Overview
- Benavides delivered an on-air farewell in the final 2025 episode on December 27, closing a five-year cycle on ATV.
- He thanked channel executives, his team, and viewers during a New Year’s special, promising to keep bringing smiles in the year ahead.
- His move was formally unveiled weeks earlier at Panamericana’s upfront event, where Christian Rivero presented him as a 2026 addition.
- He noted his ATV contract ends at year’s end and said Marcelo Cúneo granted permission for him to appear at Panamericana’s presentation.
- Panamericana frames the move as a homecoming after 35 years, and production details for his new program remain to be announced.