro, actor and director

• November 4 – Isabel Granada, actress and singer
• November 8 – Alvin Sejera, former IBC 13 news reporter
• November 11 – Franco Hernandez Lumanlan, dancer and member of It's Showtime's all-male group, Hashtags