The Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão is a Brazilian television network founded on Wednesday, 19 August 1981, by the businessman and television personality Silvio Santos. The company was established after a public tender by the Brazilian Federal Government to form two new networks, created from revoked concessions of the defunct Tupi and Excelsior networks. The SBT was founded int he same day that the concession agreement was signed, and that the act was broadcast live by the network, so that this was his first program aired. Before acquiring the concessions of the four station that were to form the SBT, Grupo Silvio Santos had since 1976 the concession of Rio de Janeiro's channel 11, known as TVS Rio de Janeiro, which was a fundamental step to give life to the SBT.
TV Globo, formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV station is by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is the largest commercial TV network in Latin America and the second-largest commercial TV network in the world behind the American Broadcasting Company and the largest producer of telenovelas. All of this makes Globo renowned as one of the most important television networks in the world and Grupo Globo as one of the largest media groups.
Senor Abravanel, known professionally as Silvio Santos, is a Brazilian entrepreneur, media tycoon and television host. He is the owner of holdings that include SBT, the second largest television network in the country. His net worth was US$3.2 billion in 2020. He is the host of the second longest running Brazilian program: Programa Silvio Santos, aired since 1963. He is also the only celebrity in the country on the list of billionaires by Forbes magazine. The magazine also states that "there is no one more famous than Silvio Santos in Brazil."
TV Xuxa was a children's program on display day-by-day from 2005 until 2007 in the same format as TV Colosso, on TV Globo. Xuxa ran a game show which lasted from 2008 to 2014 in the same format as Planeta Xuxa, another game show that was a hit in the 1990s.
Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, known mononymously as Eliana, is a Brazilian TV host, businesswoman, and former singer. Since 2009, she has been the host of the TV show Eliana which is broadcast on the Brazilian TV network SBT on Sunday afternoons.
Pânico na TV was a Brazilian comedy program shown on RedeTV! on Sundays. It's the television version of the original radio program called Pânico. After its debut on TV, the program has become famous throughout Brazil. The show moved to Rede Bandeirantes in 2012 as Pânico na Band, staying on air until its cancellation in 2017.
Planeta Xuxa was a Brazilian television program directed by Marlene Mattos and hosted by Xuxa Meneghel. It was aired by TV Globo from 5 April 1997 to 28 July 2002. Aimed to the family and to its original audience that had now grown-up, it was initially broadcasting on Saturday afternoons. In April 1998, the TV show was moved to Sunday afternoons due to the transmissions of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, remaining in this timeslot until its final broadcast in 2002. Was the first Sunday evening program of auditorium hosted by a woman on Brazilian television. This slot, which is considered one of the noblest and most disputed on Brazilian television, was previously occupied by television programs presented exclusively by men as Silvio Santos, Fausto Silva and Gugu Liberato had shows on that time. Later,Carla Perez, Márcia Goldschmidt and Eliana followed the Xuxa footsteps and also appeared on Sunday afternoons on Brazilian TV. The program was an absolute success with audience ratings, often surpassing Domingão do Faustão.During the six years of its production, the program achieved frightening audience averages that, according to the measurement of the time, made by IBOPE, reached almost 1/4 of the televisions turned on in the country at that time. Often was common that the audience numbers surpassing Domingão do Faustão.
Xuxa Park was a Brazilian children's television series hosted by pop star Xuxa Meneghel, better known by the homonym Xuxa, which aired on Globo from 4 June 1994 to 6 January 2001. The program, a reboot of a Spanish program of the same name broadcast in the early 1990s, was shown on Saturday mornings and aimed at a family audience. The program featured many elements from the previous version, such as the games, cartoons and musical numbers.
Maisa da Silva Andrade is a Brazilian television presenter and actress. She first gained fame for hosting the children's TV program Bom Dia & Cia from the age of six years old, and for playing the role of Valéria Ferreira in the Carrossel franchise, including a telenovela and two films. In 2022, she began playing the character Anita in the Netflix teen drama series Back to 15.
The first season of the Brazilian version of the music competition show X Factor premiered on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:30 p.m. (BRT/AMT) on Band, with reruns airing the following day at 8:30/7:30 p.m. (BRT/AMT) on TNT.
Dancing Brasil is a Brazilian reality television series based on the ABC celebrity dance competition Dancing with the Stars, produced by Endemol Shine in partnership with BBC Worldwide.
Carinha de Anjo is a Brazilian children's telenovela created by Rosy Ocampo and written by Íris Abravanel, originally broadcast on SBT In between November 21, 2016 and June 6, 2018. It is a Brazilian remake of the Mexican telenovela Carita de ángel produced by Televisa in 2000.
Carla Aparecida Perez Soares da Silva is a Brazilian singer, dancer, television presenter and former actress. She reached fame in the mid-1990s after performing as the blonde dancer with axé group É o Tchan!.
Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação was a Brazilian children's television series hosted by Xuxa Meneghel at TV Globo, shown Monday through Friday between 28 October 2002 and 31 December 2004.
The Four Brasil is a Brazilian reality television music competition based on an Israeli format called The Final Four. It is hosted by Xuxa Meneghel and originally judged by Aline Wirley, João Marcello Bôscoli and Leo Chaves, with Paulo Miklos replacing Leo on the panel in season two. The series premiered Wednesday, 6 February 2019 at 10:30 p.m. on RecordTV. The winner is awarded a R$300.000 cash prize.
The fifth season of Bake Off Brasil premiered on August 10, 2019 at 10:30 p.m. on SBT.
The second season of The Four Brasil, hosted by Xuxa Meneghel and judged by Aline Wirley, João Marcello Bôscoli and new judge Paulo Miklos, premiered on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. / 5:00 p.m. on RecordTV. The season was previously slated to premiere on Friday, February 14, 2020, at 10:30 p.m. Starting on week 3, the show moved back to the first season's timeslot on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. due to low ratings.
Super Dança dos Famosos is the eighteenth season of the Brazilian reality television show Dança dos Famosos which premiered on May 16, 2021, at 6:00 / 5:00 p.m. on TV Globo, following a two-week cast reveal special that aired on May 2–9.
