Probe
Title card
Also known as
  • Probe
  • The Probe Team
  • The Probe Team Documentaries
GenrePublic affairs
Presented byCheche Lazaro
Theme music composerReev Robledo
Opening theme"Probe Profiles theme"
Country of originPhilippines
Original languages
  • English (1987–99)
  • Tagalog (1999–2010)
Production
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
  • ABS-CBN (March 6, 1987 – December 18, 1987; August 17, 2005 – June 30, 2010)
  • GMA Network (May 20, 1988 – November 25, 2003)
  • ABC (May 15, 2004 – April 16, 2005)
ReleaseMarch 6, 1987 (1987-03-06) –
June 30, 2010 (2010-06-30)

Probe Profiles (formerly known as Probe, The Probe Team and The Probe Team Documentaries) is a Philippine documentary television show broadcast by ABS-CBN, GMA Network and ABC. Hosted by Cheche Lazaro, it premiered on March 6, 1987. The show concluded on June 30, 2010.

Controversy

Due to a controversy surrounding one of its features which involved a Philippine government official close to former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2003, its contract with GMA Network was terminated. The show moved to ABC, and renamed the show The Probe Team Documentaries.[1]

Hosts

  • Cheche Lazaro
  • Cecilia Lazaro - Host, Founder and President of Probe
  • Maria Ressa - former CNN Jakarta Bureau Chief; former Vice President for News and Current Affairs, ABS-CBN; News Chief, Rappler.com
  • Luchi Cruz-Valdes - Vice President for News and Information, TV5
  • Nessa Valdellon - Vice President for GMA News and Public Affairs
  • David Celdran - News Director and Anchor, ANC; PCIJ
  • Manny Ayala - National Geographic Channel Singapore
  • Apa Ongpin - former ABS-CBN News Lifestyle Reporter & also former cast member in a sitcom, Palibhasa Lalake
  • Ditsi Carolino - Documentarist
  • Marga Ortigas - Former GMA 7 News Anchor & Currently as Manila Bureau Chief, AlJazeera
  • Angie Ramos- Producer, Reuters Singapore
  • Karen Davila - Anchor, Bandila and Host, Ako Ang Simula (ABS-CBN); Host, Headstart (ANC)
  • Pauline Mangilog-Saltarin - Creative Director, Jesuit Communications Foundation; Contributing Producer, Caldecott Productions/NHK Japan
  • Jessica Domingo Lara - Producer, Lakbay TV; freelance writer, OffTheGridNews.com (USA)
  • Ruben Canlas - Professor and IT Management Consultant
  • Carol Gancia - Executive Producer / CEO - Ripplemakers, Inc.; CEO - Sikat Naturals; Filmmaker/Writer - Ripplemakerstv.com; Producer - Google, Inc.; Associate Producer - KQED TV San Francisco; Executive Producer - I-Witness (GMA 7)
  • Angelina Cantada - Independent Filmmaker, Executive Producer, I-Witness (GMA 7)
  • Tony Velasquez - Anchor, ANC and Headline Pilipinas (DZMM TeleRadyo)
  • Twink Macaraig - Anchor, AksyonTV
  • Howie Severino - Host, I-Witness (GMA 7); Editor-in-Chief, GMANews.tv; PCIJ; Anchor, News to Go (GMA News TV)
  • Love Añover - Host, Unang Hirit and Lovely Day (GMA 7)
  • Jay Cesora Orense - Former Executive Producer for various GMA Public Affairs shows, Author "Silence Speaks", Program Manager TV5 News and Information or News5
  • Bernadette Sembrano - Former Anchor, TV Patrol Weekend and Current host, Salamat Dok and Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN)
  • Pinky Webb - Anchor, ANC and TV Patrol Weekend and Host, XXX; CNN Philippines
  • Eliza Zamora-Solis - Former Executive Producer, I-Witness and Case Unclosed (GMA 7); Senior Correspondent TV5 News and Information, Editorial Consultant, Insider (TV5)
  • Ella Evangelista - Program Manager, GMA 7 Public Affairs
  • Karen Lumbo - Program Manager, GMA 7 Public Affairs
  • JM Cobarrubias - Program Manager, GMA 7 Public Affairs
  • Michaela Cabrera - Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University; Producer and Reporter, Reuters Manila
  • Rolly Ng - Cameraman, Reuters Manila
  • Kathy Quiano - Reporter/ Producer (CNN Jakarta)
  • Rene Santiago - Former cameraman CNN Jakarta: Chief cameraman (TV5)
  • Garlic Garcia - Headwriter/Creative Consultant (ABS-CBN Entertainment)
  • Abbie Lara - Director, I -Witness (GMA 7)
  • Joseph Laban - Fulbright Scholar at NYU; Managing Producer (GMA 7); Contributing Producer, New York Times; PCIJ, Cinemalaya Director
  • Bong Lozano - Director, Unang Hirit (GMA 7)
  • Lloyd Navera - former Executive Producer and Director, I-Witness; Program Manager, GMA 7 Public Affairs
  • Minette Tirona, Program Manager, GMA 7
  • Inky Santiago - Nakpil, Contributing Manila Producer, CNN, Discovery Channel and BBC
  • Lolita Lachica - Producer, English Current Affairs, Channel News Asia, Singapore
  • Robert Alejandro - Graphic Artist & also a former TV host of Art Is Kool: now currently co-manager of Papemelroti Gift Store
  • Kath Mendoza-Hernandez - Supervising Producer, Art-is-Kool / Producer, Probe
  • Adrian Ayalin - Media Officer, US Embassy; Reporter Government News and Public Affairs Group-RPN; Anchor, NewsWatch (RPN): now currently as a senior reporter of ABS-CBN News.
  • Alexis Loinaz- Managing Editor, Metromix New York
  • Nike Lorenzo - Contributing Producer, Al Jazeera Manila
  • Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala - Managing Director, Asianeye Productions; Contributing Producer, CNN
  • Leogarda Sanchez-Matias - Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs, GMA 7
  • Macky Recinto Fernando - Marketing Manager, Probe Productions, Inc. Special Projects Division
  • Betong Sumaya - Sole Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Showdown, GMA 7; Segment Host, Unang Hirit and Ang Pinaka, GMA 7; Executive Producer, Day Off; Sunday PinaSaya; GMA News TV 27; now current hosts of All Out Sundays & Centerstage, GMA 7
  • Akiko Thomson - Olympic swimmer; current Philippine Sports Commission commissioner
  • Ricky Carandang - Malacanang Spokesman
  • Ivy Cay (DJ Diwata of 91.5 Big Radio)

Accolades

Accolades received by The Probe Team
Year Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
1988 2nd PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Magazine Show The Probe Team Nominated
Best Magazine Show Host Cheche Lazaro Nominated
Gawad CCP Para sa Telebisyon The Probe Team Won
1989 Won
2009 PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Public Affairs Program Won
  • Catholic Mass Media Awards (Hall of Famer, 1987-99)

References

  1. ↑ "GMA 7 denies allegations of Probe Team's Lazaro". INQ7.net. November 14, 2003. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2006.
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