''Ocurrió así'' (Spanish: ''It Happened Like So'') is Spanish-language network
Telemundo
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's first original investigative news magazine that launched on October 8, 1990, to April 26, 2002. The show was originally hosted by
Enrique Gratas from 1990 until he left the network in 1999.
Pedro Sevcec, a previous reporter for the show, returned as a temporary host that year. The show was later re-launched in 2000 with Ana Patricia Candiani hosting.
Candela Ferro joined the program in 2001, and both remained until its cancellation in 2002, when it was replaced by ''
Al Rojo Vivo''.
Broadcast history
''Ocurrió Así'' premiered on October 8, 1990, with
Enrique Gratas as host, airing in the 5:00 p.m. timeslot. It became an instant hit, winning six
Emmy Awards
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, and becoming the leading program for the network. Ratings, however, gradually started to slip due in part to facing competition from rival network
Univision
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's ''
Primer Impacto
; ) is an American Spanish-language tabloid newsmagazine television program that premiered on Univision on February 14, 1994.
The show is well known in Latin America for its tabloid format, and a focus on crime and sensationalistic reporting ( ...
'' in the same timeslot. Gratas left the show in 1999, and
Pedro Sevcec took over as host for the remainder of the year. When Sevcec got promoted to main anchor of ''
Noticiero Telemundo'' in January 2000, Ana Patricia Candiani became the new host of ''Ocurrió Así'', with
Candela Ferro joining as co-host in 2001. These changes did not improve the show's ratings, and ''Ocurrió Así'' went off the air in 2002. The program was replaced by ''
Al Rojo Vivo'', hosted by former ''Primer Impacto'' anchor
Maria Celeste Arraras.
Incidents
One of the more infamous moments in ''Ocurrió así'' was the 1993 murder of
Maritza Martin, which occurred on January 18, and was caught on camera. Originally, the segment was to be an interview in a graveyard where Emilio Núñez was visiting his deceased daughter. He blamed her suicide on Martin following an intense dispute on Thanksgiving of 1992. During the interview, Martin unexpectedly arrived to visit her daughter's grave. Upon facing Maritza, Núñez headed back to his car; as the interviewer tried to question Maritza, Núñez suddenly reappeared with a gun and shot Martin 12 times, killing her.
Asesinato en directo
/ref> The murder would later be used in the 2002 documentary '' Bowling for Columbine''.
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*{{IMDb title, id=0838037, title=Ocurrio Asi
Telemundo original programming
1990 American television series debuts
2002 American television series endings
1990s American television news shows
2000s American television news shows
Spanish-language television programming in the United States
Noticias Telemundo