On Saturday afternoon, La 1 broadcast a special on Eurovision as a preview of the festival. They needed to warm up their engines and couldn't find more suitable personnel for the task than the team of The TV familyThey did a program with the collaborators dressed in the most emblematic dresses of the historical Spanish participants. Belén Esteban was characterized as Salomé and, from time to time, they made her dance to the rhythm of the I live singing to move the fringes of the clothes. The spectacle was in line with the pathos that has been seen until now, every afternoon, on public television.

Neither the collaborators of Save me could not aspire to more nor could public television aspire to less. The inaugural show of The TV family, with a gymkhana and a parade through the TVE studios, was so crazy it made you want to tear your eyes out. The farce had two stages. In the first part, during the afternoon, the main characters were put to the test. Some of the cast expelled from Telecinco – Belén Esteban, María Patiño, Lidia Lozano, Kiko Matamoros and Víctor Sandoval – starred in an initial parody of the Wizard of Oz. Disguised as characters from the novel, they began an aberrant journey. If Dorothy and her friends had to find the Emerald City by following the yellow bricks, here the Esteban-Patiño duo and company had to reach the lollipop From Torrespaña. A preliminary with the most genuine seal of the deceased Save me which would lead to a live obstacle course. Once they reached their destination, the program's crew, agitated and out of control, began a twenty-five-kilometer race to reach the Prado del Rey studios. The television chaos was absolute: the collaborators attacked private cars and network employees to take them to their destination. The sound failed, no one could hear anyone, the screams saturated the channel, and the cameramen couldn't keep up. The image went crazy. The only common thread was the delirious extravagance. show grotesque that Paloma del Río, the veteran sports journalist from TVE, and actress Cayetana Guillén Cuervo had to narrate. Once the competition was over, and with the protagonists in Prado del Rey, there was a respite from the horror. Channel 1 gave way to the two afternoon series, Wild Valley and The promise, because The TV family will act as a container for the two soap operas. Once the fiction ended, we returned to an unbridled reality. The second part began: an exorbitant and excessive parade of collaborators. A troupe of vans, trucks, buses, and carriages carrying the surprises. The narrative excuse was the history of the network itself. They paraded some of the collaborators and guests in historical costumes of the presenters. It had a symbolic character. Reappropriating the television identity was a way to justify that aberrant madness in that context. A tribute as a cover for an unthinkable conquest. From the programs of varieties José Luis Moreno, public television had not sunk so low. Flamenco processions to celebrate the presence of Isabel Pantoja's daughter, Lídia Lozano, adorned it with a version of her chuminero dance And, to top it all off, a choreography to the rhythm of Zumba, reminiscent of a Brazilian carnival. A low-level vulgarity with giants and big heads as filler. Amidst the frenetic spectacle, clips were introduced announcing future content and sections. The TV family It has begun with an upheaval that clearly affects the foundations of public service. We inaugurate the era of everything by the audience. The reanimation of a monster with taxpayers' money.

Spanish public television is making great efforts to normalize and promote The TV family which premieres on Monday. It is the reuse of the deceased Save me, with Belén Esteban, María Patiño and company, who will now liven up the afternoons on La 1. The premiere of the format was delayed due to the papal wake and, therefore, they have dedicated these days of margin that gives rise to the funeral to being shown on different programs on the channel. On Thursday night it was the turn of The Revolt, David Broncano's overrated show. It hosted TVE's two new stars, Esteban and Patiño, who have been parading around the studios like a pitiful comedy duo in recent weeks.