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Manila Times
September 6, 2004

ABC 5's controversial talk show Secrets will finally air this week.  The show airs at 10 in the evening on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Hosted by the alluring actress Juliana Palermo, Secrets failed to receive approval from the MTRCB, which gave the show an X-rating thrice. Apparently, the show's segments, which includes a frank discussion on sex with celebrity guests, didn't pass muster with the reviewers. Secrets was supposed to have premiered in August. The producers also admitted that the jokes of guest star Gary Lising were found to be too racy for comfort.

Lising, along with actress Patricia Javier, were the celebrity guests of the pilot episode. However, in a press statement, ABC 5 said it is airing another episode for the debut of Secrets. This week Palermo discusses the ?secrets? fashion models Aliya Parcs, Phomela Baranda and Gary Dulatas. The show also takes a peek into the glamorous world of high fashion and discovers what goes on backstage and off-camera during fashion shows and commercial shoots.

Meanwhile, the network announced that its new reality show, Three Blind Dates, also premieres tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. Hosted by JM Rodriguez, the show every episode features a single lady who gets to date three men; a guy chosen by her parents, another chosen by her friends and a guy chosen by on-line voters via website www.itzamatch.com. In the late afternoons, the network airs a trio of anime shows starting at 4:30 p.m.?Ninja Boy Rantaro, Cyborg Kurochan and Legend of Shao Ling Temple. Sentro, hosted by John Susi and Ali Sotto follows at 6 p.m. while Big News airs a half earlier at 9:30 p.m.