Sevcec
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| image = Sevcec logo.png
| genre = Talk show
| creator = Joaquin Blaya
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| presenter = Pedro Sevcec
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| theme_music_composer = Omar Marchant
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| country = United States
| language = Spanish
| num_seasons = 5
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| location = Raleigh Studios
Hollywood, California, United States
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| runtime = 60 minutes
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| network = Telemundo
| first_aired = {{start date|1994}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1999}}
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Sevcec was a Spanish-language talk show, hosted by journalist Pedro Sevcec and broadcast by Telemundo from 1994 until 1999. It aired weekdays at 4:00 p.m. from 1994 through 1998 and at 2:00 p.m from 1998-1999 Eastern Time.
Broadcast history
The show was created in 1994 by Telemundo's then-president Joaquin Blaya, who also helped create the Cristina show during his years as president of rival network Univision. Pedro Sevcec, who at the time was a co-anchor and reporter for Ocurrió Así, was selected to host and the show was titled Sevcec after his last name. It was the first Spanish-language talk show in the U.S. to have a male host, with Sevcec being dubbed the "Latin Phil Donahue".Jacob Bernstein, [http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/el-donahue-6359824 "El Donahue"], Miami New Times, July 9, 1998.
The show became a success, taping over 1,200 episodes and winning seven Emmy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.telemundo.com/noticias/2009/10/02/pedro-sevcec|title = Pedro Sevcec}} However, with the show being up against the long-running Cristina in the 4:00 p.m. timeslot, Sevcec{{'}}s ratings began to decline and it was cancelled in 1999. Laura en America took over the timeslot upon its arrival to the network that year.[https://www.cnn.com/videos/spanish/2016/12/20/cnnee-camilo-intvw-pedro-sevcec-anecdota-luchadoras-television-laura-bozzo-basura.cnn "Sevcec: Me reemplazó una basura de programa de Laura Bozzo"], CNN, December 20, 2016 (video, 7 mins, 53 secs) {{In lang|es}}.