# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boy-abunda
# Generated: 2026-09-04T21:08:50.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boy-abunda"
name: "Boy Abunda"
slug: "boy-abunda"
description: "Eugenio \"Boy\" Romerica Abunda Jr. is a Filipino television presenter, publicist, and talent manager. Known as the \"King of Talk\", Abunda has presented several talk shows centered on the Philippine entertainment industry. On GMA, he co-presented Show & Tell (1994–1995) and Startalk (1995–1999). After transferring to ABS-CBN, he hosted The Buzz (1999–2015), Kontrobersyal (2003–2006), Homeboy (2005–2007), The Bottomline with Boy Abunda (2009–2020), and Tonight with Boy Abunda (2015–2020). He partnered with Kris Aquino in hosting Boy & Kris (2007–2009), SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (2009–2011), and Aquino & Abunda Tonight (2014–2015). After the ABS-CBN shutdown, he returned to GMA to host Fast Talk with Boy Abunda (2023–present). In the PMPC Star Awards for Television, he has been inducted to the Hall of Fame for having won Best Celebrity Talk Show Host eleven times while Tonight with Boy Abunda was awarded Best Celebrity Talk Show four times."
tagline: "Filipino journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boy_Abunda_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1955-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.91
  momentum:             2.839071465832029
  historical:           4.948710666666667
  currentAttention:     4.321382842509602
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 80
totalFollowers: 1920000
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1313509/"
    handle:    "nm1313509"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKcX1SFIblkiYg8augik8_w"
    handle:    "@theboyabundatalkchannel"
    followers: 1920000
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Abunda"
    title: "Boy Abunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "بوى ابوندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Abunda"
    title: "Boy Abunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Boy_Abunda"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Abunda"
    title: "Boy Abunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Abunda"
    title: "Boy Abunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4952054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump