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''Tropang LOL'' (formerly ''Lunch Out Loud'') is a
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broadcast by TV5 and
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. Originally hosted by
Billy Crawford Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford (born May 16, 1982) is a Filipino actor and singer. Crawford is a recipient of a NRJ Music Awards, a FAMAS Award and a special Aning Dangal award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Crawfor ...
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Alex Gonzaga Catherine "Alex" Cruz Gonzaga-Morada (; born January 16, 1988) is a Filipino media personality, host, comedian, actress, businesswoman, singer and vlogger. She played the lead role of Diane Santos on the Philippine television drama series '' P ...
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Bayani Agbayani Bayani Sequita Rogacion Jr. (born January 3, 1969), known professionally as Bayani Agbayani, is a Filipino host, actor, singer, and comedian. After 15 years at ABS-CBN, he shuttled between his original home studio GMA Network and TV5 for the t ...
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K Brosas Maria Carmela Brosas (born July 15, 1975), better known by her screen name Kakai or K Brosas, is a Filipino actress, comedian, singer and television host. She was born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother and was a b ...
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Wacky Kiray Ricardo Janaban Balarosa, Jr. (born June 24, 1980), known professionally as Wacky Kiray, is a Filipino stand-up comedian, host, and actor. He became known in the celebrity talent competition '' I Can Do That'' of ABS-CBN and was declared winner ...
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Ariel Rivera Jose Ariel Jimenez Rivera, professionally known as Ariel Rivera (; born September 1, 1966), is a Filipino singer, songwriter and actor. Rivera was born in Manila, Philippines but has since migrated with his family to Canada. He has since be ...
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KC Montero Casey Wyatt Miller (born June 17, 1978), known professionally as KC Montero, is a Filipino-American radio DJ and actor currently based in the Philippines. He is currently the Vice President of Marketing and Head of Content at Kumu. Personal li ...
, Francoise "Laboching" Faisan, Mark Averilla (also known as Macoy Dubs) and Jeff Tam, it aired on Kapamilya Channel's Unli PrimeTanghali afternoon line up and TV5's Lunchtime Saya afternoon line up from October 19, 2020 to April 29, 2023, replacing ''Kapamilya Blockbusters'' on Kapamilya Channel and One PH simulcast of ''
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'' on TV5 and was replaced by ''Kapamilya Blockbusters'' on Kapamilya Channel and '' Face 2 Face'' on TV5.


Overview

The show was first known as ''Lunch Out Loud'' which premiered on October 19, 2020, as a regular daily noontime variety show as part of TV5's blocktime deal with
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. The encore episodes were subsequently aired on Cignal TV's cable channel
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until the said cable channel closed down on January 1, 2022. The original hosts include
Billy Crawford Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford (born May 16, 1982) is a Filipino actor and singer. Crawford is a recipient of a NRJ Music Awards, a FAMAS Award and a special Aning Dangal award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Crawfor ...
,
Alex Gonzaga Catherine "Alex" Cruz Gonzaga-Morada (; born January 16, 1988) is a Filipino media personality, host, comedian, actress, businesswoman, singer and vlogger. She played the lead role of Diane Santos on the Philippine television drama series '' P ...
,
Bayani Agbayani Bayani Sequita Rogacion Jr. (born January 3, 1969), known professionally as Bayani Agbayani, is a Filipino host, actor, singer, and comedian. After 15 years at ABS-CBN, he shuttled between his original home studio GMA Network and TV5 for the t ...
,
K Brosas Maria Carmela Brosas (born July 15, 1975), better known by her screen name Kakai or K Brosas, is a Filipino actress, comedian, singer and television host. She was born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother and was a b ...
,
Wacky Kiray Ricardo Janaban Balarosa, Jr. (born June 24, 1980), known professionally as Wacky Kiray, is a Filipino stand-up comedian, host, and actor. He became known in the celebrity talent competition '' I Can Do That'' of ABS-CBN and was declared winner ...
,
Ariel Rivera Jose Ariel Jimenez Rivera, professionally known as Ariel Rivera (; born September 1, 1966), is a Filipino singer, songwriter and actor. Rivera was born in Manila, Philippines but has since migrated with his family to Canada. He has since be ...
,
KC Montero Casey Wyatt Miller (born June 17, 1978), known professionally as KC Montero, is a Filipino-American radio DJ and actor currently based in the Philippines. He is currently the Vice President of Marketing and Head of Content at Kumu. Personal li ...
, Francoise "Laboching" Faisan, Mark Averilla (also known as Macoy Dubs) and Jeff Tam. The show marks the return of Gonzaga and Agbayani to TV5. On July 16, 2022, ''Lunch Out Loud'' was reformatted with a new title ''Tropang LOL'' and began its simulcast over
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, Kapamilya Online Live and
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. It was moved to an earlier timeslot at 11:00 AM as a preprogramming to '' It's Showtime'' and part of their back-to-back collaboration. The show is also available in
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and TFC. ''Tropang LOL'' officially aired its final episode on April 29, 2023, after almost three years and '' Face 2 Face'' replaced its vacated timeslot on TV5 on May 1, along with '' It's Showtime'' returned to its original 12:00 nn timeslot until June 30 when the network's blocktime agreement expired. The next day, ''It's Showtime'' moved its simulcast to
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-owned GTV before it expanded into GMA Network's main channel and AMBS-owned ALLTV nearly a years later, whereas TV5's new noontime show, ''E.A.T.'' (later becoming ''
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'' on January 6, 2024) premiered at the same time.


Hosts

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Billy Crawford Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford (born May 16, 1982) is a Filipino actor and singer. Crawford is a recipient of a NRJ Music Awards, a FAMAS Award and a special Aning Dangal award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). Crawfor ...
*
Alex Gonzaga Catherine "Alex" Cruz Gonzaga-Morada (; born January 16, 1988) is a Filipino media personality, host, comedian, actress, businesswoman, singer and vlogger. She played the lead role of Diane Santos on the Philippine television drama series '' P ...
*
Bayani Agbayani Bayani Sequita Rogacion Jr. (born January 3, 1969), known professionally as Bayani Agbayani, is a Filipino host, actor, singer, and comedian. After 15 years at ABS-CBN, he shuttled between his original home studio GMA Network and TV5 for the t ...
*
Wacky Kiray Ricardo Janaban Balarosa, Jr. (born June 24, 1980), known professionally as Wacky Kiray, is a Filipino stand-up comedian, host, and actor. He became known in the celebrity talent competition '' I Can Do That'' of ABS-CBN and was declared winner ...
*
KC Montero Casey Wyatt Miller (born June 17, 1978), known professionally as KC Montero, is a Filipino-American radio DJ and actor currently based in the Philippines. He is currently the Vice President of Marketing and Head of Content at Kumu. Personal li ...
*
K Brosas Maria Carmela Brosas (born July 15, 1975), better known by her screen name Kakai or K Brosas, is a Filipino actress, comedian, singer and television host. She was born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother and was a b ...
* Mark Averilla (also known as Macoy Dubs / Auntie Julie) * Jeffrey Tam * Francoise Denyse Fainsan "Laboching" *
Ariel Rivera Jose Ariel Jimenez Rivera, professionally known as Ariel Rivera (; born September 1, 1966), is a Filipino singer, songwriter and actor. Rivera was born in Manila, Philippines but has since migrated with his family to Canada. He has since be ...
* Querubin Gonzales * Nick Parker * Nikka Brillantes * JD Axie * Alexa Miro *
Matteo Guidicelli Gianmatteo Vittorio Fernan Guidicelli (, born March 26, 1990), known professionally as Matteo Guidicelli, is a Filipino actor, military officer, model, singer and former kart racer. Early life and career Matteo Guidicelli was born in Cebu Ci ...
* Nyca Bernardo


Other cast members

* DJ Arra Pascual * LOL Babes * LOL Boys * Jacob Plaza * Grace Cristobal (also known as "Amazing Grace") * Mark Michael Garcia


Guest co-hosts

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Gelli de Belen Anna Gianelli Yap de Belen-Rivera, more commonly known as Gelli de Belen (born May 25, 1973), is a Filipino actress. She is known for her role as a host of ''SiS'', a daytime television program that ran on GMA Network from 2001 to 2010. Ear ...
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Valerie Concepcion Valerie Norona Galang-Sunga (born December 21, 1987), known professionally as Valerie Concepcion (), is a Filipino actress, television host, and endorser. She is known for her role as Nora Ferrer in the soap opera '' Sinasamba Kita'' but later tr ...
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Isabelle Daza Isabelle Diaz Daza-Semblat (; born March 6, 1988) is a Filipino actress, television host and model. She is the daughter of Miss Universe 1969 titleholder, Gloria Diaz. She was a member of GMA Network's roster of young talents and was introduce ...
* Kim Molina *
Claudine Barretto Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto (; born July 20, 1979) is a Filipino actress, who made her screen debut on the youth-oriented variety show, '' Ang TV''. She became a mainstay in several sitcoms, including ''Home Along Da Riles'', ''Oki Dok ...


Accolades


See also

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List of TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming TV5 (also known as 5 and formerly known as ABC) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network owned by MediaQuest Holdings, a multimedia arm of Philippine-based telecommunications company PLDT. It is the flagship property of TV ...
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Kapatid Channel Kapatid Channel (stylized as Kapatid) is an international Philippine pay television, subscription television channel owned by TV5 Network#International presence, Pilipinas Global Network, Ltd. The channel offers programming highlights from th ...
* Philippine noontime variety television shows


References


External links

* {{Noontime variety shows in the Philippines Filipino-language television shows TV5 (Philippine TV network) game shows TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming TV5 (Philippine TV network) variety shows 2020 Philippine television series debuts 2023 Philippine television series endings 2020s Philippine television series Television series by Brightlight Productions Television controversies in the Philippines