Argentina The Argentine edition of
CQC was hosted by
Mario Pergolini,
Eduardo de la Puente and
Juan di Natale until 2009. The new anchor is
Roberto Pettinato. It started broadcasting in Canal 2 (currently known as
América TV), in 1995. This first stage ended in 1999, with a special show transmitted
live from the
Gran Rex Theatre in
Buenos Aires. In 2001, there was a special show (made in the same theatre) to announce the new season of the show for the next year, this time in
Canal 13. In 2005,
Canal 13 hired
Marcelo Tinelli, who is frequently argumented in the programme and has been a longtime rival of
Mario Pergolini. This resulted in
CQC (and all of the shows produced by
Cuatro Cabezas) moving to
Telefe. The show went on the air every Monday at 10:30 pm (local hour). On 15 December 2008, Pergolini officially retired from the show. The journalist cast in Canal 2 were
Clemente Cancela,
Andy Kusnetzoff,
Guillermo López,
Daniel Malnatti,
Gonzalo Rodríguez and
Daniel Tognetti. The cast in Canal 13 were Clemente Cancela,
Diego Della Salla, Guillermo López, Daniel Malnatti and Gonzalo Rodríguez.
Chile The
Chilean edition started broadcasting in 2002 on
Mega every Sunday at 10:00 pm. The hosts are
Nicolás Larraín,
Gonzalo Feito and
Iván Guerrero. The journalist cast is composed of
Sebastián Eyzaguirre,
Jean Philippe Cretton and
Pamela Le Roy, as well as the hosts Feito and Guerrero. Previously in the show were reporter
Marcelo Arismendi,
Fernando Lasalvia and hosts
Felipe Bianchi and
Pablo Mackenna. With the show being broadcast on a Christian channel, they are restricted from talking to people related to the church. The show is produced with the support of the Chilean production company
Edu. Some of their most popular memes is
El Hombre de Trabajo Trabajo y Trabajo and
Eduardo Bonvallet. The last season on Mega was produced on 2011. After that, the Chilean edition has had sporadic special episodes on
Chilevisión and YouTube sponsored by the mobile carrier WOM.
Spain The Spanish version was broadcast by
Telecinco from 1996 to 2008 (except in 2003 and 2004 when the show was cancelled), by
La Sexta from May 2008 to December 2008, and by
Cuatro in 2010. The first period (1996 to 2002) was produced by
GloboMedia, while Cuatro Cabezas was in charge from 2002 to 2010. In their first stage, the show was hosted by
El Gran Wyoming. Some of the
reporters (like
Pablo Carbonell) were already experienced TV journalists, while the rest started their television careers in
CQC such as
Javier Martin and
Arturo Valls. During this first run, the show featured a
house band led by Wyoming's longtime collaborator
Maestro Reverendo. Despite enjoying a high rating and the numerous awards given to the programme and its presenter, Telecinco decided to cancel the show at the end of 2002 alleging business reasons. On the weeks after the cancellation was announced, the program experienced a rise in its audience rating. The announcement was made after the reporters suggested to include a section about
Ana Botella, wife of then-Prime Minister
José María Aznar, although Telecinco claimed the cancellation's reasons were unrelated to that incident. In 2005 the programme returned to Telecinco, this time hosted by
Manel Fuentes, Arturo Valls,
Eduardo Aldán and
Deborah Ombres as the first woman in the cast. The good ratings made the show renew their contracts for a second season, hosted by Arturo Valls, Manel Fuentes and
Juanra Bonet with the reporter cast of Toni Garrido,
Fernando González (Gonzo) and
Christian Gálvez, having also Arturo Valls as reporter. In the third season, Toni Garrido was replaced by
Eugeni Alemany and Francisco Rodríguez was introduced after winning a contests of reporters; later
Christian Gálvez left the programme for another projects in Telecinco and Maldo made his appearance in the team of reporters. Fuentes and Bonet returned to host the fourth season, which began in Autumn 2007, with
Leandro Rivera replacing Arturo Valls. In 2008,
La Sexta bought the rights of the programme from rival channel Telecinco. This new period of the programme began on 14 May 2008 with many new faces, as some of the old hosts and reporters had a contract with Telecinco (like Manel Fuentes) or decided to leave for another projects (like Gonzo). The host in this period was
Frank Blanco, a radio presenter, accompanied by Juan Ramón Bonet and Toni Garrido, who come back to the show after two seasons.
Estíbaliz Gabilondo, the comical duo
Niño y Fox and were the new reporters. The show was cancelled in December 2008 after 17 episodes because of low ratings. In 2010, TV channel
Cuatro decided to pick up the format with a female trio of presenters. The host in this new period were
Ana Milán,
Silvia Abril and
Tània Sarrias. Premiering in April 2010, the show was canceled in August due to low ratings. In January 2025, Telecinco revived the show once again, with a new trio of presenters made up of
Santi Millán,
Lorena Castell and Pablo González Batista. Pablo Carbonell rejoined the show as a reporter on the second episode of this run. However, this run was canceled in February due to low ratings, its last episode scheduled to air on 2 March.
Italy The
Italian version is called
Le Iene, which is the Italian title of Tarantino's movie
Reservoir Dogs. It started in 1996, currently transmitting on
Italia 1.
France There has been an edition of
CQC as "
Les Hyènes" in
France, transmitting on
France 2.
Israel The
Israeli edition of
CQC aired in 2001, but was cancelled after one season for low ratings. The lack of success is attributed to the heavy competition by other satirical shows already established. Clips of the pilot and interviews of the hosts (and Monaghan's girlfriend
Evangeline Lilly) were aired on the 23 June 2008 episode of the Argentine show.
Portugal The
Portuguese version of the show,
Caia Quem Caia, premiered on
TVI on 25 October 2008. The show was fronted by Pedro Fernandes, José Pedro Vasconcelos, and Joana Cruz. Additional field reporting was done by João Santos, Miguel Rocha, and Filipe Cardoso. The show's regular slot was Saturday nights, although it occasionally got bumped to the following evening. The first series ended on 17 January 2009, with no indication that it would come back in the future.
Netherlands A Dutch adaptation of CQC was broadcast since August 2009 on
Veronica, and was presented by Dutch TV presenters
Beau van Erven Dorens,
Pieter Jouke and
Daan Nieber. It ended on 5 April of the following year. ==References==