El Talismán (The Talisman) is a telenovela co-produced by Venevision and Univision Studios, starring Blanca Soto and Rafael Novoa as the main protagonists,[2] and Aarón Díaz, Lola Ponce, and Marcela Mar as the main antagonists.[3] Univision had announced that El Talismán would air on the network as part of the 2011–2012 programming schedule,[4][5] and was confirmed to air in 2012 on November 11, 2011.[6] Though 120 episodes were planned to be produced,[7] the episode count was reduced to a total of 101 due to low ratings.

El Talismán
GenreTelenovela
Created byVerónica Suárez
Directed byCarlos Perez Santos
StarringBlanca Soto
Rafael Novoa
Aarón Díaz
Lola Ponce
Opening theme"El Talismán" by Rosana Arbelo
Ending theme"Me voy" by Paulina Rubio
Country of originVenezuela
United States
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes101 [1]
Production
Executive producersPeter Tinoco
Carlos Sotomoyer
Production locationsTijuana, Mexico
San Antonio, Texas
Los Angeles, California
Fresno, California
Miami, Florida
Running time40-50 minutes
Production companyVenevisión International Productions
Original release
NetworkVenevisión
Univisión
ReleaseJanuary 30 (2012-01-30) –
June 15, 2012 (2012-06-15)

From January 30 to February 3, 2012, Univision aired El Talismán at 8pm/7c, replacing one hour of Una familia con suerte,[8] and later at 9pm/8c from February 6 to March 9, 2012.[9] Though El Talismán was seen by 5 million viewers during its premiere day,[10] viewership declined over time during its prime time airings. As a result, Univision aired El Talismán at 1pm central from March 12[11][12] to June 15, 2012.[13]

Cast

edit
  • Blanca Soto as Camila Nájera de Ibarra
  • Rafael Novoa as Pedro Ibarra
  • Aarón Díaz as Antonio Negrete
  • Lola Ponce as Lucrecia Negrete
  • Marcela Mar as Doris de Negrete / Catherine
  • Karyme Lozano as Mariana Aceves
  • Julieta Rosen as Elvira Rivera de Nájera
  • Roberto Vander as Esteban Nájera
  • Sergio Reynoso as Don Gregorio Negrete
  • Pablo Azar as José Armando Nájera
  • Braulio Castillo as Renato Leduc
  • Roberto Huicochea as Valentin Ramos
  • Paola Pedroza as Tracy Guadalupe Perez
  • Tatiana Rodríguez as Genoveva
  • German Barrios as Bernando Aceves
  • Rodrigo Vidal as Panchito Negrete
  • Joaquin Gil as Margarito Flores
  • Gloria Mayo as Patricia "Paty" Aceves
  • Isabel Burr as Fabiola Negrete
  • Sandra Itzel as Florencia Negrete
  • Marianela Rodriguez as Rosa
  • Gustavo Pedraza as Tomas Guerrido
  • Glauber Barceló as Claudio Flores
  • Lyduan González as Gabriel Barrasa
  • Michelle Vargas as Sarita
  • Yuli Ferreira as Rita Ledesma
  • Carlos Arrechea as Juancho
  • Gabriela Guevara as Suzy
  • Nadia Escobar as Alberta Sierra
  • Manolo Coego Jr. as Raúl
  • Alma Delfina as Matilde Aceves
  • Carmen Daysi Rodríguez as Brigitte
  • Gerardo Riverón as Guillermo
  • Hilda Luna as Domitila
  • Juan Cepero as Jim Smith
  • Victoria del Rosal as Lucy
  • Elioret Silva
  • Severino Puente as Secretario
  • Freddy Viquez as Lucas
  • Víctor Cámara as Manuel Bermúdez
  • Eva Tamargo as María Rivera
  • Adrián Carvajal as Ángel Espinoza
  • Christian Vega as Santiago

References

edit
  1. ^ Univision's El Talismán
  2. ^ Blanca Soto y Rafael Novoa protagonizaran ‘Talisman’ en Univision
  3. ^ Iniciaron las grabaciones de "Talismán"
  4. ^ Talismán, un estreno de Univision
  5. ^ Nueva programación de Univision
  6. ^ ‘El Talisman’ y ‘La Que No Podia Amar’ en el 2012 por Univision!
  7. ^ "PRODUCCION: EL TALISMÁN". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  8. ^ What would bring Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony together again? Univision’s Television Critics Association breakfast, of course! We were there… Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today
  9. ^ "Univision te da más de lo que quieres ver". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  10. ^ “El Talismán” Delivers Highest U.S. Produced Novela Premiere
  11. ^ El Talisman Sale Del Horario Estelar!
  12. ^ Avance El Talismán Capítulo 29: Sigue la historia de El Talismán en su nuevo horario a la 1pm/12C por Univision.
  13. ^ Gran final de El Talismán el viernes 15 de junio a la 1pm/12 C por Univision
edit