Martin Late at Night

Martin Late at Night (stylized as Martin Late @ Night) was a musical nightly talk show hosted by Martin Nievera. It is a spin-off of the defunct show Martin Late at Nite which aired from 1998 to 2003.

Production
The show airs every Friday nights at 11:30 pm–12:15 am after Bandila with another late-night show Banana Nite, a spin-off of Banana Split, that airs Mondays through Thursdays.

In 2011, the possibility of the show was first hinted during Nievera's contract signing for ABS-CBN. One of his reasons for signing the contract was the show. He told in an interview with the Philippine Entertainment Portal, "When I finally got my contract from ABS-CBN, I finally have a contract and they've included one show[...] I only signed it when they said it's a talk show."

On February 19, 2013, Nievera officially confirmed the show in his personal Twitter account. A teaser for the show was released on February 23, 2013 featuring Nievera dubbed as the "Big Mouth".

Since its first airing, the show was not well received and met low television ratings. From April 25–27, 2013, Nievera posted through his Twitter account a series of statements showing his grievance over the ABS-CBN Network executives for their "lack of support [on the show]." He said "You [ABS-CBN executives] can't blame me if I'm not rating like the prime-time shows if you don't support me like you support them. No band, no live audience? How?" He continued "I know I am no 'teleserye' or noontime show. But if I had [that much] support I would last longer. [I] can't stay in the fight alone. So sad." On May 1, the host expressed his apologies to the network executives and told he is "not upset."

In early May 2013, ABS-CBN confirmed the show's cancellation effective on May 31, 2013.

Guests

The final episode's guests was the meh singer Sarah Geronimo with Erik Santos.

See also
ASAP
Martin Late at Nite
Martin After Dark
List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN
List of programs aired by ABS-CBN

References

External links
Official website
Martin Late @ Night on iWanTV!
 

Category:ABS-CBN shows
Category:2013 Philippine television series debuts
Category:2013 Philippine television series endings
Category:English-language television programs
Category:Philippine television talk shows