''Muy padres'' (stylized as ''¡Muy padr3s!'') is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by Agustín Restrepo and

Aurelio Valcárcel Carroll Aurelio Valcárcel Carroll is a television producer and director known for his association with the Telemundo television network. His credits include '' Tierra de Pasiones'', '' La Viuda de Blanco'', '' Prisionera'' and '' Dame Chocolate''. He is ...

for

Imagen Televisión Imagen Televisión is a national broadcast television network in Mexico, owned by Grupo Imagen. It launched on October 17, 2016, at 8 p.m. History Imagen on television In 2006, Imagen's parent, Grupo Empresarial Ángeles, acquired XHRAE-T ...

that premiered on September 18, 2017. This is the fourth original production of

and bringing with it new talents. It is an adaptation of the Argentine story written by Marcela Guerty and Pamela Rementería titled '' Señores Papis''. The telenovela revolves around three dads and the relationship problems between parents and children, as well as situations of single parents who care for their children, besides addressing topics such as

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and children with

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. Starring

Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At 11 she was pa ...

, Víctor González, Mario Morán and

Héctor Suárez Gomís Héctor Suárez Gomís (born December 6, 1968) is a Mexican actor and former singer. Formerly known as Héctor Suárez Jr. and Héctor Suárez hijo, he is the son of Héctor Suárez, who was also an actor and of Pepita Gomís a television host. C ...

in their debut on the television channel, along to

Betty Monroe Beatriz Monroy Alarcón, professionally known as Betty Monroe (born March 4, 1978) is a Mexican actress and model. Career Early career beginnings; 1991-2000 Betty has been quite notable for playing villainous roles in several productions. She s ...

, Jessica Díaz and Mariel Chantal. It also has the star participation of Issabela Camil,

Roberto Mateos Roberto Mateos (born April 28, 1963, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor of telenovelas. He is best known for his performance in most successful telenovelas productions such as Televisa, Venevision and Telemundo. He live ...

and

Sandra Destenave Sandra Destenave (born Sandra Irene Destenave Fernández on November 6, 1972, in Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, model and hostess. Early life Destenave was born on November 6, 1972, in Chihuahua, Mexico Mexico (Spanish language ...

Plot

This is the story of three dads: Emilio ( Víctor González), Ricardo (

Héctor Suárez Gomis Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'', m ...

) and Alan ( Mario Morán). They meet in their children's kindergarten. Emilio is a businessman who likes to live surrounded by women, but his life takes a turn when Sofia ( Fran Meric), a woman he had to see in the past, comes to his apartment and tells him that he has a son named Santiago (Checo Perezcuadra). Sofia flees, leaving her son in Emilio's care. After the incident, Emilio does not know what to do with the child. It's when he enrolls him in the Monarca kindergarten, where Pamela (

) works, an honest, passionate and free woman. Previously she and Emilio had already met when she ran over him while he ran behind Sofia in her escape; It is where you will initiate a great love that will change you both. Alan is a single father, a rebellious and partying young man who takes care of his little son Arturo (Ari Placera), since his girlfriend died years ago. His in-laws, Rodolfo (

) and Silvia (

), disagree about him taking care of the boy, because they think it's bad influence for Arturo. Rodolfo and Silvia, will try to take away the homeland protested at any cost. But there comes Jenny (Jessica Díaz), a new neighbor and lawyer from Arturo who will help her get her son back. In the middle of the process, they fall madly in love. Ricardo is a quiet father, but proud and resentful. After separating from his first wife, Margarita (

), with whom he has two daughters: Tania (Macarena García) and Regina (Valery Sais), he finds love again with Kika (Mariel Chantal), a younger woman who is about to give birth to his third daughter. Between entanglements and situations these three dads will become very great friends sharing their joys and disappointments. Dealing with their roles as workers, spouses and especially parents, making mistakes and successes, but always with good intentions and with all their hearts.

Cast

Main

as Pamela Díaz * Víctor González as Emilio Palacios Fernández *

as Margarita Rivapalacio * Mario Morán as Alan de Garay Álvarez *

as Ricardo Pérez Valdez * Jessica Díaz as Jennifer Salamanca * Mariel Chantal as Érika López de Pérez *

as Rodolfo Villagrana *

as Silvia de Villagrana * Fran Meric as Sofía Urrutia González * Issabela Camil as Deborah *

Diego Soldano ''Diego Soldano'', (born January 18, 1969) is an Argentine actor. Better known for his notable roles in the telenovelas, ''La Patrona'', ''Las trampas del deseo'', '' Los miserables'' and ''Señora Acero ''Señora Acero'', also known as ''Seño ...

as Matías Montellano * Adriana Leal as Perla * Aranza Carreiro as Patricia Villagrana Juárez * Macarena García as Tania Pérez Rivapalacio * Julio Casado as Abelardo * Alberto Reyes as Bicho * Valery Sais as Regina Pérez Rivapalacio * Checo Perezcuadra as Santiago Urrutia González * Ari Placera as Arturo de Garay Villagrana

Recurring

* Claudio Roca as Nicolás * María Prado as Carmelita * Tamara Guzmán as Beatriz Esther Gómez Chávez * Javier Ponce as Antonio * Eva Prado as Elena Álvarez * Mimi Morales as Gina Paola * Alma Moreno as Rosita * Carlos Hays as Diego * Jonnathan Kuri as Leonardo Oliver * Óscar Bonfiglio as Javier *

David Ostrosky David Ostrosky Vinograd (born December 1, 1956) is a Mexican actor, active since 1984. Early life Ostrosky was born in Mexico, and is of Jewish descent. His father, Pedro Ostrosky, is Lithuanian Jewish from Kyiv, Ukraine, and his mother ''Gu ...

as Alfredo Elizalde * Eduardo Shacklett as Eduardo Fabbri * Sergio Jurado as Bernardo Salamanca * Alan Ciangherotti as Marco * Andrea Carreiro as Ángela Villagrana Juárez * Jorge Rodolfo Almada as César * Juan Felipe Pulido as Jhon Freddy * Paola Díaz Cardona as Maryssol Ferrer * Israel Salmer as Erick *

Zully Keith ''Una familia de diez'' (English title: ''The 10 of Us''), also known as Una familia de diez + 2 for the second season, is a Mexican television sitcom that centers on the López household, a middle class Mexican family that constantly endures hila ...

as Nena Rivapalacio

Special participation

Lupita Lara Lupita Lara (born December 6, 1950) is a Mexican actress. Early life On 6 December 1950, Lara was born as Guadalupe Lara Ochoa in Mexico City, Mexico. Career Lara began her career as a child actress at an early age. At age five, Lara made ...

as Miriam * Paco de la Fuente as Christian González *

Luz María Zetina Luz María Zetina (born Luz María Zetina Lugo on May 28, 1973, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, model, TV hostess, TV personality and former Miss Mexico 1994 of Italian descent. She represented her country in the 1995 Miss Universe ...

as herself

Production

In May 2017

Telefe Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national televisio ...

announced that after the success of the Argentinean version of '' Señores Papis'' the novela would have a Mexican version produced and transmitted by

. As the Argentinean version, Telefe also be in charge of distributing the Mexican version worldwide. The telenovela was formerly known as ''Papis muy padres''. Production of the series began on July 17, 2017, being the fourth original production of

and the first to debut the channel recording studios.

Casting

On June 19, 2017, journalist ''Gil Barrera'' reported in the Mexican newspaper ''El Gráfico'' that

, Víctor González and

would be the protagonists of the new series of

. At the end of the month, Dulce María signed a contract with the channel confirming that she would be the protagonist of the new production. On July 17, the recordings of the novel began, confirming Dulce María, Víctor González, Héctor Suárez Gomís, Mario Morán,

, Isabella Camil, Fran Meric,

, Mariel Chantal, Jessica Díaz, Aranza Carreiro,

and Alberto Reyes in the cast.

Music

The main theme of the telenovela "Borrón Y Cuenta Nueva" was composed by Dulce María, Pepe Portilla, Héctor Mena, Lito de la Isla and Oliver García and performed by Dulce María. The second song titled "Quédate" performed by Jessica Díaz was released as theme of Alan and Jenny.

Reception

Upon release, ''Muy Padres'' received generally positive reviews by critics. The journalist Alex Piñón of the Mexican website ''Siete24'' stated commented that the viewers will laugh from the first episode and it is not the typical comedy that the characters are embarrassed for being extremely exaggerated, that in this series, we will see "real" characters with whom we can identify ourselves. About the cast, he said that the acting maturity of the cast is notorious and the director managed to get the best of them, Betty Monroe and Dulce María are very well, as we see both in another facet and the children's cast are simply charming and steal the hearts of the audience. In its debut month, Muy Padres entered the ''Social Wit List'' of the company The Wit (World Information Tracking), of all the new programs that were launched in Latin America during September and that generated more comments in the social networks. ''Muy Padres'' appeared in the fourth position with more than 12,000 comments. The Chilean website ''Página 7'' commented that "Muy Padres" had a final chapter praised, for the quality of performance and for its fun story. The site notes that the end was almost the same as the Chilean version and, like the Chilean version, they got good ratings. In addition, they had a good reception from the audience. The journalist Lupita Martínez of the Mexican newspaper "El Gráfico" in her critique of the end of Muy Padres said that the series offered something different, that the dialogues full of tenderness between parents and children managed to move the viewer and attract him in common, credible but important situations that can happen in different families; the different ways of living a situation with children, without the radical melodrama, on the contrary, the stories were full of nuances. And she finished saying that nowadays it is important that the stories are told in this way and congratulated the production.

Episodes

Webisodes

''¡Cocina junto a Alan!'' (2017)

It was published on

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12 episodes with the character Alan, teaching recipes in his

food truck A food truck is a large motorized vehicle (such as a van) or trailer, equipped to cook, prepare, serve, and/or sell food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratc ...

, "Alebrije".

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{Imagen Televisión telenovelas and series Imagen Televisión telenovelas Mexican telenovelas 2017 telenovelas 2017 Mexican television series debuts 2018 Mexican television series endings Mexican television series based on Argentine television series