La viuda negra (TV series)

La viuda negra
La viuda negra season 1 poster
Genre Telenovela
Created by
  • Yesmer Uribe
  • Gustavo Bolívar
Based on La Patrona de Pablo Escobar: Vida y muerte de Griselda Blanco
by José Guarnizo
Written by
  • Juan José Gaviria
Story by José Guarnizo
Directed by
  • Carlos Cock
  • William González Zafra
  • Alejandro Lozano
  • Alejandro García
Creative director(s) Gabriela Monroy
Starring See list
Theme music composer Francis Amat
Opening theme "Besos encadenados" by Samo
Country of origin
  • Mexico
  • United States
  • Colombia
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 144
Production
Executive producer(s) Hugo León Ferrer
Producer(s)
  • Madeleine Contreras
  • Dereck Bond
Editor(s) Alba Merchan Hamann
Release
Original network
Picture format
Audio format Stereophonic
First shown in United States
Original release February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23) – May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)

La viuda negra (The Black Widow) is a 2014 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Televisa for United States-based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television network Caracol Television. It is an adaptation of the book La patrona de Pablo Escobar of José Guarnizo based on history from Griselda Blanco.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
181February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23)June 8, 2014 (2014-06-08)
258February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28)[1]May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)

Season 1 (2014)

The story of Griselda Blanco, a woman who as a teenager was raped by her stepfather. Griselda decides to leave home because her mother did not believe her stepfather abused her. Griselda joins a gang of criminals in order to survive alone in the world. Griselda falls for "Cejas" the first man who betrays her and thus was born "La viuda negra", a woman who murdered her three husbands for having betrayed her.She was the woman who came up with cocaine business! That’s why she was known as the queen of cocaine.the most powerful Drug trafficker in her time [2]

Season 2 (2016)

Griselda has a second chance to live, but to save her son, who is sentenced to die in the electric chair, Griselda agrees to work with the American government and help end a dangerous drug cártel, whose leader is José Joaquín Guerra, alias "El Diablo".[3]

Griselda feels lost and desolate in love, until she meets her guardian angel, Ángel Escudero. This time, the widow will have to choose between returning to wear the crown as "Queen of Cocaine" or secure the future of her new family.[3]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Broadcast

The series premiered on February 23, 2014, in United States on UniMás, on September 1, 2014, in Colombia on Caracol Televisión.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Actores piden mejorar condiciones de trabajo tras accidente de Angeline Moncayo". caracol.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Univision Network. "Sinopsis de 'La Viuda Negra'" (in Spanish). Univision. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "¡No te pierdas La Viuda Negra II! Estreno mundial 28 de febrero a las 10PM/9C por UniMás". uvideos.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Canal Caracol anuncia el estreno de la serie 'La viuda negra'". vanguardia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 February 2016.
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