''Programa do Jô'' (Portuguese for ''Jô's Show'') is a Brazilian
late-night talk show
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show popular in the United States, where the format originated. It is generally structured around humorous monologues about the day's news, guest interviews, comedy sketches and music performances. It i ...
that was broadcast by
Rede Globo from April 3, 2000 to December 16, 2016. It was shown after the late-night news bulletin, ''
Jornal da Globo''.
The program was hosted by Brazilian comedian, author and musician
Jô Soares. It began its life as ''Jô Soares Onze e Meia'' (''Jô Soares Eleven Thirty'') in 1988 on
SBT. Following Jô Soares' return to Globo in 2000, the show was renamed as ''Programa do Jô'', retaining the same format and late-night time slot.
The program's format was modeled after those of U.S. late-night talk shows, and usually featured interviews with three guests and a live musical performance. Usually, if one of the guests is a musician or band, they return to perform at the end of the show. There are also occasions when the first guest stays on to continue the interview past the first commercial break, in which case the show only features two interviews.
Staff
Sexteto (The Sextet) are the show's
house band
A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play at an establishment.
It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which ...
. They usually perform in the beginning of the show, and during the commercial breaks. In the cases when there's no musical performance by a guest at the end of the show, the sextet (sometimes joined by Jô on the trumpet or bongos) also performs then. The bassist of the group, Bira, is known for his loud and long laughter, and has long been the target of most Jô's jokes.
A
Chilean waiter, Luis Alexander Rubio Bernardes, known simply as Alex, serves drinks (and sometimes food) to the guests and is also mocked frequently by Jô for his "incompetence" (often for things completely out of Alex's control).
See also
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List of programs broadcast by TV Globo
External links
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Rede Globo original programming
Brazilian television talk shows
2000 in Brazilian television
2016 in Brazilian television
2000 Brazilian television series debuts
2016 Brazilian television series endings
Portuguese-language television shows