Sorbet TV

Ch28 is a Philippine secondary channel owned by FBN Corporation, launched in 1996, this channel is considered fully English TV channel, similar to ETC.

History
in 1995, FBN Corporation signed deal with Audiovisual to launch DWQO-TV in test broadcasting, during test broadcast phase (until Sorbet TV launched), DWQO airs simulcast of a cable channel, CNN International.

in 1996, Sorbet TV was launched, its original name was named after one of popular deserts in Philippines, "Sorbetes" without "es", Sorbet TV is new home for former FBN's most English programming, its first official broadcast show was "Weird Science", which was TV show aired on USA Network.

in 1998, after FBN Corporation signed deal with ZDTV, Sorbet TV's ZDTV block was launched, at same day, Sorbet TV was renamed to Ch28 to attract more viewers, during 1998-2015, people these days called Ch28 as "ZDTV/TechTV/G4TechTV/G4 Ch28".

on mid-2020, FBN planning to rename Ch28 back to Sorbet TV, however with drastic FBN Corporation rebrands on July 1, 2020, it was confirmed and Ch28 will rename back to Sorbet TV on July 1

on June 23, 2020, FBN announced to launch HD feed of Sorbet TV on July 1, initially on OctaDish and Novacable.

on July 24, 2020, FBN announced that DWQO, DYQO and DXQO (TV and DTV) to be sold to DepEd effectively midnight at August 24, making these stations to be officially the first fully education-oriented stations (fictionally), forcing Sorbet TV to go off air in Analog permanently and FBN's digital stations to have extensive changes, last show to be offically broadcast on Sorbet TV Analog will be "Weird Science" according to Ch28/Sorbet TV's social media accounts along with August 23 schedule photo (August 23 schedule will mainly consist of TechTV shows, old Sorbet TV/Ch28 shows and only unchanged program will be Journal English), its first program on Sorbet TV (as fully-digital only channel) will be "Crossing Swords", whivh will follow at 12am, at same day, Sorbet TV will finally broadcast 24 hours a day.

on June 26, 2020, FBN announced to sign deal with Netflix to air its original shows on Sorbet TV, starting with Cursed (which premieres on July 17 (Netflix) and July 20 (announced)) and Warrior Nun (which premieres on July 2 (Netflix) and July 21 (announed)), its not the first time that Netflix original series to aired on linear channels in Philippines, it was first aired on RTL-CBS Entertainment (which aired House of Cards), Yey! (which aired Care Bears & Cousins) and NovaTV (various Netflix Original series, like Hollywood).

News

 * Sorbet TV/Ch28 News (1996-present) (to be renamed to Journal English on July 1)

Foreign

 * The Twilight Zone (original) (1996-2007, 2014-present)
 * Charmed (reboot) (April 2020-present)
 * The Good Place (2019-present)
 * Batwoman (May 2020-present)
 * Inside Edition (1996-present)
 * Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2017-present)
 * Marlon (December 2017-present)
 * The Flash (2019-present)
 * Castle Rock (season 1) (October 2019-present)

Local
Ch28 usually airs Filipino shows dubbed in English.
 * Lindol Republic (2016-present)

Upcoming programming

 * FBI (July 1, 2020)
 * The Masked Singer (titled as "The Masked Singer USA") (July 1, 2020)
 * The Good Doctor (July 2, 2020)
 * Borgen (July 3, 2020) (likely to drop from early 2021)
 * Black Jesus (July 4, 2020)
 * The Boondocks (July 6, 2020)
 * Roswell, New Mexico (July 9, 2020)
 * The Blacklist (July 10, 2020)
 * Cursed (July 20, 2020)
 * Warrior Nun (July 21, 2020)
 * Rick and Morty (late July 2020)
 * Crossing Swords (August 2020)
 * Castle Rock (season 2) (October 2020)
 * Reckoning (late 2020)
 * Tuca & Bertie (TBA 2021)

Foreign

 * Tyrant (2016-2018)
 * That's 70s Show (1997-2008)
 * That's 80s Show (2006-2007)
 * Weird Science (1996-1997, 2020)
 * Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1996-1999)
 * WKRP in Cincinnati (1996-2003)
 * Cheers (1996-1998)
 * COPS (2011-June 2020) (quietly dropped amidst protests in USA)
 * Entertainment Tonight (1996-2018) (dropped per Solar Entertainment's request)
 * Home Improvement (1998-2018)
 * Seinfeld (1999-2019)
 * Dilbert: The Animated Series (2000-2002, 2016-2018)

ZDTV/TechTV/G4TechTV/G4 block (1998-2015)
Its G4 block was closed on March 8, 2015 following G4 USA closure, after an X-Play episode and followed by same final video as G4 USA final sign-off, this block's last words was same (more like "I'm At Comic-Con!", then Donkey Kong Game Over sound and finally Game Boy Startup sound) and finally a message "thanks for almost seventeen years to live with zdtv, techtv and g-four, thanks 4 watching -G4 on Ch28, FBN family and Fujisenkai Communications Inc", after that its G4 block was replaced with more programming from its content partners.
 * The Screensavers (1998-2005)
 * Call for Help (199?-200?)
 * Gamespot TV (1999-2002)
 * X-Play (2002-2015)
 * G4TV.com (2003-2006)
 * Cinemascope (200?-201?)

unknownly aired

 * Campus PD
 * Brainiac
 * CHEAT!

Children programming
Children programming was fully dropped from Ch28 from 2017 onwards, FBN plans to bring back children programming to Ch28 by mid-2020 but was scrapped to make way for a new channel Bata.
 * Go Jetters (2017)
 * Zip Zip (2016-2017)
 * Archie's Weird Mysteries (2005-2009)
 * Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (2001-2003)
 * Counterfeit Cat (2017)
 * Elliot Kid (2009-2012)

Special programming/programs or movies that only aired once

 * One World: Together At Home (April 19, 2020)
 * The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (December 11, 2019)
 * TV Patrol (ABS-CBN Shutdown coverage) (simulcast with ABS-CBN, S+A, ANC, DZMM TeleRadyo, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, MOR 101.9 and Groovy 107.9) (May 5, 2020)

Programming block

 * Anime Unleashed (200?-200?) (only TechTV/G4 program to air on Ch28 outside of G4 block)

Stations

 * DWQO-TV Manila 28
 * DYQO-TV Cebu 63
 * DXQO-TV Davao 67