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

Overview

The program was launched on November 23, 2005 replacing Private I and originally aired on Wednesday late nights before it was eventually transferred to Thursday late nights in August 2006. before it was eventually transferred to Friday late nights in March 2009. 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 (NTC) due to the lapsing of the network's legislative franchise. As a result, the program released new episodes through its social media accounts.

The program returned via thru online with new episodes and pay television network Kapamilya Channel from June 13 to October 17, 2020, to give way to the third season of I Can See Your Voice.

S.O.C.O. was 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 air every Thursday at 2:00 PM and Friday at 1:00 AM.

On October 24, 2025, the show was revived for its second iteration and as a limited docuseries for iWant after five years of hiatus, with Gus Abelgas returning as host. On January 17, 2026, the show began its TV broadcast on A2Z, All TV and Kapamilya Channel after almost 6 years due to the ABS-CBN shutdown, thus marking the return of this program to channels 2 and 16 in Mega Manila and regional channels previously held by ABS-CBN until 2020. This occurred just a year and 8 months after ABS-CBN Corporation and Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) signed content agreements to air ABS-CBN programs on the said channel.

Radio program

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

Accolades

References

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