Band announces the end of Rafinha Bastos' program.
On air since 2011, Agora É Tarde was canceled from the network's schedule, where it aired from Tuesday to Friday, starting at midnight; since Rafinha Bastos took over the program, which was previously hosted by Danilo Gentili, the show has lost half its audience.
247 - On Monday, the 23rd, Band announced the end of the program "Agora É Tarde," which was hosted by Rafinha Bastos. The comedian posted a photo on his Twitter profile of himself with the program's team, all of whom had been fired, looking at the classifieds section of the newspaper, as if he were looking for a job.
According to the broadcaster, the "artistic objective of the program was fully achieved" and new projects with the comedian are being discussed. The show has been on the air since 2011, when it was hosted by Danilo Gentili. With Gentili's move to SBT, Rafinha took over the talk show, which then lost half of its audience.
The show "Agora É Tarde" aired Tuesday through Friday, starting at midnight. The final episode will air on Friday, April 10th. In its place, Band will begin airing the series "Rome" starting on April 12th.
Rafinha has been involved in several controversial episodes and left CQC, also on Band, after making a tasteless joke about Wanessa Camargo. He was ordered to pay compensation to the singer's son, José Marcus, when he was still in the womb. In his stand-up routines, the comedian also made jokes about topics such as rape, abortion, illnesses, and physical disabilities.