Antonio Tuviera
{{Short description|Filipino businessman}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Antonio Pablo Tuviera
| birth_name = Antonio P. Tuviera
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|6}}
| birth_place = Manila, Philippines
| death_date =
| occupation = Producer
| spouse = Madz Tuviera
| children = 2, including Mike
| office = President & Chief Executive Officer of Television and Production Exponents Inc.
| term_start = July 7, 1981
| term_end = February 28, 2023
| predecessor = Position founded
| successor = Romeo M. Jalosjos Jr.
}}
Antonio Pablo Tuviera (born February 6, 1952), more simply known as Tony Tuviera or by his nickname Mr. T, is a Filipino media producer and businessman. He served as the president and CEO of Television and Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE Inc.), the production company behind the noontime show Eat Bulaga! which he co-created in 1979 with fellow businessman Romeo Jalosjos Sr. as well as the show's original hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon.{{Cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/20/article-417|title=Tony Tuviera remains TAPE Inc. executive, says Bullet Jalosjos|website=Manila Bulletin}}
Education
Career
Tuviera co-created the variety show Eat Bulaga! on RPN in 1979. By the mid-1980s, he created the RPN anthology television program TV Box Office, which recruited directors such as Argel Joseph, Mel Chionglo and Boots Plata.{{cite news|last=Carballo|first=Bibsy M.|title=Equal time for whom?|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=January 16, 1986|page=6}} In 1987, Tuviera created the fantasy sitcom Okay Ka, Fairy Ko!, which initially aired on IBC and later transferred to ABS-CBN and GMA.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
In 1994, Tuviera founded the production company APT Entertainment.
=''Eat Bulaga!'' dispute=
In March 2023, the new management of TAPE Inc. forced Tuviera to retire as the president and CEO and Romeo Jalosjos Jr. was named as his replacement. Tuviera still has ownership of the company as of June 2023 according to Tito Sotto.{{cite news |last=Severo |first=Jan Milo |title='Sa ngayon wala': Tito Sotto says Tony Tuviera not part of new TV5 noontime show |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2023/06/30/2277495/sa-ngayon-wala-tito-sotto-says-tony-tuviera-not-part-new-tv5-noontime-show |access-date=January 11, 2024 |work=Philstar.com |date=June 30, 2023}} The original Eat Bulaga! hosts came into a dispute with the new management which would eventually lead to their exit from TAPE Inc. (but not leaving the show itself) at the end of May.{{cite news |title=[ANALYSIS] A new era of noontime TV: GMA-7 takes in ABS-CBN’s ‘It’s Showtime’ |publisher=Rappler |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/analysis-new-era-noontime-tv-gma-network-takes-in-abs-cbn-its-showtime-after-tape-eat-bulaga/ |date=10 April 2024 |access-date=10 April 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1516827}}
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{{s-ttl|title= President and Chief Executive Officer of Television and Production Exponents Inc.|years=1981-2023}}
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