Tu Mañana

Tu Mañana was a Puerto Rican breakfast television show that aired on the Univision Puerto Rico television network. The show debuted on March 11, 1991 and was aired on weekday mornings.^[1] On October 14, 2014, the show was cancelled as part of a restructuring of Univision Puerto Rico's operations that included the closure of its news department. With the sale of WLII-DT from Univision to Liberman Media Group the new owners have announced they intend to revive Tu Mañana in 2023.

Tu Mañana
Genre	Morning news and talk show
Country of origin	Puerto Rico
Original language	Spanish
Production
Production locations	Puerta de Tierra, San Juan Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Running time	240 minutes
Release
Original network	Univision (2002–2014) TeleOnce (1991-2002; 2023)
Original release	March 11, 1991 (1991-03-11) Late 2023

History

Debuting on the air on March 11, 1991 Tu Mañana was WLII's (then known as Teleonce) venture into breakfast television. The show originally aired from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekday mornings from WLII's original studios in Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico and was hosted by Bruni Torres and Carlos Ochoteco. In 1999, Tu Mañana added an extra thirty minutes to their runtime with the show now airing from 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

In 2002, Univision entered into a local marketing agreement with Raycom Media to operate WLII and WSUR-TV. After the Univision integration, Las Noticias became Las Noticias Univision and acquired the branding of all other Univision O&O stations news broadcasts, subsequently Tu Mañana was rebranded as Tu Mañana Univision and during this period Elwood Cruz and Nuria Sebazco were assigned as co-anchors, a position they held until 2011.^[2][3][4]

In 2005, Univision moved the channel's operations from Puerta de Tiera to Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. WLII began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition on September 26, 2010. In February 2012, it expanded its time slot to four hours (from 5:00am to 9:00am) and added new talents Gricel Mamery and Gredmarie Colon as their hosts. This new version of Tu Mañana focused less on news and more on entertainment with veteran anchor Ramon Enrique Torres in charge of short news segments at the top of each half hour of the show. Tu Mañana served as the lead in for ¡Despierta América! which has occupied WLII's 8 a.m. time slot since 2002.^[5][6][7]

On October 17, 2014 right as Tu Mañana was going off the air, employees at WLII-DT received word from Univision that their entire news department was closing on orders from the station's new Senior-Vice President and General Manager, Jaime Bauza. Employees were informed that that day's remaining newscast would not go on the air and were instructed to gather their belongings and leave the station as their positions had been terminated effective immediately. The news was broken to the public by reporter Daisy Sanchez who informed her twitter followers of the station's decision as it was announced to them. The closure of the news department effectively cancelled Tu Mañana ending a 23 year run and leaving rival station's WAPA-TV Noticentro Al Amanecer as the sole breakfast morning show airing in Puerto Rico as WKAQ-TV also had cancelled their morning newscast a few years prior. Over 100 employees lost their job on this day and Univision Puerto Rico abstained from producing any news content until 2018 when the station started producing Edición Digital out of their WOLE-DT studios in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. WLII's news department officially re-opened on July 12, 2022 after Univision sold the station (and its repeaters) to Liberman Media Group, who promptly decided to relaunch the station's newscasts.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

On December 8, 2021 during the first TeleOnce upfront presentation it was announced that Tu Mañana would return in 2022, this however did not come to be and at their next upfront presentation on December 13, 2022, TeleOnce announced that Tu Mañana's return is now scheduled for "Late 2023".^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

Former on-air staff

Anchors

• Carlos Ochoteco, anchor (1991–1997)^[1]
• Cyd Marie Fleming, anchor (1991–1997)^[1]
• Pablo Romero Alonso, anchor
• Felipe Gómez, anchor^[1]
• Bruni Torres, anchor
• Yolly Vélez, anchor^[1]
• Nuria Sebazco, anchor (2002–2011)
• Roberto Arias, sports anchor
• Elwood Cruz - Anchor 2002- 2014
• Zugey Lamela - Anchor 2012-2014
• Susan Soltero - Weather

See also

• Breakfast television

References

1. "Tu Mañana celebra con júbilo su décimo aniversario". Primera Hora. March 12, 2001.
2. "Raycom pair to Univision". Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2001.
3. "Univision to Acquire Stations in Puerto Rico". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 15, 2001.
4. "Univision Expands Spanish Network By Buying Puerto Rico TV Stations". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 14, 2001.
5. Glenn Santana (February 1, 2012). "Una hora más para Tu Mañana". Primera Hora.
6. Arranca la nueva temporada de Tu Mañana Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today on Revista MiTV
7. Eileen Rivera Esquilin (July 25, 2011). "Se renueva Tu Mañana". El Nuevo Día.
8. "Despido masivo y cierre de operaciones de Univision en Puerto Rico". MSN En Español. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
9. "Empleados de Univisión Puerto Rico denuncian cierre del canal". Primera Hora. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
10. "Univisión Puerto Rico cierra su Departamento de Noticias". Dialogo.UPR. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
11. "Univisión cierra sus informativos en Puerto Rico y despide a 99 empleados". La Información. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
12. "Cierra Univisión Puerto Rico "prácticamente todos sus departamentos"". La Calle Revista. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
13. "TeleOnce ya tiene el nombre de su noticiero". El Nuevo Dia. June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
14. ""Las Noticias" será el nuevo noticiario de TeleOnce". TVBoricua USA. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
15. "Comienza la batalla: tres noticiarios locales buscan liderar en las tardes". TVBoricua USA. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
16. "Arrancan "Las Noticias" con Celimar Adames y Ricardo Currás". Primera Hora. July 12, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
17. "Adelanto 2022: TeleOnce revela detalles de su nueva programación". TVBoricua USA. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
18. "Llega Mr. Cash y regresa "Tu mañana" a TeleOnce". Primera Hora. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
19. "Upfront 2023: TeleOnce anuncia regreso de "Tu Mañana"". TVBoricua USA. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
20. "TeleOnce anuncia el regreso de "Tu Mañana"". El Nuevo Dia. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
21. "TeleOnce apuesta a más programación local en el 2023". Primera Hora. Retrieved December 13, 2022.

External links

• Official link