Why isn’t there ‘The Anthill’ Friday? We reveal the mystery behind Pablo Motos’ flagship program. With 19 seasons behind it, “El Hormiguero” has become a reference in television, but there is something that continues to intrigue its fans: the absence of new episodes on Fridays. Find out the reasons behind this feature here.
One of the questions viewers ask most is Why is there no new El Hormiguero program on Friday? while most programs are broadcast Monday to Friday. However, the Pablo Motos program, Bars and barrancas He only does it Monday through Thursday and there’s a reason.
The truth is that the first season of Space was very different, since it only aired one day a week: Sunday afternoon. After great success, Cuatro realizes an irrefutable offer for Motos and his team to work Monday to Fridaywhich forced them to abandon radio in their M80 program.
During his early years, The anthill We could see it from Monday to Thursday, but also with a version for Saturday evenings. During the 2011/2012 season he signed for Antena 3, leaving Cuatro while it was in the hands of Mediaset.
Since their arrival on the Atresmedia channel, the ants have just been workingafter Antena 3 Noticias, always from 10:00 p.m.. This, always from Monday to Thursday and forgetting those times when we could see him on Saturdays and Sundays.
As they have said on other occasions, the approximately 120 people who make its broadcast possible work from Monday to Thursday recording and broadcasting the programs live. on Friday They use them to test new experiences or prepare content for the days to come.
Another reason why El hormiguero is not broadcast on Friday evenings is the decrease in television consumption that occurs with the arrival of the weekend. The strongest days are Thursdays and Sundays, when the biggest audiences of the week occur.
Another curious thing in the program is that Antena 3 decides, even if it goes on vacation, to broadcast programs in a loop during the summer and during vacations. Far from lowering the audience, the public showed that it responded even if they are interviews already seen during the year.
