Lunchtime Surprise

Lunchtime Surprise, also known as Lunchtime Surprise: A Lunchtime Full of Surprises & Fun, is a Magisterian noontime variety show broadcast by PTV. The show was created by the comedy trio of Reynold Sadler, Alfred Peters, and Matthias Calvin who were the former hosts of the sketch comedy television series SketchTV of PTV. The show adapted it's format from the Philippine variety shows and, and was met with a positive response. Despite its format mostly adapted from MTB and Wowowee, there were also segments adapted from other variety shows like, , , and.

History
As the noontime variety show war between MBC (Six Days A Week), PTV (The Noontime Extravaganza), and CBS (That's Entertainment) intensifies, RBC was miserably losing the noontime slot. The trio pitched the idea of joining the ratings war with a show named 'Lunchtime Surprise', which they based off the Philippine variety show, Eat Bulaga!

The show made it's first telecast on 25 July 2015, with it's original hosts Reynold Sadler, Alfred Peters, Matthias Calvin, Jordan Wesley, Jeannette Lynton, Kyrsten Patton, Marjolaine Addison, Mattéo Watson, and Marie-Ange Albine. The show's pilot telecast was a huge success as RBC's ratings on the noontime slot changed drastically.

Thanks to the immense popularity the show received, the show was made into a movie "Lunchtime Surprise: The Movie", with the whole cast of the show included.

In 2019, Lunchtime Surprise made Magisterian television history as the jackpot prize for it's 'Something or Nothing' segment was M$25,000,000 (approximately US$18.6 million), the highest amount of money given by a variety show. The prize was later changed to only M$1,000,000 thanks to how financially detrimental the prize was for the show.

On February 10, 2022, The three main hosts - Sadler, Peters, Calvin - confirmed that Lunchtime Surprise will be leaving RBC to eventually transfer the show to the three main hosts' former home network, PTV. The expected date of it's first telecast on PTV is on 14 March 2022 after The Noontime Extravaganza ends it's run on 12 March 2022.

On 14 March 2022, Lunchtime Surprise made it's extravagant debut to their new home, the Platinum Television Network, meanwhile it's RBC predecessor RAD also made it's debut. During it's debut to PTV, it also saw Mirabel Madrigal's debut after confirming her arrival to Lunchtime Surprise.

Reynold Sadler, one of the show's creators, passed away on 10 May after suffering from a heart attack. From the 9 May show, he was visibly exhausted.

L.S. Idol
L.S. Idol is an amateur singing competition that is based off American Idol and based off the Philippine amateur singing competition Tawag ng Tanghalan that currently airs as a segment in the variety show It's Showtime. A regular season is divided into four quarters, with semifinals taking place at the end of each quarter. The two semifinalists with the highest scores from each quarter, along with winners from the wildcard rounds, move on to compete in the grand finals.

L.S. University
L.S. University is one of Lunchtime Surprise's iconic segments. Based off one of Eat Bulaga's segments, Bulagaan, it features the hosts delivering "knock-knock" jokes in the form of a song. The segment is usually the final segment every Saturday.

The segment is in a classroom setting, with the hosts divided into groups or pairs and usually dressed in school uniforms. Each group must answer the teacher's question by integrating their answer into a song of their choice. After performing, the group spins a giant roulette wheel ranging from 00 to 100, which will become the basis of their score. The group with the lowest score will be punished at the end of the segment. The hosts then go free-for-all, chasing and throwing shaving cream on paper plates at each other and at the studio audience.

Running gags
The L.S. University segment has four popular running gags:
 * Jean-Christophe Blakeley always wears a uniform... for girls
 * Reynold Sadler stopping the roulette wheel from the behind to mess around with the pairs. Victims of Sadler mostly get a very low score (e.g. 00, 10, 20, 30) thanks to his tactic, but his tactic can always backstab him when it's the third group's turn, which always get the highest score (e.g. 80, 90, 100)
 * The final group (Alfred Peters & Matthias Calvin) parodying Black Eyed Peas' 'I Gotta Feeling' in almost everytime they do the L.S. University segment
 * The Baby Powder Bucket is a very popular running gag in the segment, where the selected victim will get baby powder poured on them. The gag rarely happens, so it's a surprise if it happens in a L.S. University segment. The recent victim was Mirabel Madrigal.

L.S. Presents: Something or Nothing
L.S. Presents: Something or Nothing, simply known as Something or Nothing, is their most popular segment in their almost 7 year history. The game's concept came from MTB and Wowowee's segment 'Pera o Bayong'. The original version of the game started with 50 players answering a series of multiple choice questions (A, B, C, or D), hoping to eliminate all others until only one remains. The most popular type of question involved the scientific names of plants and animals, with at least two of the four choices noticeably joke answers.

If two people remain in the game and both choose the correct answer, the first person to arrive at his/her choice is declared the winner. The winner of the elimination round then moves on to the jackpot round where he or she begins by choosing one of the ten boxes/trash bins/paper bag (it changes every week).

There is a bargaining session when the host (usually Reynold Sadler) would offer cash in exchange for the contestant abandoning the prize hidden in the box/trash bin/paper bag.

The number of bargaining sessions vary from day to day, depending on the mood/emotional status of both the host and the contestant. The prizes in the boxes/trash bins/paper bags from nothing, to a house and lot, to a showcase of the day, to a trip, to a tricycle, to a car, to fruits and vegetables (e.g. Watermelon), to food or to various cheaper objects and later to M$1 million. As mentioned earlier, the jackpot prize was M$25 million before it was changed to M$1 million.

Other segments

 * L.S. News - A parody on news broadcast in which most of the reported stories happened to some or all of the cast members. Those stories revolve around their personal life and tend to balance between facts and the comedic side of them.
 * L.S. Presents: Saturday Noontime Fever - A musical segment where the hosts sing different songs. This segment usually ends every Saturday show
 * L.S. Ad Break - Throughout the episodes, the hosts create some pre-taped satirical Magisterian television advertisements
 * L.S. Presents: Halloween Stories - Lunchtime Surprise has been popular thanks to it's three-hour halloween specials, many have praised the re-enactments of paranormal incidents and the theatrics used for the Halloween Special's ominous atmosphere.
 * L.S. Presents: Your Face Sounds Familiar - Based off the Spanish version of the same name, for 12 or 13 weeks, all the celebrity contestants (four male, four female in some cases groups composed of individuals of either gender) will complete for a cash prize. The contestant with the highest points per week will become the weekly winner, and will win said cash prize. The top four (or more in case of ties) contestants will advance to the finale and compete for the public's votes, where the artist with the most votes will be declared the winner.
 * L.S. Presents: Feel the Wrath of the Slippery Stairs - Each game has two or three rounds. The contestants are wearing multicolored skintight body suits all trying to climb a slippery staircase for 5 minutes. The contestants must first apply a slippery substance throughout their body and roll on the floor for spreading the slippery substance before starting the game. The slippery staircase also includes obstacles such as releasing of smoke and slime. The contestants must climb the staircase by crawling and must avoid standing and kneeling to avoid a violation or a foul. If a contestant has accumulated a total of three fouls, the contestant will be disqualified in the game. A winner is declared when a player gets the flag from the peak of the stairs.
 * L.S. Presents: The Lunchtime Roast Battle - Based off Drop the Mic from The Late Late Show with James Corden. Sadler, Peters, and Calvin and one or more guests trade insults in a (scripted) rap battle.

Main hosts

 * Alfred Peters (since 2015)
 * Matthias Calvin (since 2015)
 * Mirabel Madrigal (since 2022)

Co-hosts

 * Jean-Christophe Blakeley (since 2017)
 * Roxanna Melantha (since 2017)
 * John Paul Hamilton (since 2017)
 * Kayleen Hollins (since 2017)
 * Matthew Lambert (since 2018)
 * Myrtle English (since 2018)
 * Oswin Forester (since 2018)
 * Mélina Weston (since 2020)