Sabías a lo que venías

Sabías a lo que venías ("You knew what you were coming for") was a weekly late-night talk show hosted by Santiago Segura that aired on Spanish television channel laSexta in 2007.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Downright awful attempts at comedy, such as a recurring segment where a 'comedian' would crash an event and spend an entire monologue insulting everyone in attendance.
 * 2) El Jueves's segment showed that the magazine's satirical tone did not translate well to television, consisting mostly of gratuitous swearing, crudely animated pictures of celebrities and unfunny punchlines.
 * 3) The show claimed to operate 'à la carte' when deciding which sections would be featured regularly and which wouldn't... which in practice amounted to little more than taking money from the viewers, since they were asked to vote on this through text messages (which cost €1.20 + VAT each).
 * 4) It continued to provide airtime to sideshow weirdos nobody took seriously such as Leonardo Dantés for the sake of a cheap laugh.
 * 5) Other random and/or poorly executed recurring segments such as adult film director Torbe filming spoof movies with porn stars, or a woman asking celebrities what she had to do to become a celebrity herself.
 * 6) Lack of a defined structure, as the show mostly looked like a compilation of segments whizzing by.
 * 7) Even the show's own promotional adverts couldn't bother pretending that it would have any hint of originality, as they depicted Santiago Segura writing down ideas he could rip off from other shows and hoping for the best.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) Filming the show in a theater instead of a regular TV studio was a cool idea.

Reception
Sabías a lo que venías received an overall negative reception from critics. Reviewing the premiere for El Mundo, Javier Pérez de Albéniz concluded: "The first [episode of] Sabías a lo que venías couldn't stand up. It was long, boring, sad. And it crumbled spectacularly if we made the mistake of comparing it, even in passing, with better-thought, more brilliant late-night shows such as Buenafuente's or Eva Hache's. It didn't work as an idea (overdone), or for structure (nonexistent), or for script (not one good joke), or for guests (irrelevant), or for actors (?), or for its insecure, stiff, dull host, Santiago Segura."