# Umagang Kay Ganda

Umagang Kay Ganda (transl. a morning so beautiful, abbreviated as UKG) is a Philippine television news broadcasting and talk show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Originally hosted by Edu Manzano, Pinky Webb, Lucky Mercado, Anthony Taberna, Alex Santos, Winnie Cordero, Donita Rose, Zenaida Seva, Ogie Diaz, Kim Atienza, Bernadette Sembrano, and Rica Peralejo. it aired on the network's morning line up from June 25, 2007 to May 5, 2020, replacing Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas and was replaced by Kapamilya Daily Mass and Kabayan on Kapamilya Channel and Bro. Eddie Villanueva Classics and A2Z School at Home on A2Z's morning timeslot. Taberna, Cordero, Ariel Ureta, Amy Perez, Jorge Cariño, Tina Marasigan, Gretchen Ho, Jeff Canoy, Ariella Arida, and Kori Quintos served as the final hosts.

## Format

The main ingredient in this morning show was audience interaction and participation. In line with the format, they aired their show from Club O (formerly Dish) in the ABS-CBN compound to make the show more accessible to the audience. The program included live traffic points from six key points in Metro Manila, as well as occasional regional news.

## Broadcast

In some provinces at 7:00 AM, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group would cut this program mid-way (without any notice) to air sixty minutes of provincial morning programming. Each local morning program, produced by their respective news departments, features news and features related to its target regional audience. Due to the network's shutdown, these regional programs were then aired on their respective Facebook pages and YouTube at 7:00 AM until their last broadcasts aired on August 28, 2020.
* Baguio/Dagupan (North Luzon) - Bagong Morning Kapamilya
* Naga City/Legazpi (Bicol) - Marhay na Aga Kapamilya
* Iloilo (Panay) - Panay Sikat
* Bacolod (Negros) - The Morning Show
* Cebu (Central Visayas) - Maayong Buntag Kapamilya
* Tacloban (Eastern Visayas) - Maupay nga Aga Kapamilya
* Cagayan de Oro/Iligan/Butuan (North Mindanao) - Pamahaw Espesyal
* Davao (Southern Mindanao) - Maayong Buntag Mindanao
* General Santos/Cotabato (South Central Mindanao) - Magandang Umaga South Central Mindanao
* Zamboanga (Chavacano) - Buenos Dias Zamboanga

## History

Umagang Kay Ganda premiered on June 25, 2007, at 5:15 AM, replacing Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas. The original hosts include Edu Manzano, Pinky Webb, Lucky Mercado, Anthony Taberna, Alex Santos, Winnie Cordero, Donita Rose, Zenaida Seva, Ogie Diaz, Kim Atienza, Bernadette Sembrano, and Rica Peralejo.
Manzano and Diaz left the program more than two years later. Manzano was running for Vice President, while Diaz was concentrating on hosting Entertainment Live.
On May 11, 2009, Umagang Kay Ganda launched "Boto Mo iPatrol Mo Ako Ang Simula" in preparation for the 2010 Philippine elections.
On July 13, 2009, Ginger Conejero and Atom Araullo separately joined the program, filling the vacancy by the departure of Manzano and Diaz.
On October 21, 2009, Kim Atienza left the program to join the talent competition program (and now noontime variety show) Showtime (later known as It's Showtime) as one of the hosts.
On March 22, 2010, Andrei Felix, Bekimon, and Phoemela Baranda joined the program as hosts. The same year, Araullo left the show to concentrate on field reporting.
In February 2011, the program was reformatted, with Iya Villania, Jeffrey Tam, and Miss Universe 2010 fourth runner-up Venus Raj joining the program to replace Sembrano, Peralejo, Conejero and Bekimon. On August 1 of the same year, Bernadette Sembrano replaced Webb after the former's six-month hiatus from the show.
On January 30, 2012, Bianca Gonzalez replaced Donita Rose (who left the show to train as a professional chef), while Anthony Taberna and his Dos Por Dos co-host Gerry Baja joined the program as hosts.
On June 4, 2012, comedian-actor Ariel Ureta joined the program as one of the new hosts.
On January 28, 2013, Jorge Cariño joined the program replacing Santos, while Araullo returned to the show after three years.
On February 10, 2014, Umagang Kay Ganda shortened its timeslot from 5:00 AM to 7:30 AM to give way for the airing extension of talk show Kris TV.
On October 2, 2015, Bernadette Sembrano left the program to focus on TV Patrol.
On October 23, 2015, Umagang Kay Ganda ended its broadcast on ANC in preparation for the major revamp of the channel's programming, logo and imaging. The timeslot was replaced by Mornings @ ANC and Early Edition.
On June 20, 2016, Umagang Kay Ganda brings back its original three-hour runtime from 5:00 AM to 8:00 AM.
On September 15, 2017, Atom Araullo left the program (following his departure from ABS-CBN) as he returned to GMA Network on September 21. The next year, Kori Quintos and Jeff Canoy joined the show replacing Araullo and former PAGASA weatherman Alvin Pura.
On April 2, 2018, Umagang Kay Ganda, along with the other ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs programs switched to high definition format.
On July 29, 2019, Canoy officially became part of UKG as a permanent co-host after filling-in for Araullo.
On March 18, 2020, Umagang Kay Ganda was temporarily replaced by the simulcast of DZMM TeleRadyo on the show's timeslot for the first time in years as provisional programming. Gerry Baja's Garantisadong Balita aired at 5:00 AM to 6:00 AM, followed by Noli de Castro's Kabayan (6:00 AM to 7:00 AM; 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM), and the tag team of Ted Failon and Noli de Castro in morning newscast Radyo Patrol Balita Alas-Siyete at 7:00 AM to 7:30 AM. The program returned to air on May 4, though it began at 6:00 AM rather than 4:55 AM as DZMM's Garantisadong Balita remained on air. However, due to the shutdown of ABS-CBN on the evening of May 5, 2020, caused by a cease-and-desist order from the National Telecommunications Commission after its legislative franchise expired the day prior, the program continued broadcasting as Umagang Kwentuhan on Facebook Live the day after until June 30. On July 15, 2020, the current affairs division's documentary section of ABS-CBN News, including the staff from the program became part of the series of retrenchments following the July 10 vote of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises denied the network a congressional franchise and officially cancelled.

## Hosts
### Final Main hosts

* Anthony Taberna (2007–2020)
* Winnie Cordero (2007–2020)
* Ariel Ureta (2012–2020)
* Amy Perez (2013–2020)
* Jorge Cariño (2013–2020)
* Tina Marasigan (2015–2020)
* Gretchen Ho (2016–2020)
* Jeff Canoy (2019–2020)
* Ariella Arida (2019–2020)
* Kori Quintos (2019–2020)

### Final Co-hosts

* Bryan Termulo (2014–2020)
* Hanz Cua (2015–2020)
* Marlo Mortel (2015–2020)
* K Brosas (2016–2020)
* Long Mejia (2016–2020)
* Dawn Chang (2016–2020)
* Tommy Esguerra (2018–2020)
* KaladKaren Davila (2018–2020, moved to TV5)
* Lady Pipay Navarro (2018–2020)
* Jackque Gonzaga (2018–2020)
* Isabela Vinzon (2018–2020)
* Justin Cuyugan (2019–2020)
* Jeremy Glinoga (2019–2020)

### Final Guest and featured hosts

* Robi Domingo (2015–2020)
* Hashtags Members (2015–2020)
* Clarence Delgado (2015–2020)
* Mutya Orquia (2016–2020)
* Dominic Roque (2016–2020)
* Arron Villaflor (2016–2020)
* Marco Masa (2016–2020, moved to GMA Network)
* Eric Nicolas (2016–2020)
* Upgrade (boyband group) (2016–2020)
* Pia Gutierrez (2016–2020)
* Adrian Ayalin (2016–2020)
* Renee Salud (2017–2020)
* Jasmin Romero (2018–2020)
* Cast of Team Yey! (2018–2020)
* Pat Reyes (UKG Squad; 2019–2020)
* Roxy Montealegre (UKG Squad; 2019–2020)
* Jeffrey Hernaez (2019–2020)

### Former hosts

* Lucky Mercado (2007–2008)
* Ogie Diaz (2007–2008) (now currently as a talent manager & also currently as a TV host)
* Edu Manzano (2007–2009)
* Kim Atienza (2007–2009) (moved to GMA Network)
* Zenaida Seva (2007–2011) (deceased)
* Pinky Webb (2007–2011) (moved to Bilyonaryo News Channel)
* Rica Peralejo (2007–2011) (now married)
* Donita Rose (2007–2012)
* Alex Santos (2007–2013; moved to Net 25's, Mata ng Agila)
* Bernadette Sembrano (2007–2011; 2011–2015; focused on TV Patrol)
* Ginger Conejero (2009–2011; moved to KNTV and NBC Bay Area)
* Atom Araullo (2009–2010; 2013–2017; moved to GMA Network)
* Phoemela Baranda (2010–2012)
* Andrei Felix (2010–2013, moved to TV5)
* Rico J. Puno (2011) (deceased)
* Venus Raj (2011–2013)
* Iya Villania (2011–2013; returned to GMA Network)
* Bianca Gonzalez (2012–2014)
* Gerry Baja (2012; moved to DZRH)
* Zen Hernandez (2013; moved to TV Patrol Weekend)
* Doris Bigornia (2013–2014)
* Melai Cantiveros (2014–2016; focused on Magandang Buhay)
* Ella Cruz (2015–2018)
* Alvin Pura (2015–2017)
* Sam Shoaf (2018)
* Martin Javier (UKG Squad; 2019–2020 now with GMA Network)

## Segments
### Final segments

* Umagang Balita: A two-part news bulletin, competing with two other morning news bulletins including Unang Hirit's segment Unang Balita on GMA Network.
** 6:00 A.M. - bulletin featuring national, international, regional, and showbiz news; anchored by Amy Perez, Jorge Carino, and Jeff Canoy. This is considered as the main news bulletin of the morning show.
** 7:00 A.M. - bulletin featuring more national, international and regional news.
* Showbiz Balita: Entertainment news segment anchored by Amy Perez.
* Eh Kasi Lalaki: Hosted by Anthony Taberna and Jorge Cariño.
* Umagang Kay Sarap: Recipe of the day.
* Ano Ba Yan?

## Controversies
### Taberna's remarks on rape victim

On February 19, 2018, a news report of a 19-year-old girl was delivered; she was allegedly gang-raped after meeting up with someone she was chatting with online. In the background, however, Anthony Taberna's voice can be heard, saying, "This is just remarkable. It’s not the first time that this happened. There have been so many incidents like this of eyeball meet-ups. What’s more dangerous is you not only go to that eyeball meet-up, you even went out for a drink. That’s the problem, that’s the hardest of all, especially since you’re drinking out with an all-male group." Later, seemingly cutting off Jeff Canoy, Taberna was heard saying, "No. The truth is it’s easy to say that to men. Excuse me in so far as the victim is concerned, the one who must be given justice. But this should be a warning for future incidents. If you’re a woman, don’t enter a hole of evil-doers."

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Outcome |
| 2018 | 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2017 | UPLB GANDINGAN 2017 | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2016 | 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show | Nominated |
| 2016 | 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show Host | Won |
| 2016 | 2nd PUP Mabini Media Awards | Best Morning Program | Won |
| 2015 | 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2015 | 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show Host | Nominated |
| 2015 | 1st Gawad Kamalayan Awards of Mapúa Institute of Technology | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2014 | 28th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts | Won |
| 2014 | 22nd Golden Dove Awards For Television | Best Television Newscast Program | Won |
| 2014 | 1st PUP Mabini Media Awards | Best Television News Program | Won |
| 2013 | 7th UPLB Gandingan Awards | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts | Won |
| 2013 | 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show-Hall of Fame | Won |
| 2013 | 27th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show Hosts | Nominated |
| 2013 | 11th Gawad Tanglaw | Best Morning Show-Hall of Fame | Won |
| 2013 | 8th COMGUILD Awards | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2012 | 26th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts | Won |
| 2012 | 10th Gawad Tanglaw | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2012 | 6th UPLB Gandingan Awards | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts | Won |
| 2011 | 25th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts | Won |
| 2011 | 5th UPLB Gandingan Awards | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Hosts | Won |
| 2011 | 9th Gawad Tanglaw | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2010 | Anak TV Seal Awards | Most Admired Morning Show | Won |
| 2010 | 24th PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Host/s | Won |
| 2010 | 1st Media Newser Philippines Awards | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Host/s | Won |
| 2010 | 8th Gawad Tanglaw | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Host/s | Won |
| 2010 | 4th UPLB Gandingan Awards | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2009 | 23rd PMPC Star Awards for Television | Best Morning Show and Best Morning Show Host/s | Won |
| 2009 | Golden Dove Awards For Television | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2009 | 7th Gawad Tanglaw | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2009 | 3rd UPLB Gandingan Awards | Best Morning Show | Won |
| 2008 | 6th Gawad Tanglaw | Best Morning Show | Won |