Xou da Xuxa
| Xou da Xuxa | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children Game show Music Talk show |
| Directed by | Marlene Mattos |
| Presented by | Xuxa Meneghel |
| Starring | Ana Paula Almeida Juliana Baroni Roberta Cipriani Marcelo Faustini Flavia Fernandes Letícia Spiller Andréia Sorvetão Bianca Rinaldi Cátia Paganote Tatiana Maranhão Cláudio Heinrich Ana Paula Guimarães |
| Opening theme | Doce Mel (Bom Estar com Você) |
| Ending theme | Doce Mel (Bom Estar com Você) |
| Composer | Xuxa Meneghel |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 2,000 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Nilton Gouveia |
| Production locations | Teatro Fênix, Rio de Janeiro |
| Running time | 300 minutes (1986-1992) 180 minutes (1992) |
| Production company | Xuxa Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rede Globo |
| Release | 30 June 1986 – 31 December 1992 |
Xou da Xuxa (English: Xuxa's Show) was a Brazilian children's television series directed by Marlene Mattos, and hosted by Xuxa Meneghel. It premiered on Rede Globo between 30 June 1986 and 31 December 1992, with 2000 editions completed. Xou replaced the Balão Mágico program. Later, it was repeated between January and February 1993, in the transition of the changes of programming of the transmitter. Then, Globo replaced the reprises of the Show by the reruns of the Mallandro Show, presented by Sérgio Mallandro. At the same time, the children's program Mundo da Lua on TV Cultura, was also on display. In the daily grid of TV Globo, the Xou of Xuxa was replaced by TV Colosso, while the presenter prepared its program displayed on Sundays.
Occupying mornings from Monday to Saturday, the program featured auditorium pictures (mostly competitions and musical numbers) interspersed with cartoons. In spite of the systematic negative reactions of the intellectuals and specialized critics, Xou da Xuxa soon became the most successful children's show in Brazilian television history, transforming its presenter into a phenomenon between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s. In 1993, she debuted an English version of her show in the US, but it was unpopular with American audiences and was cancelled after the first season.