MANILA, Philippines ?(UPDATE) A broadcasting network giant has been asked by a local court to answer a civil suit filed by one of its hosts seeking the termination of his contract with the network and the payment of damages totaling P11 million.

In a one page summons, the Quezon City regional trial court Branch 84 ordered ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network to submit its answer to Willie Revillame?s complaint within 15 days of receipt.

Revillame, host of ?Wowowee,? lodged a complaint for judicial confirmation of rescission of contract with damages with the court.

The host and comedian also asked to be awarded P11 million in damages, aside from a court confirm that his contract with ABS-CBN has been terminated.

The court summons reminded the network to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and ?instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the answer.?

?If you fail to answer within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take judgment against you by default and may be granted the relief applied for in the complaint,? said court clerk Mary Anne Plata Daytia.

The summons was served last August 31 by court sheriff Franklin Dazo on Maxim Uy, chief legal counsel of the network giant.

Last month, Revillame lodged the complaint docketed as Q-10-67770 in which he alleged that the network suspended him without pay, cancelled his show unilaterally, and downgraded his program from three hours daily or 18 hours weekly to just one hour weekly, or 17 hours less.

Apart from confirming the termination of his contract, Revillame asked the court to award him P5 million in moral damages, P5 million in exemplary damages, attorneys? fees of P1 million, as well as P500,000 for litigation costs.

?Plaintiff has, for valid reasons, rescinded his contract with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. However, ABS-CBN publicly disputed the rescission and claimed it was the aggrieved party. So the public may know the truth as to who really is the aggrieved party, who truly is at fault, who has been insincere, who acted with evident bad faith, and who broke promises, plaintiff desires to have his rescission judicially confirmed.?

Revillame said he ended his contract with ABS-CBN ?for valid reasons? but the giant TV network has publicly disputed it, saying the network was the aggrieved party.

Revillame added that because of his show?s cancellation, he would be deprived of his earnings from ?in-show? product endorsements which was part of his compensation package.