S.O.C.O.: Scene of the Crime Operatives


S.O.C.O.: Scene of the Crime Operatives also known as SOCO was a Philippine investigative docudrama program broadcast on ABS-CBN. Hosted by Gus Abelgas, it premiered on November 23, 2005. The program primarily aims to find answers to serious crimes with the help of forensic investigators and the local police.

Overview

The program originally aired on Friday late nights before it was eventually transferred to Saturday afternoons in July 2012.
On March 21 to May 2, 2020, S.O.C.O. was temporarily suspended when it temporarily stopped airing new episodes due to the quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ABS-CBN stopped its free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission due to the lapsing of the network's legislative franchise. As a result, the program released new episodes through its social media accounts.
On June 13, 2020, the program returned via pay television network Kapamilya Channel.
S.O.C.O. is also aired on DZMM TeleRadyo initially as first-run on September 8, 2011, every Thursday at 9:15 PM. This edition ran for eleven months until July 6, 2012. On April 20, 2017, the program returned to DZMM TeleRadyo as a rerun of its previous episodes, which airs every Thursday at 2:00 PM and Friday at 1:00 AM.

Radio program

S.O.C.O. sa DZMM is also aired every Saturdays at 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM on DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo. The program is anchored by Gus Abelgas and David Oro.

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