Karkú Explained

Opentheme:"Cada Vez" by Six Pack
Huracanes by Six Pack
Country:Chile
Language:Spanish
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:76
Executive Producer:José Francisco García
Runtime:26 minutes
Network:Televisión Nacional de Chile
Nickelodeon Latin America

Karkú is a Chilean teen telenovela television series, co-produced by My Friend Entertainment and Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN).

Plot

Emilia, a 13-year-old girl, is sent by her parents from the small city of Vallenar, Chile, to live with her uncles in metropolitan Santiago, Chile. There, she enters the British College, where she befriends Fernanda, Valentina, Zico, Alex, and Martín, with whom she tries to fund a year-end trip overseas. The series follows exploring everyday-life problems of teenagers, including friendship and romance.

Cast

Main cast
Supporting cast

Production and themes

The first Latin American telenovela for young audience,[1] Karkú was co-produced My Friend Entertainment and Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN).[2] Its title is derived from mapudungún and means "to dare," which "faithfully reflects the spirit of the plot," according to TVN.[3] The series was created Onell López Campos and José Francisco García, with Campos as director along with Juan Pablo Tapia, and García as executive producer, and Felipe Vergara and Soledad Pérez as producers.[4] [5] [6] It explores the aging of teenagers, focusing on Latin America, and producers tried to prompt diligence, teamwork, and friendship on its viewers.[1] López commented he tried to insert music as feature that "not only plays as an ornament, but is part of the undertaking of the protagonists, is a tool that they have."[4]

Broadcasting

The first two seasons were broadcast by TVN in Chile; from February 5,[7] to March 8, 2007, and from January 2,[8] to February 6, 2008. The third season was first broadcast on Nickelodeon Latin America[4] between June 17, and July 22, 2009. It aired in the other Latin American countries through Nickelodeon, with Ecuavisa also airing it in Ecuador, Señal Colombia in Colombia,[2] and TV Brasil in Brazil.[9] Spanish-language network ¡Sorpresa! broadcast the series on its back to school programming in the United States.[1]

Reception

It was a success in Chile; its debuted had a 14.4 rating against 11.7 and 6.7 of Mekano and Futurama respectively.[7] The complete first season had an average rating of 14.1.[10] It was also popular in several countries of Latin America.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Network to air Chilean Spanish language telenovela for teens, tweens . August 26, 2008 . del Valle, Elena . Poyeen Publishing . HispanicMPR.com.
  2. Web site: Imira Takes European Distribution for Karkú . Brzoznowski, Kristin . September 9, 2009 . WorldScreen.com . August 14, 2014.
  3. Web site: Memorial Anual 2007 . 43 . . August 14, 2014 . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084911/http://www.tvn.cl/corporativo/documentos/Memoria2007.pdf . August 19, 2014 . dead .
  4. Web site: Los secretos del nuevo ciclo de la serie chilena que se toma Latinoamérica . https://web.archive.org/web/20091222160620/http://www.terra.cl/entretencion/index.cfm?id_cat=118&id_reg=1193558 . December 22, 2009 . June 7, 2009 . . August 14, 2014 . Spanish . 1-2.
  5. Web site: Lo que ven en la TV . El Sol de Hidalgo . April 30, 2008 . August 15, 2014 . Spanish.
  6. Web site: Araceli Vitta regresa a la televisión . November 25, 2008 . Terra Networks . August 15, 2014 . Spanish.
  7. Web site: Púberes de "Karkú" derrotaron a Mega y Canal 13 . Núñez, Leonardo . El Mercurio Online . August 14, 2014 . Spanish.
  8. Web site: Los programas que te acompañarán en estas vacaciones . January 2, 2008 . El Mercurio de Calama . August 14, 2014 . Spanish.
  9. Web site: Transnationalization of Television Fiction in Ibero-American Countries . Möller, Vania . . 2012 . 158 . August 14, 2014.
  10. Web site: "Karkú" se consagra como la apuesta juvenil de TVN . October 17, 2007 . El Mercurio Online . August 14, 2014 . Spanish.