1988 in Spanish television explained

This is a list of Spanish television related events in 1988.

Events

• 11 January: TVE broadcast Theatre play ‘’Sí al amor’’, starred by Lina Morgan, which is viewed by 17 million people, becoming the most popular TV show that year.^[1]
• 25 January: Canal 10, first private TV channel in Spain is launched.
• 14 December: Following the 1988 Spanish general strike Spanish Television stops broadcasting.

Debuts

Title	Channel	Debut	Performers/Host	Genre
3x4		1988-01-11		Quiz show
Agenda Fin De Semana		1988-01-14		Variety show
A través del espejo ^[2]	La 2	1988-02-03		Talk show
Cajón desastre	TVE-1	1988-09-17		Children
Cerca de las estrellas	La 2	1988-02-07	Ramón Trecet	Sport
Circo pop ^[3]		1988-10-05	Raquel Vega	Music
Contigo		1988-06-07		Variety Show
Crónica joven		1988-01-07	Francisco García Novell	Youth
Derecho a discrepar ^[4]		1988-01-14	Miguel Ángel Gozalo	Talk show
Diccionario de la salud	TVE-1	1988-01-08	Ramón Sánchez Ocaña	Cultural/Science
Entre líneas ^[5]	La 2	1988-02-23	Vicente Parra	Cultural/Science
FM 2 ^[6]	La 2	1988-01-28	Christina Rosenvinge	Music
Gatos en el tejado		1988-10-07		Drama series
La hora del TPT^[7]	TVE-1	1988-01-18	José Luis Coll	Quiz show
Juego de niños^[8]		1988-03-05		Quiz show
Juegos sin fronteras^[9]		1988-08-01	Ignacio Salas	Game show
Magia potagia		1988-01-10		Magic
Los mundos de Yupi^[10]		1988-04-18	Consuelo Molina	Children
Más estrellas que en el cielo ^[11]	TVE-1	1988-11-23		Talk show
El perro verde^[12] ^[13]		1988-04-28		Talk show
El precio justo	TVE-1	1988-02-29		Quiz show
Querido Pirulí ^[14]		1988-01-13	Fernando García Tola	Talk show
La realidad inventada	La 2	1988-10-28	Paloma Chamorro	Cultural/Science
Rockopop	TVE-1	1988-10-15	Beatriz Pecker	Music
Tal cual ^[15]		1988-02-01	Manuel Hidalgo	Variety show
Tariro, Tariro		1988-10-18	La Trinca	Comedy
Viaje con nosotros		1988-01-26	Javier Gurruchaga	Variety show
La vida sigue^[16]		1988-01-10	Joaquín Arozamena	Quiz show

Ending this year

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Foreign series debuts in Spain

English title	Spanish title	Channel	Country	Performers
A Different World	Un mundo diferente	TVE		Lisa Bonet
A.D.	Anno Domini	TVE		Anthony Andrews, Ava Gardner, James Mason
ALF	ALF	TVE		Paul Fusco, Max Wright
Anne of Green Gables	Ana de las Tejas Verdes	TVE		Megan Follows
Blackadder	La Víbora Negra			Rowan Atkinson
Blacke's Magic	Blacke, el mago	TVE		Hal Linden
Deceptions	El engaño	TVE		Stefanie Powers
Doctor Who	Dr. Who	FORTA
Easy Street	Calle tranquila	TVE		Loni Anderson
Growing Pains	Los problemas crecen	TVE		A.Thicke, J.Kerns, K.Cameron, T.Gold, J.Miller
L.A. Law	La ley de Los Ángeles	TVE		H.Hamlin, S.Dey, J.Smits, C.Bersen
Mother and Son	Madre e hijo	TVE		Ruth Cracknell
Night Court	Juzgado de guardia	TVE		Harry Anderson
Paradise Postponed	Paraíso pospuesto	TVE		Michael Hordern
Punky Brewster	Punky Brewster	TVE		Soleil Moon Frye
Sorrell and Son	Sorrell e hijo	TVE		Richard Pasco
The Black Forest Clinic	La clínica de la Selva Negra	TVE		Klausjürgen Wussow
The Gemini Factor	El factor Géminis	TVE		Charlie Creed-Miles

Births

• 9 March - Elena Furiase, actress
• 18 April - Nicolás Coronado, actor
• 26 April - Macarena García, actress
• 30 April - Ana de Armas, actress
• 19 May - Nando Escribano, host
• 6 July - Ylenia Padilla, pundit
• 14 August - Loreto Mauleón, actress.
• 16 August - Angie Rigueiro, journalist
• 17 October - Marina Salas, actress
• 21 October - Blanca Suárez, actress
• 30 September - Brays Efe, actor.
• 30 October - Cristina Pedroche, hostess
• 28 November - Adrián Rodríguez, actor & singer
• 14 December - Ana María Polvorosa, actress

Deaths

• 22 February - Carlos Lemos, 79
• 22 April - María Luisa Seco, hostess, 39
• 12 July - Luis Pruneda, host, 64
• 23 September - Luis Losada, journalist, 59
• 14 November - Julia Caba Alba, actress, 76

See also

• 1988 in Spain
• List of Spanish films of 1988

Notes and References

1. Web site: Una revista musical de Lina Morgan, el programa de mayor audiencia en 1988. . Spanish . 2 April 1989.
2. Web site: TVE mira la polémica de la eutanasia "A través del espejo". Diario ABC. Spanish. 3 February 1988.
3. Web site: Comienza 'Circo pop' en sustitución del musical 'A tope'. El País. Spanish. 5 October 1988.
4. Web site: Solana destituye al director de 'Derecho a discrepar' . 11 February 1989 . .
5. Web site: Entre líneas. Diario ABC. Spanish. 23 February 1988.
6. Web site: Comienza 'FM-2', un nuevo intento de informativo musical de TVE. El País. Spanish. 28 January 1988.
7. Web site: TVE incorpora 'telepasatiempos' a lo largo de su programacíón. El País. Spanish. 18 January 1988.
8. Web site: "Juego de niños": por si faltaba algún concurso. Diario ABC. Spanish. 5 March 1988.
9. Web site: Comienza 'Juegos sin fronteras', un programa concurso entre países europeos. El País. Spanish. 31 July 1988.
10. Web site: 'Los mundos de Yupi' sustituye a 'Barrio Sésamo' . 1 August 2009 . 18 April 1988 . El País .
11. Web site: Concha Velasco, primera estrella de Terenci Moix. Diario ABC. Spanish. 23 November 1988.
12. Web site: El perro verde. 8 March 2013 . jesusquintero.com. Spanish .
13. News: Jesús Quintero hará un programa "mitad mágico, mitad confidente". Valenzuela. El País. 27 April 1988.
14. Web site: Tola inicia su 'Querido Pirulí'.. El País. Spanish. 13 January 1988.
15. Web site: 'Tal cual' sustituye desde hoy a 'La tarde' en la sobremesa . 1 February 1988 . .
16. Web site: La vida sigue, nuevo concurso presentado por Joaquín Arozamena. Diario ABC. Spanish. 10 January 1988.