El Intermedio Explained

El Intermedio (The Intermission in Spanish) is a Spanish news satire television program produced by Globomedia and broadcast on LaSexta since 2006. It was created by Miguel Sánchez Romero, who created similar successful comedy shows such as El club de la comedia, Noche Hache and 59 segundos.[1] [2]

The program has been hosted since 2006 by El Gran Wyoming, and was originally co-hosted by Beatriz Montañez until 2011, and since then by Sandra Sabatés. It is aired in access prime-time from Monday to Thursday at 9:30pm: originally the sho was broadcast five days a week yet was changed in 2010.

Currently the show 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 forty people. It also remains the only programme on LaSexta to have been aired continuously since its beginning.

The show's theme tune, called "Give me a break", was composed especially for the program by Juan Carlos Cuello and produced by Sound Garden Producciones. Indeed, the show is marketed around the world as "The Break", yet has not attracted international versions, and the US show The Break with Michelle Wolf is unrelated if similar in style.

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.[3] [4] [5] Alberto González Vázquez is also the author of the popular segment videos manipulados (counterfeit videos).[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Cast

Presenters

Current collaborators

Former collaborators

Former presenters

History

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 -(2 hours of duration)- and that, later, move on to be on emission from Mondays to Thursdays -(during an hour)-.

In its first season (spring of 2006), as a weekly recorded program; had as collaborators Javier Cansado, Juan Luis Galiardo and Jimmy Barnatán.[12]

Since the season 2006–2007, as a live daily program, El Gran Wyoming presented the program in collaboration with Beatriz Montañez, 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: 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 Pablo Carbonell. In February 2009, the program counted on the incorporation of Juanra Bonet[13] (who had been co-presenter of CQC months earlier, when the show was retired from emission), in substitution of Pablo Carbonell in Friday's emission.[14]

In September 2009; on the verge of the beginning of a new season, it was confirmed the abandonment of Lara Ruiz and África Luca de Tena and the incorporation of Tania Llasera as new reporter, substituting those aforementioned.[15] [16]

On 21 October 2009, the program started emitting in 16:9. On 3 December 2009, Andreu Buenafuente and El Gran Wyoming, exchanged their programs for a day, presenting Buenafuente Wyoming's program, and vice versa.[17]

On 17 February 2010, it was published the new of 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 Juanra Bonet.

On 1 September 2010, the show started its new season using a completely new set[18] and incorporating to its collaborators Fernando González "Gonzo".[19]

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.[20] [21]

On 27 June 2013, Usun Yoon saw off tho the program after 7 seasons to focus on her career as an actress.[22]

In February 2014, Joaquín Reyes incorporated to teamwork to carry out his parodies of well-known characters of the Spanish politics.[23]

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.[24] [25]

Its historical record of viewers corresponds to the emission of the Monday 25 May 2015, with 3.291.000 spectators, (17.4% of share), 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.[26]

These have been the average audiences of the fourteen seasons of the show El intermedio.

Season! rowspan="2"
ReleaseEndAverage audience
SpectatorsShare
Weekly30 March 200630 May 200667.0000.7%
111 September 200628 June 2007360.000 (Until December 2006)----758.000 (From January to July 2007)2.5% (Until December 2006)----5.2% (From January to July 2007)
217 September 200710 July 2008992.0005.9%
38 September 20087 July 2009947.0005.8%
431 August 20098 July 20101.097.0006.0%
51 September 201030 June 20111.133.0006.1%
629 August 201128 June 20121.166.0006.1%
73 September 201227 June 20131.892.0009.8%
82 September 201326 June 20142.202.00011.5%
91 September 20142 July 20152,398,00012.8%
107 September 201530 June 20162.197.00011.8%
115 September 201629 June 20171.828.00010.1%
124 September 201728 June 20181.912.00010.3%
133 September 201827 June 20191.641.0009.3%
142 September 20192 July 2020

Awards

This program has received numerous awards from the Academia de Televisión of Spain:

!Award!Awarded!Year
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 (Eyo), 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.

Content

The structure of the program is simple: at the beginning, El Gran Wyoming says the phrase of its opening:

"Ya conocen las noticias. Ahora, les contaremos la verdad".

(You already know the news. Now, we will tell you the truth, in Spanish.)

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 Andrea Ropero at last (although the order is not always like that. After that, Wyoming says his farewell discourse:

Mañana más, pero no mejor, porque es imposible.

Finally, appear the credits in which usually are shown the manipulated videos and, at last the Copyright.

The show does not only tells which events have happened during the week, but also how they have been treated by the media. Therefore, current news are exposed in the program, providing also insight into other issues that, without having a lot of impact in the media, are intriguing. Every content is related with the media scene. Therefore, in El intermedio, issues as phobias, civil wars, the interrelationship between the different social groups, etc. are treated.

El Gran Wyoming also talks about the zapping and the mistakes that some reporters discover in the media. Since its first program in 2011, its structure changed and starts a section called "La actualidad en 1 minuto" in which the news and events that happen all around the world are described in barely a minute.

Since the season 2013–2014, this section has been substituted by an overview of the main news without a stipulated timing, in which the different collaborators participate alternatively, with the exception of Thais Villas (interviews), who appears at the end.

Sections

Current sections

Former sections

Tania Llasera complaints about the injustices of Spain.

Gags and sketches

Current

Former

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Casilda . Alba . Miguel Sánchez, cerebro de El Intermedio: "Los mejores chistes se quedan en la escaleta" . Cadena SER . 25 June 2012 . 10 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Basteiro . Daniel . Miguel Sánchez, director de 'El Intermedio': "En un país normal, la gente no debería informarse por nuestro programa" [entrevista] ]. El Huffington Post . 27 June 2013 . 10 April 2015.
  3. Web site: 'El intermedio' lanza un libro con los mejores monólogos de Wyoming . FormulaTV . 2 September 2013.
  4. Web site: "El Intermedio" de Wyoming, ahora en versión papel . Vertele . 21 November 2007 . 2 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071125205712/http://www.vertele.com/noticias/detail.php?id=17116 . 25 November 2007 . dead .
  5. Web site: Full cast and crew for El intermedio (2006) . IMDb. 2 September 2013.
  6. Web site: Entrevista Con Alberto González | Vice . https://archive.today/20120914120648/http://www.viceland.com/blogs/es/2010/10/13/entrevista-con-alberto-gonzalez/ . 14 September 2012 . dead.
  7. Web site: Queridoantonio: humor surrealista » Cosas Que Contar – Una mirada joven de la actualidad tecnológica, científica, política y social . Cosasquecontar.com . 2 September 2013.
  8. Web site: Querido Antonio. personales.ya.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20100410094859/http://personales.ya.com/queridoantonio/ . 10 April 2010.
  9. Web site: Querido Antonio . YouTube . 2 September 2013.
  10. Web site: SOUND GARDEN Producciones . soundgarden.es . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223121545/http://soundgarden.es/trabajos.html . 23 February 2015 . dead.
  11. Web site: Juan Carlos Cuello – Trabajos – . 15 January 2017 . Cuello . Juan Carlos . juancarloscuello.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305101250/http://www.juancarloscuello.com/index2.html . 5 March 2017 . dead .
  12. Web site: Wyoming presentará 'El intermedio' en La Sexta . FórmulaTV . 23 February 2006. 17 March 2011.
  13. Web site: 'El Intermedio' ficha a Juanra Bonet . Público . 1 February 2009 . 1 April 2012.
  14. Web site: Blanca . Espada . OjoTele . 13 January 2009 . El Intermedio de Pablo Carbonell desaparece de la parrilla de La Sexta . 17 March 2011 . 19 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119232633/http://www.ojotele.com/canales/la-sexta/el-intermedio-de-pablo-carbonell-desaparece-de-la-parrilla-de-la-sexta . dead .
  15. Web site: Tania Llasera, nueva colaboradora de 'El intermedio' . FórmulaTV . 2 September 2009 . 10 April 2015.
  16. Web site: Telecinco vuelve a fichar a una reportera de La Sexta: Tania Llasera . El Mundo. Spain. 20 February 2010 . 10 April 2015.
  17. Web site: Espada . Blanca . Andreu Buenafuente y El Gran Wyoming intercambian sus programas . Ojotele . 24 November 2009 . 10 April 2015.
  18. Web site: Nueva temporada de 'El intermedio' . FórmulaTV . 31 August 2010 . 31 August 2010 .
  19. Web site: 'El intermedio' ficha a Gonzo . ¡Vaya tele! . 31 August 2010 . 31 August 2010 .
  20. Web site: Martínez . Ion . Beatriz Montañez lo deja "porque es china y le caduca el visado" . Dvocion [blog] . El Diario Vasco . 20 December 2011 . 10 April 2015.
  21. Web site: Sandra Sabatés, de laSexta Deportes, es la sustituta de Beatriz Montañez en 'El Intermedio' . ¡Vaya tele! . 10 December 2011 . 21 December 2011.
  22. Web site: Migelez . Xabier . Tras siete temporadas, Usun Yoon se despide para siempre de 'El intermedio' . FórmulaTV . 27 June 2013 . 10 April 2015.
  23. Web site: 'El intermedio' ficha a Joaquín Reyes para acercarse más al humor . FórmulaTV . 20 February 2014 . 10 April 2015.
  24. Web site: Récord de 'El intermedio' con la 'operación Púnica' . El Periódico . 28 October 2014 . 10 April 2015.
  25. Web site: 'El Intermedio' bate récord histórico con más de 3,2 millones de espectadores (16,1%) . Antena3.com . 28 October 2014 . 10 April 2015.
  26. Web site: 'El intermedio', imparable, vuelve a batir su récord histórico con un increíble 17,6% . FormulaTV . 27 May 2015 . 28 May 2015.
  27. Web site: Obama y 'el intermedio', premios pluma 2015 de la federación de gays y lesbianas . Ecodiario.es . 9 April 2015 . 10 April 2015.