| Sevcec | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Talk show |
| Created by | Joaquin Blaya |
| Presented by | Pedro Sevcec |
| Theme music composer | Omar Marchant |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Raleigh Studios Hollywood, California, United States |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Telemundo |
| Release | 1994 – 1999 |
Sevcec was a Spanish-language talk show, hosted by journalist Pedro Sevcec and broadcast by Telemundo from 1994 until 1999. It aired weekdays at 4:00 p.m. from 1994 through 1998 and at 2:00 p.m from 1998-1999 Eastern Time.
Broadcast history
The show was created in 1994 by Telemundo's then-president Joaquin Blaya, who also helped create the Cristina show during his years as president of rival network Univision. Pedro Sevcec, who at the time was a co-anchor and reporter for Ocurrió Así, was selected to host and the show was titled Sevcec after his last name. It was the first Spanish-language talk show in the U.S. to have a male host, with Sevcec being dubbed the "Latin Phil Donahue".[1]
The show became a success, taping over 1,200 episodes and winning seven Emmy Awards.[2] However, with the show being up against the long-running Cristina in the 4:00 p.m. timeslot, Sevcec's ratings began to decline[1] and it was cancelled in 1999. Laura en America took over the timeslot upon its arrival to the network that year.[3]
References
- ^ a b Jacob Bernstein, "El Donahue", Miami New Times, July 9, 1998.
- ^ "Pedro Sevcec".
- ^ "Sevcec: Me reemplazó una basura de programa de Laura Bozzo", CNN, December 20, 2016 (video, 7 mins, 53 secs) (in Spanish).
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