The Noontime Extravaganza

The Noontime Extravaganza is a Magisterian variety show broadcast by Platinum Television Network that premiered on 11 February 2008. The Noontime Extravaganza currently airs on the commercial broadcast network PTV from Mondays to Saturdays. During the show's early years, the show's segments are based on the defunct Filipino variety show Wowowee and the Japanese variety show SMAP×SMAP. In 2018, new segments based on the South Korean variety show Running Man and the Japanese variety show Geinoujin ga Honki de Kangaeta Dokkiri GP were added to the show. It is set to end on 12 March 2022.

Early development (2006-2008)
In 2006, four years after Six Days A Week premiered in PTV's rival MBC, PTV's staff was desperate to beat MBC in the noontime line-up. Ellington Hermanson was fascinated with Filipino variety shows, especially Wowowee, and wanted to bring the format of the show into Magisteria. As he heard about the talks about a noontime show currently on development, he immediately went into PTV to pitch the idea which PTV accepted.

Lenard Endicott and Candy Terrell confirmed about joining alongside Hermanson on hosting this upcoming noontime show, which later named 'The Noontime Extravaganza'.

Premiere and early years (2008-2012)
The Noontime Extravaganza premiered on 11 February 2008 - 11 days after Six Days A Week 's 8th anniversary - and just like Six Days A Week 's premiere show, it was met with overwhelming positive reception. The show's cast started to grew as Vivianne Bernard, Mathys Andrews, and Freeman Dwight joined the cast.

Later success and format change (since 2012)
As the show proved to be a major success, the cast kept growing as Katherine Hargrave, Vance Trengove, Gordon Tinker, Roger Sangster, Malinda Slater, Sybille Scrivens, Raeburn Johnson, Mirabel Madrigal, Denver Benton, and Britney Truman joined the cast, with Trengove, Tinker, Sangster, Slater, Scrivens, and Johnson leaving the show before 2019 ended. The show's format saw a major change in 2018, as a format based on Running Man and Dokkiri GP were adopted.

On 11 February 2022, exactly at the show's 14th anniversary, Hermanson returned to the show after a one-month absence. Hermanson had a 15-minute emotional monologue where he talked about his unusual one-month absence, he confirmed that he has a terminal illness (cancer) and he wants to give the show one more month to air, thus confirming the show's end being on 12 March 2022.

Main hosts

 * Ellington Hermanson (since 2008)
 * Lenard Endicott (since 2008)
 * Candy Terrell (since 2008)

Co-hosts

 * Vivianne Bernard (since 2008)
 * Mathys Andrews (since 2008)
 * Freeman Dwight (since 2008)
 * Katherine Hargrave (since 2010)
 * Brigham Hill (since 2010)
 * Mirabel Madrigal (since 2018)
 * Denver Benton (since 2019)
 * Britney Truman (since 2020)

Ratings
The Noontime Extravaganza debuted with 29.7 million viewers watching, making it the highest-rated PTV show on that day. The episode receiving the highest rating during it's early years was it's first anniversary episode, with 51.2 million viewers, beating Six Days A Week, which received 24.1 million viewers.