Horizonte (Spanish TV program)

Horizonte is a Spanish television program directed and presented by journalist Iker Jiménez. It premiered in 2020 as a program dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic, owing its existence to a similar monograph in Jiménez's main program Cuarto Milenio,[1][2] though later expanding to other relevant topics, like politics, science and investigative journalism, in 2021.[3][4] It was broadcast in Telecinco's prime time with high audience ratings, reaching near three millions viewers in its fifth episode,[5] before being moved to the same niche in Cuatro.[4]

Horizonte
GenreInvestigation, divulgation
Directed byIker Jiménez
Presented byIker Jiménez
StarringIker Jiménez
Carmen Porter
Pablo Fuente
César Carballo
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes19
Production
Executive producerMediaset España
Release
Original networkTelecinco (2020-2021)
Cuatro (2021-present)
Original releaseSeptember 17, 2020 (2020-09-17)

History

In March 2020, mystery investigation program Cuarto Milenio became notorious due to a series of episodes broadcast in February, dedicated to the then incipient COVID-19 pandemic, in which several boards of guest experts accurately predicted the national impact the former would went to have.[6][7] Among the guests there were physicians and scientists like Tomás Camacho, Miguel Ángel Pertierra, José Miguel Gaona, Julio Mayol, César Carballo and Javier Cantón, as well as communicators of geopolitics like Col. Pedro Baños and Pablo Fuente, all of which were periodically invited to the program.[8] Media impact in Spain was such that, when Cuarto Milenio put its broadcast on hiatus due to the situation, its director Iker Jiménez had to dispel rumors of political censorship exerted by the Spanish government, whose management of the pandemic had been strongly criticized in the program.[9][10]

In September, to accompany its return to television, Cuarto Milenio produced a special, two-part episode dedicated to continue gathering information about the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] The first part was titled Origen and broadcast on September 6, doubling Cuarto Milenio's usual audience ratings with a 13,3% share, while next week it followed Horizonte with 11,6%.[12] Due to the episodes' success, the channel promoved the creation of an independent program where the team would keep addressing the pandemic, bringing again the usual experts from Cuarto Milenio along with new guests.[13] The initially named Informe Covid con Iker Jiménez premired on September 24, achieving similar ratings, and its broadcast became weekly, in paralell to that of Cuarto Milenio.[12] On October 22 it changed its name to Horizonte: Informe Covid,[14][15] achieving that night its maximum ratings thanks to a video interview, the first in continental Europe,[16] with controversial Chinese virologost Li-Meng Yan.[5] The following episode gathered a board to analyze her claims.[17]

Started 2021, from a special episode on January 7 onwards, the program stopped focusing solely on the pandemic and spread its range to other fields of science and politics, including a reportage about big data and media manipulation in social platforms.[3] The program was moved from Telecinco to Cuatro next week, shortening its title to Horizonte and making Informe Covid a segment, and made its debut in the new channel with a live analysis of the inauguration of Joe Biden in United States.[4][18]

Team

Hosts
  • Iker Jiménez (direction and presentation)
  • Carmen Porter (direction and co-presentation)
  • Pablo Fuente (direction and co-presentation)

Guests (Informe Covid)

References
  1. Gonzálvez, Paula M. (October 3, 2020). "Iker Jiménez, abducido por la Covid" (in Spanish). Huffington Post. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  2. Sanguino, Juan (October 3, 2020). "La ascensión de Iker Jiménez" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  3. "Iker Jiménez sobre la nueva cepa del coronavirus: «Los datos se han disparado. ¿Qué va a ocurrir en unos días en el país?»" (in Spanish). Las Provincias. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  4. "Mediaset aparta a Íker Jiménez de Telecinco: 'Horizonte' salta a Cuatro, en directo" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. "Récord de audiencia de Iker Jiménez con la entrevista a la viróloga china Li-Meng Yan" (in Spanish). Nius Diario. October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  6. Miguélez, X. (March 30, 2020). "El programa se grabó a finales de febrero: El vídeo viral de 'Cuarto milenio' sobre el coronavirus por el que tacharon de alarmista a Iker Jiménez" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. "Iker Jiménez, el 'alarmista' al que nadie hizo caso: así advertía sobre el coronavirus". El Español. March 23, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. "Iker Jiménez responde a quienes dicen que predijo la crisis del coronavirus" (in Spanish). Huffington Post. April 13, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  9. "Iker Jiménez anuncia el fin de la emisión de 'Cuarto Milenio' y deja su vuelta en el aire: "No hay ninguna conspiración"" (in Spanish). Marca. March 28, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  10. "Iker Jiménez explica por qué cerró 'Cuarto Milenio' y por qué ha vuelto (con dardo político)" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. September 8, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  11. "Cuarto Milenio vuelve con "Origen" y "Horizonte", sus mayores retos" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. September 3, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  12. "'Informe Covid': Iker Jiménez aclara su continuidad en Telecinco tras las últimas especulaciones" (in Spanish). El Televisero. October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  13. "Mediaset premia a Iker Jiménez con un programa en Telecinco sobre el coronavirus" (in Spanish). ABC. September 15, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  14. "La "gran exclusiva" sobre el coronavirus que anuncia Iker Jiménez en Telecinco" (in Spanish). El Economista. October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  15. "Telecinco programa un especial de Íker Jiménez en prime time sobre la vacuna" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  16. "Iker Jiménez, impactado con la 'bomba' de Li-Meng Yan sobre el Covid-19: "¿Estás amenazada de muerte?"" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  17. "Los científicos de 'Informe Covid' desmontan la exclusiva de Íker Jiménez" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. October 23, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  18. Cabanelas, lucía M. (January 20, 2021). "Iker Jiménez: «Siempre he sido un proscrito para la gente de mi quinta»" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
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