Jorge Ramos, the popular Mexican-American journalist and news host, is heading back to American television screens, this time via HBO.
Ramos, who has been the co-anchor on Univision's award-winning "Noticiero Univision" (Univision News) since 1986, as well as the host of "Al Punto" (To the Point), Univision's Sunday public affairs show, will host two HBO specialty programs.
The first program, titled "Outpost," will be a 10-episode, half-hour mini-series focused on an in depth look at Latin American culture. "Outpost" will cover topics such as Latin cultural norms, the environment and its issues and adventure sports.
His other show, "Hate in America with Jorge Ramos," will be a one-hour special that investigates various anti-immigrant hate groups in the United States. This investigative report will look at the prominence of white separatists and anti-immigration movements and ultimately try to understand why hate toward Latinos and other minorities seems to be growing.
Ramos will look to delve into the root causes of the hate and racism in the United States, which is a timely topic considering the much-criticized viewpoint of current GOP candidate Donald Trump toward Latino immigrants. In fact, Ramos was ejected from a Trump press conference in Iowa last year when he questioned Trump about his proposed plan to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexican border. "You cannot deport 11 million people," Ramos told Trump before being escorted out of the news conference. Trump also disparagingly told Ramos to "go back to Univision," as he was being asked to leave.
The incident only heightened Ramos' popularity amongst Latino and American audiences, and many have taken to referring to Ramos as the "Hispanic Walter Cronkite" which shows the impact and respect Ramos has garnered in his time as a U.S journalist.
Ramos' new shows will be helmed by the just-launched Univision Story House, an original content developing house for Univision's internal platforms. One of those platforms includes Fusion, a digital joint venture between Univision, Disney and ABC. Fusion will produce the programs and has agreed to license the broadcasting rights of both projects to HBO.
Ramos will also maintain his current hosting and anchor duties with Univision.
