Just as we anticipated exclusively a few weeks ago, Telemundo made official, to the current team of ‘Hoy Día’, that from this moment they cease to belong to the news department, and go to the entertainment. With this begins the transition from changes to less information, and more fun.
TELEMUNDO CONFIRMS THE CHANGE:
The first thing we did was communicate via e-mail with the public relations department of Telemundo, who not only confirmed our exclusive, but also gave us details of why and where they are going.
“In 2021, we successfully expanded today as our audience sought more news and information to better navigate the COVID pandemic.. Now our audience is starting to look for more entertainment content in the morningsso we are evolving the program, before the end of the year, to a morning variety, news and entertainment program. With this new format, hoyDía will continue to have an important component of national and local news and will expand its presence on all platforms, including on demand, streaming and social networks“.
STEP BY STEP HOW EMPLOYEES RECEIVED THE NEWS:
This Friday morning, while you were on the live show, all employees and talents received an e-mail informing them that they had a mandatory meeting ending the program.
The meeting was led by Patsy Loris, Senior Vice President of Specials and News Programscreator of ‘Hoy Día’ and the idea of putting on more news and making an innovative show, and Ronald Day, President of Entertainment and Content Strategieswho from this moment will be in charge of the transition, the morning change of Telemundo.
WHAT WILL BE THE CHANGE OF TELEMUNDO TOMORROW?
What they communicated to the current team of ‘Hoy Día’ is that the public was asking for more entertainment, and that this was the direction where they would go, so they began by changing departments to begin what they called ‘the transition’. That is, it would not be drastically, but it is possible that from Monday you will continue to see the news segments, but gradually you will see more entertainment and fun.
LAYOFFS AND CHANGES OF TALENTS?
Until now only the changes were of production head. From today the show will be under Ricdamis García, Vice President of Entertainment and Contentwho is currently in charge ‘At Home with Telemundo’ and ‘La Mesa Caliente’.
What will happen to Sabrina Zambrano, current executive producer? It will help Ricdamis in this transition and then it would be relocated to another area within the news department and under Loris, as before.
In terms of talent, at that meeting the executives assured them that they have not yet hired the new team both behind and in front of the camera, that everything would remain the same within the transition.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE TRANSITION?
Although at that meeting they would not have given further details, unofficially we can confirm that before the World Cup and during the rest of the show between match and match, they will try to find what they can give to the publicFor now in december or january lazar what would be the new renewed showwith new talent and a new production team.
WHO STAYS AND WHO GOES?
As we told you a few weeks ago, although the show passes under entertainment, and therefore the person in charge will be its head, Ronald Day, who will have direct supervision will be his second, the newly hired Sandra Smester, Executive Vice President of Programming and Content Development. García, who from today will be the executive producer of ‘the transition’ would only be precisely at that stage. Several names are spoken of who could take that place, the strongest is that of Javier Cruz, current general producer of ‘En Casa con Telemundo,’ well-liked within the industry and who for many years led several projects within Univision, one of the most successful.
As for talent, in the new stage it would only be confirmed Adamari Lopez. Nacho Lozano and Quique Usales could go to the midday newscast that is also at the doors of the renewal. The rest of the great team of professionals such as Chiquibaby, Nicole Suárez, Rebeka Smyth, Alfredo Oropeza and Carlos Robles, they would have, until now, an uncertain future.
WHAT WILL THE SHOW BE AFTER THE TRANSITION?
unofficially there is talk that it would be very similar to ‘Venga La Alegría’ the one in the morning on Tv Aztecaprecisely a show that Smester managed. The priority would be entertainment and fun, without neglecting the news.
If the new line sounds similar to ‘Wake up America’ you are right. It is no secret that it is the show with the highest rating and that for 25 years it has been the favorite of the Latino public in the United States.with its ups and downs. JJust among the casualties of the Univision morning show, he was under the supervision of Patsy Loris, Ronald Day and Sandra Smester, at different stagesyes
All of them also owe a debt to the morning: understand the public and give them what they ask for. Loris, apparently in this year and the network’s decision, would not have succeeded. Now It is Smester’s turn specifically, who would take this professional and even personal revenge.
Will they make it? Time will tell… Who will win? Definitely the big winner will be the public since the two most important television stations in Spanish in the United States will fight to offer you the best. Let the competition for conquest begin.
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