''Caldeirão com Mion'', or simply ''Caldeirão'', is a Brazilian

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broadcast by

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. Premiering on September 4, 2021, it is hosted by

Marcos Mion Marcos Chaib Mion (born June 20, 1979 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian TV host, actor, voice actor, author and businessman (Partner of V.Rom). Mion studied Philosophy at Universidade de São Paulo, and later graduated in Communication and Body Arts ...

, serving as a successor to ''Caldeirão do Huck.''

History

In June 2021, Globo announced that

Fausto Silva Fausto Corrêa da Silva (born May 3, 1950) commonly known as Faustão (literally Big Fausto), is a Brazilian television presenter. He is best known as the host of long-running Sunday afternoon show '' Domingão do Faustão'', which premiered in ...

had left the network, and that his long-running variety show '' Domingão do Faustão'' would be replaced by a new program hosted by

Luciano Huck Luciano Grostein Huck (born 3 September 1971) is a Brazilian TV host and entrepreneur. From 2000 to 2021, he hosted the TV show '' Caldeirão do Huck'', aired every Saturday on Brazilian network TV Globo, and also broadcast to 114 countries, v ...

, who had hosted the Saturday-afternoon variety show ''Caldeirão do Huck''. In August 2021,

—who had previously been known for his tenure at

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—signed with Globo to host programs on TV Globo and

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. Mion was named the new host of ''Caldeirão'', with Globo initially considering the role to be an interim position. However, after strong ratings performance and critical reception, in October 2021 Mion was named the full-time host. The show underwent a refresh in March 2022, including officially being re-titled ''Caldeirão com Mion,'' adding new

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characters as assistants (a panda and Globinho), as well as the new segment ''Caldeirola''.

Format and segments

Some of the segments introduced upon its premiere included ''Isso a Globo Mostra'' (lit. "That Globo Show", where Mion highlights notable moments across Globo programs), and the song guessing game ''Sobe o Som.'' Only one segment from Huck's version of the show, ''Tem ou Não Tem'' (''

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''), was maintained (most of Huck's

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segments moved along with him to ''

Domingão com Huck ''Domingão com Huck'' (lit. ''Big Sunday with Huck'') is a Brazilian variety show hosted by Luciano Huck. Premiering September 5, 2021 on TV Globo, it is the successor to both '' Domingão do Faustão'', and Huck's previous show ''Caldeirão do ...

'').

Reception

Mion's performance as host was widely praised on social media, with viewers commenting upon his energy and happiness on-air, and considering the program to be improved over Huck's tenure. In the

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ratings, the series premiere of ''Caldeirão'' received an average rating of 15.9 rating points, and peaked at 20 points—surpassing the viewership of any edition of ''Caldeirão do Huck'', and bringing Globo its highest average viewership on a Saturday since 2019. Its viewership remained steady in the months that followed, usually averaging around 13 points or higher in

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, and beating all other programs in its timeslot.

References

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