El súper (TV series) explained

Genre:Soap opera
Runtime:20–30 min
Country:Spain
Language:Spanish
Network:Tele 5
Num Seasons:4
Num Episodes:738

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]

Production and release

El súper was the first daily national television series produced in Spain.[3] [4] A regional daily series, the Catalan Poble Nou, predated the series. Filming started in August 1996 in a Tele 5 set located in Villaviciosa de Odón.[5] Some prominent screenwriters such as Orestes Lara, Rodolf Sirera, Jaume Banacolocha, Virginia Yagüe, and Alonso Puerta were part of the scriptwriting team. Boris Izaguirre also worked as screenwriter. The series was a mash-up of elements from US soap operas (such as Falcon Crest), the thriller genre and the telenovela.

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

Aired from 6 September 1996 to 31 December 1999, The broadcasting run comprised 4 seasons and 738 episodes, broadcast at late afternoon. The running time was 20–30 minutes.[6] 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.[7]

References

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  • Notes and References

    1. Web site: ¿Qué fue del reparto de 'El súper'?. FormulaTV. Azucena. Pereira. 6 September 2017.
    2. Web site: Así han cambiado los protagonistas del súper. Qué!. 7 April 2016.
    3. Web site: Así ha sido el reencuentro de los actores de 'El súper', veinte años después de su estreno. FormulaTV. 31 January 2017.
    4. Web site: Las 50 mejores series españolas de la historia. Vanity Fair. 10 October 2015. Eva. Güimil.
    5. News: Tele 5 inicia hoy su telenovela diaria "El super". El País. 5 September 1996. Paz. Álvarez.
    6. Web site: Telecinco cumple 25 años: recordamos 25 series que han marcado su historia (Parte 1). FormulaTV. José. Gómez. 5 March 2015.
    7. Web site: El súper: así era el Falcon Crest español de Telecinco. Qué!. Nacho. Pérez. 22 October 2020.