'Sálvame' is now reinvented as a channel for social networks

First it was a live program, an entire franchise that filled hours of Telecinco and Mediaset programming. It was then converted into a

on Netflix with six recorded episodes. And now the team and collaborators of

take another step towards the world of social networks and video platforms, where they will return to live from May 6 through their own

channel that can be seen on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Twitch and X.

The option chosen by the production company Fabricantes Studio, the former Tele Factory, is a channel called Quickie, which those responsible define as “the first free,

live

channel dedicated to current affairs of the heart and television.” That will be the space where, from Monday to Friday, the program

will broadcast , which will bring back collaborators such as Belén Esteban, María Patiño, Lydia Lozano, Víctor Sandoval, Chelo García Cortés and Kiko Matamoros to sit down and discuss, the same team from

from Netflix with the absence of Kiko Hernández and Terelu Campos. The latter, like Lozano, is now linked to TVE and has even returned to Telecinco programs pushed by the participation of her sister Carmen Borrego in

.

The first LIVE and free streaming channel dedicated to current affairs of the heart and television. Includes Not that we were Sálvame with Belén Esteban, María Patiño, Lydia Lozano, Víctor Sandoval, Chelo Gª Cortés or Kiko Matamoros. Monday to Friday starting May 6. pic.twitter.com/hWR6UKbHRz

— Canal Quickie (@CanalQuickie) April 17, 2024

June 23 will mark one year since the disappearance of

, after 14 years of broadcast. The new program, the production company announces, will take advantage of this milestone to celebrate the 15th anniversary of this television universe headed by Jorge Javier Vázquez, still linked to Mediaset and current presenter of

. This time the presenter will be María Patiño, who took the reins of the mother program on several occasions, including in its final broadcasts. David Valldeperas, one of the most recognizable directors and who also took the reins of the adaptation at Netflix, returns to take control. The docuseries was left hanging with a final message that was read by the sad-faced collaborators and was never revealed to the audience. Perhaps it has been their most lasting hook, now that it seems clear that they have not reached their set objectives and there will be no new episodes.

This first contact will, however, be a kind of test: “We are aware of the complexity of transferring a universe and a narrative that was born on TV to a digital environment. For now we will start with a two-month testing period (May and June) and then adjust and return in September once summer is back,” explains Óscar Cornejo, producer and director of Fabricantes, in the press release about Quickie, which takes the name of its speed and which it defines as a “pocket channel”, although they have not yet revealed what other content can be found there.

The live format is, however, something that still resists the big

platforms , although they are all testing it, especially in the US, where Disney+ even broadcasts the

contest . The home for

could have been Netflix, but the company has so far only broadcast special events such as a monologue by Chris Rock, the Screen Actors Guild Awards gala, the finale of the

(which had to delay due to technical problems) or the tennis match between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, which did not even appear in the platform's official top 10 of the most watched in Spain that week.