Sounds “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” of the singer Barry Whitethe well-known intro of “Intruders in the show”, the gossip and entertainment program that was the driver’s trademark Jorge Rial and that set the gossip evenings of many people from 2001 to 2021.
“Is that what I’m hearing? Barry White? No guys, it’s not what you think, but It’s a lot of what you think”, Rial joked at the opening of the first program of “Argentinian”, his new television bet. The host showed up at the start of the first broadcast eating jam from a jar.
“Why am I with jam? Because that is what we are going to do: jam with the news”. “Argentina“It started exactly a month in C5Nfrom 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and which has already consolidated a good position with peaks of 3 rating points.
the new program, which runs from Monday to Friday, is a ironic view of the present, especially when it comes to political events, but also sports and shows. Accompanied by a team of journalists made up of Paulo Kablan, Diego Brancatelli, Mauro Federico, Damian Rojo Y Mariana Brey, Rial appeals to his histrionics, commenting with the rest of the squad on reality in a serious but not solemn way.
Damian Redwho in addition to being part of “Argentina“was part of “Intruders”, declared that both he and Jorge Rial and the rest of the team are happy. “Very fast we settled on schedule. As a group we get along very well, as if we had known each other all our lives,” he tells NEWS.
“The key to the program is to have fun by informingalways understanding that we are reporting: If the dollar goes to 350 the theme of the program is that day, it is not that we are going to talk about Wanda Nara. But the idea is not to be so harsh in terms of how to break the news, “said the journalist.
“Argenzuela” turned a month since its first broadcast. A July in which, in addition to his good performance at the rating levelthe program was the scene of hot moments, like when Jorge Rial reported a telephone threat by the businessman Daniel Villawho was his former boss at Grupo América.
The conflict was related to information that the C5N driver aired about problems with Vila’s programming. The scandal led to a court case. “The quilombo that this program is putting together, I rarely saw it”, said at the time Jorge Rial referring to the scandal.
Mauro Federicofellow journalist of Rial in “Argentina”, was with the driver when the event occurred. “I am a witness in the court case, on Monday I have to testify as a witness. Jorge simply described the situation America is going through. Vila’s call was very violent. He told Jorge son of a bitch, failed, I’m going to shit you with punches, ‘I was next to Jorge when that happened,’ said Federico.
The scandal continued to escalate when, during one of the program’s broadcasts, Rial maintained a tense dialogue with the national deputy waldo wolffpresident of the Commission for Freedom of Expression, whom Rial blamed for the commission’s inaction in the face of the Vila threat.
But a pivotal moment in the country’s political and economic situation, where the news about the course of events seems to stress more than inform viewers, “Argentina” seems to bet on a renewal. She walks away from more cardboard formats of journalistic or analysis programs, and combines commentary on current issues with gossip from the show.
“We consider that in the afternoon there is a public that requires a dynamics of information different from that of the usual newscast. I think we have achieved that in a very short time. Likewise, we are still in search of the definitive program, permanently”, explains Federico, but clarifies that in the team of “Argentina” They also don’t get too carried away by the minute by minute.
“I am not a creature that always looks at the rating, Jorge has television in his blood but he doesn’t work with that either, he makes the program he feels. We prioritize making a news program that is entertaining, differentiating itself from other channels that are news. There is a very large saturation with the crisis and the current situation. People prefer more entertainment and a more casual and formal way of engaging with the news. There is a good work environment, something that is not usual”.
After “intruders” was two decades old, and that “TV Nostra” did not meet the objectives set, “Argentina” seems to be the rematch whose was always one of the relevant actors of Argentine TV. The program seems to manage to place the viewer above the news to observe it, just at a time when the weight of the news seems to be overwhelming.
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