Is there room for humor in Uruguayan TV? – The Observer

In his eleventh transmission, the Kinfolk Da Silveira led by Manuela broadcast on Channel 4 and reached its last broadcast on Friday 18 September. Mixed-format late night with a program of sketches, humorous product cycle began in July with a significant bet of production in the hands of Nepal Films. Accompanied by actors and improvisers Luciana Acuña, Piero Dáttole, Danna Liberman and Néstor Guzzini, Da Silveira made his return to television programs targeted towards a family audience but aggiornado in the era of social networks.

In an interview for The Observer before the launch of the program, host and comedian explained that Kinfolk “intention is that humor has increasingly place in programming national. ” To Da Silveira, the starting point of the program was to “generate content to be seen in family, for broadcast television” and “generate content that can be viewed in Internet independently from computers, cell phones or ibirapitás”.

But with the sudden dismissal of the program, called attention to its lack of airtime to develop such content. To date it is not known whether the program will air in Montecarlo, because during the last issue, which was attended by several colleagues Da Silveira and the participation of the Gucci and Fata Delgado, the driver chose his words careful when talking about the end of “the first cycle of Kinfolk .”

Before the closure of one of the most recent national comedy shows on screen, The Observer decided to consult different members of the audiovisual sector with experience in this do-the category of humorous laugh about the fee that currently has national television. Under the question, “Do you think that today there is room for comedy shows in the Uruguayan television?”, Different communicators, conductors, actors, writers, producers and other professionals from different generations gave their opinion. Asked the same question, Da Silveira preferred to decline the proposal.

less nostalgic recalling the golden age of Uruguayan television humor with programs like Decalegrón and Plop , most respondents agreed that the potential to generate public and comedy shows (not “humor”) exist, but must be other conditions of the current game to compete at the level of international programming Cable arrives. Although not all paint a grim picture, respondents indicated that currently there is a sustained commitment from the channels to generate a comedy program that lasts without a figure high rating to back it from the start. With an eye on new technology platforms, for those involved it should be targeted towards more collaborative work both in production and in writing, even if the final product is less laughter from those expected. That’s an occupational hazard, they indicate in their testimony.