1989 in Philippine television

The following is a list of events effecting Philippine television in 1989. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events

• January 16: Davao City hosts a localized TV Patrol edition with the launch of TV Patrol Mindanao.
• February 18: Eat Bulaga! premiered on ABS-CBN and was staged at Araneta Coliseum, with a TV special titled Eat... Bulaga!: Moving On.
• March 17: Lunch Date celebrated their 3rd anniversary, with big-named stars guesting. They also unveiled the new theme song of the show.
• September: ABS-CBN makes history with satellite broadcasts to Filipinos living in the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, the first overseas broadcasts for a Philippine television network via satellite relay.
• September 23: Tito, Vic and Joey celebrated the 10th anniversary of Eat Bulaga! with another TV special staged at Araneta Coliseum.
• October 8: Radio Philippines Network is relaunched as the New Vision 9 network with its tagline "The Future", while RPN remains its corporate name, its news service is rebranded as News9.
• December 1–9: Coverage of the 1989 Philippine coup attempt airs on all stations, with ABS-CBN making one of the first nationwide via satellite news coverages ever made.

Premieres

Unknown

• Dobol Trobol on RPN 9
• Blotter on RPN 9
• Isip Pinoy on RPN 9
• Correctionals on RPN 9
• Hilda Drama Specials on RPN 9
• Basta Barkada on RPN 9
• Bubog sa Puso on ABS-CBN 2
• Sta. Zita at si Mary Rose on ABS-CBN 2
• Del Monte Kitchenomics on ABS-CBN 2
• Seiko TV Presents on ABS-CBN 2
• Ellas A.D. on ABS-CBN 2
• Cooking Atbp on ABS-CBN 2
• Cooking It Up with Nora on ABS-CBN 2
• Aiko Drama Special on IBC 13
• Regal Shocker on IBC 13
• 13, 14, 15 on IBC 13
• Chikiting Patrol on IBC 13
• Kalatog Pa Rin on IBC 13
• Motoring Today on IBC 13
• Movietime on IBC 13
• OK ka'tol on IBC 13
• Pelikula sa Trese on IBC 13
• Regal Family on IBC 13
• Saint Peregrine: TV Sunday Mass on IBC 13
• Viva Spotlight on GMA 7
• A Little Night of Music on GMA 7
• Family 3 + 1 on GMA 7
• Pabuenas sa Siete on GMA 7
• Issues and Answers on GMA 7
• Bulilit on GMA 7
• Word of Hope on GMA 7
• Yamara! A Fashionable Judo Girl on GMA 7
• Kiteretsu on ABS-CBN 2
• Transformers on IBC 13
• Garfield and Friends on ABS-CBN 2
• The Comic Strip on RPN 9
• Voltes V on IBC 13
• Woody Woodpecker on IBC 13
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors on GMA 7
• ' on ABS-CBN 2
• Thundercats on GMA 7
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on IBC 13
• Maskman on ABS-CBN 2
• Daimos on ABS-CBN 2
• Murphy Brown on ABS-CBN 2
• Spielban on ABS-CBN 2
• A Dangerous Life on GMA 7
• Saved by the Bell on GMA 7
• The Wonder Years on GMA 7

• Banyuhayon on RPN 9
• Dobol Trobol on RPN 9
• Kaluskos-Musmos on RPN 9
• Seiko TV Presents on RPN 9
• Lutong Bahay on RPN 9
• Voltes V on RPN 9
• Golpe de Gulo on GMA 7
• Bubog sa Puso on ABS-CBN 2
• Regal Drama Presents on ABS-CBN 2
• Pinoy Fantasy on ABS-CBN 2
• Budoy on ABS-CBN 2
• Let's Go Crazy with Jack & Joey on ABS-CBN 2
• Dina on ABS-CBN 2
• Morning Treats on ABS-CBN 2
• Not So Late Night With Edu on ABS-CBN 2
• Manila, Manila on ABS-CBN 2
• Chikiting Patrol on ABS-CBN 2
• Sitak ni Jack on IBC 13
• ' on IBC 13
• Pinoy Thriller on IBC 13
• Kalatog Pa Rin on IBC 13
• Pinoy Wrestling on IBC 13
• Cine Pinoy on IBC 13
• Pelikula sa Trese on IBC 13
• Regal Juvenile on IBC 13
• Regal Theater on IBC 13
• Funfare on IBC 13
• Tic Tac Boom on IBC 13
• Regal Shocker on GMA 7
• U.F.O.: Urbano, Felissa & Others on GMA 7
• Date a Star on GMA 7
• Someone's on Your Side on GMA 7
• Transformers on IBC 13
• Voltron on IBC 13
• Garfield and Friends on ABS-CBN 2
• The Comic Strip on RPN 9
• Woody Woodpecker on IBC 13
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors on GMA 7
• ' on ABS-CBN 2
• Thundercats on GMA 7
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on IBC 13
• Goggle V on ABS-CBN 2
• Denjiman on ABS-CBN 2
• Kidsongs on ABS-CBN 2
• The Young and the Restless on ABS-CBN 2
• A Dangerous Life on GMA 7
• ALF on GMA 7
• The Facts of Life on GMA 7
• Tele-Aralan ng Kakayahan on PTV 4