Planeta Xuxa

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Planeta Xuxa (English: Xuxa's Planet) is 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 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. Planeta Xuxa was being fully reprised by Canal Viva, on Sundays at 7:00 p.m., and its re-re-run on Mondays at 9:00 p.m. The reprises started on 7 September 2014, leaving the channel among the 10 most watched on time, recording one of the best pay-TV audiences. After Xuxa signed a high-profile contract with Rede Record, Canal Viva ceased to show the program.