''Bermúdez'' is a 2009

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produced and broadcast by Caracol TV. It was initially released as ''Todas odian a Bermúdez'' ("All women hate Bermúdez").

Plot

The telenovela tells the story of Arturo Bermúdez (

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), a sports

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who works for ''Hechos'', a

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-based weekly current issues

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. Bermúdez, who excels as a journalist, nevertheless is regarded as an annoying person, who tends to make disrespectful remarks and jokes, especially toward women. The former

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of the magazine quit because of Bermúdez's behaviour. ''Hechoss owner, Gonzalo Lleras (

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), who returns to Colombia in order to run his businesses, appoints Silvia Vargas (

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) —at the moment editor-in-chief of an evening

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— as the new

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of the magazine. Both Lleras and Vargas are college classmates of Bermúdez, who jokingly refers to Silvia as ''cuatrolámparas'' ("four-lamps", because Silvia used to wear

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during her college years). Bermúdez, who thought he would become the new editor-in-chief of the magazine as he was friends with then publisher Aníbal Fernández (

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), is transferred by Silvia from the sports section to the "home and women's issues" section instead, as a punishment for an article by Bermúdez published on the magazine during Aníbal's tenure, criticizing the role of women in the

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, responsible for security at

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stadia during matches (incidentally, Silvia's older sister, Lina, a police official, was harshly criticized by Arturo in the article), which prompted a

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among readers and advertisers. Silvia makes Bermúdez rectify the article. Therefore, he is decided to not allow Silvia to "humiliate" him, trying to make Silvia feel bad or angry, with little success. Instead, Vargas ends up helping Bermúdez when he needs it. Unknowingly, Silvia and Arturo have a friendship via

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. On night hours, they

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using the

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''Solitaria'' and ''Solitario'' respectively (both meaning "lonely"). Their anonymity allows them to pour out and support honestly each other, unlike real life. Silvia has a crush on Gonzalo, whom he calls in secret the ''jefe papito'', because of his looks and apparent gentlemanliness. On the other hand, since college Bermúdez has had a crush on Lucía Congote (

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), who works at a

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owned by her family, and Gonzalo's ex-girlfriend. Lucía uses Bermúdez in order to upset Silvia, whom she hates (referring to her disrespectfully as '' Gatúbela'', '' Batichica'' or '' Mujer maravilla''), blaming her for "stealing" Gonzalo's love.

Cast

Apart from the four main characters, there have been some inconsistencies regarding the other characters'

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s, between the initial press releases and related promotional material issued by Caracol TV to the media Sergio Villamizar D., Colprensa
Todos quieren a Víctor Hugo
'' El País (Colombia), 2 February 2009 Prensa Canal Caracol
Camerino: Todas odian a Bermúdez
''actuemos.net'' and the actual broadcast of the telenovela. In one episode, outgoing ''Hechos'' publisher Aníbal introduces most of the staff to his successor, Silvia.Arturo, el experto en generar polémica
, ''Bermúdez'' episode 4, original air date 5 February 2009, Caracol TV The most notorious case is Luz Adriana ("Archila" as for the press releases, "Giraldo" as for episode 3, "Jiménez" as mentioned by Gerardo Bermúdez in another episodePaola cree que está embarazada
, ''Bermúdez'' episode 22, original air date 4 March 2009, Caracol TV (Gerardo reproaches his son as he reads the magazine's masthead and finds out Luz Adriana "Jiménez" is the new editor-in-chief)). . *

as Arturo Bermúdez *

as Silvia Vargas *

as Gonzalo Lleras *

as Lucía Congote *

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as Paola Ramírez / Paola Rincón (Silvia's best friend, journalist) *

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as Luz Adriana Archila / Luz Adriana Giraldo / Luz Adriana Jiménez (journalist, appointed editor-in-chief by Silvia) * Carlos Barbosa as Gerardo Bermúdez (Arturo's father) * Consuelo Moure as Lola Ortiz de VargasLola Ortiz de Vargas / Consuelo Moure
, Caracol TV / Lola Angarita de VargasBermúdez vuelve a atacar
, ''Bermúdez'' episode 16, original air date 23 February 2009, Caracol TV (Lola introduces herself to Gonzalo Lleras) (Silvia's mother) *

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Lina Vargas (Silvia's older sister, police official; referred to as ''Carmenza'' in promotional material,Silvia Vargas / Valentina Rendón
, Caracol TV not in actual broadcast) *

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as Rodrigo Mejía (Arturo's best friend, sales chief) *

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as Olga Guerrero (journalist, international editor, former teacher of Silvia) * Ana María Arango as Marinita González * Carmenza Cossio as Albita (Silvia's secretary) * Claudio Cataño as Diego Medina (Lucía's best friend, photojournalist) * María Isabel Henao as Ana Fernanda Ramírez (journalist, national and economy editor) * Manolo Orjuela as Manuel Aguilar (journalist, art-and-design editor) *

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as Marcela DelgadoBermúdez, un conquistador innato
, ''Bermúdez'' episode 41, original air date 6 April 2009, Caracol TV (Marcela is introduced by Silvia to the rest of the magazine staff) (from episode 18) * Néstor Alfonso Rojas¿Cómo es la vida amorosa de los famosos?
, ''Bermúdez'', 2 April 2009, Caracol TV (the actor appears on 1:13) as ''Yiyo'' (moneylender, Gerardo Bermúdez gets intro trouble with him) * Gloria Echeverry as Stella (Gonzalo Lleras's secretary) * Kepa Amuchastegui as Lorenzo CastilloUn admirador está por ser descubierto
, ''Bermúdez'', episode 44, 13 April 2009, Caracol TV (Olga greets professor Castillo by calling him by his first name) (university law professor, love interest of Lola) *

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as Cecilia ArbeláezBermúdez saca de sus casillas a Paola
, ''Bermúdez'' episode 98, original air date 9 July 2009, Caracol TV de Lleras (Gonzalo's mother, from episode 81) *

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Una virreina universal de la belleza en ‘Bermudez’
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publishing company) * María Claudia TorresLa madrastra de Bermúdez disfruta de los personajes indecentes
, ''Bermúdez'', 16 February 2009, Caracol TV as Astrid (until episode 15) *

as Aníbal Fernández (until episode 4) * Marion Zapata as an unnamed personal trainer (episodes 75 to 78) * Mauricio SarmientoUn restaurador de primera
, ''Bermúdez'', 9 June 2009, Caracol TV as Danilo Tocarruncho (episodes 77 and 78) *Andrés Martínez as Manuel Albornoz, aka ''Manueca'' (boss of a thief gang, helps Silvia to get a gift for Arturo, involved with a politician, from episode 81)

Episodes

Only the first 2 episodes were around 1 hour long. From episode 3 onwards, episodes last around half hour. It must be noticed that, since the telenovela is being broadcast in Colombia with half hour or even shorter episodes, the numbering has no relation with the 80 hours produced. Source:Videos ''Bermúdez'' - Caracol TV

Reception

Though its first episode was the most watched programme in the Colombian primetime on 2 February 2009, Jaime Horacio Arango
Bermúdez fue la más vista anoche
, '' El Colombiano'', 3 February 2009

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s declined because ''Todas odian a Bermúdez'' was competing against ''

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'', rival network RCN TV strongest telenovela at the time. Caracol TV removed the "todas odian a" from the title and ''Bermúdez'' was moved to a time slot later in the night, Colprensa
Propuestas que no seducen a los televidentes
'' El País (Colombia)'', 10 April 2009 with shorter episodes. Ratings slowly improved, but RCN TV's own ratings crisis before and after ''El último matrimonio feliz'' ended 22 April 2009 Javier Santamaría
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, ''En Rodaje'', April 2009 and Caracol TV's primetime overall performance helped ''Bermúdez'' to stay on the air (whereas rival RCN TV pulled or cut most of its shows premiered in the first quarter of 2009). In April 2009, '' El Tiempo'' claimed ''Bermúdez'' had been cut from 120 to 80 one-hour episodes and that tapings would end by mid-April. Frank Solano / Elenco
"¡Perdóname, Mariana, estoy viendo 'Vecinos'!" en el Pleque pleque
'' El Tiempo'', 8 April 2009 On the

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2009, held late May in

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, ''Bermúdez'' was introduced as an 80 episode serial.Oferta de Caracol multiplica novelas por seis rumbo a LA Screenings 2009
, ''todotvnews'', 7 May 2009 Diego Bertie told a

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"3 cortitas a: Diego Bertie
, '' Perú 21'', 21 May 2009 Ana María Arango told ''El Tiempo'' she was "sad" it was cut because the character she was playing did not become a journalist "as the scripts stated". Elenco
Recordar es vivir
'' El Tiempo'', 18 June 2009 As of 14 May 2009, ''Bermúdez'' ratings were higher that any programme broadcast by RCN TV in primetime. Jaime Horacio Arango
El rating del jueves 14 de mayo
, '' El Colombiano'', 15 May 2009

The end

On early August 2009, Caracol TV advertised the last episodes of ''Bermúdez'',''¿Arturo está demente? (Avance)''
, Caracol TV, 12 August 2009 though the plot of the telenovela was not foretelling its end, because its main characters were just starting to get closer. On 17 August (a holiday in Colombia, where telenovelas are not broadcast on holidays), Caracol TV broadcast a little advertised 100 minute special.''Lo mejor de Bermúdez''
, Caracol TV, 17 August de 2009 The next day, its final episode was announced for 21 August. Hundreds of viewers protested on the network's website because of the sudden end of its run, which only solved, in a fast-paced way, the situation of the main characters, leaving the stories of the other characters without conclusion.''¿Serán felices? Aquí está el gran final''
, Caracol TV, 21 August 2009 Linakro
''Ya mi soledad...''
, ''Cuentahistorias'', 22 August 2009''chandacol se tiro a bermudez con ese final''

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group Apparently, Caracol TV needed to make room for ''

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'' '' Desafío 2009'' and the series ''

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'' (at the time known as ''Las mujeres del cartel''). Almys Salgado
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, CensuraTV, 20 August 2009 María Mónica
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Entretengo, 21 August 2009 In Colombia the 80 hours filmed (42 minutes plus commercials each) were not completely broadcast. One day before the final episode was broadcast, Juliana Tabares, journalist for ''Doble vía'' (a programme of the Caracol TV ''defensoría del televidente'' iewer ombudswoman's office, claimed that recordings of ''Bermúdez'' had ended on 30 April and that, despite its short run, it had not been cut not having a different ending to ''"the one already agreed"''. ¿Por qué los videos de seguridad protagonizan noticias?
, ''Doble vía'', Caracol TV, 20 August 2009 (the segment regarding ''Bermúdez'' goes from 08:53 to 10:27) A week later, Amparo Pérez, the network's viewer ombudswoman, recognized that ''"the final episodes were cut and 'Bermúdez''was given a fast end where there were even edition flaws"'', adding that the opinions from the viewers were sent to the Caracol TV ''"production department"''.‘¿Quién quiere ser millonario?’ pasa al tablero de Doble vía
, ''Doble vía'', Caracol TV, 26 August 2009 (the segment regarding ''Bermúdez'' goes from 21:49 to 23:56)

International broadcasting

The telenovela has been broadcast, under the title ''Todas odian a Bermúdez'', on

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) and

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(

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). Unlike its original run on Caracol TV, the 80 hours produced were broadcast on their entirety in these countries.

References

External links

*
Official website
**
''Bermúdez'' on the Caracol TV Internacional catalogue
*
3, 2, 1, grabando
features a ''behind the scenes'' of ''Bermúdez'' and ''

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