Programa Silvio Santos

Programa Silvio Santos is a Brazilian variety program aired in SBT from June 2, 1963 to December 29, 2024 and created by the renowned television presenter and entertainer Silvio Santos and, 2021 until 2025, presented by his daughter Patrícia Abravanel, and broadcast by Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT). Airing from June 2, 1963, Ending from December 29, 2024, it is the second oldest television program in Brazil. It is the main attraction of SBT on Sundays. The program airs from 19:00 until midnight. It is best known as a program of sequential segments, game shows, pranks^[5] and its famous airplanes of money.^[6]

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In 1993, the program was even awarded the title of "Oldest Program of the Brazilian TV" by Guinness World Records, shortly after losing the title to the Mosaico na TV, broadcast since July 16, 1961.^[7]

In 2015, the program's 'Câmera Escondida' segment with a clown pieing shoppers on a mall escalator went viral internationally, particularly through Twitter. This led many online to question its legitimacy as to whether the show used paid actors, or random members of the public.