Toque Inicial

Toque Inicial
Presented by	Juan Pablo Fernández Paulina García Robles
Starring	Eitan Benezra Álvaro Morales Antonio Valle
Country of origin	Mexico
Production
Location(s)	Mexico City, Mexico
Running time	120 minutes
Release
Original network	ESPN ESPN Deportes
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	August 20, 2012 – Present
External links
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Toque Inicial is a Mexican morning sports-talk television show hosted by Juan Pablo Fernández, Paulina García Robles and various ESPN Mexico personalities. The show airs on ESPN in Mexico and ESPN Deportes in the United States.

The program presents the most relevant news in a relaxed way and with humor and personality that highlight the show's sports news. The show has several segments, showing the humorous side of the news with a touch of sarcasm, parody and irony. The show is generally aimed towards the younger audience.

The show airs live Monday thru Friday at 8:00am in Mexico and 9:00am ET in the United States. The show's running time is two hours with only the first hour of the show airing on ESPN Deportes due to Raza Deportiva airing at 10:00am ET. A special night edition of the show airs each Thursday at 8:00pm in Mexico.

The show is filmed in the ESPN Mexico studios in Mexico City.

The show was ESPN Mexico first morning show. The show premiered on Monday, August 20, 2012 and it was originally hosted by Poncho Vera and Juan Pablo Fernández. The following year, Kary Correa became the first woman to join the show, she later left for other ESPN related projects and was replaced by Nuestra Belleza México 2010 winner Karin Ontiveros. On November 28, 2014 it was announced Poncho Vera was leaving the show to host #RedesESPN in ESPN's primary studio facilities in Bristol, Connecticut.

After Karin Ontiveros left the show in March 2015 she was replaced later that year by fellow beauty pageant titleholder, Nuestra Belleza Distrito Federal 2013 winner Paulina García Robles.

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