The following is a list of events effecting Philippine television in 1988. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
August 29: TV Patrol Cebu is launched on DYCB Channel 3, the first regional edition of the national TV Patrol newscast, airing an hour of national and local news at primetime until December when it moved to late afternoons and its broadcast reduced to 30 minutes.
November 7: The Tower of Power transmitter was inaugurated by President Aquino and GMA Network executives. Afterwards, a TV special entitled "GMA-7 POWER" was shown to commemorate the event.[1]
December 10: Following years of trial runs beginning in 1969, ABS-CBN switches on its debut nationwide satellite broadcast using the DOMSAT system, with a starting four-hour block of national programming aired to all provincial and/or regional stations nationwide.
December 12: Negros Occidental becomes second province to host a localized TV Patrol edition with the launch of TV Patrol Negros.
^Miralles, Nitz (July 23, 1988). "Maricel marks 17th year in showbiz". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. p. 16. Retrieved June 17, 2020. A NEW sitcom entitled Buddy Boy premieres on August 5 on Channel 13. The one-hour show stars Aga Muhlach, Monica Herrera, Toby Alejar, Ana Abiera, Gary Bereña and Liza Lorena...
^Tejero, Henry (August 27, 2019). "Show of tears". Manila Standard. Manila Standard News, Inc. p. 12. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
^Mendoza, Meg (October 13, 1988). "Better on tv". Manila Standard. Manila Standard News, Inc. p. 27. Retrieved June 16, 2021. For its premiere telecast, RVQ presented Daddy's Little Darlings...
