El Intermedio


El Intermedio is a news satire television program produced by Globomedia and broadcast in La Sexta. It is the work of Miguel Sánchez Romero, who is the responsible of the creation of several successful TV programs such as El club de la comedia, Noche Hache or 59 segundos
The program is hosted, since its beginnings, by José Miguel Monzón, and co-hosted by Beatriz Montañez from 2006 to 2011 and since then by Sandra Sabatés. It is aired on access prime-time, from 9.30 pm, four days a week on Spain's nationwide channel laSexta.
Currently it has nine main collaborators: Sandra Sabatés-, Thais Villas, Dani Mateo, Joaquín Reyes, Guillermo Fesser, Álvaro Carmona, Iván Lagarto, Manuel Burque, Andrea Ropero and Sara Escudero. Its production team is composed of more than 40 people. It is the only program of La Sexta which is still on emission since the beginnings of the channel.
The song of the heading, called "Give me a break", was composed especially for the program by Juan Carlos Cuello and produced by Sound Garden Producciones.
The writers are Alberto López, Alberto González Vázquez, Lola Zambade, Eva Nuño Gómez, Nuria Dominguez, Diego Solanas, Eduardo García Eyo, Sergio Sarria Ruiz, Juan José López and Miguel Ángel Hernández. Alberto González Vázquez is also the author of the popular segment videos manipulados.

Cast

Presenters

It hit the small screen on 30 March 2006 in la Sexta, and since then, together with Sé lo que hicisteis... and Late Motiv, is part of a group of programs of this channel dedicated to hot news and related subjects, apart from being, in conjunction with the previously mentioned shows, one of the most watched programs.
It is a humorous program of current issues that started being weekly -- and that, later, move on to be on emission from Mondays to Thursdays --.
In its first season, as a weekly recorded program; had as collaborators :es:Javier Cansado|Javier Cansado, Juan Luis Galiardo and :es:Jimmy Barnatán|Jimmy Barnatán.
Since the season 2006–2007, as a live daily program, El Gran Wyoming presented the program in collaboration with Beatriz Montañez, :es:Thais Villas|Thais Villas, Yolanda Ramos, Cristina Peña and Usun Yoon.
In September 2008, Yolanda Ramos and Cristina Peña left the program and two new collaborators joined it: :es:África Luca de Tena|África Luca de Tena and the Argentinian Lara Ruiz. Besides, the show increased its daily emissions to Friday's night. At the beginning, the program was hosted by :es:Pablo Carbonell|Pablo Carbonell. In February 2009, the program counted on the incorporation of :es:Juan Ramón Bonet|Juanra Bonet, in substitution of :es:Pablo Carbonell|Pablo Carbonell in Friday's emission.
In September 2009; on the verge of the beginning of a new season, it was confirmed the abandonment of Lara Ruiz and :es:África Luca de Tena|África Luca de Tena and the incorporation of :es:Tania Llasera|Tania Llasera as new reporter, substituting those aforementioned.
On 21 October 2009, the program started emitting in. On 3 December 2009, Andreu Buenafuente and El Gran Wyoming, exchanged their programs for a day, presenting Buenafuente Wyoming's program, and vice versa.
On 17 February 2010, it was published the new of :es:Tania Llasera|Tania Llasera abandoning the show after signing up with Telecinco. In March 2010, Fridays’ edition was cancelled and, instead, la Sexta, started to emit films, which caused the leaving of :es:Juan Ramón Bonet|Juanra Bonet.
On 1 September 2010, the show started its new season using a completely new set and incorporating to its collaborators :es:Fernando González «Gonzo»|Fernando González "Gonzo".
On 29 August 2011, a new season was released, counting on Dani Mateo as a new member of the show.
On 21 December 2011, Beatriz Montañez left the program and Sandra Sabatés substitutes her since 9 January 2012.
On 27 June 2013, Usun Yoon saw off tho the program after 7 seasons to focus on her career as an actress.
In February 2014, Joaquín Reyes incorporated to teamwork to carry out his parodies of well-known characters of the Spanish politics.
On 9 November 2016, Guillermo Fesser joins the show, carrying out his usual collaborations in the program from the United States, coinciding with Donald Trump's victory in the Presidential elections in this country.

Audience

El intermedio has a robust health when talking about audiences. Currently, it has a television rating that oscillates between 8–9%, which is above the average of the channel, achieving peaks of over 2 million spectators.
Its historical record of viewers corresponds to the emission of the Monday 25 May 2015, with 3.291.000 spectators,, the day after the Local elections and with the visit of the candidate to Madrid's City Hall Manuela Carmena.
However, its historical record of share was registered during the program on Tuesday, 26 May 2015, with 17.6% of television ratings.
These have been the average audiences of the fourteen seasons of the show El intermedio.
This program has received numerous awards from the :es:Academia de las Ciencias y las Artes de Televisión de España|Academia de Televisión of Spain:
AwardAwardedYear
Best entertainment program.El intermedio.2011,
2012
& 2013.
Best program presenterEl Gran Wyoming.2008,
2011,
2012
& 2013.
Best script.Lola Zambade, Sergio Sarriá Ruiz, Alberto González, Miguel Hernández, Eduardo García, Raúl Navarro, Diego Saucedo, Óscar Benítez, Luis Miguel Pérez, Manuel Gay, Raquel Haro, Irene Varela, Yaiza Nuevo, Olalla Granka, David Navas & Miguel Esteban.2012
& 2013.

The structure of the program is simple: at the beginning, El Gran Wyoming says the phrase of its opening:
After it, appears the header of the show. Sandra Sabatés starts with the news of the day. In the case of the collaborators, usually appears Dani Mateo at first, and showing up :es:Andrea Ropero|Andrea Ropero at last, who appears at the end.

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