GMA News TV Brings #BagongSerbisyongTotoo With New Normal: The Survival Guide

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ENTERTAINMENT | July 22, 2020

GMA News TV's New Normal: The Survival Guide offers a new wave of programs that aim to inform and help Filipino viewers on how to adjust to and embrace the new normal while staying in the safe comforts of their homes. (Image Source: GMA Network)

GMA Public Affairs is giving a new face to "Serbisyong Totoo" as it proudly launched New Normal: The Survival Guide, a lineup of five different magazine programs that are entirely conceptualized with the "new normal" in mind. Airing weeknights at 8:30 pm on GMA News TV following 24 Oras and bannered by six of the channel's award-winning and veteran hosts, New Normal: The Survival Guide aims to help Filipinos navigate towards a new way of living while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic through life hacks, money tips, family bonding ideas, inspirational stories and burning issues needed to be discussed.

Ushering in the week is Professor Winnie Monsod in "Newsmakers" every Monday where she tackles the most talked-about issues and discussing them with the biggest newsmakers through online video conferencing. Viewers are also treated to Mareng Winnie's less serious side as she uses technology in coping with the new normal and exploring other things that used to be unfamiliar for senior citizens like her such as trying out the TikTok craze. Meanwhile, Kara David brings on the good vibes every Tuesday night with "Bright Side". On "Bright Side", Kara shares light stories and viral content aiming to inspire viewers and providing them more reasons to look at the brighter side of things.

Helping viewers manage their finances better is Susan Enriquez with "Pera Paraan" every Wednesday night. "Pera Paraan" offers tips on handling household finances, earn additional income and succeed in a work-from-home environment. The show also features small business that have successfully pivoted and thrived since the beginning of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) period. Every Thursday, Tonipet Gaba and Rovilson Fernandez join forces in "Home Work" to give viewers life hacks in the time of the new normal. Young people and gimikeros who are at home 24/7 for the first time in their lives will be able to relate to "Home Work" as Tonipet and Rovilson dish out tips on how to survive quarantine life and navigate the household.

Finally, Friday nights are bound to be fun for parents with "Family Time" where Drew Arellano showcases his side as a dad and a family man and opens up to viewers his own journey as a parent amid the new normal as well as of families dealing with the new normal. Born in the age of social distancing, GMA News TV's New Normal: The Survival Guide capitalizes on technology and user-generated content to welcome viewers inside a virtual home and giving them the same quality of programs that GMA Public Affairs is known for.