When he is about to complete 1,000 programs on Movistar Plus+, the future of The resistance and David Broncano is a mystery. The 39-year-old presenter and comedian has long been one of the emerging values of television, a role that has strengthened since he took over the show in 2018. The resistanceA deep night produced by El Terrat with an irreverent and shameless tone that takes advantage of the presenter’s charisma to do casual interviews with almost no script or preparation, which is already a trademark of the house. His current contract with Telefónica television expires in June and negotiations have been opened to determine his fate.
In the offer for The resistance, There is an unexpected house that sounds loud. According to reports The world, RTVE finalizes its signing for next season. The idea would be to compare David Broncano with Pablo Motos and propose The resistance as a rival of The anthill in a particularly sought-after time slot which has recently seen many movements in an attempt by La 1 and Telecinco to scratch some of the space that the ants’ program monopolizes every day. Second The world, the negotiation is advanced and awaiting the approval of the Board of Directors, with an offer for three years and a cost of between 12 and 14 million euros per season and with the intention of being the first star of the next autumn season . Official sources from RTVE and El Terrat contacted by EL PAÍS did not want to comment on this information, which they neither confirm nor deny.
In any case, the future of Broncano is not yet 100% decided and the production company is evaluating various offers. Another route of negotiation, according to the media cited, would be with Mediaset, but the group does not think of accepting a contract for three seasons. The other option would be to permanently renew the contract with Movistar Plus+ and not move the channels.
The fight for access in the early eveningthe strip in which it dominates The anthill (after the evening news and before the news prime time) is one of the most intense in recent months, even if so far the Antena 3 program has remained firm in its sensational leadership: the program closed 2023 with an average of 2,290,000 viewers, very far from the competition. 1 tried to carve out a space for itself in that schedule with daily series 4 stars. Telecinco also tried to tackle it Chinese storiesbut it lasted just two weeks due to low attendance.
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