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El súper (TV series)

El súper
GenreSoap opera
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes738
Production
Running time20–30 min
Production companies
  • Zeppelin
  • Diagonal TV
  • Estudios Picasso
Original release
NetworkTele 5
Release6 September 1996 (1996-09-06) –
31 December 1999 (1999-12-31)

El súper, also known as El súper: Historias de todos los días, is a Spanish soap opera. Aired from 1996 to 1999, it was the first daily television series produced in Spain broadcast at the national level.

Premise

The fiction follows Julia, a woman working as a cashier in a supermarket. After Julia finds out she is a member of the Bernal family and thus the rightful heir to the supermarket chain she works in, she becomes the main foe of Alfonso Torres, a villain figure responsible for most of the crimes happening in the series.[1][2]

Cast

Production and release

El súper was the first daily national television series produced in Spain.[6][7] A regional daily series, the Catalan Poble Nou, predated the series.[8] Filming started in August 1996 in a Tele 5 set located in Villaviciosa de Odón.[9] Some prominent screenwriters such as Orestes Lara, Rodolf Sirera, Jaume Banacolocha, Virginia Yagüe, and Adolfo Puerta were part of the scriptwriting team.[10] Boris Izaguirre also worked as screenwriter.[2] The series was a mash-up of elements from US soap operas (such as Falcon Crest), the thriller genre and the telenovela.[10]

The first two seasons were produced by Zeppelin and Diagonal TV whereas the following two seasons were produced by Estudios Picasso.[10]

Aired from 6 September 1996 to 31 December 1999,[11] The broadcasting run comprised 4 seasons and 738 episodes,[10] broadcast at late afternoon. The running time was 20–30 minutes.[12][11] The series' main tune (initially an instrumental sax theme to which the vocals of Natalia Millán added in the second season) became very popular in Spain.[5]

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Pereira, Azucena (6 September 2017). "¿Qué fue del reparto de 'El súper'?". FormulaTV.
  2. ^ a b "Así han cambiado los protagonistas del súper". Qué!. 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Juncal Rivero, en 'El Súper'". La Vanguardia. 15 September 2019. p. 9.
  4. ^ Inzunza, Francisco (24 June 2019). "¿Quién es Carlos Gascón, el actor que decidió cambiar de sexo?". El Debate.
  5. ^ a b Pérez, Nacho (22 October 2020). "El súper: así era el Falcon Crest español de Telecinco". Qué!.
  6. ^ "Así ha sido el reencuentro de los actores de 'El súper', veinte años después de su estreno". FormulaTV. 31 January 2017.
  7. ^ Güimil, Eva (10 October 2015). "Las 50 mejores series españolas de la historia". Vanity Fair.
  8. ^ Chicharro-Merayo 2011, p. 199.
  9. ^ Álvarez, Paz (5 September 1996). "Tele 5 inicia hoy su telenovela diaria "El super"". El País.
  10. ^ a b c d Chicharro-Merayo 2011, p. 202.
  11. ^ a b Gómez, José (5 March 2015). "Telecinco cumple 25 años: recordamos 25 series que han marcado su historia (Parte 1)". FormulaTV.
  12. ^ Chicharro-Merayo 2011, p. 203.
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