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

History

In June 2021, Globo announced that

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had left the network, and that his long-running variety show ''

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'' would be replaced by a new program hosted by

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, who had hosted the Saturday-afternoon variety show ''Caldeirão do Huck''. In August 2021, Marcos Mion—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 announced the new host of ''Caldeirão'', with Globo initially considering it to be an interim role. In October 2021, after strong ratings performance and critical reception, 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''. For its fourth season in 2024, the show underwent a retool with a new set design and logo, and moves to improve the show's variety with new segments and outside interviews.

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'').

Reception

The premiere of ''Caldeirão'' was received positively on social media, with viewers considering it to be improved over Huck's tenure, and praising Mion's energy as host. 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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