The show was first known as
Lunch Out Loud which premiered on October 19, 2020, as a regular daily noontime variety show as part of
TV5's blocktime deal with
Brightlight Productions. The encore episodes were subsequently aired on Cignal TV's cable channel
Colours TV until the said cable channel closed down on January 1, 2022. The original hosts include
Billy Crawford,
Alex Gonzaga,
Bayani Agbayani,
K Brosas,
Wacky Kiray,
Ariel Rivera,
KC Montero, Francoise "Laboching" Faisan, Mark Averilla (also known as Macoy Dubs) and Jeff Tam. The show marks the return of Gonzaga and Agbayani to TV5. On July 16, 2022,
Lunch Out Loud was reformatted with a new title
Tropang LOL and began its simulcast over
Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, and
A2Z. It was moved to an earlier timeslot at 11:00 AM as a pre-programming to ''
It's Showtime'' and part of their back-to-back collaboration. The show is also available in
IWantTFC and
TFC.
Tropang LOL officially aired its final episode on April 29, 2023, after almost three years and
Face 2 Face replaced its vacated timeslot on TV5 on May 1, along with ''
It's Showtime'' returned to its original 12:00 nn timeslot until June 30 when the network's blocktime agreement expired. The next day, ''It's Showtime'' moved its simulcast to
GMA Network-owned
GTV before it expanded into GMA Network's main channel and
AMBS-owned
ALLTV nearly a years later, whereas TV5's new noontime show,
E.A.T. (later becoming
Eat Bulaga! on January 6, 2024) premiered at the same time.{{Cite web|title='It's Showtime' returns to 12 noon timeslot|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/01/23/its-showtime-returns-to-12-noon-timeslot ==Hosts==