the etc/2nd avenue addiction

i was always an avid viewer of star world since it's premature days. star tv first launched it as "star plus" before getting it's current name. whenever i had the liberty to do channel surfing, i always make sure that it's on star and i'm so glued to this station for hours. name any program that was shown on this channel and chances are, i've seen it. remington steele, small wonder, peanuts, friends, jag, baywatch.. name it. yes, even santa barbara! and so years went by and times have changed. i'm no longer a star world fan. etc/2nd avenue is now my new addiction. etc is a philippine television channel produced and founded by solar entertainment which also created its sister station, 2nd avenue. it is currently available over the philippine free-tv after it had been pulled out by skycable from it's channel line-up. they feature talk shows, dating shows, sitcoms, drama series, reality shows and entertainment news from the u.s. which is pretty much similar to star world.

it all started when i wanted to have cable tv after moving to my new place. at first i was pissed because the management of the building only allows global destiny as the cable provider. pissed at global destiny because first, they don't have star world, star movies and axn. and second, they do have a lot of channels but the problem is, half of their channel line-up is a non-english/tagalog channel. if i could only speak mandarin and korean, maybe i can appreciate it! and so i subscribed to global destiny since i didn't have a choice. this is where the addiction begins. i was starting to miss my star world and etc/2nd avenue came to the rescue. what else can i do? they were my only choice. i was really hesitant at first. i thought these channels might just be another studio 23 which doesn't really fit my taste (no offense to any s23 viewers though). but i was wrong. days and weeks passed by and before i knew it, i was glued to etc and 2nd avenue.

i really commend solar entertainment's programming staff for selecting the best canned programmes from the u.s. for their line-up. with this kind of programming, i must say that they are totally at par with star world's service. two thumbs up for etc and 2nd avenue! my viewing habits have never been the same! ^_^