Probe
Format	Public affairs
Created by	Probe Productions Inc.
Developed by	Probe Productions Inc. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs
Starring	Cheche Lazaro Robert Alejandro Ricky Carandang Akiko Thomson Pinky Webb Adrian Ayalin
Country of origin	Philippines
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Running time	1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel	ABS-CBN
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	1987 – present
Chronology
Followed by	Reporter's Notebook (GMA Network)

Probe (formerly known as The Probe Team and The Probe Team Documentaries) is a Philippine public affairs program being aired on ABS-CBN and on its sister cable channel, the ANC. It is hosted by Cheche Lazaro and is produced by Probe Productions Inc., under a joint co-production agreement with ABS-CBN.

The show, considered as the pioneer television news-magazine in the Philippines, started airing in 1987 on ABS-CBN, with Lazaro, Maria Ressa (currently ABS-CBN News Head and former CNN Jakarta bureau chief), and Luchi Cruz-Valdes (ABS-CBN Current Affairs Head and former GMA Network Executive who had roots with Probe) at the helm. After one or two years, it moved to GMA Network as a blocktimer. It was in GMA where The Probe Team had its longest run in its history.

However, due to a controversy surrounding one of its features which involved a Philippine government official close to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2003, its contract with GMA was terminated. As a result, it moved to ABC and renamed the show The Probe Team Documentaries.^[1]

The show returned to its original home, ABS-CBN, in 2005, and was retitled back to Probe. It has continued the tradition of airing provocative documentaries and investigative reports.

References

External links

• The official website of Probe
• Watch episodes on ProbeTV