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La revuelta (lit. 'The revolt') is a Spanish talk show broadcast on La 1 since 9 September 2024. Hosted by David Broncano, it is broadcast from Monday to Thursday at 9:40 p.m, after Telediario. It is the sequel of the talk show La resistencia, which was made by the same team and aired on pay-per-view channel #0.

Format

David Broncano, together with Jorge Ponce, Ricardo Castella and their other collaborators, command La revuelta, a comedy program that includes multiple sections and interviews from the Príncipe Gran Vía Theater in Madrid.

Audience

In its first 13 weeks the program was the most viewed in Spain for 36 out of 50 episodes with an average of 2,067,000 viewers. Broncano's achievement took many by surprise, as while the show was expected to do well against its competitor El Hormiguero on rival network Antena 3, La revuelta beat El Hormiguero on its second day on air, despite the latter having led the timeslot for ten straight years before La Revuelta's success.

Awards

La revuelta and El Hormiguero

Since La revuelta's direct competitor, Atresmedia's El Hormiguero, is perceived as critical of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, the high-profile hiring of Broncano by public broadcaster RTVE generated public scrutiny and controversy among right-wing media. It also brought internal strife among RTVE's board, particularly as it is split among party lines, and the ensuing tit-for-tat dismissals of José Pablo López (as director of content) and Elena Sánchez (as interim chair). Regarding accusations of political bias, Broncano said "to say that Pedro Sánchez has chosen me is ridiculous, offensive and a lie." El Hormiguero collaborator Juan del Val [es] claimed that "the problem is not Broncano, the problem is that La Moncloa wants to end Pablo Motos".

On 21 November 2024, David Broncano announced that he would not be able to interview that day's guest, 2024 MotoGP World Championship champion Jorge Martín, who was already in the programme's dressing room, because he had been pressured to go on El Hormiguero first. Due to being unable to broadcast the interview with Martín (which was shot nonetheless) on that date, La revuelta chose to air twelve minutes of dialogue-free footage from a documentary on the bellow of a deer instead. El Hormiguero host Pablo Motos claimed that it was "a misunderstanding" and that the controversy was an example of "journalistic malpractice".

References

1. Jorge Ponce se cuela en 'El Tiempo' de RTVE para anunciar la llegada del "frente Broncano" a la pública in formulatv.es (in Spanish)
2. Así van las audiencias de 'La Revuelta' y 'El Hormiguero' en sus tres primeros meses de competencia en el access in eldiario.es (in Spanish)
3. Redacción (2024-09-11). "Broncano (17,4%) gana a Motos (17,5%) en un histórico segundo enfrentamiento, superándole en coincidencia" ["Broncano (17.4%) beats Motos (17.5%) in a historic second battle, beating him in the shared slot]. FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-11.
4. Broncano celebra el Premio Ondas a 'La Revuelta': "Como Lamine Yamal" in cadenaser.com (in Spanish)
5. Jiménez, Roberto (12 November 2024). "Lista de nominados a los Premios Iris 2024: 'Grand Prix', 'Supervivientes', 'La Revuelta' y 'El Hormiguero' a la cabeza". El Televisero – via HuffPost.
6. Mucientes, Esther (26 March 2024). "La guerra por RTVE acaba con Elena Sánchez destituida como presidenta interina tras 'fulminar' a su número 2". El Mundo.
7. Broncano llega a TVE con 'La Revuelta': “Decir que me ha puesto Pedro Sánchez es ridículo, ofensivo y mentira” in vertele (in Spanish)
8. Pablo Motos abre el debate en ‘El Hormiguero’ y da su opinión sobre el fichaje de Broncano en RTVE: “Te tienen manía” in infobae.com (in Spanish)
9. La intrahistoria del estallido de 'La Revuelta' frente a 'El Hormiguero': un mail de hace dos semanas y una entrevista en el cajón in infobae.es (in Spanish)
10. Marcos, Natalia (22 November 2024). "Cronología de la noche de la berrea de 'La revuelta': una entrevista cerrada semanas antes y que se grabó pero no se emitió". El País.
11. Motos, sobre Broncano y la entrevista a Jorge Martín: "Gracias a los medios independientes que desmintieron la versión inicial" in 20minutos.es (in Spanish)

• Spanish television talk shows
• 2024 Spanish television series debuts
• La 1 (Spanish TV channel) original programming