El Purgatorio, which debuts today on Channel 13, will seek to return the success of the stars to Channel 13.
For years Thursday night belonged to Channel 13 and its stars. Not only did they lead in ratings, but they also set standards in the world of entertainment.
That will be the task of purgatorythe new star driven by Ignacio Gutierrez and that will seek to revive that golden age of the station.
“Let the stars return, and live, I think it is tremendous news, because the television industry and those of us who have worked on this for years, cannot observe the competition, we cannot observe the streaming platforms, but we have to work to be able to conquer the audience”reflected Ignacio Gutiérrez, in conversation with BioBioChile.
A return in a different world
This return, however, will not be easy, since it is on a different television, with audiences that have changed in recent years and in a different society after movements such as Me Too, the Social Outbreak in Chile and the pandemic that affected the country. planet.
However, the driver assured that he is not afraid of changes. “It is true that today we have to go out and conquer different types of audiences and that seems like a tremendous challenge to me. It is a different TV than the TV where I started, in the year 2000, but without a doubt it is more challenging and that is very good”he acknowledged.
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purgatory It will include conversation, humor, competition and even intimate moments with possible contacts with deceased loved ones through mediums.
Each episode will have two great guests and those who will give the official go, will be Cathy Barriga and Ana Alvarado.
The very structure of the program, is assured of controversies, because in fact, the slogan that the program has is ‘where the famous pay for their sins’”.
“All the celebrities who will come to the program will have no impediment in the questions. They can be asked about absolutely everything and if someone objects to a subject, they will not be able to be invited to ‘El Purgatorio’”, explained the animator.
“The difficult thing will be to see which of all the controversies can be asked, because I believe that each of the guests can have more than 20 covers… Imagine!” he said.
No rehearsals for Ignacio Gutiérrez
As the driver revealed, he did not want to be part of the program’s rehearsals, especially because of the humorous segments.
“I prefer not to know the routine, but it is not a mood that will be restricted, because Chile has also changed for the better, to have greater freedom,” he said.
On the other hand, “personally, the paranormal theme scares me a lot and that’s why I didn’t want to rehearse it, I prefer it to be absolutely live, because anything can happen there,” he acknowledged.
A Vertigo 2.0?
In a certain way and due to the format of the program, many could compare El Purgatorio with Vertigo, and Gutiérrez knows it.
“I think people are waiting for this space, because ‘Vertigo’ was always a program to distract oneself, which is what we are looking for on television today and currently open television is in line with that,” he warned.
“Besides that ‘Vertigo’ honored a program that was absolutely live and where anything could happen,” he added, assuring that one of the big differences is that in this production, there will only be two powerful guests.
“I think that, of course, this program has to wink at all the stellar history that the channel has and that they have always done it wonderfully well,” he acknowledged.
“I have never underestimated any competition”
But in addition to the change in audience, the program will face the successful Mega Generación 98 soap opera and the reality show Big Brother, which these days sets trends in social networks and the news schedule of shows.
“I have never underestimated any competition, I do not underestimate the other open television channels or cable. We have to go out and conquer an audience and we in this team know how to do that very well and we are working for it, working with great humility, but with many hours of work and creativity, which is the main thing”, he acknowledged.
But could we see some of the faces of Big Brother in Purgatory?
The reality is that it is complex, considering that Channel 13 prepares its own reality show, with Sergio Lagos to the head.
“If you talk to me about who could be invited… all the people who are very famous are going to be invited, and logically if a reality show comes, it will come with controversies along the way. There are several reality shows on Channel 13 that I would like to have as guests too, ”he acknowledged.
2023-08-03 21:51:59
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