MTRCB suspends ABS-CBN’s Showtime for Rosanna Roces incident

The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has ordered the suspension of ABS-CBN’s talent show Showtime for 20 days for the controversial statements of its former hurado or judge, Rosanna Roces against teachers.

Rosanna Roces or Osang called teachers as merely “repeaters” and later on justified her statement by a shocking revelation. ABS-CBN reportedly will file an appeal to the courts to lift the suspension. Meanwhile, Showtime will be temporarily replaced by a new show titled “Magpasikat” where local celebrities will showcase their talents.


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71 Responses to “MTRCB suspends ABS-CBN’s Showtime for Rosanna Roces incident”

  1. RON Says:

    BBOOOOOOOO MTRCB! ANG KIKITAD NG UTAK NILA! OSANG HAS MADE HER PUBLIC APOLOGY OKAY?! WAG NA PALAKIHIN SOBRANG OA NA YANG MTRCB NA YAN BADTRIP KALA MO KUNG SINO!? GEEESSSSSHHHH! BBBOOOOOO YOU LAGUARDIA!

  2. PLS BE FAIR Says:

    y namn at bkt?.. dpat not the whole show..si osang lng..bkt dati un si willie xa lng na suspend not the wowowee? joey deleon lng not the eat bulaga show? so unfair.. dba binawi naman agad ng other hurado (vice ganda) after ng comment ni osang. opinion lng din ni osang un. dapat suspindihin na din ung mtrcb! lolz! joke lng!

  3. Jaime Says:

    Ang MTRCB papansin na naman, bkit isisisi sa SHOWTIME eh si osang naman ang nag salita nun. Hindi dapat madamay ang show sa iisang tao lang may kilala nga akong tao jn sa showbiz na bastos din ang bibig pero na suspend ba ang show. Maganda ang showtime di dapat ito mawala sa ere. Isa na namang desisyon na hindi pinag isipan, baka pede mung sabihin sa madla kung anu ang nilabag ng showtime kung wala kyu masasabi sa pag labag ng show at dapat si osang lang i suspinde.

  4. Barok Says:

    hooray for laguardia!

  5. Barok Says:

    e ilan ba ang mga teachers sa buong Pinas, milyones. ibig sabihin milyones na mga iginagalang na guro ang nasaktan. e kung me respeto sa mga teachers yang ebak cvn dapat, noong sinabi ni osang iyun, ay itinigil na agad ang eksena.

  6. CUBE :)) Says:

    SCORE MO SHOW MO! guys anung score nyu sa MTRCB? aq honestly1.sensya hanggang dyan lang ang kaya ku eh. kayo guys? nku. dapat si rosanna lang ang na suspend nu. hnde yung yung buong show. iniicip kuna kung anu gagwin ku sa 10:30-12:15. hay 20 days dn yun n0u! nku! dapat npagusapan muna tlga. hnde yung pa dalos dalos. anyways yan lng ang masasabi ku, ma mimiss ku yung mga nag teks! haha. I OR WE WILL DEFINITELY MISS YOU’RE SHOW YOU’RE TIME! IT’S SHOWTIME. :))

  7. RON Says:

    LAGUARDIA IS SUCH AN AIRHEAD! it’s not the shows fault! Its her own opinion! the show did not tell her to say those things.. MTRCB especially LAGUARDIA is just “NAGPAPASIKAT” why not just join showtime for you MAGPASIKAT ACT LAGUARDIA! AIRHEAD!

  8. mix that record now Says:

    i think it’s not fair. f there’s someone who deserves to be penalized here, it’s no other than Rosanna Roces. i mean come on, Showtime has nothing to do with Rosanna’s statement. it is Osang’s own opinion and does not reflect that of ABS-CBN or of Showtime for that matter. and ABS-CBN itself suspended Osang the following day so i don’t see any reason for the show to be suspended. the network has also expressed their apology for what has happened. so i don’t see any reason for the MTRCB to suspend the show.

    i hope the MTRCB considers the appeal of the network. for the mean time, i am gonna miss the show…
    and Anne Curtis even more. ♥

  9. blah Says:

    Agree… Osang should be suspended

  10. pyrhum Says:

    I’m a teacher.. and I really don’t see anything wrong with the fact that teachers are merely repeating the lessons they’ve learned from their previous teachers too. I mean, that is how knowledge is transmitted naman talaga. And maski ang parents natin, hindi ba itinuturo rin lang naman nila yung mga tinuturo ng mga magulang nila?

    Unless gumawa ka ng THESIS or DISSERTATION, hindi ka magkakaroon ng original contribution to the body of knowledge of your field.

  11. booooooooooooo Says:

    kasi nman this will only another moment in tme na sisikat MTRCB na yan…alam nyo po gawin nyo MTRCB ,ibalik nyo Showtime (kasi yun lng nkkpagpasaya ng araw ko,at ng ilan)tpos gwa kayo ng team sayaw kayo sa showtime!!!!kasi nman epal nyo!

  12. zhen Says:

    dapat s leguardia ang nasuspende. kc xa ang repeater. bwisit. walang silbi, sana lng healthy xa para ndi ako ma2wa!

  13. Nymphetamine Says:

    The 20-day suspension is indeed OA. The MTRCB has certainly gone overboard with this one. I don’t think this suspension is in any way justified. I could understand if they suspend it for two days, but twenty days? come on, the MTRCB ought to have their heads checked. In Rosanna’s words, THEY ARE THE REPEATERS.

  14. NOLI D. DREU Says:

    I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ACTION OF MTRCB. IN FACT I ALSO SUGGEST THAT A STRICTER SET OF STANDARDS FOR TELEVISION SHOWS BE ENFORCED. THE NOONTIME SHOW “W” IS LIKEWISE DESTROYING THE MORAL FIBER OF THE FILIPINOS. MASABI MO LANG ANG BAIT O GWAPO NG HOST A-ABUTAN KA NA NG PERA. WHAT VALUES ARE WE ENCOURAGING AMONG THE YOUNG FILIPINOS. WE MUST GIVE REWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND NOT SENSELESS SHOW OF EMOTIONS OR PRAISING THE MALE HOST WHOSE MORALITY IS VERY MUCH QUESTIONABLE. PLEASE, MTRCB, IF YOU CARE TO THE YOUNG MINDS OF FILIPINOS TO ADHERE TO HIGHER SENSE OF MORAL / PERSONAL VALUES, PLEASE BE MORE DISCRIMINATING ON WHAT TV SHOWS TO BE AIRED. PLEASE THINK OF THE EFFECTS OF THOSE UNWORTHY SHOWS TO THE MINDS OF THE YOUNG. THANK YOU.

  15. anonymous Says:

    minsan talaga hindi natin ineexpect kung ano pwede mangyari sa isang live feed. kaya hindi maaagapan kung may unexpected na pangyayari. mtrcb has to reconsider this. the management did an action regarding this issue yet, they gave this suspension. they have always been unfair.

  16. darthvader Says:

    well ndi maganda ginawa ng mtrcb sa showtime,dapat c rosanna lng ang na evict. wag naman showtime kc pinapanuod namin un kc nakakatawa.

  17. Jaime Says:

    @NOLI D. DREU Says
    “I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ACTION OF MTRCB. IN FACT I ALSO SUGGEST THAT A STRICTER SET OF STANDARDS FOR TELEVISION SHOWS BE ENFORCED.”

    You support pero na justify ba nila kung bakit nila ginawa un?. Paano sila susundin kung sila mismo indi makapag bigay ng tamang desisyon?.

    @NOLI D. DREU Says
    “THE NOONTIME SHOW “W” IS LIKEWISE DESTROYING THE MORAL FIBER OF THE FILIPINOS. MASABI MO LANG ANG BAIT O GWAPO NG HOST A-ABUTAN KA NA NG PERA. WHAT VALUES ARE WE ENCOURAGING AMONG THE YOUNG FILIPINOS.”. WE MUST GIVE REWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND NOT SENSELESS SHOW OF EMOTIONS OR PRAISING THE MALE HOST WHOSE MORALITY IS VERY MUCH QUESTIONABLE.

    Ikaw na mismo nagsabi its a NOONTIME SHOW kung anu ang gimik ng host wala kang pakiaalam dun as long na nag eenjoy ang mga viewers at player. Walang values? o sarado lang talaga yang utak mo ang pag ku kwento ng isang tao sa naranasan nya sa buhay ay nakakatulong lalo na sa mga taong nkakaranas din nun.

    @Barok says
    “e ilan ba ang mga teachers sa buong Pinas, milyones. ibig sabihin milyones na mga iginagalang na guro ang nasaktan. e kung me respeto sa mga teachers yang ebak cvn dapat, noong sinabi ni osang iyun, ay itinigil na agad ang eksena.”

    Si Osang lang ang nagsabi at hindi buong ABS mag kokomento na nga lang mali pa

  18. Jaime Says:

    tatahimik na nga lang ako

  19. Claudia Says:

    buti nga sa inyo mga kup@lmilyucks mga basura kasi ang bunganga, tamang tama nanggaling sa isang batikang p0kp0k! hahaha bakit kasi di tularan ang mga kapuso.. may puso at dangal

  20. Zweihander Says:

    Noooooo. I love Showtime! Sana kasi pinutol sa ere ng Showtime si Osang the moment na sinabi niyang murahin yung teacher. Langya naman. Dapat iban from appearing on tv yang babae na yan. FOREVER! Dun nalang siya sa indie movies niya.

  21. Claudia Says:

    @Zweihander

    magsama nalang kayo ni osang total pareho naman kayong p0kp0kz! hahaha!

  22. Zweihander Says:

    @Claudia baka hindi mo alam, produkto ng G M A si Osang. Doon siya nagsimula(?), sumikat, nasira at nalaos.

  23. juts Says:

    hahahah..nakasilip na naman ng butas ang mga taga kabila….hahahahhaha…no comment

  24. knoweh Says:

    KILL JOY naman yang MTRCB na yan!

    suspindihin si LAGUARDIA hahaha!

  25. mon Says:

    Hahaha nkakatawa kayo lahat masyado kayo affected… peace!

  26. zyk-noob Says:

    @NOLI D. DREU

    ang kitid mo naman mag isip? nag aaral ka ba?? may values ka ba?? mag paturo ka nga sa teacher mo ng tamang values… ONE SIDED KA KASI>>>

    @barok

    BAROK k talaga… ^__^ its a personal opinion… not the shows’ opinion.. BAROK!!!

  27. hoy Says:

    buti nga sa ‘Showtem’. ginagaya lang ang Talentadong Pinoy. walang originality

  28. sshhh Says:

    # hoy Says:
    January 12th, 2010 at 10:21 am

    buti nga sa ‘Showtem’. ginagaya lang ang Talentadong Pinoy. walang originality

    For your information Talentadong Pinoy is nt an Original show, sa katunayan pwede silang idemanda for plagiarism, their concept is obviously from America/ British got talent.

    show time is indeed not original but it is an example of an innovative show… which is better (do i have to say this?) than TP or KSP..

  29. Jhie Says:

    GOOD FOR MTRCB.

  30. Jhie Says:

    …pero 20 days??? What about Osang? was she fined after she was removed as judge?

  31. jackie Says:

    magpasikat.. magpasikat.. tayo ay mgpasikat… :D

  32. behnjoh Says:

    “MAGPASIKAT” MTRCB Looooooossser…

  33. naldvcm Says:

    Tama dapat si Osang lang suspended di buong Showtime, papansin tong MTRCB, balik na yang showtime,. boooohhh MTRCB, suspend mo sarili mo

  34. shy soliman Says:

    aw balik nyo na its showtime!!

  35. skittles Says:

    nakaka lungkot, namimiss na namin ang SHOWTIME :(

  36. tinkerbell Says:

    I don’t watch showtime, but I feel the 20-day suspension is too much. Pwede na siguro kahit 2 or 3 days.
    I didn’t have any problems with what rosanna said about teachers being repeaters of what has been taught to them by their own teachers.. Kasi, ang sagot sa 1+1 noong unang panahon ay siya rin namang sagot ngayon.
    Yung ibang bagay na nagbabago, tulad ng knowledge in science, ipinapasok naman sa mga textbooks sa school. Generalization lang yung kay osang. Umalma lang ako dun sa pagsabi niya na murahin ang mga teachers, kasi kawalan ng pag galang yun sa authority.

  37. Jared Says:

    ,badtr3p tlaga uu..! dpt si Osang lang suspended nila!

  38. UzI Says:

    hehehehe pat ba mtrcb na egb gme skam na din… lolz!

  39. UzI Says:

    hehehe… mahilig pala si delaguardia ng 555 tuna sardines… lolz… ewww

  40. ognib Says:

    ang may kasalanan ay si osang bakit buong SHOWTIME ay suspendihin,dahil ba sa nagrarate ang showtime kay sa kabila.? may puso si laguardia pero walang pamilya, nyahahahaha!

  41. Hayden Kho Says:

    dapat si osang lang ang na ban hindi dapat ang buong show. sabagay, boring din naman ang show na yun eh, kaya ok lang!

  42. fedz Says:

    ang kitid nmn ng mga utak ng MTRCB at ung mga sumusupport sa MTRCB decision..
    1st, opinion ni osang un..anu kslanan ng Showtime?
    2nd, anu masama sa cnb ni osang? un ung observation and opinion nia.. meron nga nmng teachers na hnd marunong mgturo..mali lng pgkadeliver ni osang.. atsaka,gnun nmn tlga un..
    @@@pinapalaki lng ng mTRCB ang issue.. SIGURO nabayaran sila ng kabilang chanel. kc taob na ung kabila sa rating..haha… SIGURO LNG NMN.. ^^,

  43. magpasikat^_^ Says:

    guys infairness kahit nawala showtime ganda rin ng magpasikat… sobrang nakakatuwa talaga si vice ganda… malamang talbog pa rin ang kabilang station…bwahahahaha

  44. zeo ichiru Says:

    ang boring ng walang showtime itong MTRCB na to talaga naman angkitid ng utak

  45. ang la yu Says:

    Napanood ko serye ng Showtime kung saan nagsalita ng ganyan si Osang at ako’y kinalibutan sa ginawi, inasal at sinabi laban sa mga Teachers. opinyon niya yon pero may tamang paraan sa pagsasabi ng ganyan na walang masasaktan, ilang milyones kaya ang nanonood noon at lalo na ang mga mag-aaral sa iskuwelahan? “may nagtext ikaw daw sir/maam repeater”! sender: osang biruin mong inuulit-ulit ngayon yan ng mga bata. at itong hinayupak na mtrcb ay lalong pang pinalaki.

  46. jay ramos Says:

    You know coming from a person like her who already shows her whole body in the whole world. Gosh it’s like a statement coming from an “ipis”. Is she a teacher who use to give their lives for their profession? Give their time to those who are needed an education? Give their soul for their country??? That Osang can say something in just a blink of an eye without using her brain (if she has one) to degrade the dignity of the teachers. Even if she gave her apology on air she should be put to jail. Good thing that she is in the Phils.! She should think twice before giving any statement like that again because nahahalata siyang galing sa likod ng LUNETA at night and waiting for someone to pick her up!!!!!!!!

  47. jemma Says:

    THIS IS NOT FAIR!! bakit ganun??? bakit MTRCB?? BAKITTTTT?? ..look deeper into what really happen, di ba si Osang lang ang bastos if that’s what U call it pero , HINDI DAPAT ISUSPEND ang whole show..Gosh…IBALIK ANG SHOWTIME NOW!!!!

  48. lance Says:

    ibalik na ang showtime……………….

  49. Maex Says:

    Its time to put responsible people on air that will set a good and “matinong” examples to the viewers.

  50. MagPasikat! Says:

    Alam niyo 20 araw lang naman mawawala ang SHOWTIME! pansamantala lang atin munang panoorin ang MAGPASIKAT! Tutal parang ganoon din naman ang FORMAT ng show…… Ganoon pa rin ang mga host gayundin ang mga HURADO lalung-lalo na si Vice Ganda!
    Go MagPasikat!
    Soon: Showtime!

  51. sarahhernandez Says:

    AT LEAST, now e may lesson.. PUMILI NG MAGAAPPEAR SA MGA SHOWS. Tama si profvoltaire. NEVER nyo get si OSANG dahil talagang masamang tao yan. SA PEGASUS pa lng, mayabang na pero ano ba sya dun sa PEGASUS? Bayaran lng. 1992 ang bayad sa kanya 800 pesos para sa mga derogatory female services. TSK TSK.

  52. profvoltaire Says:

    VERY GOoD ang MTRCB. ABS CBN, para huwag masuspinde, e pumili ng mga JUDGES, NEVER na get si OSANG.

  53. dindy lacson Says:

    ask lang, ano ba sinabi ni osang kay vice ganda and the exact things said about teachers?

  54. Denmark Says:

    . . . . As a
    person we Must be Aware
    of what we are saying. .

    Please. . . . .osang is not perfect so we must understand the fact. .that no one is perfect. . .

    Thankzz.

    IBALIK NA ANG SHOW TIME ! ! ! ! ! !

  55. m.guintu Says:

    SALUTE FOR MTRCB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT LEAST THEY KNOW THEIR JOB…..

  56. magpasikat^_^ Says:

    ano nga ba sabi kay vice ganda???

  57. Emorden Says:

    . . . . DAHIL JAN MAI NAG TEXT . .! ! ! ! ! !

  58. Emorden Says:

    . . . . OSANG, NEXT TIME DON’T DO IT AGAIN. . . . .

    WHAT WE ARE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF OUR TEACHERS,. . . THEY SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO US, THEY BECOME OUR SECOND PARENT,…

    WE MUST BE THANKFUL TO OUR TEACHERS. . . . . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

    TO ALL THE TEACHERS. . . . .

    I SALUTE YOU . . . ! ! ! ! !! ! ! !

  59. hoy Says:

    @sshh alin ang innovative dun? haha basta gaya gaya ang ‘Showtem’. lang wenta gaya mo

  60. Diana Lacayanga Says:

    assigned ako sa province now so medyo late ako sa news but when I come to Manila I always watch SHOWTIME. and I felt bad talaga sa nangyari. Apparently, hindi na naman nag-isip si Madam Console bago nagpasya. Hindi ba dapat kung ganoon katindi ang impact ng sinabi ni Osang *against(correct me if I’m wrong, pls) sa mga teachers, I think ang mga butihin nating guro ang bahala kumastigo kay Rosanna. Not the whole show!

  61. helmsley Says:

    wow dami ngcomment ahh.., hahaha.., tama dapat isang tao lng managot hindi buong show…,

  62. KAKA Says:

    paano nalaman ng MTRCB ang feelings ng mga teachers. marami bang nagreklamong mga teachers. On the other hand meron nga nmang hindi dapat laging sinusunod ang mga teachers….sabihin kaya sayo n “hubad ka na” susundin mo ba?

  63. axl Says:

    dahil jan may nag txt… sa pinas ang unang nagpasikat ng ganyang portion ay ang EAT BULAGA… wag ng umangal!!! bago pa ang talentadong pinoy, showtime.. at ano ano pa jang show… EAT BULAGA ang nagpalabas at nagbigay pagkakataon sa mga pinoy para ipakita ang mga tinatago nilang talent… hanggat me bata .. me EAT BULAGA!!! di kaya pakawala ng TALENTADONG PINOY c OSANG!!! ? wala lang.. nagtatanong LAANG!!!! axl po TAGA BRGY GINEBRA

  64. Zweihander Says:

    ^ Either kulang ka sa research or lasing ka. Tyaka Showtime isn’t even a ‘portion’, it’s a whole SHOW.
    P.S.: Don’t bother with the research pala. Maloloka ka lang sa kakahanap ng nauna.

  65. marlon Says:

    lahat na lang suspndhin nakakainis tlaga mtrcb lage papansin

  66. ron Says:

    nkakalungkot tlga. halo-halo reacti0n ntin.. my pumanig sa mtrcb at my nagalit…kht aq sad tlga… i am s0lid kpamilya… respect nlang ntin ung decisi0n. 2tal ilang araw nlang matatap0s na ang 20days. tutal gumagawa naman ng acti0n ang ABS-CBN. the battle is n0t ours. my justice tau. at gaya cnabi ni vice. ang karma digital na. hahaha.. sup0rtahan nlang ntin lahat ng sh0w ng abs specialy MAGPASIKAT. Bsta mga fella KAPAMILYA. be humble… ENJOY WATCHING KPAMILYA…

  67. lilon Says:

    suspend niyo mtrcb.
    bka binayaran yan ng kabila.
    atsaka.
    showtime rocks.
    better than eat bulaga and wowowee

  68. AG'S Says:

    who cares…. di naman ako nanonood nyan eh hehehe

  69. tae Says:

    ako i agree with osang. kasi tama nmn siya eh. binabayaran na natin ang mga guro eh papahiyain pa tayo. uhm di ko nmn nilalahat ung iba lang. pero my side din siyang mali kasi kung wala ang mga teacher hndi tayo makakapagtapos.

  70. elmer Says:

    tama c tae …pero mali din xa kc, kahit ilang pera ang ating ibabayad ,mawawala dn yon, pero ang knowledge na nakukuha or natutunan natin, dahil sa pagtuturo nang teachers ay di mawawala………..kaya kahit… student ako….inerespeto ..ko teachers ko…oh anu…mali c osang…..hoy! osang… maawa ka naman sa teachers…mahirap lang yon …at ikaw …ay mayaman…..we should love the poor……

  71. elmer Says:

    wag idamay ang abs cbn kc osang lang ang nagkasala…….kapamilya….yeheeey..,…..best ang kapamilya,,,,kahit,,,,,anu pa ang inyong sabihin….wooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhjoooojhoohoiuj,,, ,,,,,,,best,,,,,,

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