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

News

 * Sorbet TV/Ch28 News (1996-present)

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)

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)
 * The Boondocks (July 6, 2020)
 * Rick and Morty (late July 2020)

Foreign

 * Tyrant (2016-2018)
 * That's 70s Show (1997-2008)
 * That's 80s Show (2006-2007)
 * Weird Science (1996-1997)
 * 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)

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)

Stations

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