Martin was accompanied by "Lunch Date" co-host Jon Santos whose various stand-up impersonations before each commercial gap served as comic relief.

The GMA management's decision to exchange time slots reportedly did not sit well with Martin, but continued hosting the show.

In April 1993, "Martin After Dark" was pre-empted in two successive weeks by two television events aired by GMA: The Binibining Pilipinas pageant and the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) Awards night.

The network aired reruns of "MAD" for a month while negotiations were underway to save the situation with the producers.

It was also reported that Martin Nievera and his producer have already decided to move to ABS-CBN while the show was pre-empted.