The following is a list of events affecting

Mexican television Television is a popular form of entertainment in Mexico, with mass entertainment playing an important role in creating a national, unified culture. The ''telenovelas'' are very traditional in Mexico and are translated to many languages and seen al ...

in 2018. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events

*Most television stations in Mexico were required to change frequencies to repurpose the 600 MHz band for use by mobile services. *September -

Tecate Tecate () is a city in Tecate Municipality, Baja California. It is across the Mexico-US border from Tecate, California. As of 2019, the city had a population of 108,860 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area has a population of 132,406 inha ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

-licensed

XHDTV-TDT XHDTV-TDT (channel 49) is a television station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, affiliated with Milenio Televisión and serving the Tijuana–San Diego international metropolitan area. The station's license and transmitter are owned by Mexi ...

in the

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

market, the final English-language television station in western Mexico, disaffiliates from the

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-based MyNetworkTV programming service in favor of the

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anc ...

-based Milenio Televisión network. MyNetworkTV was moved to

The CW ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

-affiliated KFMB-DT2 in

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...

as a secondary affiliation. This left CW affiliate XHRIO-TDT in Matamoros,

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

as the only English-language television station licensed in Mexico.

Television shows

Debuts

*'' Casa de las Flores'' (2018–present)Kahn, Carrie (December 2, 2019)
“How Netflix Is Upending The TV industry In Mexico”
Boise State Public Radio via NPR News. Retrieved December 10, 2019. *'' LOL: Last One Laughing'' (2018-2019)

Programs on-air

1970s

*''

Plaza Sesamo A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. ...

'' (1972–present)

1990s

*''

Acapulco Bay Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has bee ...

'' (1995–present) *'' Corazon salvaje'' (1993–present) *'' Esmeralda'' (1997–present) *''

La usurpadora La usurpadora may refer to: * ''La usurpadora'' (Venezuelan TV series), a 1971 Salvadorian telenovela starring Marina Baura and Raúl Amundaray. * ''La usurpadora'' (1998 TV series), a 1998 Mexican telenovela starring Gaby Spanic and Fernando Colun ...

'' (1998–present)

2000s

*'' Alma de hierro'' (2008–present) *'' Big Brother México'' (2002-2005, 2015–present) *'' Hotel Erotica Cabo'' (2006–present) *''

Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres ''Lo que callamos las mujeres'' (English: ''What We Women Keep Silent''), is a Mexican anthology television series which deals with the social problems of Mexican society. The show started airing on the Mexican television network Azteca 13 as a ...

'' (2001–present)

2010s

*'' 40 y 20'' (2016–present) *'' Atrapada'' (2018–present) *'' Casa de las Flores'' (2018–present) *''

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'' (2011–present) *''El Chiapo'' (2017–present) *'' La Voz… México'' (2011–present) *'' Por amar sin ley'' (2018–present) *'' México Tiene Talento'' (2014–present) *'' Rubirosa'' (2018–present) *'' Sin tu mirads'' (2017–present) *'' Valiant Love'' (2012–present)

Events

Television shows

Debuts

Programs on-air

1970s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Television stations

Station launches

Network affiliation changes

Station closures

Deaths

See also

References