Banana Sundae (formerly Banana Split) is a Philippine comedy gag show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show aired from October 11, 2008, to April 5, 2020, replacing That's My Doc. The program aired every Sunday from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, on the network's Yes Weekend! block. It also airs worldwide via TFC.
This series is currently streaming on Kapamilya Online Live Global every Friday, 3:00 am–5:00 am.
History
Banana Split is a spiritual successor to the comedy program Goin' Bananas that featured Edgar Mortiz, Christopher de Leon, Jay Ilagan, and Johnny Delgado.
Banana Split debuted on October 11, 2008, with an all-girl cast led by Angelica Panganiban and Cristine Reyes, with different male celebrity guests each week. The second season premiered on February 28, 2009, and the third season on April 18, 2009, with a new cast, including John Prats, Zanjoe Marudo, Jayson Gainza, Pooh, and Pokwang. The fourth season premiered on July 18, 2009. On September 30, 2009, a 30-minute weekday afternoon edition called Banana Split: Daily Servings originally aired every Mondays to Fridays on the network's Hapontastic afternoon block. The timeslot later moved to Umaganda weekday morning block from 10:00AM to 10:30AM starting August 2010, but was moved again twice as early from 9:00AM to 9:30AM on June 27, 2011. On July 9, 2011, the original Saturday edition was reformatted as Banana Split: Extra Scoop, featuring live comedy performances and also includes the second season of Clown in a Million, a reality comedy search. On September 12, 2011, Banana Split: Daily Servings was renamed to Banana Split: Lafternoon Delight as the timeslot moved to 2:45PM as part of Kapamilya Gold afternoon block. However, it was later cancelled on October 7, 2011.
Banana Split: Extra Scoop garnered high ratings on its Saturday late-night timeslot compare to the counterpart programs. Due to the success, ABS-CBN launched a late-weeknight edition called Banana Nite which premiered on February 25, 2013, every Mondays to Fridays right after Bandila, replacing certain Current Affairs shows. Banana Nite extended its airtime to 45 minutes on August 5, 2013, but was later reverted to 30 minutes on February 10, 2014, onwards. Banana Nite ended on October 30, 2015, after a two-year run. Meanwhile, Banana Split: Extra Scoop ended on November 7, 2015, after its four-year run. The show reformatted on November 15, 2015, as Banana Sundae which now airs every Sunday afternoons at 2:30PM right after ASAP Natin 'To.
In April 2020, Banana Sundae was temporarily put off the air, in response to rival network GMA extending Kapuso Movie Festival to a two-movie block. This switch forced the network to extend the Sunday edition of KB Family Weekend to two movies, causing ASAP Natin 'To shorten to a 1-hour airtime in Banana Sundae's timeslot, as part of ABS-CBN's temporary programming changes due to the 2020 Luzon lockdown (which is part of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country). However, the program was cancelled when ABS-CBN Channel 2 was forced to shut down indefinitely. Repeat episodes of the program later aired via ABS-CBN's interim replacement, Kapamilya Channel every weeknight at 11:45PM between June and July 2020.
Through an article from Philippine Entertainment Portal, a gag show similar to Banana Sundae (considered its "successor") started airing on October 18, 2020, on TV5 produced by Brightlight Productions. However, the program was retitled as Sunday 'Kada with only a few of its cast and director, Mortiz, of Banana Sundae on board.
Cast
Final cast
Angelica Panganiban (2008–2020) John Prats (2009–2020) Jayson Gainza (2009–2020) Pooh (2009–2020) Pokwang (2009-2011; 2015–2020) Badjie Mortiz (2009-2020) Ryan Bang (2010–2020) Jobert Austria (2011–2020) Sunshine Garcia (2011–2020) JC de Vera (2013–2020) Aiko Climaco (2013–2020) Ritz Azul (2017–2020) Wacky Kiray (2017–2020) Barbie Imperial (2020)
Former cast
Cristine Reyes
Roxanne Guinoo
Valerie Concepcion
Dianne Medina (2008–2009) Princess Ryan (2008–2010) RR Enriquez (2008–2011) Zanjoe Marudo (2009–2010; 2012–2015) Niña Jose (2009–2010) A.A. Ponce (2009–2011) Rasheed Collado (2009-2011) Melai Cantiveros (2010–2015) Gab Valenciano (2010–2011) Melissa Ricks (2010–2011) Jason Francisco (2010–2012) Jef Gaitan (2010–2015) Le Chazz (2010–2015) Alora Sasam (2012–2015) Boom Labrusca (2012–2015) Manuel Chua (2013–2015) Alex Gonzaga (2013–2015) Kean Cipriano (2013–2015) Jennica Garcia (2014) Mitoy Yonting (2014–2015) Jessy Mendiola (2015–2017) Shine Kuk (2017–2018) Empoy Marquez (2017–2019) Saicy Aguila