October 26

October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Kumkum Bhagya

Kumkum Bhagya (Soul Mate) is a Hindi-language Indian television soap opera which is broadcast by Zee TV, the series premiered on 15 April 2014. The show is loosely based on the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. The series stars Sriti Jha, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Mrunal Thakur, and Arjit Taneja in the leading roles.

The show depicts the life of a Punjabi women Sarla Arora who runs a Marriage hall named Kumkum bhagya and lives with the hope of seeing her two daughters Pragya (Jha) and Bulbul (Mrunal Thakur) (who're poles apart) married. It also starts Shabbir Ahluwalia as Abhishek Mehra, a rockstar who is eventually married to Pragya. The series here depicts how the two face hurdles, difficulties and misunderstandings and pave way to fall in love. The series star Arjit Taneja as Purab and Mrunal Thakur as Bulbul who eventually fell in love before their marriage. Series show how there relationship bought Abhi and Pragya closer.

Series is produced by Ekta Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms. Continuing her tradition, Ekta Kapoor has named the series starting with the letter "k" because she feels it is lucky. the show is directed by Sharad Pandey, and developed by Ekta Kapoor, the Producer won Best Television Show (Fiction) Award by 21st Lions Gold Awards 2015

2016

2016 (MMXVI) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

2016 has been designated as:

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January

Eat Bulaga!

Eat Bulaga! is the longest running noon-time variety show in the Philippines produced by Television And Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE) and aired by GMA Network. The show broadcasts from The New TAPE Studios (Eastside Studio) at the GMA Broadway Centrum in New Manila, Quezon City. Eat Bulaga! is aired Weekdays at 12:00 NN to 2:40 PM and Saturdays at 11:30 AM to 2:40 PM (PHT). The show is also broadcast worldwide through GMA Pinoy TV. The name approximately translates to "Lunchtime Surprise!".

The show celebrated its 36th year on Philippine television on July 30, 2015, holding the record of being the longest-running noontime variety program on air in the history of Philippine television.

Its first overseas franchise is Eat Bulaga! Indonesia, which currently airs on Indonesia's ANTV Network, and premiered on Indonesia's SCTV Network on July 16, 2012 .Eat Bulaga! became the first Philippine show to be franchised by another country.

History

The RPN years (1979–89)

Production Specialists, Inc., a company owned by Romy Jalosjos, brought the idea of creating a noontime show for Radio Philippines Network (RPN). Antonio Tuviera, who was working for the company, thought that the comic troika of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon, better known as TVJ (who had gained fame through GMA Network's Discorama and as pinch-hitters for Student Canteen, but subsequently left both), would be the perfect hosts for the new program. At a meeting at the InterContinental Manila parking lot (now closed), Tuviera made the offer to them; they accepted.

Mazaaq Raat

Mazaaq Raat (Urdu :مذاق رات ) is a Pakistani comedy television show that airs Monday to Wednesday nights on Dunya TV.Vasay Chaudhry hosts the show, with the Mazaaq Raati team consisting of Amanullah Khan, Sakhawat Naz, Iftikhar Thakur and Mohsin Abbas Haider as DJ. On her visit to Lahore, Pakistan, Indian film actress Swara Bhaskar appeared as a guest on the show in April 2015.

Noman Ejaz left that show due some other works but now Vasay Chaudhry hosts the show. The show is recorded in front of a studio audience at Dunya News headquarters. In August 2013, a pilot show was broadcast to gauge its audience appeal. During the pilot, the cast was introduced as:

When the show was started in series format, some of the characters were modified. Mujahid Abbas and Sardar Kamal appeared on some shows as well. Astrologer Samiah Khan also appeared on some shows, playing the character of Chacha Bashir's fiancée.