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Desiree Colomina - Fernando Almanzar

Desiree Colomina, Fernando Almanzar among Telemundo morning show staff cuts

October 27, 2021 by Veronica Villafañe

Telemundo has laid off six members of its network morning show production team.

A company spokesperson confirmed the exit of six people, including executive producer Desiree Colomina and morning show segment producer Fernando Almanzar.

In a statement, the company attributed the departure to a shift in focus to news for their recently revamped morning show:

“The morning program hoyDía was launched earlier this year with a format aimed at Latinos looking for useful news and information to start their day. Given the emphasis on news and current events, we have decided to make changes in the production team to continue offering the best news content to our audience every morning. We are deeply grateful to the employees impacted by this decision for their dedication and commitment to hoyDía.”

Colomina had spent 19 years at Telemundo Network in a variety of roles with increasing responsibility, starting out as a segment producer for “Al Rojo Vivo” in 2002. She was also a senior producer for news specials and director of special projects. She became executive producer of Un Nuevo Día in 2017.

The show changed format and was rebranded to Hoy Día in February 2021.

Almanzar came aboard Telemundo in 2012, starting as an evening assignment news desk editor at Telemundo 51. A year later, he moved to the network’s morning show as an assignment editor and a current events, immigration, finance and health segment producer. He previously spent 12 years at a senior publisher of content at Univision.com, where he also wrote about news and finance. He was previously a staff writer for El Nuevo Herald and the Miami Herald.

According to an inside source, other staffers who got pink slips were entertainment producer Sylmarie Vazquez, music producer Christine Castrillon, line producer Yannah Monasterios, and production assistant
Raul Fuentes.

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  1. James says

    October 28, 2021 at 8:56 PM

    A la verdad que ya No saben qué más hacer con ese programa…alguien parece estar jugando a la televisión

    • Rita says

      October 29, 2021 at 6:52 AM

      La idea de despedir productores para “face washing” siempre me ha parecido abusiva, irreal. Contratar talentos que, o no lo son o los fuerzan a ser lo que no son ni dan ni daran on cam, peor. Ademas, arreglar Telemundo con el “liderazgo” que ha sido parte del demise de Univision ? Otro desastre anunciado. En fin, poor industry

    • Tony Channels says

      October 29, 2021 at 7:49 AM

      Pues si siguen con su Adamaris y su Chiquibaby van a seguir en lo mismo

  2. Olga Alvarado says

    November 12, 2021 at 1:02 PM

    si siguen con su Adamaris y su Chiquibaby van a seguir en lo mismo.
    dos loras mojadas que no dicen nada nuevo.
    Y Adamaris, abusa de su problema medico para manipular, que le hagan entrevistas, donde casi llora, contando bobadas y la envian de jurado a un programa, donde no sabe nada de nada. que mujer tan Victima! en USA hay 11 millones de seres humanos hispanos, con problemas reales, sin comida sin trabajo y sufriendo una realidad de pobreza y esta mujer llorando en Telemundo, que triste esta mujer manipuladora. que verguenza para los Boricuas esta representante manipuladora.

  3. Tatiana Olivares says

    November 12, 2021 at 1:07 PM

    es verdad! Adamaris es una mujer Manipuladora, abusa de su condicion, de estrella no tiene nada, solo abusa de lo que no es,
    Artista? no que Artista es, nada de nada, hay presentadoras de verdad, ella no!.

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Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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