S.O.C.O.: Scene of the Crime Operatives (also known as SOCO) is a Philippine investigative docudrama television program broadcast by ABS-CBN and Kapamilya Channel. Hosted by Gus Abelgas, its first iteration aired from November 23, 2005, to October 17, 2020. The program primarily aims to find answers to serious crimes with the help of forensic investigators and the local police. The program returned on October 24, 2025 on iWant.
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 airs 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 also airs every Saturdays at 7:45 PM to 8:30 PM on DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo. During the program's first iteration from 2005 to 2020, it was anchored by Gus Abelgas and David Oro. On March 7, 2026, the show returned to DZMM, with Abelgas and Jessie Cruzat (replacing Oro) as the current anchors of this iteration.
Accolades +Accolades received by S.O.C.O.YearAwardCategoryRecipient / Nominated workResultRef.200620th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.Best Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas 200721st PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.Best Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas 200822nd PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.201125th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Documentary ProgramS.O.C.O. 2nd Golden Screen TV AwardsOutstanding Crime/Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O.: Cainta MassacreOutstanding Crime/Investigative Program HostGus Abelgas201226th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Documentary ProgramS.O.C.O. Best Documentary Program HostGus Abelgas201327th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Documentary ProgramS.O.C.O. Best Documentary Program HostGus Abelgas11th Gawad Tanglaw AwardsBest Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O. 4th Golden Screen TV AwardsOutstanding Crime/Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O.Outstanding Crime/Investigative Program HostGus Abelgas201422nd KBP Golden Dove AwardsBest TV Public Affairs Program S.O.C.O. 28th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.Best Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas12th Gawad Tanglaw AwardsBest Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O. 5th Golden Screen TV AwardsOutstanding Crime/Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O.: Hustisya 1st PUP Mabini Media AwardsBest Television Public Affairs Program S.O.C.O. Philippine Public and Safety and Order Support GroupMost Appreciated Safety and Crime Prevention TV Program in the Country S.O.C.O. 201529th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.Best Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas13th Gawad Tanglaw AwardsBest Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O. 6th Golden Screen TV AwardsOutstanding Crime/Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O.Outstanding Crime/Investigative Program HostGus Abelgas201630th PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.Best Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas14th Gawad Tanglaw AwardsBest Investigative ProgramS.O.C.O. 201731st PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.Best Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas201832nd PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas1st Dangal ng Bayan Media Excellence AwardsMedia Excellence Award for CriminologyS.O.C.O. 201933rd PMPC Star Awards for TelevisionBest Public Service ProgramS.O.C.O.Best Public Service Program HostGus Abelgas2nd Dangal ng Bayan Media Excellence AwardsMedia Excellence Award for CriminologyS.O.C.O. 20203rd Gawad LasallianetaMost Outstanding Public Affairs ShowS.O.C.O. Most Outstanding Public Affairs Show HostGus Abelgas
See also List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN List of A2Z original programming List of All TV original programming
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