Séptimo día
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| Created by | Manuel Teodoro |
| Presented by | (Season 1) Manuel Teodoro and Adriana Vargas (Season 2) Manuel Teodoro and Silvia Corzo (2007-2011), Manuel Teodoro and María Lucía Fernández (2011- ) |
| Starring | Marcela Pulido, Eccehomo Cetina, Andrés Marín, Gloria Lozano, Diego Guauque, Susana Suescún, et al. |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Production | |
| Running time | 40 minutes (with commercials, may vary) |
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| Original network | (Season 1) Canal Uno (1996-1998), Caracol TV (1998-2000) (Season 2) Caracol TV |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | (Season 1) 1996-2000 (Season 2) 10 June 2007 – Present |
| External links | |
| Website | caracoltv |
Séptimo día (Spanish: "Seventh day") is a Colombian television newsmagazine broadcast by Caracol TV on Sunday evenings. It proclaims itself as "a weapon against injustice".
Séptimo día first aired in 1996 on Canal Uno, when Caracol TV was still a production company. At the time it was presented by its creator, Manuel Teodoro, and Adriana Vargas. The show was successful, but also had to face a number of lawsuits, which was the reason Caracol TV pulled it out of air in 2000. Eventually, Caracol TV won all the legal suits.
A new season of Séptimo día started on 10 June 2007, presented by Teodoro and Silvia Corzo. Since 1 May 2011, María Lucía Fernández co-hosts the programme with Teodoro.
In the Miami, Florida market, Séptimo día is broadcast by WGEN-TV on Sunday nights.
The format is somewhat similar to CBS 60 Minutes, featuring three long-form news stories. Séptimo día usually undertakes its own investigations. Some episodes feature one or two stories; one story can also span multiple episodes.
One of the stories deals with controversial issues, such as euthanasia, organ donations or even the Colombian armed conflict.
As its American counterpart, many stories focus on allegations of wrongdoing and corruption, but instead politicians or corporations, Séptimo día deals with companies, businesses or persons who usually practice scams and who are denounced by the viewers. They are commonly either subjected to an interview, or try to evade contact with the Séptimo día crew altogether, either by written notice or by simply fleeing from the approaching journalist and their camera crew.
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