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Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – Brazil’s leading open-tv network TV Globo will launch July 6 “Aberto ao Publico,” a comedy show with four episodes airing on four consecutive Sundays nights, Amauri Soares, the exec director of TV Globo and Estudios Globo, told Variety.

Comedian Mauricio Meirelles created the show, which will be directed by Gui Cintra and Daniel Nascimento. Meirelles, Bruna Louise, Murilo Couto and Thiago Ventura will host the show and welcome a guest celebrity in each episode, Soares said

Globo shot “Aberto ao Publico” in a theater in Sao Paulo with the presence of an audience that interacts with the comedians and guest, using a stand-up like format, he said.

“Aberto ao Publico” is the first show created at regional hubs Globo recently established in cities across Brazil to increase the diversity of the network’s comedy programming, he added.

The hubs have an informal structure, each comprised of...

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