Career
He is one of the most iconic figures in Argentina"s television Besides Pope Francis, Tinelli is one of the most famous supporters of the San Lorenzo de Almagro football club of all time. He is the current Vice-President of the Boedo"s side.
Tinelli was working on Radio Rivadavia as football sportscaster before Juan Alberto Badía brought him to television to Badía y Compañía.
In 1990, after several years as sports commentator, he created the light-content Videomatch, based on sport results, easy jokes, hidden cameras and bloopers. The show is still aired, but under the name of Showmatch.
He created the television production company Ideas del Sur (Ideas from the South), which has produced many television shows including Okupas, Buenos Vecinos, Tumberos, Fugitivos and Los Roldán. He also bought Radio Uno FM station, and the Spanish Segunda División football club Civil Defense Badajoz.
In 2002, he helped found the volleyball team Club Ciudad de Bolívar, based in his native San Carlos de Bolívarious
The team came to be the most successful of the Argentine league. He became popular as the presenter of Argentina"s high-rated show Videomatch on the Argentine network Telefe. The variety show had sketches, musical guests, contests, and introduced bloopers to the Argentine audience.
Tinelli caused controversy in 2005, when he announced plans to switch to Canal 9, the third highest rated network.
His show increased the average audience of Canal 9 by giving the network the highest-rated show in the country. In 2006 Tinelli announced a switch to El Trece, Telefe"s largest competitor.
Tinelli works at El Trece since then, and also produces television dramas with his own production company, Ideas del Sur. The show title changed from Videomatch to Showmatch since the Videomatch name was owned by Telefe.
Showmatch is also the name of a short-lived version of Videomatch that aired in Spain.
ShowMatch included many segments of contests with stage acts, such as dancing or singing. In 2009 it included a segment called Gran Cuñado (Big Brother-in-Law) with parodies of Argentine politicians, that generated great stir in real political world.