TV Reviews7.9/10
Pasión Prohibida: One Season, 107 Episodes, and the Second Season That Never Came
Pasión Prohibida aired 107 episodes on Telemundo from 2013 to 2015. Its planned second season never happened after Mónica Spear's death in 2014.
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Tag: telenovela
TV Reviews7.5/10
Telenovela About a Hitman and a Widow Has Too Much Story for Its Running Time
A review of the 2008 telenovela Don't Mess with the Angel, starring Maite Perroni and William Levy — 194 episodes of drama that mostly delivers.
TV Reviews7.8/10
Ana Brenda Contreras Anchors a Telenovela That Knows Exactly What It Is
Wild at Heart, the 2013 Univision telenovela starring Ana Brenda Contreras, ran 162 episodes. A review of its revenge arc, cast, and 7.8 score.
TV Reviews7.8/10
Mexican teen soap Like, la Leyenda finds its villain in the classroom
Like, la Leyenda ran 97 episodes on Las Estrellas, a teen soap about a school that preaches modern values and runs on old rules. Scored 7.8/10.
TV Reviews7.8/10
Amar a Muerte: A Telenovela That Trusts Its Audience to Track Souls Across Bodies
Amar a Muerte aired 90 episodes on Las Estrellas in 2018-2019, a telenovela where three souls wake up in the wrong bodies. Our review scores it 7.8/10.
TV Reviews7.6/10
‘False Identity’ Built Two Seasons Around One Man Running From Himself
False Identity ran two seasons and 171 episodes on Telemundo, following two strangers faking a marriage to flee Sonora. Our review scores it 7.6/10.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Telemundo’s 2010 Telenovela El Clon Staked Everything on One Actress Playing Two Women
Telemundo's El Clon ran 183 episodes in 2010, a remake of Brazil's O Clone starring Mauricio Ochmann in a double role as Lucas and his clone.
TV Reviews7.7/10
Why the 2010 Telenovela Soy tu dueña Still Gets Talked About 16 Years On
Soy tu dueña, the 2010 Televisa telenovela known abroad as A Woman of Steel, remade La Dueña with Lucero as La Víbora and became Univision's biggest 9pm hit.
TV Reviews8/10
Corazón salvaje (1992): A Telenovela of Hidden Letters and Wild Hearts
Corazón salvaje, the 1992 Mexican telenovela, ran 160 episodes. Its cruel premise of a hidden letter and a disowned firstborn still carries the show.
TV Reviews7.4/10
Venezuelan Telenovela La Doña Turns Its Heroine’s Revenge Into a Case Against Impunity
La Doña ran 200 episodes on Telemundo, with Aracely Arámbula as a revenge-driven heiress hunting violent men. A soap with a thesis.
TV Reviews7.6/10
María de Todos los Ángeles” at 7.6: Mara Escalante’s Double Act Across Four and a Half Years”
María de Todos los Ángeles ran 33 episodes across four and a half years on Las Estrellas, with Mara Escalante playing two roles in one sitcom.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Señora Acero: Five Seasons, Two Leads, and a Structural Gamble
Señora Acero ran 5 seasons and 395 episodes on Telemundo, swapping leads from Blanca Soto's Sara to Carolina Miranda's Vicenta.