For the Galician public, the television week dedicated to the duel between The revolt by David Broncano and The anthill by Pablo Motos, one last ingredient was missing. Thursday began Rober LandTVG’s star program, the one on which Alfonso Rueda copied the pre-campaign slogans and on which he went twerking while the first election bells were already ringing. In the previous days, its presenter, Roberto Vilar, had gotten excited by announcing his intention to “improve” what the two communicators were doing and, even, copying – in his own way – the promos of The revolt and also sneak into the weather forecasts. Therefore, some mention of the new media landscape was expected at its debut. What outraged Internet users is that it did so by buying out the right-wing executive, who accused Broncano’s signing of “mortgaging” the public channel. And this is also the message that the channel itself chose to announce the return of its star space.
In one of the show’s sketches, Vilar enters a pharmacy run by his regular co-host, Eva Iglesias, and the new signing, the triumph King Méndez. Iglesias’ character was behind the counter after retiring, which gave rise to Vilar’s joke: “If an inspection comes and sees you working as a retiree, they’ll screw you!” “Now they’re collecting, now we have to pay David Broncano.” “Now they’re collecting money,” Vilar repeated, already to the applause – not very spontaneous – of the audience. And he added, as a climax, extending his fingers, in the universal gesture of catching money: “Tracatrá!”
This “Tracatrá!” was the one used by @TVGalicia, the official account of regional television entertainment programs, to announce, accompanied by some crying laughing emojis, that Rober Land “starts strong.” However, the post published on the X network (formerly Twitter) has garnered far more signs of rejection than support. Asked about the choice of the gag, the CRTVG responded that Rober Land “It is a comedy program, and as such and in this context, it is necessary to understand both the highlights of the networks and the program itself. Respecting all opinions, we are sure that this is also understood by professionals in the sector and the general public, as demonstrated by the audiences of the program season after season.”
Many Internet users remembered that each delivery of Rober Land exceeds 90,000 euros -79,537 plus VAT during the year 2023- very close to 87,000, without VAT, of The revolt. It turns out that Vilar also does double duty: he presents the magazine in the afternoons on TVG Who is there?which increases the income it receives from the public channel. And this, unlike Broncano, which triumphed for seven seasons with The ResistanceHis two attempts to gain access to state television ended in failure.
Same price, half the public (only in Galicia)
The beginnings of Rober Land It achieved a screen share of 11.8% – a few tenths above its average of last season – and reached 91,000 viewers during its two hours of broadcast. A number that, in Galicia, The revolt It almost doubled in two times the broadcast time: 168,000 viewers (2,600,000 in the entire state) and a share of 18.9. Pablo Motos -with Lamine Yamal as a guest- was the winner of the day, also in the community, with 204,000 viewers (3,100,000 in total) and 23.1%. For his debut, Vilar chose the Paralympic medalist Martín de la Fuente as his guest. Watching him, it was difficult not to think of Broncano’s first interviewee during his time on La 1, the blind surfer Aitor Francesena.
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CORRECTION: The first version of this news stated that the cost of each security program Rober Land was superior to each emission of The revolttaking into account the costs of spaces with and without VAT respectively. The figures were corrected after the CRTVG reported the error.
