The program will have its pilot broadcast on a Sunday.
In a teaser poster, TV5 and Willie Revillame’s upcoming variety game show shared more details about the program that is set to premiere next month.
‘Wil To Win’ will have its grand “Wilcome Back Party” on Sunday, July 14 at 4:00 pm, right before ‘Frontline Pilipinas Weekend.’
According to Revillame himself during the title announcement of the new show, his team decided to air the maiden episode on a Sunday to allow families to gather and watch the program.
The following day, on July 15, the game show will make its official premiere on its permanent weekday time slot at 5:00 pm, serving as the lead-in to TV5’s flagship primetime newscast ‘Frontline Pilipinas.’
Aside from channel 5, ‘Wil To Win’ will also be simultaneously aired over Cignal TV’s exclusive channels BuKo on channel 2 and Sari-Sari Channel on channel 3.
A catch-up replay of the day’s episode will then become available on free-to-air channel RPTV and Cignal TV’s news and public service channel One PH.
KAPATID COMEBACK
‘Wil To Win’ marks main host Willie Revillame’s return to TV5 after almost 11 years.
He first joined the TV station during its earlier days as the newly-christened Kapatid network back in 2010.
Revillame signed up with channel 5 amidst his rift and eventual legal battle with former employer ABS-CBN, where he had hosted the noontime show ‘Wowowee’ from February 2005 until May 2010.
During his first tenure with TV5, Willie hosted and produced three shows for the station.
The first of which was the primetime variety and game shows ‘Willing Willie’ that aired from October 2010 to April 2011. That program was axed after a controversial segment involving a minor aired in one of its episodes in March 2011.
In its place, Revillame and TV5 worked on creating another primetime show titled ‘Wil Time Bigtime,’ which premiered in May 2011 and ran until January 2013.
‘Wil Time’ ran smoothly for more than a year, but had to end its run after TV5 finally decided to try its hand at making noontime variety show which would go against established programs ‘Eat Bulaga’ (then-airing on GMA) and ‘It’s Showtime’ (of ABS-CBN).
This was when ‘Wowowillie’ was born and made its premiere on January 26, 2013. However, due to low ratings and programming changes within the network, the show was canceled in May 2013, with its last episode airing on October 12 that year.
After the show bowed out, the Revillame parted ways with TV5 after his three-year contract with the station had expired.
He subsequently moved over to rival GMA-7 over a year later for the show ‘Wowowin.’
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