María Casado (journalist)

María Casado Paredes (born 14 March 1978) is a Spanish journalist and presenter. She is known for her longstanding involvement in the newscast department of Televisión Española (TVE) from 2005 to 2020.

María Casado
At the 2012 Zapping Awards
Born	14 March 1978 Barcelona, Spain
Occupation(s)	Television presenter, journalist
Employer(s)	RNE, Catalunya Ràdio, TVE, Soho TV

Biography

Born in Barcelona on 14 March 1978.^[1] After earning a licentiate degree in journalism from the University of Barcelona, she started working for the public radio broadcaster Radio Nacional de España (RNE) in 1999,^[2] as editor in Ràdio 4.^[3] After a brief spell in the Catalan public radio broadcaster Catalunya Ràdio as producer of El matí, she returned to RNE in 2003.^[4]

She entered TVE's newscast service in 2005.^[2] She became the anchor of the weekend edition of the Telediario in 2006 and co-hosted Informe Semanal from 2007 to 2009.^[5] She joined the political debate program 59 segundos [es] in 2009 (she had already hosted its Catalan-language equivalent 59 segons in the TV blocks of the Spanish public broadcaster in Catalonia).^[6] After the latter Globomedia-produced program was axed because of its costs in 2012, Casado briefly continued as host of its successor El debate de La 1 [es],^[7] as she soon became the presenter of the breakfast television news program Los Desayunos de TVE in that year, replacing Ana Pastor.^[5][3] She left Los Desayunos in 2016 to replace Mariló Montero as host of the morning television show La Mañana.^[8] She became the chairwoman of the Spain's Academy of Television and Audiovisual Arts and Sciences in 2018.^[1][9] In 2020, after 4 years hosting La Mañana, she was replaced by the meteorologist Mònica López as presenter of the show, which was renamed as La Hora de La 1.^[10][11] She subsequently left TVE and joined Antonio Banderas' Málaga-based production company Soho TV.^[12][9]

In 2020, Casado was the presenter on the Banderas-directed music web television series Escena en blanco y negro, released on Amazon Prime Video.^[13] On 6 March 2021, Casado and Banderas directed and hosted the 35th Goya Awards ceremony.^[14]

Her return to TVE was announced in October 2021, set the host a weekly show produced in Sant Cugat del Vallès.^[15]

References

1. "María Casado, nueva presidenta de la Academia de Televisión". El País. 5 December 2018.
2. "Lo que no sabías de María Casado, el relevo de Mariló Montero en TVE". ¡Hola!. 30 August 2016.
3. "María Casado, la reina del pirulí". abcplay. ABC. 5 December 2018.
4. Hernández, Nuria (1 July 2020). "Antonio Banderas y María Casado presentarán los Goya: así es el lado más personal de la periodista". Vanity Fair.
5. "María Casado sustituye a Ana Pastor en 'Los Desayunos'". Heraldo de Aragón. 20 August 2012.
6. Roselló, Beatriz (22 July 2009). "María Casado 'ficha' por '59 segundos'". El Mundo.
7. Gómez, R.G. (10 April 2012). "TVE reinventa '59 segundos'". El País.
8. Guerrero, Hamlet D. (31 August 2016). "María Casado da un giro a 'La mañana de La 1'". El País.
9. Urreta, Edurne (23 May 2020). "María Casado, purgada de TVE pero rescatada por Antonio Banderas: "Me hace soñar"". El Mundo.
10. "TVE sustituye a María Casado por Mónica López al frente de 'La Mañana'". La Vanguardia. 8 May 2020.
11. "'La Hora de La 1', así se llamará el nuevo matinal de Mònica López". La Vanguardia. 29 July 2020.
12. "María Casado deja TVE y se une a la nueva productora de televisión de Antonio Banderas". abcplay. ABC. 19 May 2020.
13. Puig, Francesc (14 December 2020). "'Escena en blanco y negro', una forma distinta de acercarse a los músicos". La Vanguardia.
14. "Antonio Banderas y María Casado dirigirán y presentarán la próxima gala de los Goya". El País (in Spanish). July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
15. "La 1 recupera a María Casado con un programa semanal". Audiovisual451. 20 October 2021.