¡Despierta América!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

¡Despierta América! (Wake Up America!) is an American Spanish language morning television show airing on Univision. Debuting on April 14, 1997, the program's primarily targets the Hispanic population in the United States. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is currently hosted by Karla Martínez, Johnny Lozada, Alan Tacher, Ana Patricia González, Lourdes Ramos, Ximena Córdoba, Lourdes Stephan and Alejandro Chabán. Other reporters or celebrities also provide entertainment and gossip segments, and will occasionally appear as guest hosts if one of the regular hosts is unavailable (for instance, actress Angélica Vale has appeared frequently during the show's run). The show also features contributors that cover a variety of topics such as immigration, technology, diet, exercise and personal motivation. Among the permanent and occasional contributors of the show are Dr. Mario Lovo (immigration), Ariel Coro (technology), Claudia Molina (exercise), Alejandro Chabán (weight loss), Ismael Cala, María Marín and Alberto Sardiñas (motivation), among many others.

The program airs weekdays from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time; as Univision holds complete responsibility for its affiliates' programming, the network does not tape delay ¡Despierta América! individually by U.S. time zone (only running a delayed broadcast for the network's Pacific Time feed). Although similar in format to English language competitors Good Morning America and Today, ¡Despierta América! maintains more of a focus on interviews, and entertainment and feature stories; news headlines are generally limited to a segment that airs each half-hour, and national weather segments only appear once an hour during the first three hours of the broadcast (compared to the half-hourly weather updates that appear on other national morning news programs).

Series details

• Title: ¡Despierta América!
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: Spanish
• Premiere date: 1997-04-14
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Univision
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 240 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10783
• IMDb ID: tt0346243
• TVDB ID: 295107

Cast and credited roles

• Luis Sandoval — Reporter
• Alejandro Chabán — Co-Host
• Ximena Cordoba — Co-Host
• Karla Martínez — Co-Host
• Johnny Lozada — Co-Host
• Alan Tacher — Co-Host
• Ana Patricia González — Co-Host
• Lourdes Ramos — Co-Host
• Lourdes Stephan — Co-Host
• Edna Schmidt — Co-Host
• Chiquinquirá Delgado — Co-Host
• Satcha Pretto — Co-Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1997: premiered 1997-04-14; final listed air date 1997-04-14.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-12-28; final listed air date 2015-12-31.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-12-30; episode order: 261.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-02; final listed air date 2017-09-29; episode order: 260.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-01; final listed air date 2025-10-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from ¡Despierta América! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.