Jorge Rial
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Jorge Rial is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 journalist.

Rial started working in newspaper media in the early 1980s and he eventually starred in the comic domestic movie Los Extermineitors. He then got involved in TV media as a reporter of TV programme Indiscreciones hosted by Lucho Avilés in 1990s, but a later acrimony between the latter and Rial made him to abandon the staff.

Jorge Rial hosted gossip-related TV programmes El Periscopio (with Graciela Alfano, and then Andrea Frigerio), Paparazzi, Paf!. His programme Intrusos en el espectáculo is now broadcast on Argentina's América 2
Canal 2 (Argentina)
América 2 is a national channel of Argentina, from La Plata that also broadcasts from Buenos Aires' Palermo neighbourhood. It was launched on June 25, 1966 as Rivadavia Televisión/TeVeDos, and in April 1991 the name changed to America. The bulk of programming of this channel can be found between...

. He was the director of contents of América 2 during 2002, but later replaced, and he seems to be focused on TV media and his gossip-related "Paparazzi" magazine. Since January 2007 he is also the host of the Local version of Big Brother
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 "Gran Hermano
Gran Hermano (Argentina)
Gran Hermano is a reality television program produced by Endemol hosted by Jorge Rial, taking over Soledad Silveyra after hosting the first three seasons. It's Argentina's version of the Big Brother franchise on Telefe. It first aired on March 10, 2001...

" On Argentina's largest Broadcaster Telefe
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Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...

.

He wrote the book Polvo de estrellas featuring the lives of celebrities and politicians involved in farándula, and another book called "El intruso" regarding the same subject.

During the late 2009 early 2010 season he was also the main character of Angel y Demonio a theatre play, awarded with the Estrellas de Mar award in its category. It became a national theatrical success after a nationwide tour.

Currently he is the host of Intrusos en el espectáculo, a weekday entertainment show; the most successful program of Argentina in the afternoon time (15:00-18:00) as well as the most successful program of América 2
Canal 2 (Argentina)
América 2 is a national channel of Argentina, from La Plata that also broadcasts from Buenos Aires' Palermo neighbourhood. It was launched on June 25, 1966 as Rivadavia Televisión/TeVeDos, and in April 1991 the name changed to America. The bulk of programming of this channel can be found between...

. The program is co-hosted by journalist Luis Ventura, Marcela Tauro, Daniel Gómez Rinaldi, Luis Piñeyro and Lola Cordero. Since March 1, 2010, he is the host of a 9 to 12 daily radio program, Ciudad Gótika, in Radio La Red (AM 910). The program includes interviews to politicians, celebrities as well as a radio theater. It is co-hosted by journalist Luis Ventura, Marcelo Palacios, Claudio Rico and Connie Ansaldi.

Jorge Rial has two adopted daughters: Morena and Rocío.

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