| Camera: | Multi-camera |
| Runtime: | 42 minutes |
| Creator: | Luis Felipe Salamanca |
| Developer: | Telemundo Studios, Miami RTI Colombia |
| Producer: | Madeleine Contreras |
| Executive Producer: | Hugo León Ferrer |
| Director: | Rodolfo Hoyos Santiago Vargas |
| Editor: | Mauricio Gonzalez L. |
| Starring: | Carmen Villalobos Margarita Muñoz Aldemar Correa Sebastián Caicedo Fabiola Campomanes Aylín Mújica |
| Theme Music Composer: | Miguel de Narváez |
| Opentheme: | Una Noche Más interpreted by Luis Campos |
| Country: | United States Colombia |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Network: | Telemundo |
| Location: | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Num Episodes: | 131 |
Niños Ricos, Pobres Padres (GenerationY) is a Colombian telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. It debuted on July 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, taking over the second half of El Rostro de Analía until Friday, July 17, when it completely replaced it in the 9–10 pm slot.
The story revolves around Alejandra Paz, a beautiful 17-year-old girl and her mother, Lucía, an undocumented US immigrant who is deported from Miami back to Bogotá, Colombia; desperate and broke, they are forced to move in with Lucía's hostile sister, Verónica. On the first day, Alejandra is invited to Isabela's party, Esteban's girlfriend. After putting a drug in Alejandra's drink, Alejandra is suddenly raped by Matías, Esteban's friend. Suddenly Alejandra and her mother are submerged into a world of intrigue and betrayal where money is no object and people are not who they seem to be. High school drama soon ensues as Esteban and David fight to win Alejandra's heart. While Esteban and Alejandra date, they are then separated by lies and betrayal made by Mónica and Isabela. Soon Isabela gets pregnant by Gabriel, Rocio and Martha's brother. Later, Isabela lies to Esteban that she is pregnant by him in order to separate him from Alejandra. Suddenly, David learns that he has the opportunity to be with Alejandra, while Alejandra can't forget Esteban and still loves him.
As with most of its other soap operas, the network broadcasts English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.
The number of episodes aired on Telemundo was 131 due to first 2 weeks 20 minutes episodes, 1 hour timeslot was shared with El Rostro de Analía, the international version has 125 episodes.
Main Cast in Order of Appearance
| Actor | Character | Known as | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandra Paz | Protagonist. Lucía's daughter, in love with Esteban and David, stays with David at the end. | ||
| David Robledo | Berta and Rafael's son, Lola's brother, in love with Alejandra. | ||
| Isabella Domínguez | Principal Villain, later good. Eduardo's daughter, pregnant by Gabriel, in love with him. | ||
| Esteban San Miguel | Guillermo and Mónica's son, in love with Alejandra, commits suicide. | ||
| Lucía Rios | Alejandra's mother, Veronica's sister, in love with Guillermo, killed by Mónica. | ||
| Guillermo San Miguel | Mónica's ex-husband, Esteban's father, in love with Lucía. | ||
| Mónica San Miguel | Main Villain. Guillermo's ex-wife, Esteban's mother, Verónica's friend, killed Lucía, ends up in prison. | ||
| Roberto de la Torre | Verónica's ex-husband, Santiago's father, in love with Martha. | ||
| Veronica Rios | Villain. Lucía's sister, obsessed with Gabriel, Mónica's friend, Santiago's mother, ends up in insane asylum. | ||
| Gabriel Granados | Gardener of the school, Martha and Rocio's brother, in love with Isabela, Verónica's lover, father of Isabela's baby. | ||
| Cesar Alarcón | Juan's father, Amelia's lover, politic. | ||
| Berta Robledo | Rafael's wife, mother of David and Lola, cook of the school, in love with Mr. Donelly. | ||
| Dorotea Cortés | School counselor, in love with Mauricio. | ||
| Eduardo Dominguez | Isabela's father, Karina's husband, Mónica's lover, in love with Aura. | ||
| Diego Aguirre | Aura's son, Santiago's boyfriend. | ||
| Santiago de la Torre | Veronica and Roberto's son, Alejandra's cousin, Diego's boyfriend. | ||
| Aura Aguirre | Diego's mother. | ||
| Karina Suarez | Eduardo's future wife and Isabela's future step mom, hates Isabella at first. | ||
| Matías Quintana | Villain. Juan and Miguel's friend, raped Alejandra, ends up in prison. | ||
| Juliana Pardo | Isabella and Laura's friend, obsessed with older men especially Mauricio, David's ex-girlfriend, has cancer. | ||
| Mauricio Huertas | School professor, in love with Dorotea. | ||
| Juan Alarcón | Cesar's son, Amelia's ex-boyfriend. | ||
| Anaís Obregón | Alejandra's friend, in love with Santiago. | ||
| Arturo Duarte | Drug dealer, in love with Lola. | ||
| Rocío Granados | In love with Manuel, Martha and Gabriel's sister. | ||
| Miguel Zabala | Schoolboy, likes Dorotea and Mónica, likes older women. | ||
| María Dolores "Lola" Robledo | Rocio's friend, David's sister. | ||
| Martha Granados | Used to be the maid of the De La Torres family, in love with Roberto, Gabriel and Rocio's sister. | ||
| Rafael Robledo | Berta's ex-husband, David and Lola's father, alcoholic, ends up in prison. | ||
| Thomas Donelly | School principal, in love with Berta. | ||
| Manuel de la Rosa Cervantes | Jorge's son, in love with Rocio. | ||
| Amelia Richards | Lover of Esteban, Juan, Arturo, and Cesar. | ||
| Jorge Cervantes | Manuel's father, drug traficant, died. | ||
| Vanessa Vergara | Jorge's lawyer, Manuel's tutor and guardian, in love with Jorge. |
| Country | TV network(s) | Series premiere | Series end | Time Slot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2009 | January 8, 2010 | 21:00 | |||
| TheShantTv | July 21, 2010 | September 8, 2010 | |||
| SitelTV | December 8, 2009 | June 9, 2010 | |||
| Fem3 | April 12, 2010 | October 11, 2010 | |||
| AcasaTv | June 7, 2010 | October 16, 2010 | |||
| 1PRVA | September 20, 2010 | March 21, 2011 | 08:10 - 00:00 | ||
| Polonia 1 Novela TV | September 12, 2011 August 9, 2012 April 1, 2013 | March 27, 2012 February 7, 2013 October 12, 2013 | 21:00 22.00 22.00 | ||
| TV3 | September 20, 2011 | February 29, 2012 | |||
| TV Doma | April 30, 2012 July 28, 2014 | November 2, 2012 November 12, 2014 | 15:10 06:15 | ||
| bTV | June 11, 2012 | December 13, 2012 | 11:00, from 12.09 at 16:00 | ||
| bTV Lady | February 2, 2013 | June 2, 2013 | 10:00 - 14:00 |