Ayuso interview lifts Horizonte to 15.5% share, beating Motos and Broncano

Access slot ratings breakdown

The broadcast of the current affairs program Horizonte on Cuatro drew 1,885,000 viewers and a 15.5% audience share during an interview with Community of Madrid President Isabel Diaz Ayuso on Thursday, 1 October 2026. The interview took place between 21:51 and 22:40, becoming the most-watched non-news broadcast of the day in Spain according to figures compiled by Dos30'. Across its broader access prime-time block starting at 21:40, the program hosted by Iker Jimenez and Carmen Porter led its slot with a 13.8% share and 1,630,000 viewers. Across the entire night, the broadcast averaged a 14% share, marking its highest audience since the show began airing from Monday to Thursday. In the segment following the Ayuso interview, the program retained 923,000 viewers and a 13.1% share, helping Cuatro nearly double its typical daily channel average.

Shift in the Broncano and Motos competition

The broadcast altered the ongoing ratings contest between Spanish television's two leading access programs. David Broncano's show La Revuelta on La 1 featured lawyer Mariano Benitez de Lugo, who specializes in litigation against vulture funds, and took second place with 1,411,000 viewers and a 12% audience share. Pablo Motos's El Hormiguero on Antena 3, which hosted the pop-rock band Hombres G, fell to third place with 1,395,000 viewers and an 11.8% share. Audience tracking data reported by RTVE indicated that La Revuelta gained traction toward its conclusion, rising above a 15% share. In the same competing time window, Telecinco attracted 895,000 viewers and a 7.8% share with the start of Supervivientes All Stars, while El Intermedio on laSexta drew 730,000 viewers and a 6.2% share.

Political discussion and television satire

During the interview on Cuatro, Diaz Ayuso spoke about public encampments and demonstrations in Madrid's Puerta del Sol concerning the housing crisis. The regional leader also addressed national politics, presenting criticism of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the central government. At the same time, laSexta's news comedy show El Intermedio broadcast a parody segment called Cuarta Milonga, referencing Jimenez's program Cuarto Milenio. Comedian Cristina Gallego impersonated Diaz Ayuso alongside regulars Sandra Sabates and Dani Mateo. Presenter El Gran Wyoming introduced the segment with a satirical remark aimed at the rival broadcast.

Welcome to Cuarta Milonga, the program that in a few seconds will be censored by the communist government.

Prime-time results and daily network performance

Later in the evening, the fourth gala of Supervivientes All Stars 3 on Telecinco reached 885,000 viewers and a 15.6% audience share, compared to 797,000 viewers for its first gala on 10 September 2026. On public channel La 1, the fifth episode of the second season of El perro andaluz secured 801,000 viewers and a 12.2% share, improving on the 543,000 viewers recorded for its fourth broadcast on 24 September. Antena 3 aired the fifth chapter of Las hijas de la criada, drawing 743,000 viewers and a 9.5% share, down from 979,000 viewers for its premiere on 3 September. In the overall daily rankings for Thursday, Antena 3 placed first with a 13.5% share, followed by La 1 at 12.8%, Telecinco at 9.3%, and Cuatro at 8.4%.