Telecinco


Spain’s Telecinco takes ‘Survivor’ with Cuarzo Producciones

Telecinco in Spain has ordered a local version of Banijay format Survivor, with the French group’s Cuarzo Producciones set to produce. The Spanish remake will be filmed in Honduras and is to be accompanied by a companion show, ¿Quién dijo quiero ir a Supervivientes? for Mitele PLUS. Juan Ramón Gonzalo, MD at Cuarzo, said: “With […]

Telecinco takes ‘Dancing With The Stars’ back to Spain after five-year hiatus

Mediaset España’s Telecinco is taking Dancing With The Stars back into Spain for the first time in five years. The entertainment format will be produced locally by Bulldog TV and is set to air on free-to-air Telecinco from 13 January. It will be hosted by local talents Jesús Vázquez and Valeria Mazza. The format last […]

Telecinco takes German format ‘Celebrity School’ back into Spain

Mediaset España’s Telecinco is remaking German format Celebrity School, marking the second Spanish adaptation of the format in three years. The show is being produced by Banijay’s Cuarzo Producciones and sees four celebrities compete against groups of elementary, middle and high school-aged contestants in a series of games inspired by school subjects.It is being hosted […]

Mediaset Spain rolls ‘Marble Mania’ for Telecinco

Mediaset Spain’s FTA channel Telecinco has ordered a local version of Talpa format Marble Mania. The Spanish version of the show will be produced in the Netherlands in Talpa Studios’ hub location by Bulldog, together with Talpa Studios, and is expected to debut later this year. The show has been recommissioned for a fourth season […]

Globomedia co-founder creates drama unit

A cofounder of Globomedia, Daniel Écija, is creating a ‘fiction factory’ within the Spanish-language production giant. Écija’s production division launches with an exclusive, five-year agreement in place with Mediapro Group-owned Globomedia. Écija is one of Spain’s best-known showrunners, having worked up Globomedia-produced scripted series including Family Doctor, The Serranos, Paco’s Men and The Boat. His new […]

Spanish net remaking Turkish drama The End

Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco has ordered a local version of well-travelled Turkish scripted format The End. The Spanish series will be titled El Accidente and goes on air next year, with Globomedia attached to produce, as previously reported. This is the third European remake of the crime drama. In the Netherlands, Vlucht HS13 (Flight HS13) […]

Netflix original to US broadcast TV for first time

Netflix has struck a deal with Univision for drug drama Narcos, marking the first time an original series from the SVOD platform will air on US broadcast television. The deal, part of wider coproduction pact announced yesterday, is significant as Netflix’s original programming is considered by many to be the biggest emerging threat to broadcast […]

Three to watch from Spain

A trio of Spanish primetime dramas are set to make international headlines. Spain’s TV advertising slump has hit local fiction budgets hard, but with US imports banished from the primetime schedules of the main broadcasters, local drama continues to connect strongly with audiences. In the cutthroat world of Spanish free TV primetime, three new series […]