On Thursday, the president of RTVE, José Pablo López, appeared before the control committee of Congress and gave explanations for the resounding failure of The TV familyHis intervention was deplorable. He began by citing Ramón García, the presenter who dons his cape to ring in the New Year's Eve bells, as a reference. Here you can already see what his standards are. He mentioned a quote of his in which he asserted that 87% of television premieres don't work. López, as an expert, preferred to refer to specialized magazines that reduced the number of programs to 60 or 70%.that do not end up being broadcast on television". He said this to normalize the absurdity of signing Belén Esteban, María Patiño, Kiko Matamoros and company for the afternoon shows on public television. The executive justified himself: "What can I tell you about 'The Family on TV'? Well, we tried it, and it didn't work. And I take professional responsibility for both. For having tried it, and for it not working.". And then, he accentuated the drama by continuing: "But above all, I take professional responsibility for having tried, because the problem is that there are many people interested in us not trying, and they don't come here to try and get it right.". López, or perhaps we should call him Superlópez, given his pretensions as a glue hero, was praising the feat of having tried, as if this had been a life-or-death battle. The president of RTVE hasn't attempted anything. He has simply imported into the public sector what he copied from the Oblid programs already on Telecinco. The format was more than proven, and everyone had known the result for years. The TV family It's not a failed proposal; it was a tired and inappropriate formula for La 1. López relied on the audience results of more successful formats, demonstrating a television foundation based strictly on numbers, not content, nor on social responsibility or the duty of public office. He took on some criticism, but not all: "What I do not accept is the cultural supremacy that some have tried to impose on public television.And herein lies the philosophy of this so-called expert. He believes that rejecting trash TV is supremacist. The enlightened paternalism of these executives reveals their limitations and demonstrates their ignorance of what public media represents. Because they confuse criteria, rigor, and, of course, cultural demands with cultural demands.
