TV PATROL @ 20

TV Patrol World (The National-Global Edition)

Since 1987, TV Patrol has been offering news, public service and entertainment to the Filipino audience it serves on ABS-CBN, and globally on TFC. So much has been offered by TV Patrol that it continues to earn more and more viewers and to be in service to the global Filipino for the past 2 decades. 

On TV Patrol's original menu are news happening in and out of Metro Manila--more of national news (Ulo ng Mga Balita), local government news and the peace-and-order news or news dealing with police/crime (the brutally popular segment for the viewers and the critics alike: from Blood and Guts, to Pulis Report, Wanted and Mission Expose to Ronda Patrol). It later expanded to include regional news (Ronda Probinsya) and global news (World Patrol) which affect the global Filipino. 

Public service is also on the menu, featuring news on various people needing help from their disability or a recent man-made/natural calamity (from Lingkod Bayan to Lingkod Patrol to Gabay Kapamilya) and later including citizen empowerment (from PULSO/Pangkalahatang Ulat Laan Sa Opinyon and Hoy Gising to Citizen Patrol and Boto Mo I-Patrol Mo). 

Entertainment is there on the menu with news on the Philippine entertainment scene (from Reel to Real, to Star News, to Star Patrol), news events focusing more on the emotional news, the dramatic news and the comic/funny/light news, and the added trivia after the Philippine climate/weather news--then by Ka Ernie Baron, now by Kuya Kim Atienza. Adding to that are live interviews that can go on at any direction (one of them the Kris interview by Korina in 2003-one of the highest rated editions in Philippine TV history, making the newscast truly number 1 among viewers). Entertainment is also in the form of interactive greetings of Filipino families and friends (Bridges on the Air) that can go on at any direction, and live coverage of Philippine fiestas and celebrations that would include song-and-dance numbers.

TV Patrol has been the launch pad of various careers of news anchors and broadcast journalists not only in ABS-CBN, but also in other TV networks in the Philippines. These people were able to deliver the news (national, regional, global and even local--covering Metro Manila, Bulacan, Laguna, Rizal and Cavite), help the people via public service (and even dish out entertainment) via the institution that is the legendary newscast TV Patrol. Also, TV Patrol has been the launch pad of various ABS-CBN shows-among them Balitang K and Hoy Gising, also Mga Kuwento ni Marc Logan and eventually the regional flavors of the newscast and by May 2007-Boto Mo I-Patrol Mo.