Martin Late at Night
Title card
GenreTalk show
Written byJoaquin Acosta
Bernice Bautista
Directed byArnel Natividad
Presented byMartin Nievera
Country of originPhilippines
Original languagesEnglish (primary)
Filipino (secondary)
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerMarvi Gelito
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkABS-CBN
ReleaseMarch 1 (2013-03-01) –
May 31, 2013 (2013-05-31)

Martin Late at Night (stylized as Martin Late @ Night) was a Philippine musical nightly talk show hosted by Martin Nievera. It aired from March 1 to May 31, 2013. It is a spin-off of the show Martin Late at Nite.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Production

The show airs every Friday nights at 11:30 pm–12:15 am after Bandila with another late-night show Banana Nite, a spin-off of Banana Split, that airs Mondays through Thursdays.[1][7]

In 2011, the possibility of the show was first hinted during Nievera's contract signing for ABS-CBN.[8] One of his reasons for signing the contract was the show. He told in an interview with the Philippine Entertainment Portal, "When I finally got my contract from ABS-CBN, I finally have a contract and they've included one show[...] I only signed it when they said it's a talk show."[9]

On February 19, 2013, Nievera officially confirmed the show in his personal Twitter account.[1][10] A teaser for the show was released on February 23, 2013, featuring Nievera dubbed as the "Big Mouth".[7][11][12]

Since its first airing, the show was not well received and met low television ratings. From April 25–27, 2013, Nievera posted through his Twitter account a series of statements showing his grievance over the ABS-CBN Network executives for their "lack of support [on the show]." He said "You [ABS-CBN executives] can't blame me if I'm not rating like the prime-time shows if you don't support me like you support them. No band, no live audience? How?" He continued "I know I am no 'teleserye' or noontime show. But if I had [that much] support I would last longer. [I] can't stay in the fight alone. So sad."[13][14][15] On May 1, the host expressed his apologies to the network executives and told he is "not upset."[16]

In early May 2013, ABS-CBN confirmed the show's cancellation effective on May 31, 2013.[16]

Guests

The final episode's guests were singers Sarah Geronimo and Erik Santos.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Martin Nievera confirms return of late night show". ABS-CBN News. February 20, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Almo, Nerisa (July 22, 2010). "Martin Nievera misses hosting late-night talk show". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Martin to start taping for late night show". ABS-CBN News. February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  4. ^ Luna, Erica (February 21, 2013). "Martin Nievera announces the comeback of Martin Late@Night". Inside Pinoy Showbiz. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  5. ^ Sean, Austin (February 21, 2013). "Martin Nievera new show 'Martin Late@Night' Soon on ABS-CBN". My Noy Tech. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  6. ^ "Martin Nievera returns with his own late-night talk show on ABS-CBN". Philippine Entertainment Portal. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Martin is 'Big Mouth' in talk show's first trailer". ABS-CBN News. February 23, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  8. ^ Brosas, Alex Valentin (February 15, 2011). "Martin to host late night talk show; musician couple jams with Metallica". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved March 2, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Almo, Nerisa (March 8, 2013). "Martin Nievera on new late-night talk show: "I'm not trying to be the number one show in television."". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  10. ^ Nievera, Martin (February 19, 2013). "Martin Nievera: "your late night will never be the same. U asked for it U got it! "martin late@night"- FRIDAY MARCH 1st. where else,but on ABS-CBN CH.2!!!"". Twitter. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  11. ^ Balbin, Sherwin Allan B. (February 23, 2013). "Martin Nievera Returns In 'Martin Late@Night' Talk Show In ABS-CBN (Video Teaser)". The Entertainment Lifestyle. Retrieved February 24, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ ABS-CBN (February 23, 2013). "MARTIN LATE @ NIGHT Full Trailer". YouTube. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  13. ^ Serato, Arniel C. (May 1, 2013). "Martin Nievera airs grievance over ABS-CBN's "lack of support" for his late-night talk show". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  14. ^ Policarpio, Alan (May 7, 2013). "Martin Nievera apologizes for tweeting vs network execs". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  15. ^ "Martin laments new show nearing its end". ABS-CBN News. May 5, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  16. ^ a b Serato, Arniel C. (May 2, 2013). "Martin Nievera apologizes to ABS-CBN; says he is "not upset" and has no "sama ng loob"". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved May 21, 2013.

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