Magandang Tanghali Bayan

Magandang Tanghali Bayan is a Philippine noontime variety show broadcast by TV5 that premiered in 1998.

History
The new daily noontime show Magandang Tanghali Bayan started premiering on November 30, 1998, airing from 12:00nn to 2:30pm, Philippine time. Original hosts of "MTB" are Randy Santiago, John Estrada, Willie Revillame, Christine Jacob-Sandejas (now with CNN Philippines), Roderick Paulate, Vanessa del Bianco and Amy Perez. This marks the return of Christine Jacob to ABC 5 since she left when she was a co-host of now rival Eat Bulaga!

In December 1998, "Pera o Bayong" (Money or Basket) debuted on TV as "MTB"'s highlight game portion. The engaging elimination round and the suspense-filled jackpot round won the hearts of most televiewers, and the show even overtook ABS-CBN's Eat Bulaga! as the top weekday noontime variety show.

 

"MTB" also had its share of controversies. The "Calendar Girl" portion became notorious for the main hosts' green jokes which subsequently got warnings from MTRCB (then headed by veteran actress Armida Siguion-Reyna). Eventually, the ABC 5 management intervened and suspended the three main hosts indefinitely. With their suspension in August 1999, the show was temporarily replaced by "Esep-Esep" for a week. Estrada, Santiago and Revillame came back with a bang after their suspension a week later.

In the year 2000, the phenomenal game portion "Pera o Bayong" faced stiff competition from Eat Bulaga! when the long-running noontime show produced a segment called "Meron o Wala" (Something or Nothing). But despite the move from the rival show, "Pera o Bayong" still continued to enthrall viewers. The popular catchphrases coined by the hosts eventually became part of the Filipino pop culture. Because of its immense popularity, "Pera o Bayong" was made into a movie version ("Pera o Bayong not da TV)" by Star Cinema that year, with the whole "MTB" cast included.

In March 2002, "MTB" lost a co-host, Rico Yan, who died during his Lenten vacation in Dos Palmas Resort, Palawan. The show aired a week-long tribute for him.

In January 2005, Willie Revillame left the show and ABC 5 to host his own show in GMA Network, Wowowee.

on January 5, 2010, John Estrada and Randy Santiago would leave MTB.

Hosts

 * Amy Perez (since 1998)
 * Anne Curtis (since 2009)
 * Jugs Jugueta (since 2009)
 * Teddy Corpuz (since 2009)
 * Jhong Hilario (since 2010)
 * Karylle (since 2010)
 * Ryan Bang (since 2010)

Former hosts

 * Randy Santiago (1998-2010)
 * John Estrada (1998-2010)
 * Roderick Paulate (1998-2008)
 * Willie Revillame (1998-2005)
 * Kim Atienza (2009–2016; 2019–2020)
 * Vhong Navarro (2009–2013)
 * Vice Ganda (2009-2019)
 * Billy Crawford (2011–2018; occasional guest co-host, 2019–2020)
 * Coleen Garcia (2012-2016)
 * Joey Marquez (2016-2017)
 * Catriona Gray (guest co-host, January 2020)