Ang TV is a youth-oriented variety show in the Philippines. The show's format was inspired by its predecessor "Kaluskos Musmos", a popular Philippine kiddie gag show in the '70s and its foreign counterpart "The Mickey Mouse Club". Prior to 1992, Johnny Manahan, a Filipino director, enlisted a group of kids and pre-teens to create the first ever youth-oriented variety show in the Philippines. Many of the Philippines' current artists are from "Ang TV". Active Filipino artists from the "Ang TV" include Claudine Barretto, Angelu de Leon, Gio Alvarez, Jolina Magdangal, Rica Peralejo, John Prats, Camille Prats, Paolo Contis, Kaye Abad, Angelica Panganiban and Patrick Garcia