Mario Picazo became one of the heroes of social networks this summer for your weather alerts and her tips for predicting the weather. The meteorologist is a well-known face among viewers in our country, as he is the main face of Telecinco’s meteorology. In 2014, and after more than 19 years of professional association, they broke up abruptly.
In April 2013, Picazo criticized the program four ‘What am I doing here?’, accusing him of plagiarism on Twitter., Something decisive for Paolo Vasile to lose his trust in him. This led to a split between both parties and a negotiated exit, which took place in early 2014 when the chain’s takeover team from meteorology was shut down.
“It seems completely incomprehensible to us that a person like Mario Picazo, who has been part of Mediaset España for all these years, would resort to Twitter to convey his differences. Of course, he did not see the entire program from yesterday and does not know any of the following,” Mediaset stated through an official spokesperson at the time.
Various sources referenced by this portal at the time, although Mario Picazo’s current contract expired on 31 December 2013, an extension for a short period of time was accepted To give Mediaset time to find a new team and thus have a “quiet relaxation”. Actually, then YOTELE already predicted that the relationship between the two parties was tense, anticipating his departure before communicating officially.
During these 19 years, Mario Picazo was one of Telecinco’s oldest and most beloved faces. He has been with the chain almost from the beginning of his broadcasts and has never stopped stepping in front of the screen to tell viewers weather information, combining with other entertainment formats as hostsurvivors‘ or ‘Smart’In addition to cooperation in its early years ‘Ana Rosa’s program’.
At that time, his relationship with Telecinco was having its best moment. so much so that He refused the Spanish Television’s offer to become the head of the meteorological fields Replaces Jose Antonio Maldonadowho was going to retire and who was eventually replaced Monica Lopez Coming from TV3.
After Mario Picazo’s sweetest stage at Telecinco, he had his first crisis with the chain at the end of 2008 due to the reorganization of his contract relationship. Paolo Vasile decided to outsource the weather service Suggesting new terms to Picazo, which initially did not convince the meteorologist, but which he finally accepted after Florenci Rey, who was in charge of weather information at the time at Cuatro and Cadena SER, finally offered to match the meteorologist’s company.
His new business relationship with Mediaset has allowed Mario Picazo to maintain his position as head of meteorology at Telecinco, but at the same time be able to work with other networks. a) Yes, Picazo created the ‘Extreme Climates’ format with his production company in 2012.La 1 also received a negative response from him, which was offered to Vasile, which resulted in the release of TVE.
Four episodes of this program were broadcast late at night, with almost an audience. 1.2 million viewers and a screen share close to 10%. The data was insufficient for the public network to renew it for a second season, as a brand could not count on it to be a sponsor.
With this situation, Picazo has returned to the Fuencarral offices to present its second season. ‘Extreme weather’ For broadcast on Cuatro. Again, executives refused to be expelled.