My Piece of Cake: Holy Week Programming on ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN has not yet announced its Holy Week programming. Well, take it from a network too busy to mind the Holy Week events. I'm sure, its programming (on Moundy Thursday, Good Friday and Black Saturday) will be:

• special editions of TV Patrol and Bandila, plus Pinoy Big Brother (life goes on @ Kuya's House even on Holy Week-I wonder what's going on there by that time)
• marathon of Filipino movies
• special Holy Week shows sponsored by Jesuit Communications

I hope for this year, they may add either of the following:

• special films on Holy Week (like 2004's Passion of the Christ)
• marathon of cartoons and animated movies (in original English and not dubbed in Tagalog-please, the much-saluted dubbers need a long-needed break)
• marathon of Asian/South American shows (the past: My Girl, Save the Last Dance for Me, Princess Lulu/the present: Inocente De Ti, Mirada de Mujer, Dos Amores, even Princess Hours and Something About 1%)
• live coverage of Holy Week events: Moundy Thursday Chrism Mass, Moundy Thursday Washing of the Feet, Good Friday Memorial Commemoration (different from Way of the Cross and Seven Last Words-the difference: the Holy Host involved), Black Saturday's Easter Vigil [Why not try covering it? If ABS-CBN wills it, the network will do a first for its viewers! That's when I'll say Deal!]

And by Easter Sunday, what a way to cap off with a live coverage of the Pope's Easter Message from the State of Vatican, smack into TV Patrol! [Why not a special one-hour edition of TVP, featuring the Pope's Easter Message?]

I got news of the special programming on ABS-CBN's Studio 23. Well, Kabarkadas, here is the triple Lenten treat!

MOUNDY THURSDAY [5 APRIL 2007]
11:00am-6:30pm Comedy: GILMORE GIRLS-The Marathon Edition (10 Episodes)
6:30pm-8:00pm Special: The Road to El Dorado
8:00pm-11:00pm Special: Forrest Gump

GOOD FRIDAY [6 APRIL 2007]
11:00am-6:30pm Drama: 7TH HEAVEN-The Marathon Edition (9 Episodes)
6:30pm-10:00pm Special: The Ten Commandments
10:00pm-11:30pm Special: Judas and Jesus

BLACK SATURDAY [7 APRIL 2007]
10:00am-7:30pm Drama: 7TH HEAVEN-The Marathon Edition (12 Episodes)
7:30pm-9:15pm Special: Chicken Run
9:15pm-11:45pm Special: As Good As It Gets

I'll have to say Deal for Studio 23's programming this Holy Week.