Jô Soares

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José Eugênio Soares (January 16, 1938) is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author and musician. Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro. After being educated in Europe and the United States, Soares returned to Rio and worked at TV Rio in 1958 during comedy shows for the station. He acted as an American in Carlos Manga's O homem do Sputnik. In 1971, Soares started working at Rede Globo. In 1988, Soares moved to SBT and hosted an interview style show, Jô Soares Onze e Meia, until 1999. In 2000, Soares took his show's format back to Rede Globo; the new show was called Programa do Jô. In 1995 Soares wrote his first novel, O Xangô de Baker Street, which has already been published in several other countries and made into a film in 2000. He has put out various jazz CDs.