S.O.C.O.: Scene of the Crime Operatives (also known as SOCO) is a Philippine television investigative docudrama show broadcast by ABS-CBN and Kapamilya Channel. Hosted by Gus Abelgas, it aired from November 23, 2005, to October 17, 2020, replacing Private I and was replaced by the third season of I Can See Your Voice in Kadenang Ginto: The Golden Comeback moved to afternoon timeslot. The program primarily aims to find answers to serious crimes with the help of forensic investigators and the local police. The show did not eventually return as Abelgas transferred to TV5 on July 13, 2023.

Overview

The program 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 a 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 airs every Thursday at 2:00 PM and Friday at 1:00 AM.

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.

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