S.O.C.O.: Scene of the Crime Operatives
Genre	Crime Investigative news Docudrama
Created by	ABS-CBN Corporation
Developed by	ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs
Directed by	JV Noriega
Presented by	Gus Abelgas
Narrated by	Gus Abelgas
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	721
Production
Executive producer	Ferdinand Enriquez
Editors	Edwin Hidalgo Joanas Pineda Joemar Sarabia
Production company	ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs
Original release
Network	ABS-CBN
Release	November 23, 2005 (2005-11-23) – May 2, 2020 (2020-05-02)
Network	Kapamilya Channel
Release	June 13 (2020-06-13) – October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17)
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S.O.C.O.: Scene of the Crime Operatives (also known asSOCO) is aPhilippine television investigative docudrama show broadcast byABS-CBN andKapamilya Channel. Hosted byGus Abelgas, it aired from November 23, 2005, to October 17, 2020, replacingPrivate I and was replaced by the third season ofI Can See Your Voice inKadenang 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.^[1][2][3] The show did not eventually return as Abelgas transferred toTV5 on July 13, 2023.

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.^[4][5]

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 theNational Telecommunications Commission (NTC) due to the lapsing of the network'slegislative franchise. As a result, the program released new episodes through its social media accounts.^[6]

The program returned via thru online with a new episodes and pay television networkKapamilya Channel from June 13 to October 17, 2020, to give way tothe third season ofI Can See Your Voice.^[7]

S.O.C.O. was also aired onDZMM 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.

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

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