''Gominolas'' () is a Spanish comedy
television series. Produced by Globomedia, it aired on
Cuatro from November to December 2007. It was presented as featuring an "acid and corrosive" brand of humour.
Premise
The fiction follows the lives of Benja, Bruno, Susana and Tinín,
four of the five members of ''Gominolas'' (a fictional teen
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
band popular in the 1980s, somewhat reminiscent of the real band ''
Parchís'') but in their thirties, 20 years later, meeting on the occasion of the death of Ingrid (the fifth member), when all of them have broken, failed lives, both at the professional and personal level.
Cast
*
Fernando Tejero as Benja.
*
Arturo Valls as Bruno.
*
Kira Miró as Susana.
* as Tinín.
*
Lluís Homar as Jimmy Star, Benja's father.
*
Mariona Ribas
Mariona Ribas i Deu (born June 18, 1984 in Sabadell, Catalonia) is a Spanish actress.
Ribas received a musical education and studied dance and acting before her debut on television at the age of 15. On the stage, Ribas made her debut with a sta ...
as Noelia, Benja's sister.
* Fernando Otero as Moncho, Susana's husband.
*
Fernando Albizu
Fernando Albizu (born 1963) is a Spanish television, film and stage actor.
Biography
Albizu was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in 1963. Prior to starting a career as an actor, Albizu studied architecture and fashion design and worked as teach ...
as Richi, a fan of the group.
* Borja Sicilia as Samuel, son of Ingrid, the deceased member of Gominolas whose death brings the group together.
Production and release
Produced by Globomedia, the series was created by Nacho García Velilla, credited as executive producer, director and screenplay coordinator. The musical score was a work by
Fernando Velázquez. Episodes featured a length of 30 minutes,
an unusual format for Spanish series. The series pioneered the use of
single-camera setup in Spain.
Extensively promoted by the channel,
the first episode premiered on 6 November 2007, earning the best viewership figures in the history of the channel, with over 3 million viewers and a 17.1% audience share.
Interest in the series rapidly waned and the broadcasting run ended on 18 December with a meagre 6.7% share.
While the average figures (1,985,000 viewers, 10.4% share) were above the channel's average, the series was not renovated.
References
{{authority control
Cuatro (TV channel) original programming
2000s Spanish comedy television series
2007 Spanish television series debuts
2007 Spanish television series endings
Television series set in the 2000s
2000s black comedy television series
Spanish-language television shows
Television series by Globomedia