4.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
El hormiguero (2006)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.8
Overview
El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Neutral
Overview
El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
El hormiguero is a Spanish entertainment talk show primarily focused on celebrity interviews, humor, and lighthearted scientific segments. Its core function is to provide general entertainment, consciously avoiding explicit political stances to maintain broad audience appeal, thus resulting in a neutral bias.
The Spanish talk show 'El hormiguero' features a predominantly white Spanish core cast, reflecting a traditional approach to casting without explicit DEI-driven choices. Its entertainment-focused format does not engage in critical portrayals of traditional identities or make DEI themes central to its content, maintaining a generally neutral or positive framing.
Secondary
As a long-running variety talk show, 'El hormiguero' has featured LGBTQ+ guests and incidentally touched upon related themes. The portrayal is generally respectful and mainstream, neither strongly affirming nor problematic, resulting in a neutral net impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
El hormiguero, a variety talk show, has featured transsexual individuals as guests on multiple occasions. While these appearances have provided a platform for sharing diverse experiences, some segments have drawn criticism for insensitive questioning. The show's portrayal of trans identity is thus mixed, presenting both opportunities for visibility and instances of problematic framing, resulting in a neutral overall impact.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
El hormiguero is a talk and variety show featuring a host, celebrity guests, and original recurring segments. It does not adapt pre-existing characters from source material, history, or prior installments, meaning there are no established characters whose gender could be swapped.
El hormiguero is a talk and variety show featuring original hosts and real-life celebrity guests. It does not adapt pre-existing fictional characters or historical figures, thus the concept of a race swap does not apply.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.8
4.9
Critic Ratings
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