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2018 Hispanic TV Upfront Guide Presented by HispanicAd.com
powerful drug-trafficking ring, and the other, raised by a high-ranking officer in the US military, becomes a U.S. Navy seal.
Focusing the family, Univision is introducing such new shows as Ringo. This program centers on a retired boxer who leads a modest life with his young son. Everything changes when his ex-wife, now the lover of his main rival in the ring, returns to fight for parental custody. It is based on the Argentine novela “Sos Mi Hombre.”
There’s also a bio-series on the life of iconic Mexican entertainer Cantinflas.
Also on the family-friendly side of Univision’s prime-time programming slate is “L.I.K.E.” Also known as the Life Institute of Knowledge and Evolution, this series involves a group of teenagers and Generation Z entrepreneurs with diverse personalities and opposing socio- cultural backgrounds who fight the norms imposed by the adults around them—parents, teachers and tutors of the L.I.K.E. institute. “Together, they learn that with love, friendship and music they can transform their gray reality into one of hope,” Univision says. “Driven by music, the series will span platforms making it a potential launchpad for a new teen music sensation as well as a TV show.”
Melodramas haven’t been forgotten about by Univision: Coming to the prime-time lineup is Espíritu De Madre. In this series, an unfortunate accident forces a CEO to become a surrogate mother to children whose actual mother has fallen into a coma. The experience eventually opens her heart, helps her discover a new way of looking at life and find the right balance between motherhood, love and career.
Also not forgotten is Jesus Christ.
Jesus is a forthcoming prime-time series that depicts Jesus’ life and times. Univision notes that the series is part of TV Record’s foray into series that “continue to reshape primetime and whose collection includes the successful Moises y los Diez Mandamientos and La Tierra Prometida.
Unscripted series are perhaps the hallmark of Univision’s prime-time offerings, and making their return are Nuestra Belleza Latina, Pequeños Gigantes, and ¡Mira Quién Baila!
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Univision Communications’ 2018-2019 Upfront presentation was scheduled for Monday, May 14 at 5pm at Spring Studios in New York.
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